Life, 1905-03-02 · page 8 of 44
Life — March 2, 1905 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not a satirical cartoon page. It contains four commercial advertisements: 1. **Murad Cigarettes** - Shows two men in business attire, emphasizing that offering quality cigarettes reflects good judgment and friendship. Marketed as Turkish tobacco selected by a government expert. 2. **Hydrozone** - Patent medicine claiming to cure sore throat, with a coupon offer for a free trial bottle from Charles Marchand in New York. 3. **Moët & Chandon Champagne** - Boasts import records and sales figures, emphasizing "perfection in quality." 4. **The Prudential Insurance Company** - Promotes affordable life insurance through modest weekly savings. The page reflects early 20th-century advertising, featuring products (tobacco, patent medicines, alcohol, insurance) that would face modern regulatory restrictions or skepticism.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
OU should exercise more care in offering a man your cigar- ette case than in signing your name. A proffered cigar- ette is a delicate test of friendship representing your own taste and your opinion of the man to whom you give it. MURAD CIGARETTES are the selection of an expert in Turkish tobacco, a man who served for sixteen years as the Turkish government expert. A MURAD CIGARETTE is the offering of an expert to a conno‘sseur. 10 for 15 cents lydrozon Cures s Sore Throat used by le Sold by bes! T the past fourteen years Bews are of prep: without my si; Mail coupon, naming your druggist. tc CHARLES MARCHAND, 57 Prince Street, New York City. Requests unaccompanied by coupon will be ignored. Only one bottle to a family. WRITE LEGIBLY GIANT STRIDES Al Records Again Broken MOET & CHANDON® CHAMPAGNE HEADS THE LIST of Importations into @ § the UNITED STATES With the. HIGHEST FIGURES EVER . REACHED & o 1021 148 ALSAYS MAINTAINED MENTS THE 2, 527 DISCRIMINATION. DISTINCTION and PREFERENCE Given to Ay 7783 WHITE SEAL i CHAMPAGNE GEQ.A.KESSLER 8 C? Sate uv rorrens THI UDENTIAL | ~~ MAS THE Ae = STRENGTHOF *y’ GIBRALTAR Surprised to know how much Life Insurance you can get for an average weekly saving of two dollars, payable to The Prudential Quarterly, Semi-Annually or Annually. Send us your age and we will send you the figures. THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF ATIERICA. JOHN F. DRYDEN, President. Home Office: NEWARK, N. J. DEFT 0. comicbooks.com