Life, 1905-05-04 · page 41 of 48
Life — May 4, 1905 — page 41: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Life* magazine contains primarily **advertisements** rather than political cartoons, reflecting early 1900s consumer culture. The ads reveal period concerns: Welch's Grape Juice marketed as a health tonic and typhoid preventative (disease anxiety was high). Winchester shotguns advertised for hunting, reflecting the sporting lifestyle of affluent readers. G.H. Mumm Champagne boasted record importation numbers—a status symbol during the Gilded Age. The only satirical content is a brief cartoon titled "Several True Bills," mocking jury selection. A tailor declines legal representation, asking the judge to dismiss a jury where every member owes him money for clothes—a joke about small-town interconnectedness and conflicts of interest in justice systems. The White Rock mineral water ad emphasizes purity and healthfulness, typical health-conscious marketing of the era when water safety was genuinely questionable.
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HE rich, red blood of pure unfermented grapes, undoctored, just as itis pressed. from the Has the «fruity ” and is both food F ink, Doctors say, es are a preventa- typhoid fever Welch Grap Juice Co. Westfield, N.Y. TAKE-DOWN REPEATING SHOTGUNS No matter how big the bird; no matter how heavy its plumage or swift its flight, you can bring it to bag with a long, strong, straight shooting Winchester Repeater loaded with Winchester Factory Loaded Shotgun Shells. Results are what count. This combination, which is within reach of everybody’s pocket-book, always gives the best results in field, fowl or trap shooting. Winchester guns and Winchester cartridges are made for each other. FREE: Send name and address on a postal card for our large illustrated catalogue. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY - NEW HAVEN, CONN. / Unparalleled Achievement! IMPORTATIONS IN 1904 OF GH MUMM & 60.'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 a ne than has ever hitherto nd these importations speak in the strongest terms of the great papar lar esteem in which G, H. sient CO.'S Champagne is held on this continent.” ee, Several True Bills. ] is, of course, true that a jury, ally, for reasons best known to himself, looked over is composed of a set of unprejudiced men, the jurymen and then turned to the jud; with open minds ; still there may be occasion “It's no use for me to tell you about this when a slight personal feeling invades their ase, your honor,” he ejectedly, “not ranks. s you dismiss that jury and get in a new ach was evidently the thought borne . There isn’t at mongst ’em but what upon the tailor who, rising to state his case, owes me something for clothes."—Youth's and hav cclined the servic a lawye! Companion. “dud Now It's Fishing Time” And that means White Rock time to the man who blends the pleasures of sport with the de- light of true refreshment. There is no mineral water so pure and healthful as phhite Rock comicbooks.com