Life — January 20, 1921 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It announces an Eveready battery contest from June-July 1920 where "hundreds of thousands of answers" were submitted to solve "What Does The Letter Say?" The contest awarded $10,000 in total cash prizes: $3,000 (first), $1,000 (second), $500 (third), plus numerous smaller prizes distributed across the United States and Canada. The actual puzzle or cartoon that contestants solved is not visible on this page—only the results and prize winners' names are listed. The small illustration at bottom appears to be Eveready's standard advertising imagery (a light bulb), not a political cartoon. This is essentially a **results announcement and advertisement** for a consumer product contest, lacking satirical or political commentary.