Life, 1906-06-07 · page 37 of 42
Life — June 7, 1906 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with one satirical cartoon. The cartoon depicts two sailors in conversation. The first sailor boasts he's been sailing forty years without spending more than forty dollars, while the second responds that everything costs more now than it used to. The joke plays on **post-WWI inflation**—a major economic concern of the early 1920s when prices had risen dramatically. The satire mocks the nostalgia of older generations ("in my day") while acknowledging the contemporary reality that living costs had become unaffordable. The remaining content consists of period advertisements: Winchester rifles, Corliss-Coon collars, Allen's Foot-Ease (a corn remedy), Old Crow whiskey, Redmond investment bonds, and other products typical of early 20th-century American consumer goods. The "Varsity Points" sidebar appears to be a fashion or lifestyle feature unrelated to the main cartoon.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
RIFLES SHOOT STRAIGHT AND STRONG The name “ Winchester” on a rifle barrel is the hall-mark of accurate and strong shooting. This is due to the excellence of Winchester barrels, the knowledge and experience embodied in their manufacture and the care taken in targeting them. Only good guns ever leave our factory. For results always use Winchester guns for all your shooting and Winchester make of ammunition for all your guns, FREE: Send name and address on a postal card for our large illustrated catalogue. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO., NEW HAVEN, CONN, VARSITY POINTS 2 PVE DEEN A SAILOR FORTY VEAR AND NEVER SPEN ‘Est OVER FoRTY! 1st Sailor: r'RAPS NOT! BUT EVERYTHING 15 HIGHER NOW THAN IY USEO To BE, MATEL We have over 30,000 teatimontals, For FREE Trial Packaco, also Froe sample of FOOT=EASE Sanitary CORN=PAD, a new Invention, ad- dross, Allen S, Olmsted, Le Roy, N.Y. This signatare uae BI ‘on every box. ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE | A Certain Cure for Tired, Hot, Aching Feet. | DO NOT ACCEPT A ‘SUBSTITUTE. and see. caders becaese they are better made. more thmes without breaking, the Inside ft anay at the corners, where fold collars Corliss-Coon _ Collars 2 for 25c. shown above, tas easy. graceful Noes that style and comfort, There 1s pleaty of de fl te fou Cortiss-Coon Collars. If ‘of Dew and leading 4 collars asd enjoy low collar comfort Style, Kegular sizes 19 to 1ghj—quarter sizes abow td Dept. 1 N Casliss, Coon & Co. rrovin.y. J Redmondaco. HIGH GRADE INVESTMENT BONDS AND SECURITIES LETTERS OF CREDIT FOR TRAVELERS Philadelphia 507 Chestnut St. 33 Pine St., New York. OLD CROW RYE snio-n WHISK H. B. KIRK & CO- BOTTLERS, NEW YORK EY SOLE comicbooks.com