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Life — October 7, 1920 — page 49: Life, 1920-10-07

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The page satirizes **Senator Harding's 1920 presidential campaign**. The text mocks how Harding—the Republican candidate—uses every public occasion to deliver stump speeches on serious policy matters (international courts, inland waterways, currency deflation) to *anyone present*, no matter how inappropriate the setting. The joke: he addresses boys and girls at church picnics, circus performers, and insecticide workers about weighty national concerns—treating captive audiences as campaign opportunities rather than respecting the actual purpose of their gatherings. The cartoon at bottom (man sharing bread) likely references common-man populism Harding employed. **Note:** The bulk of the page is a **Pepsodent toothpaste advertisement** unrelated to the political content—typical for Life magazine's mixed editorial/advertising format of this era.

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