Life, 1918-10-17 · page 33 of 38
Life — October 17, 1918 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page's main cartoon illustrates a WWI-era article praising non-combat workers—specifically Signal Corps telephone operators—who maintain communication lines under fire. The article argues these "unarmed" workers are heroic, performing dangerous duties as courageously as frontline soldiers. The accompanying text includes German newspaper quotes (appearing to mock German claims of fighting a "defensive war" and being "victims of robbers' warfare"). Life's editors sarcastically suggest Germans are finally becoming truthful by admitting they've been "fighting defensively" since July—implying they're actually the aggressors. A separate item mocks the *Pickwick Club* for missing their *Life* magazine subscription, treating this as absurdly tragic. The page also contains extensive advertising for fresh fish, unrelated to the editorial content—typical of 1910s magazine layouts mixing editorial and commercial material.
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