Life, 1906-01-11 · page 3 of 26
Life — January 11, 1906 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains three commercial advertisements from the early 20th century: 1. **Brownsville Water Crackers** — promoting a local Pennsylvania cracker brand as refined enough for "particular diners" yet wholesome for nurseries and simple meals. 2. **Hedgeland Anti-Skid Solid Axle** — an automobile safety device preventing skidding, positioned as revolutionary as the air brake. 3. **"If: A Guide to Bad Manners"** — a humorous book by James Montgomery Flagg about etiquette violations, marketed as comedy ("every page a laugh"). The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture, emphasizing product quality, automotive innovation, and humor publications. There is no political cartoon or satirical content present.
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al Warrant Purveyors to the Pennsylvania R.R, Dining Car Service The Waldorf-Astoria Yhe Saint Regis Hotel The Cafe Martin The Cafe des Beaux Arts’ CRACKERS BAKED IN BROWNSVILLE are found on the tables of the most particular diners, and form a large part of the crackers and milk served in the nursery. This is because the ‘ Brownsville Water Cracker The Cracker that has Brownsvill is dainty enough to appeal to the most particular, and wholesome enough to be all right for the simplest meal. CHATLAND & LENHART, BROWNSVILLE, PA If you cma buy these crackers of any grocer that you can reach easily, we will send ten pounds for $1.50, express paid, or two pounds for 50 cents, s paid. DID YOV EVER SKID? The Hedgeland Anti-Skid Solid Axle for Automobiles gives a positive drive on both wheels. Gives you complete con- trol of your car whatever the condition of the roa ives you a solid axle and dispenses with the differential fear. Pre- | vents skidding. As important an invention to the Automo- bile as the Air Brake was to the railway. i y when he tue: nar || im Ze | “TF; A Guide to Bad Manners” all te invest: 7 _ That's what we think—get it and see if we aren't right Verse and Pictures by JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG EVERY PAGE A LAUGH 75 CENTS POSTPAID +” 1075 W. 15th St. Chea LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY WEBSTER MFG CO., US St Cheney Controllers of patents, manufacturers and distributors to the retail trade | 17 West 31st Street . spenied TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING AXLE CO., Cantoa, Ohio New York we want and WESTON.MOTT COMPANY, Utica, New Yori ne tie Manufacturers and distributors to the wheletale trade comicbooks.com