Life, 1906-06-21 · page 6 of 28
Life — June 21, 1906 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains four ads: 1. **Williams' Shaving Stick**: Features a man shaving, marketing the product's antiseptic lather and health benefits. 2. **W. K. Cowan & Company**: A Chicago furniture and decorations business. 3. **Smith Premier Typewriter**: Promotes a new "Tri-Chrome" model allowing purple, black, and red typing—marketed as enabling modern office efficiency. 4. **Lake George/Lake Champlain/The Adirondacks**: Travel promotions for northeastern vacation destinations, with details on train service via the Delaware & Hudson Railroad. These are straightforward commercial advertisements typical of *Life* magazine's revenue model. No political cartoons or satirical content appears on this page.
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JETER Shaving SticK Williams’ The Thoughtful Man who carefully considers the comfort and health of his face always insists} on getting Williams’ Shaving Soap. Its pure, creamy, cara er lather assures a degree of satisfaction and] healthfulness afforded by no other shaving sdap. Williama’ Shaving Sticks and Shaving Cakes sold cverywhere, Send 4centa i ‘a Williame Sha‘ ick or acake of Laxury 8h Tee (En ‘wenaves.) De Gtastoxpuny, Conn, London Paris Berlin Sydney W. K. Cowan & Company Manufacturers + Importers » Retailers Furniture + Decoration + Art Objects ‘here is in every important city at least one business institution which by common consent is held to be something more than that—a place that residents are proud to point out and that seasoned travelers all know. In Chicago it is Cowan’s. 203-207 Michigan Boulevard Chicago $ FAS ‘ ae. Of, Ly Right here within easy reach of the operator is the small lever which enables ; The New Tri- Chrome Smith Premier Typewriter to write PURPLE for letters to be copied; BLACK for docu- ments to be preserved; RED for emphasis and for billing. This three-color feature, which enables the medern office to produce all of its work in the proper kind of typewriting with one machine and one ribbon, is the last word in typewriter construction. Let us send you a bit of printed matter describing it fully. THE SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER CO,, Syracuse, N.Y. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE THE CHARM OF Lake George that wonderful sheet of water nestling among the ever- lasting hills is perennial. The Lake is reached only by the Delaware & Hudson R. R. Herbert Spencer in his Autobiography says: “ Lake George is the most picturesque thing I saw in the United States.” Lake Champlain All Sports and Attractions. Cool Retreats. Superb Hotel Champlain, the great social center and observatory of fashionable life, 3 miles south of Plattsburg, N. Y., at the threshold of The Adirondacks Through Pullmans from New York on night and day trains. Superior dining ani fe-car service. Passengers holding tickets via D. & H.R. R. have privilege of using, without extra charge, steamers on Lake Champlain. Send 2c. page for * The Adirondacks”; 4c. for “A Summer Paradise”; 2c. for colored map of the Lakes. NEW YORK OFFICES 7 Cortlandt Street 1354 Broadway J, W. BURDICK, P. T. M. A. A. HEARD, G. P. A., ALBANY, N. Y. DELAWARE & HUDSON R. R. Pomicboo