Life, 1905-04-13 · page 19 of 22
Life — April 13, 1905 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains various product advertisements typical of an early 1900s *Life* magazine, including: - Cluett coat shirts and Arrow collars - Pope bicycles ("Better Than Ever") - Budd shirts from Scotland - Rogers, Peet & Co. livery services - Knox hats - Liqueurs (Pères Chartreux, Cook's Imperial Champagne, Old Crow Rye Whiskey) There is one small employment notice seeking a woman with "ability and discernment" for a New York dry goods house. The ads reflect period consumer goods and social conventions (livery services, formal wear). The Knox hat ad includes nationalist messaging ("Patronize American industries"), while the liqueur ad emphasizes avoiding import duties and ocean freight charges—likely referencing contemporary tariff debates. No satirical cartoon is prominently featured on this page.
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Coat Shirt avoids this—it goes on and comes off like a coat. Ev style—all colors warranted. $1.50 and more. CLUETT, PEABODY & CO. Makers of Cluett and Arrow Collars, A PROMINENT New York Dry Goods House requires the services of a woman of ability and discernment in selection of merchandise. Address Ability, care of New York Lire, New York City. “Better Than Ever” is the universal comment on our 1905 models. Recogni:ed Superiority hasbeen ea: by constant adaptation of the best n-eans to the best ends, Bear in mind the trade-marks whith stand for Pope Quality. PRICES, $22.50 to $100.00 (Complete Line of Juveniles and Motor Cycles.) COLUMBIA RAMBLER CLEVELAND | CRESCENT TRIBUNE , MONARCH CRAWF9P*> IMPERIAL POPE MANUFACTURING CO. Hartford, Conn. | Chicago, Ill. Address Dept. B for Catalogues, Budd Mapison Square, WEST SHIRTS from an_ exceptionally comprehensive range of fine cotton cloths, man- ufactured expressly for SAMUEL BUDD by the most celebrated looms in Scotland. Prices, $4.00, $4.25, $4.50 Correct and well made livery For carriage or house use For town or country. ROGERS, PEET & CO., 258—842—1260 Broadway, (3 Stores) NEW YORK, —— Patronize American industries. Wear a KNOX HAT | | the creation par excellence of the nation. Spring styles now ready. Agencies in all the principal cities in the world, The Highest Grade After:Dinner Liqueur Ices Chartran LIQUEUR Peres Chartreux —GREEN AND YELLOW— Known as Chartreuse Barjer & Sole Agents for OUCH g, ; FirzcerA 161 BROADWAY. » 688 BROADWAY. 723 SIXTH AVENUE fo reign wines would cost if they did not have to pay heavy duties and ocean freight charges, H. B. KIRK & CO., BOTTLERS, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com