Life, 1905-07-06 · page 32 of 44
Life — July 6, 1905 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains four distinct ads: 1. **Winchester .33 Caliber Rifles** — promotes the Model 1886 rifle for big-game hunters, emphasizing its take-down feature and power. 2. **Crouch & Fitzgerald Luggage** — advertises "handsome, lightest" travel trunks. 3. **A brief humorous anecdote** titled "Habit" — a mild joke about a new boarder who admits to sleeping standing up, implying he's a former policeman accustomed to the habit. 4. **Richilieu & Ontario Navigation Co.** — promotes the "grandest trip in America" via Niagara to the Sea, featuring a steamboat image. 5. **Liqueur Pères Chartreux** — advertises French cordial as a preferred after-dinner drink of polite society. 6. **Pennsylvania Railroad Baltimore excursion rates** — reduced fares for the International Convention of the United Society of Christian Endeavor. There is no political cartoon here. The page reflects early 1900s consumer advertising and leisurely travel culture.
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— ‘LIFE- WINCHESTE, CEN .33 CALIBER RIFLES The Winchester Model 1886 .33 Caliber is the highest-powered rifle made in take-down style. It is popular with big-game hunters on account of the take-down feature and hard-hitting qualities of the cartridge. The latter is loaded with smokeless powder and. a 200-grain, soft point, metal patched bullet, which has special mushrooming qualities, owing to its size and high velocity, It is a particularly desirable rifle for hunting big game generally shot at fairly long range. Winchester Guns and Ammunition Are Sold Everyphere WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Habit. ty HANDSOMEST, LIGHTEST BEST LUGGAGE MADE. BY (ROPRS & ITZGE moaoway, — | ROADWAY, 723 SIXTH AVENUE, : ND you say the f bed shut up on ed the I you rding se lady pal? Sure 1 did,” replied the new boarder b must have expe | New y YorK. all, You Vm Yonkers Statesman, 1 at a police standing up see, Toused to mavam. and used sleeping dest trip ia Ameri The Thousand Is . Quebec and the famed iinits stupendous Capes rernity.” Send be. postage for itt Thos. Henry, Trafke Mansy trated guide to » Montreal, Canada, SERIES * Go, NA AVAGATE i Wa LIQUEUR GREEN RARE AND PIQUANT YELLOW FLAVOR This famous Cordial, known as Char- treuse, has for centuries been the pre- ferred after-dinner liqueur of Polite Society. REDUCED RATES TO BALTIMORE. Via Ponnsylvania Railroad, Account Interna- tlonal Convention United Society of Christian Endeavor. For the International Convention United Society of Christian Endeavor, at Baltimore, Md., July 5 to 10, the Penn’ Ivania Railroad Company will sell round-tr’ , tickets to Balt- ut greatly reduced ra! s, from all stations its lines east of and including Pittsburgh, nd Buffalo. e from New York will be $6.5 N. J, $6.10, with corresponding. r« from all other points. Tickets will be sold on Jul for return pass July 15,3 Joint Agent at A v3, 4,.and 5, good leaving Baltimore until On payment of $1.00 t Baltimore extension of re turn limit t ined Tickets v permit stop-ove in limit, if deposited with the ticket agent at Broad Street Station. Special excursion tickets are on sale every urday and Sunday from Baltimore to Washington and return at rate of $1.25 for the round trip. These tickets are good for return passage until the last train Sunday night, affording ample opportunity for dele- gates to visit the National Capital: comicbooks.com