Life, 1903-10-22 · page 2 of 20
Life — October 22, 1903 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertisements**, not political satire or commentary. The five ads promote: 1. **Barton & Guestier wines** (Bordeaux olive oil and wines) — luxury imports 2. **Cook's Malto-Rice** — a nutritional drink combining malt and rice 3. **Hawaii tourism** — promoting travel to the islands 4. **Williams Shaving Stick** — grooming product 5. **Colt's firearms** — weapons manufacturing The only potentially notable element is the **Colt's ad**, which uses patriotic imagery ("The Arms of All Nations point to the Union Arm of the World") to market firearms. However, this appears straightforward product promotion rather than satire. The page represents early 20th-century *Life* magazine functioning as a vehicle for consumer advertising alongside any editorial content—common for the era.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
UESTIER BORDEAUX Established 1725 Fine Clarets, Sauternes, Cognac Vierge, and Olive Oil Messrs. Barton & Guestier have all their Wines bottled at their own cellars, their specialty being to select the finest vintages only. B | BARTON & GUESTIER| " BORDEAUX | trnamcer \ HUILE D'OLIVE \\ Superfine Clariftee y FACSIMILE OF THE LABEL 0. 4G. One on E, LA MONTAGNE & SONS JAMES DE FREMERY & CO. 45 Beaver St., New York San Francisco, Cal. COOK’S Malto-Rice, A Pure, Perfectly Cooked Rice Malted. RICE contains more nutriment and supplies more energy to the human body than anything that grows out of the } ground. MALT as a marvelously bene- ficial stimulant man has known for generations, but only yesterday did he learn to combine it to the greatest advantage. COOK’S MALTO-RICE is a perfect blending of Malt and Rice. +342, Unrivalled in SNe Unrivated i Climate Se48s4.% Unequalled in variety Y SEER Nowa Scene Unexcelled Tourists’ Accommodations Unsurpassed in Fertility of Soil Before fixing your Winter ‘or Summer Itinerary HEAR OF HAWAII! Full information from all railroads, or Hawaii Promotion Committee Bawgll Chanber of Comments Merchants dassciatiom donor ie ad, =e Laer oer er yl It’s So Convenient No cup needed. Just wet your face, rub on a little soap, work up a big, sreany lather with your brush and you'll with ease and pleasure. Nothing like it. + Williams? Shaving Stick sold by all drugpist, Be. The J. B. Willlams Co., Glastonbury, Conn. 20th CENTURY LIMITED 7%e'chicgc.” NEW YORK CENTRAL and LAKE SHOR comicbooks.com