Life, 1903-08-06 · page 6 of 32
Life — August 6, 1903 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertising rather than satire or political commentary**. The main content consists of four commercial advertisements: 1. **"The Regina - Queen of Music Makers"** - a phonograph advertisement 2. **"The Main Chance"** - a book advertisement by Meredith Nicholson, described as a romance about love and success 3. **"Boston Garter"** - a men's garter/suspender advertisement emphasizing durability 4. **"Caracas Sweet Chocolate"** - a chocolate product advertisement featuring a portrait, with a humorous anecdote about chocolate as digestive aid There is no discernible political cartoon or satire on this page. The humor present is incidental to product marketing—such as the chocolate advertisement's domestic anecdote. This appears to be a typical early 20th-century *Life* magazine advertising section.
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7, 5-REGINA; Queen af flusic filakers 1s an ever ready and tireless entertatner with a repertotre of melody and song as varied AS the tastes and desires of its hearers It dispels the gloom of ratny days and duit fills tte own peculiar niche In every home te highest award at the Pan-An tienters everywhere, Any REGINA bs and freight patd where we bave no dealers and sell di 10 10 $100.00. Catalogue, murie lists and delightful love story. “A Harmony (a Tica Flats, seat free on receipt of postage REGINA MUSIC BOX CO., 20 Last 22d St., New York ; 245 Wabash ave + Chicago ‘All over the civilized world THE IMPROVED BOSTON GARTER IS KNOWN AND WORN Every Pair Warranted “BE The Name is stamped on every loop — The CUSHION BUTTON CLASP Lies flat to the leg —never Slips, Tears nor Unfastens ALWAYS EASY CEO. FROST CO., Makers, Boston, Mass., U.S. A. REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES THE MAIN CHANCE by Meredith Nicholson, is a ro- mance of youth, of love and of success honestly won. A vigorous. bouyant, cheering It is full of crisp humor, forceful charm and story. hard common-sense, and American tothe very core. —The Reader. thats what THE MAIN CHANCE is THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY, PUBLISHERS ME. DE SEVIGNE, in one of her letters to her daughter, says: ‘1 took chocolate night before last to digest my dinner, in order to have a good supper. | took some yesterday for nourish- ment, so as to be able to fast until night. What I consider amusing about chocolate is that it acts ac- cording to the wishes of the one who takes it.”” WE will send a quarter. pound cake of our ‘ Mut. La Marquise of Sfvont” CARACAS SWEET CHOCOLATE (if you do not find it at your grocers) and a copy of our Choice Recipe Book for 10 cents. We cannot send more than one vmseen x package to the same address. WALTER. BAKER. & CO.., Ltd. Established 1780. wo‘ DORCHESTER, MASS. 40 Highest Awards in Europe and America. comicbooks.com