Life, 1904-11-17 · page 3 of 24
Life — November 17, 1904 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The ads promote consumer products and services circa 1905: - **Alton's 1905 Gypsy Girl Calendar** - a promotional calendar - **Telephone service** - promoting New York Telephone Company - **Edison Phonograph** - with gold-moulded records, marketed as a holiday gift - **Hunter Arms** - sporting rifle advertisement - **Hale Desk Co.** - office furniture retailer - **Orient cruise** - travel advertisement for the Southern Pacific railway The page includes one brief **humorous anecdote** about a bishop who confused Biblical hunting with actual hunting in Palestine—a light joke with no political content. The advertisements reflect early 20th-century consumer goods and services targeting middle-class readers. There is no discernible political cartoon or social satire on this page.
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“THE ONLY WAY" BETWEEN CHICAGO ST. LOUIS KANSAS CITY Handsomest, most luxurious trainsin the world; completely rock-ballasted road bed, no dust, nodirt, po smoke, no cinders, THE ALTON 1905 GYPSY Copyright. s904, by the cokago& Alton Railway Co, cART ” CALENDAR, Pive Suzets, Eacu 10X15 Ivnones SEND 25 CTS. ye mone of pact a which you rad this averting. a cnicaco, fect eracefal ap Shag the fimows Beeow ia Railway, 1 the Can You Shave? Rub alittle *3in One” on your razor strop til leather becomes soft and lable ; draw razor blade een thumb and finger moistened with “3 in One"; then stop. The razor cuts S times as easy and clean; o, Rolds the edge longer. “A op Razor Saver, for” Every Shaver” which gives the scientific reasons, and a r generous trial bottle sent ‘Write to-day. y RETAILERS OF DESKS Office Furniture AT EXPORT PRICES 15 1 DONE ST. PRODUCE EXCHANGE With a Telephone the entire resources of this great city are brought within im- mediate reach. HAVE YOU A TELEPHONE? New York Telephone Co. 15 Dey Street. No Hunting in Palestine. HE late Bishop Beckwith of Georgia was fond of his gun and spent much of his time hunting, says a Representative from that State. One day the Bishop was out with dog and gun and met a member of his parish whom he reproved for inattention to his religious duties. “You should attend church and read your Bible,” said the Bishop. “I do read my Bible, Bishop,” swer, “and I don’t find any mention of the apostles going a-shooting.” “No,” replied the Bishop, “the shooting was very bad in Palestine, so they went fishing in- stead.”"— was the an- Nashville Banner, HEN a quick double shot is made with a two-trigger gun, the sportsman does not realize that his entire hand is unclasped and re-gripped—a fruitful source of missing with the second barrel. Get a Hunter One-trigger on a Smith Hammerless, and note the differ- ence. Send for illustrated catalogue. Hunter Arms Co., Fulton, N. Y. Dog Captures a Burglar. BSERVING a light house in Geneva one night recently, a policeman entered by a window and left a trained police dog on guard outside. Almost immediately a man pushed past him in an unoccupied and dashed out of the house, but was promptly seized by the dog, which sprang at his throat. A terrible struggle ensued, but the animal, although half stunned by blows “jimmy,” succeeded in bringing the burglar, a notorious criminal, to the ground, where it held him till its master came and secured the from a captive—London Daily Mail. Y SPANGEESS EMB. MATERIALS. J For bork ities Reratrrng i BEADS": aed = fod “rvtarruine vos C EVERYTHING, YOU ¢ can Tua ‘arin Tus tune t PErtR BEADEN, IAFOMTEM, 111 Be Och 6T.y 3-1 WHOLESALE & RETAIL Ghe EDISON PHONOGRAPH with Edison Gold Moulded Records is perfect beyond belief till you hear it. Dealers everywhere will tell you that this is, true and prove it on the spot, but if there is no dealer near you write tous for cat A Most Acceptable Holiday Gift. National Phonograph Co., Orange, N. J. NEW YORK CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO LONDON LC.8. Language couress taught by Edison Phonograph Clark’s Cruise of 1,801 tona, one of the Anest, feet teamereia the world To THE ORIENT February 2 to April 13, 1905, Seventy days, costing only $400 and up, Including sborwexcorwionn. SPECIAL YEATC aes + Madeira. Cadiz, Seville, A'gter Maia 10 dae Tarot and ie sly Land Constantingple, Athena Rome, the sivierm, ete. Tekets good tontgyorer in FRANK’ C. CLARK, 113 Broadway, New York. ree “Arabic” Mariposa Big Tree Crove . IN YOSEMITE VALLEY where trees attain an age of 9,000 YEARS and a height of over 400 FEET REACHED VIA LINES OF Southern Pacific TRAVERSING Louisiana, Texas, New Mex- ico, Arizona, Callfornia Inquire Bostox, 170 Washington 8t. Ps LA. 63% Chestnut St, wipniserns Torre chesnas gt sewvons (Mtg SAE Sab nantinst comicbooks.com