Life, 1927-01-20 · page 34 of 34
Life — January 20, 1927 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page combines unrelated content typical of early 20th-century Life magazine format. **Top Section ("Line Against Line"):** A visual and textual debate presenting contradictory proverbs—"Knowledge is power" versus "Ignorance is bliss"—expressing the tension between opposing conventional wisdom. The point appears to be that folk sayings often contradict each other, making blind adherence to any single principle foolish. **Center Advertisement:** A Glostora hair product ad featuring photographs of men's heads demonstrating the product's grooming benefits. Standard period advertising with a coupon offer. **Right Column ("Fascinating Crimes"):** Continues a serialized true-crime narrative about a criminal named Yoffsen who murdered passengers in a horse-car for their insurance money. The case describes his method of luring victims to an isolated house, killing them, and hiding bodies in a stove. The jury convicted him but expressed uncertainty about details. The page reflects Life's mixed editorial approach: intellectual commentary, commercial advertising, and sensational crime reporting.
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Life Line Against Line JK XOWLEDGE is power. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. Forewarned is forearmed. The early bird catches the worm, Honesty is the best policy. Birds of a feather flock together. Old men for counsel. Second thoughts are best. Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. A watched pot never boils. Don’t cross a bridge till you come to it. Everything comes to him who waits. Assume a virtue, if you have it not. Extremes meet. There's no fool like an old fool. Obey that impulse! ALG.C.T. Keeps Your Hair Neat— ‘Rich-looking and Orderly | Li your hair lacks natural gloss and lustre, or is difficult to keep in place it is very easy to give it that rich, glossy refined and orderly appearance, so essen- tial to well-groomed men. Just rub alittle Glostora through your hair once or twice a week,—or after shampooing, and your hair will then stay, each day, just as you comb it. Glostora softens the hair and makes Sen THE R.L. Please send paid. A generous sample FREE | ‘upon request, | it pliable. Then, even stubborn hair will stay in place of its own accord. It gives your hair that natural, rich, | well-groomed effect, instead of leaving it stiff and artificial looking as waxy pastes and creams do. Glostora also keeps the scalp soft, and the hair healthy by restoring the natural oils from which the hair derives its health, life, gloss and lustre. Try it! Sec how easy it is to keep your hair combed any style you like, whether | brushed lightly or combed down flat. If you want your hair to lie down par- ticularly smooth and tight, after apply- |ing Glostora, simply moisten your hair with water before brushing it. A large bottle of Glostora costs but a trifle at any drug store. id This Coupon and Try it FREE 1 WATKINS COMPANY rou | 1276 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, Ohio 7 —~G— me FREE,’a eample of GLOSTORA, all charges | Tn Canada address THER. L, WATKINS CO. 462 Wellington 8t,West, Toronto2-ont, J | —— ee Fascinating Crimes (Continued from page 12) that Yoffsen, on each occasion, had stopped the horse-car at a particu- larly lonely spot and asked the occu- pants if they minded making a little detour, as there was a bad stretch of track ahead, He had then driven his horses across a cornfield and up a nearby hill on the top of which, in the midst of a clump of bayberry bushes, stood a deserted house. He pointed out that on four out of the six occasions Yoffsen had driven his horses right into the house and asked the passengers (when there were any, other than his victim) if they would step into the front room for a few minutes, giving them some maga- zines to read while they waited. Ac- cording to the testimony of seven of these passengers, after about fifteen minutes Yoffsen had appeared and yelled “All aboard!” in a cheery voice and ¢ one had piled back into the horse-car and away they had gone, over the cornfield and down the hill to Lynn. It was noted that on cach occasion, one of the pas- sengers was missing, and that, odd enough, this very passenger was al- ways the one to be found in the stove on the way back. It was the State’s contention that Yoffsen killed his victims for their insurance, which is double when the deceased has met his death in a com- mon carrier, On April 14th, the ninth day of the trial, the jury went out and shortly after asked for a drink of water. After cighteen hours of de- liberation they returned with a ver- dict of guilty, but added that, as it was not sure whether Yoffsen had actually killed his victims in the car or had killed them outside and then stuffed them in the stove, he was not entitled to the double insurance. When they went to inform Yoffsen of the verdict, he was nowhere to be found, (Eprtor’s Note — Another of these “Fascinating Crimes” will be published any day now, though just when is difficult to say. What with the North Pole Expedition and a lec- ture date in Wisconsin and all, Mr. Benchley’s movements are pretty un- certain.) Fairy Story NCE there was a club which was run on such an economical basis that no special assessments were ever necessary, OISONING alcohol to enforce the Prohibition law is like trying to put out a fire with dynamite. comicbooks.com