Life, 1918-09-12 · page 28 of 34
Life — September 12, 1918 — page 28: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* contains several short humorous pieces typical of early 20th-century American satire: **"Her Service Flag"** mocks a farm girl ("Farmerette Miss Nan") who claims freckles as her patriotic "service flag"—satirizing women's contributions during wartime (likely WWI era). **"A Pomeranian"** is a brief joke about mistaking a dog breed, relying on dialect humor common to the period. **"Homer Revised"** jokes about a schoolchild reinterpreting Homer's *Odyssey*: the student conflates Penelope's famous faithful weaving with modern complaint about finishing a sweater, humorously reducing classical literature to domestic mundanity. **"A Tangible Reward"** presents a dialect-heavy exchange where a man gets credit for quitting drinking—typical period humor using working-class speech patterns. The page also advertises a **Locomobile automobile** with custom body design, representing luxury vehicles of the era. The cartoons and jokes reflect early 20th-century American humor: patriotic sentiment, classical education, temperance themes, and class-based dialect comedy.
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