Life, 1904-11-10 · page 18 of 20
Life — November 10, 1904 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **page of advertisements and humor columns** from Life magazine, a satirical weekly. The content reflects early 20th-century American leisure and financial interests. The **Trimble Whiskey ad** (top right) uses a Milton quote to sell liquor with romantic language about spirits and bliss—standard advertising rhetoric of the era. The **humor items** are brief anecdotes mocking social pretension: a tramp explains he begs to fund whiskey; a man brags about his car's folding horse feature (absurdly impractical); tailor and friend jokes about affordability and cigars. The **financial advertisements**—Morton Trust Company, Wassermann Brothers, Redmond & Co.—reflect the period's investment culture and stock market enthusiasm. The **Old Crow Rye ad** emphasizes authenticity ("sold straight," hand-made, Scottish reputation) to distinguish premium whiskey in a crowded market. Overall, this represents genteel humor and commercial culture aimed at educated, prosperous readers interested in stocks, fine spirits, and witty banter.
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NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE The St $a special page for girls of from ten to fifteen Paul Globe annox market ge. if further lines we shall have page, t © sections headed Boys—one to two years. Thirteen to fourteen ye s—Men. Girls—Forty-five to sixty years.—Portland Ore gonicn ‘Tue Sourn ror Hoserratity: The Manor, Asheville, North Carolina, is the best inn South. Booklet. De. Dowre proposes to build an send any understudy on the trial ton Post. trust he will 1 trip.— The Wes Oup Lavy: Why do you go around begging in stead of working Tram: I'll tell youse de truth, ma’am. ter git money fer whiskey. why do you drink whiskey?” rage ter go “round an” beg, * Chicago Daily News I begs MOTEL VENDOME, BOSTON. The ideal hotel of America for permanent and transient guests. “Do you believe in second sight?” asked the co ed with a taste for psycholoy the handsome the other evening I thought iful, but T got a second look at her the nxiety on senior her account."—Cincinnati Tribune. THE NEW PARKER GAME, "SHERLOCK HOLMES. Jolly amusement for informal parties. Full of excites elled cards. Fifty cents. “Wary don’t ye “Mistuh,” said E is er insult to my fi Dasnaway: Have you got a cigar for a friend? Cirverton (bringing out two and handing him one): Yes. Try this, Dasnaway: Not on your life. I'll take th I don't want the other, which I see is one of Fonseca’s. r$ you give your friends. ew improvements in the auto line ired the enthusia said the sales: ne just came in this It is a folding horse, to be the seat and used in case of accident."—De: Press. No such things as “ball the Hunter One-trigger Shotgun—the greatest invention in t maki An pensable to a good catalogue. Hunter Arms Co., F loubling” with Hammerless art of gun- chanism, indis trated absolutely Bixxs: Are you going to get a new suit this fall? Jixxs: No; my tailor says he can't afford it.— Cincinneti Tribune. | airship. We “One sip of this Will bathe the drooping spirit in delight Beyond the bliss of dreams.” ars 01d, ‘by' time pas —Milton, Whiskey Green Label. AT ALL FIRST.CLASS DEALERS, EVERYBODY Is interested in Stocks or Bonds listed on the various stock exchanges, either as an investor or an operator. Or Weekly Market Letter will be found invaluable. Your name on our mailing list insures your receiving it every week. Corey, Milliken & Co. BANKERS AND BROKERS 15 State Street Boston, Mass. MORTON TRUST COMPANY 38 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK Capital, - - - $2,000,000 Surplus and Undivided Profits, $6,000,000 OFFICERS: Levi P. Morton, Presid ‘Thomas F. Ryt Chartes I James Cortiere, View Pres, HB, Berry, Trast Ofticer. Counsel: ELIHU ROOT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : Levi P. Morton James N. Jarvie ‘Thomas F, Ryan George Foster Peabody kdward J. Berwind Elinu Root G. G. Haven Jacob H. Schur Harry Payne Whitney [WASSERMANN BROTHERS BANKERS AND BROKERS 27 William St. and 40 Exchange Place, New York { New York Stock Exchange Members of } New York Coffee Exchange Chicago Board of Trade BRANCH OFFICES: Asto Court (Wallorf-Astoria Hotel), Windeor Arcade, corner 46th St, and 5th Ave, Imperial Hotel. Fifth Avenue Motel, Ocean Avenue, West months, during Sammer Investments. We offer a selected list of HIGH GRADE BONDS and guar- anteed ‘STOCKS paying from 3% to 5%, The securities are on band for immedi- ate delivery. Lists and full particulars upon application. Redmond & Co., BANKERS 507 Chestnut St., 44 Wall Street, PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK WE CLAIM THAT It is sold straight. OLD CROW RYE = It brings the distiller far more price other made in the United States, id our mash, and has the best reputation. Our Scotch Whiskies are true Glenlivets; are sold straight. The Souvenir is old. The Bonnie Brier Bush is very old. H. B. KIRK & CO., New York comicbooks.com