Life, 1906-06-07 · page 30 of 42
Life — June 7, 1906 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes satirical humor pieces with period advertising. The left column contains four short humorous anecdotes typical of Life's "Our Foolish Contemporaries" section—brief comedic stories poking fun at everyday people and situations. These include tales of a wife manipulating her husband through illness, a man accidentally activating an office prank button, a boy's school composition, and a farmer confused by a speaking tube—all gentle mockery of ordinary foolishness. The right side features full-page advertisements, primarily for Murad cigarettes (linking smoking to baseball appreciation) and Abbott's Angostura Bitters. The baseball stadium illustration shows the sport's mass popularity during this era. The overall tone reflects early 20th-century American humor: domestic comedy, workplace mishaps, and rural/urban culture clashes presented as entertainment for affluent magazine readers.
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COUCH-MEDICINE Thad a little h T never knew a worse For better than his wife of life He loved his little purse., I did my be He sat my dee Abd though he h He neve Jacent st to wheedle him— a chronic cough, Sol ta little lawyer— I's own close crony— And divvied with the man of law My lawful ny Reginald Wright Koujjman, in Saturday Evening Post ‘Tue Sovtu ror Ho a Manor, Asheville, North arolina, is the best ini PUSHED THE CRANK BUTTON y Shaw has a number of when be buttons on his desk, 10 the room. all heavily tary understood what had happened. but the and hurriedly took their departure, while Mr. Shaw sat back and roared with laughter —Bugalo Evening News Hotel Vendome, Boston The ideal hotel of America for permanent and transient guests BOY'S COMPOSITION ON A HORSE able one day last week found his little ¢ and pencil in his hand. | you doing?” “Writ. | “Well, wby don't you write “Oto Sate Pexcut. Delicious—Try it Bostoa, Mass. SS Pierce Co. HE GOT A REPLY Several years ago a farmer drove to Buffalo to buy from a is country store. After com: | 1 his goods to be packed, he several men using the speaking tube Miter a whi better of him and he asked the pro hat that thing was. king tube," said the proprietor, and sce how it works.” “What will T c going over to the tube. 1 the proprietor re the goods Mr. Parsons, of his curiosity got “the goods are ready, but we inflint up. We think he is kind of shaky.” ; 5‘ | New Waverty Horet axp Barn ARKANSAS. ILLUSTRATED Booxter. Heatrn axp Rest; i Hor Sreives, PREORDAINED A Brooklyn man tells of some juvenile theatricals in which his jerested. The wherein courtships and w Ie appears “have y «you been left out of the phay?| you on with the others ¢ left out," indignantly denied Marie. “I'm the baby ettes are mild to insipidness or strong to harshness, but MURAD CIGARETTES \ have a full-bodied flavor and mellow- ness that never tires. The Murad came to smokers as an entirely new and original flavor in Turkish cigarettes. Its delicacy of aromais anfale F ness unapproached. 10 for 15c S$. ANARGYROS, Manufacturer 111 Fifth Avenue New York DS National League Baseball Polo Grounds. N.Y. America’s appreciation of the National game is not more enthusiastic than it gives to Murad cigarettes. Other cigar- ed, its rich- q Are you Srila a House or decorating a Room? { Have you wall spaces or spots which you wish to make artistically effective at small cost > Life’s Pictures are Appropriate LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 17 West 318 Street, New York waitin’ to be born!""—Har per’s Weekly. jerages. A tablespoon{alin anounce a Make the best cocktail. A A del fa) 5 eromsatto for all wine, spiritand soda bat sherry or eyectenet water after Srealnadords uledigesticn, BITTERS important to sea that itis Abbott's. 8 comicbooks.com