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This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains: **Left side:** A travel service advertisement for the Ask Mr. Foster Travel Service, promoting scenic attractions in the Pacific Northwest (national parks, British Columbia, Alaska) accessible by steamship and automobile. Below is a directory of their offices across North America. **Right side:** Two advertisements— 1. **Brooks Brothers** announcement (dated August 15, 1928) that their Boston clothing store is relocating to a new building at Newbury and Berkeley Streets. Brooks Brothers was an established menswear retailer. 2. **Kermath Manufacturing Company** advertisement for marine motors, emphasizing quality and value ($135 to $2300 price range), with images of boats and an engine. There are **no political cartoons or satirical commentary** on this page. It represents typical 1920s magazine advertising: travel promotion, retail relocation notice, and industrial products.

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Ghe Ask Mr. Foster Travel Service an. 0.8 Pat. orm, THE GREAT PACIFIC NORTHWEST COUNTRY is rich in scenic beauty and its develop- ment during the past decade has been no less than marvelous. The great National Parks of vast ex- tent and with unspoiled natural beauty have more of grandeur and scenic attraction than can be found in any other country in the world. Glacier and Rainier and Crater Lake Parks, the Oregon Caves and Spokane, capital of the Great Inland Empire are all joined together and with the Great Columbia River highway by some of the best roads in the country which continue right on into British Columbia to Vancouver. Cars are transported by big ferry boats to Victoria Island, in itself a park of wonderful beauty and interest, and Banff and Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies are comfort- ably reached. ‘There is Jasper Lake Park and Mount Edith Cavell on the Canadian National Railway, and on up to Alaska and the Yukon and to Mount McKinley, the second largest of all National Parks, All this wonderful pleasure land of magnificent forests and lofty mountains and great glaciers and noble rivers is accessible by luxurious steamship and Pullman cars and over smooth motor ways, and there aze progressive cities with golf courses and country clubs and modern hotels. Complete information here relative to travel anywhere in America, an ings PASADENA—Hotel Maryland (Wia- er LONG BEACH—Buttums’ ry SAM DIEGO — The Fist Natlonal tw YORK—Lerd © Tayler, Fittn Trot & Se ELD, MASS.—The Weldon ‘Aven, PHOENIX Het Adame (Wiater) ntw'vonx - az, Motel Penasytvania, — WASHINGTON—Weedward & nue BROOKLYN—Frederich Loeser & Co. © WASHINGTON—Tho Mayfiows NEWARK—L. Bamberger BALTIMORE—The Equitable Trust ALBANY —The Dewitt Ci on Co. (Summer) CINCINNATI—The H. & S. Pomue | PHILADELPHIA — Strawbrides & new, ORLEANS — The Reovevelt a oe Hotel Paso Del Norte JACKSONVILLE — 200 W. Bay Street (Wint JACKSONVILLE. — Hotel Windwr (Winter) ST, AUGUSTINES3 King Street ACH—S. Boned eaicage—cern oAYTONA y BEAL MINNEAPOLIS PAL BEACH — Oponite Hotel at ST." Louis — Seruess-Vanderveert- west" PALI MBCACH— Hote a Berecy Verano (W om Denver Ory Goods MIAMI — 106 ri Flagler Street SAT LAKE crry— R tral Avenue SAN" FRaNeIScO—Metah Stewart sa Peyensour owlaters TAMPA—Hillsbere Hotel (Winter) SAN FRANCISCO—The Whit Heese SAN FRANCISCO—Palace. Hot ORLANDO—The Angedilt (Wiater) ATUANTIC. CITY —Fest Hid Dewduutk aad Michieen Awoue’” BUFFALO—Wm, Hengerer Co. PITTSBURGH Horne Co. CLEVELANO—The Hisbeo Co. TOLEDO—The Lion Ory Goods Co. DETROIT—J. L. Hudson Co. GRAND RAPIDS—Herpolsheimer Co. an EXECUTIVE OFFICES: 130 West 42D STREET New York City Cap uisncn rhs Drthon: COE LOTHIN IN N 6a) Gentlemens Furniahing Goods, MADISON AVENUE COR, FORTY-FOURTH STREET NEW YORK BOSTON Messrs. BRooKs BROTHERS beg leave to announce that they will remove their Boston Store to their New Building, Newsury cor. BERKELEY STREET August 15, 1928 Quality In every part of the world Kermath is an acknowl- edged quality motor. Everything considered Kermath costs less than any ‘other motor, of a given size, on the market. Its super performance—greater power—super speed— unusual economy and long life give you your money's worth in the fullest sense of the word. If you are in the market for a marine motor it will you today—right now—to write for the Intee interesting Kermath catalog. $135 to $2300 TH MANUFACTURING go. ing St. W., Toronto, Ontari “A KERMATH ALWAYS RUNS’ comicbooks.com