Life Magazine – October 10, 1930 (# 2501) – Don’t go with HER

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Cover : Very charming art of a dog trying to stop his boy from boarding a go-cart with a GIRL, “Motor trouble,” art by Edwina.  Edwina, who is famous for her dog cartoons, is Frances Edwina Dumm.

– Full page color ads for Sheaffer’s Skrip ink, Atwater Kent radios.
– Full page black and white ads for Schrafft’s candies and chocolates, Philco radios.
– Full page art or cartoon art by Victor C. Anderson (You wouldn’t call him “at large” would you? Policeman talking to little girl with little puppy in front of “No dogs allowed at large” sign), Edwina (Sinbad – “bear” rabbit), Gardner Rea (The wrecking of the Union League Club uncovers a long missing member (sleeping unharmed in his chair)), Robert Orr (Here’s the church, here’s the steeple …), Robert Orr (Joe Cook and his plush pony ballet), Horace Taylor (reprinted from Life October 18, 1906, The hunting season opens),
– George E. Klenzendorff served in the State Assembly of Wisconsin from 1907 to 1909 and just discovered he was not an American citizen (2Neat notes : this is true, he petitioned later to become a citizen).
– Some current events include : Explorer F. A. Mitchell-Hedges plans to examine the jungles of Honduras in search of the cradle of man, Soviet leaders seem to aim to exterminate religion and private property, Methodists and Bishop Cannon, War with Europe is only a matter of time.
– “One reason for the slow pace of the war in China is that they are fighting on a pay-as-you-go basis, instead of being financed in America.”
– And so much more!  1930 Life humor magazines are great FUN – get ready to grin, giggle and guffaw!