Life, 1905-07-06 · page 34 of 44
Life — July 6, 1905 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains four distinct product advertisements from the early 20th century: 1. **Marlin .22 Rifle**: Marketed as versatile for hunting (small and large game, waterfowl) and notably as "a splendid gun for women and boys" due to its safety features—reflecting period gender assumptions about who used firearms. 2. **Royals Linen**: Budget offering (15¢) for Arabic linen cloth. 3. **Hotel Ampersand**: Resort advertisement for Adirondack lodging, opening June 24th, emphasizing leisure activities (golf, fishing, tennis, dancing). 4. **Egyptian Deities Cigarettes**: Luxury cigarette brand emphasizing quality and hand-crafted Egyptian tobacco, targeting "discriminating smokers." The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and period attitudes (women as gun users needing safety features, luxury goods marketing). There is **no identifiable political cartoon or satire present**—this is straightforward commercial promotion.
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The pleasures of your Summer will be increased one hundred camp. It has the supreme Warfén accuracy, and for this reason alone no other light rifle is in class with it. It shoots short, long and long-rifle cartridges in the same gun, and can thus be used either as a target or small game rifle and at the same time is effec- tive for larger, hardier animals,—coon, fox, badger or woodchuck, or for long range shooting at geese or ducks. A .22 Zarlin is a mighty handy thing to have in a duck blind to get cripples or strays without frightening incoming birds. The Marlin .22 has a safety device which makes it a splendid gun for women and boys. It cannot be fired unless the action is locked and there can be no accidental opening of the breech mechanism. The Marlin 22 has an original Harlin solid top and side ejector. There's a solid wall of metal between you and the cartridge always. The shell ejects to the side and cannot fly in your face. Write to-dery for real odes of ZZarvén prowen in our Experience Book, and the new Catalog. Free o any addres for 6 cents postage. The Maclin Firearms Q, 60 Willow Street Now Haven, Conn, DOESN'T GUM OR DRIP x Send o-dsy for samole 1!5 02. ZZartin Model 1897.22 calibre, 24 Roa Repeller, 15 cents in stamps it your inch $4 octagon, 14 magazine. dealer hasn't it It sticks no motter how hot Extra selected fine * B" checking. the fring. The best lubricant anc rust pre- istol grip, Engraved No. 10 style. Catalog list ventative known. Abvolutely unaflected by beat, cold, or salt water fold if you have a Marlin .22 repeater about the house org LINEN 15¢ EACH ARABIC IF YOUR DEALER WONT SUPPLY YOU, WRITE US EMIGH & STRAUB-Dept CC.TROY,NY| The Adirondacks’ Most Favored Resort Hotel Ampersand and COTTAGES on Lower Saranac Lake A most delightful lake and mountain resort Opens June 24th Perfect Golf Links, Fishing, Rowing Bathing, Tennis and Dancing perior Music. Post. tel telephone, offic BOOKLET G. S. MOULTON, Manager, Ampersand, N.Y. N. ¥. Office, 289 Fourth Avenue, The name Egyptian Deities has been identified for years with fine quality only. For the discriminating smoker the world over, no other brand has ever offered the refinement of form, the rare aromatic flavor and the assurance of perfection in each. In the making cf EGYPTIAN DEITIES Deities Cigarette has never been marketed. S.ANARGYROS no expense or care has ever been spared in the effort to make their quality unapproachable. The rarest selections of Yacca leaf, perfectly matured and handled with infinite care, are made into full, even shape by the best Egyptian workmen. An imperfect Egyptian comicbooks.com