Life, 1905-08-03 · page 36 of 44
Life — August 3, 1905 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political cartoon. It contains four distinct product advertisements typical of early 1900s magazines: 1. **Marlin Firearms** (top left): A hunting rifle ad featuring a man with a gun and wild game bird. The text emphasizes the gun's reliability for hunting grouse and other birds—a practical sportsman's pitch. 2. **New York Telephone Co.** (top right): A straightforward utility ad asking whether readers' time is valuable enough to warrant home telephone installation. 3. **Duesseldorfer Beer** (right): Claims the beer provides health and strength as an alternative to "high-ball" drinks. 4. **Egyptian Deities Cigarettes** (bottom): Luxury tobacco advertising, claiming the brand is preferred in exclusive American and European clubs. The page reflects Edwardian-era consumer culture: sporting equipment, technological convenience, alcoholic beverages, and luxury tobacco are all marketed as markers of genteel living. There is no evident satire or political commentary—these are sincere commercial pitches.
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Is Your Time Worth Saving? Then put a TELEPHONE in your RESIDENCE. New York Telephone Co. 15 Dey Street. * YZ, When a big cock grouse thunders up through the brush, he presents the most difficult mark in the world, and it’s a quick man with a good lively gun that makes a fair bag of these birds. The new ZZzrdénz \2-gauge, Model ‘ No. 17 isa light, quick gun, made to meet the demand for repeating shot-guns of highest quality at a very mederate price, It is similar to the Maclin Model No. 19 Grade A, except for its solid frame and straight grip stock. . ais Important improvements, such as the use of two extractors and a two-piece safety recoil = block, make it the easiest, most reliable and best working gun in the market. Bored for both Drink Duesseldorfer Beer smokeless and black powders and any size shot. Guaranteed to pattern better than 325 pellets Z : in a 30-inch circle at 40 yards using 1! ounce of No. 8 chilled shot. A perfect trap gun, ingead of the high-ball, having every advantage of the single barrel. You sight over the center of your load—not off and you will have health and strength, at one aide” You are not breaking your birds wih the right side of your lft bare! lod and as against pain and the left side of your right barrel load. You center the bird every time. Venous This, and every other Marvin, has the unique solid top_and side ejector features, which guarantee M safety and prevent the ejected shell from flying in your face. The Mardi Breechbolt keeps out water, Officially pronounced the twigs, leaves or sand, The shells are always dry and your ZZan(éz in service. No other gun has this feature. World's Standard of WRITE TO-DAY for our new Catalogue, containing a complete description of this splendid gun. Sent Perfection > free for 6¢ postage with our Experience Book, consisting of hundreds of tiring stories of ZZar/in prowess. bythe Thelllaclin Firearms C60 Willow St., New Haven, Conn, Lote Paris Exposition \ 1900 f Sed St. Louis Exposition § 1904 Divect corresrordence solicited Indianapolis Brewing Co. Indianapolis, Ind. KILLS RUST THE ZZaclin RUST REPELLER isthe Z7p/n Model No. 17, 12- best rust preventative made. because it does not gum or dip, and heat. cold or salt water don't gauge shot-gun, Grade A, 30 or fect ttt Reevellee aicks; np matter how 32 in, barrel, full choked, six shots, weight about 156 02. tube sent postpaxd for 15 cents. 736 Ibs. Catalogue price $21.00. Less at your dealers. etlAN DE; The fame of fine cigarettes is centered in the standard oh Tg of excellence set and sustained by Egyptian Deities. This S brand has been for years the selection of the connois- seur in the most exclusive clubs of America and Europe. S ANARCYROS EGYPTIAN DEITIES have all the characteristic traits of quality—that rare aromatic flavor, so prized in the finer selections of Turkish tobaccos and found in its perfection in the delicate Yacca leaf—that uniformity and even richness—that full shape and clear, even draught that come only from the most skilled Egyptian workmanship.