Life, 1906-07-19 · page 4 of 28
Life — July 19, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains: 1. **Prest-O-Lite Co.** advertisement for ready-made gas for automobile lights—a commercial product pitch with a call-to-action postcard offer. 2. **"Life in the Open—Colorado"** travel promotion with a photo and text touting Colorado's health benefits, particularly its altitude and "oxygen-absorbing" properties as a cure for disease. 3. **A cartoon illustration** (lower right) showing what appears to be prospectors or miners with the caption about "shooting holes in that tenderfoor's hat"—a humorous Western scene depicting frontier figures. 4. Other ads for **Knapp-Felt hats**, **Brighton garters**, and **Abbott's Angostura bitters**. The page reflects early 20th-century American consumer culture and marketing rather than political commentary.
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For Auto Lights. E make the gas—you use it. That's the difference between the Prest-O- Lite way and the old-fashioned gen- erator way. ocoo Having a Prest-O-Lite tank on your car is like having city gas in your home. You turn it on and light it when you want it, and turn it off when you don’t want it and—that's all! When your tank is empty, you get a full one for the cost of recharging. 0000 If you will write for our book “Ready Made Gas for Auto Lights” you can read the whole story of how Acetylene gas is generated, purified, cleaned, cooled, dried, condensed, compressed, put into tanks for convenience in handling, and made ready for instant use when- ever needed. We can prove to you that Prest-O-Lite is convenient, safe and econom- ical. Or—you can prove it yourself at our risk. Our book tells how. oc0o We want every owner or prospective own- er of a Motor Car to have our book. We send it postpaid by return mail with our com- pliments for only your name and address— letter or pos card. Write for it to-day to The Prest-O-Lite Co. Department 322 Indianapolis, Indiana The first derby made in America wasa C.&K. a = Kuapp-Felt HATS FOR MEN The Cambridge Mixed Derby is an exclusive Knapp-Felt shade of pearl for occasional wear during the Summer. Hatters sell them. Knapp-Felt De Luxe $6. Knapp-Felt $4. Write for “The Hatman.” Tue CrorutT & Knapp Co. Broadway, at 13th Street New York Island Life in the Open—Colorado iy The altitude of the mountain country and its decreased atmospheric pressure cause a striking increase in the number of red corpuscles in your blood and the hemoglobin which they con! Hemoglobin is the part of the blood through which you absorb oxygen—the life sustainer and rejuvenator. A few weeks spent in Colorado makes the blood redder, the complexion rosier and permanently fortibes the body against attacks of disease germs. Ask your doctor about it—he knows. You can spend two weeks in Colorado comfortably at very small cost: $6 to $7 per week and upward. Or rough it, as these happy fellows are doing, for almost nothing. "Under the s Teraoolie Sky,” ond is “WHY ARE THE BOYS SHOOTING HOLES IN THAT TENOERFOOT'S “WELL, HE'S BEEN TALKING THROUGH HIS HAT EVER SINCE H's UCEN HERE AND TH’ DOYS WANT To MAKE IT ASIDE FoR HIM" , If You Never Wore Garters start today. Geta pair of Brighton Flat Clasp Gar nd Walkeasy. They pele ‘ther bind, rab nor chafe the leg. No teeth of sharp projections to tear the socks of catch in the clothing. They ‘Keep the socks and underclothing The only garter ith the perfectly dat clasp. Atl heavily nickeled. Ab- re alik web (not mercer gS conta pair: at your deal- ers of sent by mail postpaid. PIONEER SUSPENDER CO..718 Market St, Philad’a Makers of Proneer Si beverages, “fabio an ounce i aber of sweetened water after Meals, adords relict and aldedigestion. BITTERS Important to see that It is Abbott's.