Life, 1905-06-01 · page 41 of 52
Life — June 1, 1905 — page 41: what you’re looking at
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This page contains mostly **advertisements and filler content** rather than political satire. The top section, "Kisses Classified," is a humorous literary commentary: someone spent time cataloging all adjectives used to describe "kiss" in English novels, producing an absurdly long list (warm, icy, burning, etc.). The joke is on over-the-top romantic writing. Below that, "No Need to Hurry" is a brief anecdote about a ferry worker named Mike Finnegan who, when asked to wake a sleeping passenger for Boston, dismissively replies the train's been gone fifteen minutes—humor based on Irish working-class dialect and incompetence. The bulk of the page is **period advertising**: Marlin firearms for bird hunting, electrical ignition systems, Youmans hats, Arrow collars, and Missouri farmland for sale. These ads are typical of Life magazine's revenue model. The cartoons are minimal; the imagery supports product marketing rather than political commentary.
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Kisses Classified. OME individual with oceans of time on his | S hands has conceived the idea of hunting ish the works of English novelists for the © of finding all the adjectives used to he word kiss. The result is as fol- warm, icy, burning, chilly, cool, lovit nt, balsamic, fragrant, blissful, pas with s bedewed, long, ating, dissembling, delicious, | beguiling, hearty, distracted, | iresh-as-the-morning, breathing fire, The Snipe is a swift, erratic flyer and the alacrity with which he slips away from a heavy gun is astonishing. The light, hard-shooting 16-gauge HZarliz assures a good bag of these difficult birds and does not wear out the shooter who cartiés it over:many'milesof boggy énine grouad. Wt has all the penetration and pattern of the 12-gauge, without the weight. It can be handled fast and with precision in all the more dificult forms of bird shooting. It is the lightest (614 ad, sad, superficial, quiet, fond, heavenly, exeerable, devourin ferve t, parching. nervous, soulless, careless, anxious, painful, embarrassed, shy, mute, cred, firm, ried, faithless, rly, broth- a immod cal The task seemed inter- er Ibs.) and smallest repeater made and a mighty good and he gave up at this stage.—Lon- guint knows | “This, and every other ZZandiia has the unique solid top and — | side ejector features, which guarantee strength and prevent the ejected shell from getting into the line of sight or flying in your face. There's a solid wall of metal between you and the cartridge all the time. The Marlin Breech Bolt keeps out water, twigs, leaves or sand, and keeps the shells dry. It makes the HZaréén the gun for hard usage and bad weather— 1 | i . No other gun has this feature. tell rousing stories of what their ZZardéz has done in the “ ZZarlin Experience Book “—let us send it to you. Free, with 1905 Catalogue—six cents postage. KILLS RUS “Hew DO YOU LIKE JOCKO'S APTER-DINNER SPEECH 2” | eee mare Cciubncantesd — Zarlin Repeating Shot Gun, 16-pauge. : sor SA REGULAK * SIMIAN FORD.” + not gum of drip, and heat, 28-inch barrel, “Special Smokeless Steel,” extra geld ex saltwater don't aflest selected, carved and special engraving. Catalogue list, $166.50. No Need to Hurry. hot the Gring. Get it of your deal- 16-gauge Repeating Shot Guns from $25.00 to $250.00. Catalogue neal | 6 Samal U2 ot tubes seat post- prices, Illustration shows 28-inch barrel. M HIAEL FINNEGAN was once a pros- perous proprictor of a hostelry in | z 1 was well known to all the ~ a ~ - } travelers airoughoul New Eng Troubled with Faulty Ignition? 7 Quality Ss iter Maine went prohibition Mike was Weareignition specialists. Our The soccemmes that hare pense wo d ent on board the old steamer City of | is a portable storase battery caTatog A.J. & Co. Athletic Goods d, which plied between Bangor and aults. All owners of 1a Sonar ket 1 besa ARTHUR JOHNSON & CO. is duty when on watch to call the | Sie DAVEOW ELECTRICAL WEG. COs _N L ps who desired to t the 2. A. M 120 OCAVER BLOG DAYTON, OMI0 tr oston, which left Portland from} = — — t mmercial street station, One morn- 1 awakening, Mike discovered it was a the wily passenger who was to be called, and, powsling vigorously on the door, exclaimed: : eman what wanted to take | " a ane up oe Youmans Straw | ied the drummer, “I'll get Hats are distin- ig guished by the | aisy.” said Mike; “the train's been aeyiethat mace Son fifteen minutes.”"—Boston Herald. ca === Over 100 other styles. FOR SALE-—MISSOURI FARMS indica’ ts 15 centseach; 2 for 25 cents, ” 1.200 acres, fine combination grain and stock farm, highly improved, | ta FihAveuse et Rroadway ‘lend location, also smaller farms ia sizes to suit. Write for State New York 596 Fifth Ave. map, rated booklet and weather report: sent free. : BAZEL J. MEEK, - - + CHILLICOTHE, MO. comicbooks.com