Life, 1906-08-02 · page 29 of 40
Life — August 2, 1906 — page 29: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements**, not satire or political cartoons. It contains: **Product Ads:** - A.B.C. traveling trunks and wardrobe cases - The Stearns automobile (emphasizing quality construction and craftsmanship) - Hiawatha sparkling spring water **One Insurance Appeal:** The Prudential Insurance ad uses a moral rhetorical question: comparing a sea captain who recklessly sails without lifeboats to a man who lacks life insurance. It's an emotional appeal to family responsibility—suggesting that failing to insure oneself is dangerously negligent to dependents. **Historical Context for Modern Readers:** This appears to be from the early 1900s, when life insurance was still a relatively new concept. The ad frames insurance not as financial product but as *moral duty*. The image of a ship also plays on contemporary anxieties (the Titanic sank in 1912). The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture and the advertising industry's emerging emotional persuasion techniques.
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Ore The A. B.C. of It Vou Built it Traveling lon UT Va) A place for everything—every- : 5 thing in its place, where you can get at it without trouble. Our No. 145 shown below— the A. B. C. Wardrobe Trunk—is the most practical trunk of its kind made. It does away with unpacking when you arrive and packing up when No. 1601. you leave—your clothes hang up just as they do in your wardrobe at home—an oak follower keeps them free from wrinkles, When closed takes up only half the floor space of the ordinary trunk. Price $35 and up. The A. B. C. No. 1601 Automatic Trunk Raise the lid and you raise the upper tray: drop the front and the second tray slides in and out; easy access to everything. Style No. 1601, like cut, $20.00. Write for our hem, . You would spend months designing,to eliminate need- . less parts and useless weight. Ue have spent 10 years. You would go to any country for material to get the absclute best. So do we. : You would keep the finest workmen at it till nothing more could be done to add a merit. Ge do just that, » and it takes 2,100 hours—10 months of working days . for each car—more time and care than any one else spends on any but a racing car. By what process could any maker, anywhere, produce a better car? Ohere is another so made? we Sigured the cos ec. We were sand excessive © 4 selling on of aly competi Stately hall the cost ofany foreign car that makes see ication With those who will appreciate this car, For gach Mt will give a service xreater than any ther mechasisia the world has produced. ‘Shall we send our book of details? ipeicot mavufectured by Abel @ Bach Company ‘Largest Makers of Trunks and Bags ta the World S ™ t - Milwaukee, Wis.,U. S.A. [il i | he (Chicago Saletrooma: 46-48 Adams Bt, . F. B. STEARNS CO., = : Menbers AL. ALM. FD . . 2990 EUCLID AVENUE, > oe Cleveland, O. =D bil ns "| Min No Nork Branch, 121 W. 8h ee , zs F St., Geo. F, Woolitea, Mer. Botton Ageots, Reed-Undeshill Co. 252-4 Columbus Ave. Chicago Agents, Githens Bros. Co, 1328-30 Michigan Ave, {s¥st opro having this mark on any Tronk. Sait Cassor Rae sostoy lis your guarantee of quality, styleacd durability of a Captain Who Took his Vessel to Sea Without a Life- boat? And What of the Man Who Calmly Sails Through Life Without a Life Insur- ance Policy for the Protection | of Those Dependent Upon | him? Take the Risk of Your Family’s Future From Your Spring Water The most pleasing table water you have ever tasted. Abso- lutely pure, wholesome and healthful. Hiawatha Table Water has received the highest award at every World's Fair at which it has been exhibited in own Shoulders Once and for all, and Put it on a Strong Life Insurance Company Like The Prudential. You will never regret it. Send for Rates at Your Age, Now While you Think of it. Dept. O. The Prudential Insurance Company of America P. dertEy, President, Incorporated as a Steck Company by the State of New Jersey Eome O&ce, NEWARE, NJ. competition with all other table waters. This is the proof positive of its superiority, Sold at all leading hotels, restaur- ants and cafés, Try it—then ordera case of your local dealer for home use. A little booklet, “It's What's gives many recipes for delicio mer drinks, Itis yours for the asking. Hiawatha Spring Company Order Hiawatha Today. Litis [late Creu Distributors, Minneapolis New York Chicago St. Paul Duluth comicbooks.com