Life, 1917-07-05 · page 5 of 40
Life — July 5, 1917 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and editorial content** rather than political satire. The main cartoon depicts a stork carrying a baby, with a crude joke about preventing pregnancy ("I'm going to present you to a wealthy childless couple"). This appears to be period humor about adoption or family planning. The page includes advertisements for Wells Fargo Travelers Checks, Bell-Ans indigestion remedy, Le Page's China Cement, and Colorado tourism. There's also an educational piece titled "See the Serum!" explaining blood serum from diseased animals used for human injection—likely referencing early vaccine or therapeutic serum development. The Herbert Lloyd Weir poem about "U.S." appears patriotic, possibly WWI-era. Overall, this is a typical early 20th-century magazine page mixing light humor, practical information, and commercial messages.
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Leave Care Behind Travel isn’t completely enjoyable as long as you worry about losing your money or having it stolen. Make your journey care-free by taking Wells Fargo Travelers Checks. Your signature alone converts them into cash. Wells Fargo Checks give you special claim to Wells Forge personal service. And this means willing aid from competent men. 10,000 offices in the United States—branches or correspond- ents everywhere abroad. In a strange city it’s nice to B Cit) know there’s help at hand if needed. Wells Fargo express is personal and safe—are you taking advantage of it? Wells Fargo Travelers Checks Millions of dltors of Wells Fargo \eeks are issued annually banks, railroad and. steamship ficket offices. | TEN THOUSAND WELLS FARGO AGENTS ARE AT YOUR SERVICE See the Serum! O and behold the Serum! W is the Serum? The Serum is an impure product of | a diseased animal. | What is the Serum used for? The Serum is used for injection into the blood of human beings, thus puri- fying their bodies. Do you mean that you can purify the blood of human beings by mixing im- purities with it? Yes. That is the way it comes to us from the leading Medicine Men of the day. “ne STILL, OSWALD! I'M GOING TO PRE- Can the people be made to believe SENT YOU TO A WEALTHY AND CHARMING such an absurdity as that? YOUNG couPLE.” Ye Fe eee eoeeaeneaatel The people can be made to be- lieve anything so long as it comes to them from established authority, superstitions they cling to longe! a to others, but nothing is too incredible | to find at least a temporary resting Absolutely Removes place in what they call their minds. Indigestion. One package Ellis 0. Jones. Proves it. 25c at all druggists. Ee PASE CEMENT “ "HEN Greek meets Greek, Then comes the tug of war,” but something far worse happens when wife meets husband who missed the : copy of Lire because he neg- STANDS HOT AND COLD WATER 10° d to order it in advance. What the Letters “U.S.” Spell E are ready, Uncle Woodrow, When the bugle rings its call. We'll be steady, Uncle Woodrow, And we'll give you of our all, We will trust you, Uncle Woodrow, And we'll And we'll but Yes, wel Ip you all we can, the G mect them man ant or man! ckers, Uncle Woodrow, 3 the time to fight. ‘ers, Uncle Woodrow, We're not sls When it ce We're your t When you're fighting for a right. Get us going, Uncle Woodrow, And we'll give the I And we'll h old K What the letters “U.S.” The Nation’s Playground Visit Rocky Mountain National Park (Estes) and Denver's New Mountain Parks, the most wonderful mountain scenery and automobile trips in the world, "38 other Short Scene Taps by Rall y. 14 one day trips. Low rates on Denver, the Gateway to 12 Natiooal ticeal Monuments. Write for FREE Picture Books that tell where to go, what to sce and what it costs to enjoy a vacation in Colorado, Address HE DENVER TOURIST BUREAU G11 17th St, Denver, Colo. comicbooks.com