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This page is primarily **advertising and light satirical humor** rather than political content. The main feature is a **Glostora hair product advertisement** showing a woman's face surrounded by six profile views of bobbed hairstyles—reflecting 1920s fashion trends. The left column contains short humor pieces from "The Jimtown Weekly," satirizing small-town life and rural America. The jokes mock: - Rural naïveté (a man worried about outgrowing New York) - Prohibition-era bootlegging - Simple country weddings and small-town social climbing Other pieces reference **Ty Cobb** (famous baseball player) and golfer **Abe Mitchell**, using their stories for comedic effect about competitive sports. The satire is gentle and nostalgic rather than biting—poking fun at rural American life for urban readers. The page's real purpose is selling **Glostora** hair product to women seeking the fashionable "bobbed" hairstyles visible in the advertisement's central illustration. This reflects 1920s consumer culture and changing women's beauty standards.

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The Jimtown Weekly Personals and Society Youxe Jeo Brrrte had only one worry when he left for the Big Town to seek his fortune. He wonders what he'll do after he outgrows New York, A cold spell struck Jimtown last week and Bootlegger Ike Stubbs had to put alcohol in his liquor to keep it from free: . = ws Miss Mazie Slump was married to Mr. ‘Tom Slinker last Friday afternoon. The wedding of this popular couple took pla in Parson Pilkins’ living room, The bride is a graduate of the sixth grade at Goose Ankle Graded School and the groom is in charge of the shoe de- partment at the Commercial House Bar- her Shop. cee Frank ‘Tatum, formerly of Jimtown, was on English Duke in New York and getti long fine till Mrs, Vanderbilt's Hispano stalled and he looked under the front seat for the gas tank. am Hunnicutt failed to make ic team at the University. He re- home after three years in college with nothing to show for it but an edu- n—Barrie Payne, associated Editors (Chicago). A Telling Blow Goir to Trvin Cobb has always been a matter of companionship and exercise, not a test of skill or science. He is in- aia to any score he may make on any bole, whether it be a three or a I fixed up a match one day m for Cobb with George Dun- d Abe Mitchell. Golf to Duncan an art and a When Irvin S. walked up and took his stance the famous Scot almost fainted. He dashed up and changed every detail of Cobb's game—grip, stance, spread of feet, position of knees and shoulders, head, ankles and the rest of it. " said Duncan, “don't forget to seventeen, The Paducah Phenom took a terrific helt at the ball. “Gosh,” said Duncan, “you missed it Adds Gloss and Lustre, Makes Your Hair Easy to Manage E you want to make your hair easy to manage and add to its natural gloss and lustre, this is very easy to do. Just put a few drops of Glostora on the bristles of your hair brush, and brush it through your hair when you dress it. You will be surprised at the result. It will give your hair an unusually rich, silky gloss and lustre—instantly. Glostora simply makes your hair more beautiful by enhancing its natural wave and color. It keeps the wave and curl in, and leaves your hair so soft and pliable, and so easy to manage, that it will stay any style you arrange it, even after shampooing—whether long or bobbed. A few drops of Glostora impart that bright, brilliant, silky sheen, so much admired, and your hair will fairly sparkle and glow with natural gloss and lustre. A large bottle of Glostora costs but a trifle at any drug store or toilet goods counter. Try it! You will be delighted to see how much more beautiful your hair will look, and how easy it will be to manage. ee ee ee ee ee |, Send This Coupon and Try it FREE 1 THE R. L. WATKINS COMPANY n—O-38 | 1276 West 3rd Street, Cleveland, Obio Please eend me FREE, a eample of GLOSTORA, all charges | paid. clean! “Nothing of the sor distinctly saw it flinch. —Grantland Rice, in Collier's. " said Cobb, “I Equitation Five-vear-orp Vonette was telling her godmother how she had ridden on the wooden horses at the village fair. “And did they strap you on so you wouldn't fall off?" asked her godmother. “Strap me! Oh, no! replied Vonette, indignantly. “They tied the horse to me % he couldn't run away.” L’Echo de Paris. Provp Parent: I hope you appreciate the fact, sir, that in marrying my daugh- ter you marry a Iarge-hearted, generous girl, Yourn: I do, sir, and I hope she in- herits these qualities from her father. —Answers (London). Name. Address. A generous sample FREE ‘upon request, in Canada address 1 THER. L. WATKINS CO. 462 Wellington St, West, Toronto2-nt; | Terminology O Sect: when you raise a storm, This mu r You make si syllables perform The work of one or two! —Washington Star. Mussotixt is to be modeled in wax for Madame Tussaud’s Museum in Lon- don, but we fancy he will hardly feel flattered unless he is shown in a group surrounded by a crowd of himselves. —Detroit News. Putting It Low Some one in a London suburb is ad- vertising a “rather nice flat.” Modest, isn’t it? and clever, for a good many people who want nice flats are attracted more by under-statement than by exag- geration. If the example were to be followed we should see advertisements of houses “fairly convenient,” motor-cars “moderately well-built,” opera cloaks “not too bad,” and cigarettes with “a pretty good flavo —London Daily Chronicle, comicbooks.com