Life, 1905-04-06 · page 61 of 62
Life — April 6, 1905 — page 61: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes satire with period advertising. The top cartoon—credited to artist signature—humorously addresses census-taking etiquette: a man reacts with exaggerated distress upon learning his wife claimed to be forty-two years old. The joke assumes readers recognize the social convention that women often lied about their age, and that honest husbands would publicly feign offense at such claims to maintain propriety. It's satirizing both gender dynamics and the awkwardness of the 1900 census itself. The page otherwise contains advertisements typical of *Life* magazine: champagne import statistics, a horse-racing event at Queens County Jockey Club (spring 1905), and patent medicine ads (Hydrozone for sore throats). These ads reflect early-1900s consumer culture and the widespread marketing of dubious medical remedies before FDA regulation.
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GIANT STRIDES AM Records Again Broken MOET & CHANDO CHAMPAGNE HEADS THE LIST of Importations into @ the UNITED STATES & With the HIGHEST 102, oa MENTS THE DISCRIMINATION DISTINCTION anid ‘ PREFERENCE IT'S UP TO YOU. por. Given lo AND LOOKS RIGHTERN OR THERKADOUTS AND SAYS SHE'S FORTY-TWO— Tg CHAMPAGNE 11's ETIQUETTE YOR YoU TO THROW A FIT! GEO.A.RESSLER 52 Sate /nronrens Its action is immediate and_beneficial. No burning or cauterizing. No injurious effects possible. Hydrozone is a standard remedy, indorsed and successfully used by leading physicians for the past fourteen years. Sold by best druggists. Trial Bottle Free Beware of preparations with similar names. None genuine without my signature on label : Send free trial IS Mail coupon, naming your druggist, to botslelof SPRING MEETING, 1905 3 CHARLES MARCHAND, ne anbeneing Coupon good only i til May 5, First Race at 2:30 p.m. each day 60 Prince Street, until May 5, 1905. New York City. APRIL 15 TO APRIL 24 INCLUSIVE WDROZONE ian, Requests unaccompanied Opening day feature dy coupon will be CARTER HANDICAP ]|| fees fect’ family. With $5,000 added : STAKE RACES EVERY DAY Concert by Lander Address... Special trains via Long Island R.R., Fast 34th St, N. Y., Flatbush Ave. Depot and Kings = s 4 County "L" Road, Brooklyn. "For time tables see daily papers 25 | Druggist WRITE LEGIBLY comicbooks.com