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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The main content includes: **Left side:** Ads for Liquid Arvon (a dandruff treatment) and United States Mortgage Bond Company promoting Detroit real estate investment. **Center:** An article titled "Getting Set with the Set" about a radio broadcast (Station PQ Ensemble performing standard time signals and music). **Right side:** More product ads—Kemp's Balsam cough remedy, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, and Marmola weight-loss tablets. The only satirical content is a brief article (partially visible) mocking the concept of "Professional Universities"—institutions competing by sheer size and noise rather than educational quality, with students numbering in the millions. The author suggests this absurd expansion reflects actual problems in professional education. This reflects 1920s concerns about commercialization and size-obsession in American universities, though the satire is gentle and overshadowed by commercial messaging.

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| | | | | A Sure Way To End Dandruff There is one sure way that never fails to remove dandruff completely, and that is to dissolve it. Then you destroy it entirely, To do this, just apply a little Liquid Arvon at night before retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger t By morning, most, if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and two or three more applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. You will find, too, that all itching of the scalp will stop in. tly and your hair will belustrous, glossy, silky and soft, and Jook and feel a” bun. dred times better. You can get Liquid Arvon at any drug atourounce / number of students registered, of A.B.’s, A.M.’s, M.D.'s, Ph.D.'s, LL.D.’s and D.D.'s Specialists produced. Size of equipment, created, of Professional and its cost, DETRO IT With highest wage scale, with indus tries diversified and stable, Detroit offers an unsurpassed opportunity to invest in First Mortgage Bonds. Increasing population demands ade- quate housing. United Bonds are issued on carefully selected . and appraised Detroit homes, apartments and office buildings. We are the oldest strictly Sree mortgage bond house in Detrost. Experience and resources of ‘over twelve million safeguard United Bonds. Write today for latest lists of our offerings UNITED STATES MORTGAGE BOND COMPANY LIMITED Howard C. Wade, President 452 U. 8. Mortgage Bond Bide Detroxt, Mich, Capital ‘$1,900,000 Resources more than $12,000,000 In Canada United Bond Co, Led, Toronto &” Windsor, Ont, 2 % Or you can buy United First Mortgage Bonds guranteed as Interest. Com 9, sions co toqeae | | | LIFE would also serve as a basis { petition, That Professional which had the largest number of square miles as a Yard or Campus; est dining-hall the and com- versity the high- Tower; the most museums ; vastest art most scientific labo- ; the most colossal medical and dental clinics—that University would hold the World's Championship. East would compete with West, orth with South. The imagination pictures Professional Universities with student bodies of 50,000, of 100.000, even—why not?—of 1,000,000, all pas- gigantic the monstrous ratorie out-studying one another, in gargantuan hives of learning. There would be Major and Minor Leagues of Professional Debating Societies, of Degree-winning Teams in every line Enormous would frantic cheering organizations of coaches the Perfectly with cram young idea at speed. organized highly the fray By sections would stimulate sional Students to the me- chanical means, unlimited noise could be provided, to help them win debates and studying tournaments. The ganized noisi Democratic National 1924 pale to a mere whisper by c paid leaders Profes- or- “making at th would trast with Professional University methods that would ably develop. The nation would rock with enthusiasm; a Convention in inev new era in super-civilization would begin, and flower to rich fruition. What to do with the finished product might, I admit, be something of a problem; but perhaps no more so than now obtains in regard to the has-beens Pensions and benefits would doubtless care for those who, broken by long years of profes- sional study and degree-winning, at last had to of professional sport ndon the game and perhaps become mere amateurs, My truly grand and has already received thusiastic endorsement of the d Spectacle Ma I am now await- Who will be revolutionary ide: the en Amer- eglass a c turers’ Associatic ing other endorsements next to help me with this, the mos important forward step in that Pro- fessionalism so dear to the American heart, since football went ? Getting Set with the Set “Tus is Station PO Ensemble will render nine p. M, Standard Time Barber of Seville WCCO St. Paul and Minneapolis colder O Sole Mio and then whoocece Night Hawks Rab bit found a Station JW by Miss Eva Landerson closed at 187 and o: half ensemble Qooooeece remote con trol and great care should be taken in keeping the hen house clean Booo Har- mony Kings...um-ta-ta, um-tat-ta Oh, boy !” IEALS: KEMP'S BALSAM FOR THAT COUGH! HOSTETTER’S Celebrated Stomach Bitters is a wholesome tonic. Keeps the stomach in good condition and improves the appetite. In this easy way There is an easy, pleasant, scienti way for attaining proper weight. It has proved itself for 18 years, Count- less people all around you show its good results, That way is Marmola Prescription Tablets, now in world-wide use. No unusual exercise or diet is required. People now use over a million boxes yearly, and excess fat is not tenth so common as it was. now Marmola. We state and tell you how and When you know it you will use it until you reach the slender- mess you wish, Find out the facts in justice to yourself. Marmola Prescription Tablets are sold by all druggists at $1 per box. Send this coupon for our latest book, a 25.ct. sample free and our guarantee. Clip it now. The Pleasant Way to Reduce 2-234 General Motors Bldg. DETROIT, MICH. comicbooks.com