Life, 1904-08-11 · page 2 of 20
Life — August 11, 1904 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains primarily **advertisements** rather than political satire. The main content includes: **Left side:** An ad for "Tomfoolery," a humor book by J.M. Flagg featuring caricatured drawings and limericks, priced at 75 cents. **Center-left:** A wine advertisement for Barton & Guestier Bordeaux wines, emphasizing fine clarets and cognacs established since 1725. **Right side:** Life Insurance advertising from The Prudential Insurance Company, using family security imagery (a house "welded to the rock"). **Bottom-right:** The Saratoga Races schedule for August 1904, listing thoroughbred racing events. The only cartoon element—the exaggerated facial caricature in the Flagg book ad—reflects early 1900s humor conventions, now considered offensive. The page is essentially a commercial publication mixing advertising with light entertainment.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACY OF 1001. “DON'T BE GROUCHY!” TOMFOOLERY J. M. FLAGG THE FUNNIEST BOOK OF THE Price, 75 Cents Of All Booksellers and Newsdealers, or Post-free on Receipt of Price LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 WEST THIRTY-FIRST STREET * = New YORK City LIMERICKS BY YEAR Safely Welded To The Rock Pg tWAs Ime” A fit STRENGTH OF # Provision for the future of your family and protection for your home is loyalty to your sacred trust The Best Provision The Safest Protection LIFE INSURANCE The Prudential INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA. JOHN F DRYDEN, Presiden, Dept. O. Home Office: NEWARK.N J “Visit The Prudential’s Exhibit, Palace of Education, World's Fair, St. Louis” >> BARTON& GUESTIER 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, » BORDEAUX \ HUILE D'OLIVE \ Superfine Clarifiee Wy FACSIMILE OF THE LASEK, a ao OuvE On E. LA MONTAGNE & SONS DE FREMERY & CO. 45 Beaver St., New York San Francisco, Cal. The Saratoga Races SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. Meeting Ends August 28th ORDER OF FIXED EVENTS-—1904 TUESDAY, AUGUST 9th THE TRAVERS, y-year-olds WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10th THE GRAND UNION ayear-olds THURSDAY, AUGUST 11th THE DELAWARE, 3-year-olds and upward FRIDAY, AUGUST 12th THE TROY, ayear-olds SATURDAY, AUGUST 13th THE HOPEFUL, 2-year-olds THE SARATOGA DERBY, 3-year- olds THE SHILLELAH, 4-year-olds and upward HOTEL, MONDAY, AUGUST 15th THE KENTUCKY, fillies 2 years old TUESDAY, AUGUST 16th THE MERCHANTS’ AND CITI- ZENS’, j-year-olds and upward WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17th THE SENECA, 3-year-olds | i} THURSDAY, AUGUST 18th THE ALBANY, ~year-olds FRIDAY, AUGUST 19th THE HURON, 3-year-olds SATURDAY, AUGUST 20tb THE UNITED STATES HOTEL 2-year-olds THE SARATOGA CUP, 3-year aod upward THE NORTH AMERICAN, ¢yer olds and upward MONDAY, AUGUST 224 THE AMSTERDAM, 3-year-olds a upward TUESDAY, AUGUST 234 THE CHAMPLAIN, 3-yearolds = upward WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24th THE ADIRONDACK, 2-year-olds THURSDAY, AUGUST 250 THE SARANAG, 3-year-olds } FIRST RACE AT 2:15 EACH DAY F, R, HITCHCOCK, President ANDREW MILLER, Treasu‘t jf J. AGOSTINI, Secretary comicbooks.com