Life, 1905-03-23 · page 21 of 22
Life — March 23, 1905 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a humorous sketch titled "Not Lonesome" (left) and period advertisements (right). **The Cartoon:** The sketch presents a conversation between a visitor and an Oklahoma homesteader cleaning a shotgun. When asked if he's lonely, the man insists he's not—but his reasoning reveals the opposite. He's constantly bothered by the Sheriff (pursuing a mortgage foreclosure), claim jumpers, rattlesnakes, skunks, and strangers asking about his loneliness. The joke's irony: his life is so filled with *unpleasant* visitors and threats that he has no time to be lonely—though his circumstances are clearly miserable. This satirizes frontier life's harsh realities during the Oklahoma land rush era. **The Advertisements:** The right side features typical early-1900s ads for luxury goods: Pierce automobiles, G.H. Mumm champagne (131,330 cases imported in 1904), Apollinaris mineral water, and investment banking services—a stark contrast to the struggling homesteader's desperate situation depicted above.
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\ Dorling & Mazuire, Boston, Mass. East Const Automot *LIFE- Not Lonesome. on the “ Perhaps you are not one of the lonesome kind.” “No, Pm not. But, you sce, I mortgaged this claim for four hundred dollars.” “And I couldn't pay, and they foreclosed on me.” s in front of a sod cabin ) Oklahoma was a man cleaning a double- d shotgun, ter we had conversed iinutes I asked him how far it was rest neighbor's. trifle over two miles,” he replied find it rather faras that? You must He comes twice a week, and we have at each other, and at least twice a week some durned fool comes along and wants to know if I ain’t lonesome; and when you add the claim jumpers, the the skunks, this life i: est. thing I know of. There comes the Sheriff now, and you had better get down behind that log and keep cl of his buckshot.” —Topeka (Kan.) Journal. rattlesnakes and about the excitin PIERCE STANHOPE way a distinct achievement in the way of a popular-priced manta of @ physician's work, which tainty fulfills the Its inexpensive, an ata nearageat’s and Iso wel ¢ Pierce line for 1905 1s ready. reare The Pierce Stannione without -around automobile, built primarily to stand the mount of service with the least amount of bother, for hard work, It has all the good polate of thé jouxine bod Exposition. The Pierce book and technical description of each of these cars sent on request THE GEORGE N. PIERCE COMPANY, Buffalo, N. Y. Manufacturers of Pierce Cycles Members of Assoctation of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. (FOR SALE BY The Simpson-Strausa Automobile Comp'y Ik. V, Connerat, Savannah, Ga, ile, Ky. CB Joy autorionite vo. $4 Pant, Mine, N.Y: Whipple. fu hamton, N. Ye Iman & Co. fhicago, Ii Sp rkane, Wash, say, Providence, R. ‘ortiand. Me. United States Automobile Go., Rochester, N.Y. Sy Milter Mundy Motor Car Co. U Central Automobile Exehan, “| ‘Worcester, Mass, Jacksonville, Fla. PRESS OF THE J. W. PRATT CO., NEW YORK. “Unparalleled Vi Achievement! IMTORTATIONS 18 1904 OF 6.H.MUMM & 0.’S CHAMPAGNE 131,330 CASES | | The GREATEST quantity ever imported by any brand in the history of the Champagne trade. Regarding Champagne Importations in 1904, Bonfort’s Wine and Spirit Circular of Jan. 10, 1905, says: “ Messrs. Fredk. de Rary & Co. brought over last year to this side of the water a greater number ‘of cases of Champagne than has ever hitherto been known, and these importations speak in the strongest terms of the great popu lar estcem in which G. H. MUMM & CO.'S Champagne is held on this continent.” GRAND PRIZE HIGHEST AWARD WAS RECEIVED BY __Apollinaris | Natural Mineral Water ST. LOUIS 1904 Investments. We offer a selected list of HIGH GRADE BONDS ana cuar- anteed SFOCKS paying from 34% to 5%. The securities are on hand for immedi- ate delivery, ‘Lists and full particulars upon application, Redmond & Co., BANKERS. 507 Chestnut St, 41 Wall Street, PHILADELPHIA. NEW YORK, comicbooks.com