Life, 1906-11-01 · page 10 of 56
Life — November 1, 1906 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and literary content** rather than political satire. The main elements are: 1. **"Universal" Percolating Coffee Machine advertisement** - promoting a coffee maker that brews quickly and efficiently, targeting housewives as the primary consumer. 2. **Union Pacific Railroad advertisement** - promoting low fares to western destinations (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, etc.), emphasizing the region's varied climate and natural resources. 3. **Poetry by Rupert Hughes** - a literary piece about reading classics and exploring literature. 4. **"Perfect Dress Tie" advertisement** - promoting a men's necktie with an organized fastening system. The page reflects early 20th-century consumer culture, targeting both domestic (women) and travel (men) markets. There is no significant political cartoon or satire present—it's a standard magazine page mixing ads with literary content.
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The “Universal’ Percolating Coffee Machine Makes delicious coffee for every oc- casion because it operates quickly. Other machines are limited to after dinner coffee because that is the only time one has to wait for them to operate. In seven or eight minutes, particularly if you use lukewarm water, the “Uni- versal’ will make the most delicious cup of coffee you ever tasted. It is the boiling po that brings: ot Led bineroess be: The body is made of one heavily nickel plated, lined with coating. es inseparable, from base, convenient 10 handle. Three sizes—4, 6 and 9 cups. ‘The “* Universal" lamp is odorless, produces anintease heat, and the coming age of cheap alcobol adds to us economical advantages. May we send dye ou free booklet? It fully describes the “Universal” principle of fltering the water through the coffee before the boiling point is reached. It is worth the cost of a Hardware dealers postal to know how to get the best out of coffee. and housefurnishing Soci ; "Giver Landers, Frary & Clark, * Re$i! 5" coon IN THE WORLD Is there to be found such a variety of climate, scenery and resources as between the Missouri River, or the ninety-sixth meridian, and the Pacific Ocean. The best climate of every known country can be found in this area. Herenature not only equals but excels everything she has done for mankind. Very Low Rates) now in effect UNION PACIFIC AND CONNECTIONS to Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washing- ton and California. Inquire of E.L. LOMAX, C. P.A., Omaha, Neb. With a Firs Reader ZAR little child, this little book Is less a primer than a key ‘To sunder gates where wonder waits Your “Open Sesame!” These tiny syllables look large; They'll fret your wide, bewildered eyes; But “Is the cat upon the mat?” Is passport to the skies. For, yet awhile, and you shall turn From Mother Goose to Avon's swan; From N mb to grim Khayyam, And Mancha's mad-wise Don. You'll writhe at Jean Valjean’s disgrace; And D’Artagnan and Ivanhoe Shall steal your sleep; and you shall weeps At Sidney Carton’s woe. You'll find old Chaucer young once more, Beaumont and Fletcher fierce with fire; At your demand, John Milton’s hand Shall wake his ivory lyre. And learning other tongues, you'll learn All times are one; all men, one race: Hear Homer speak, as Greek to Greek; See Dante, face to face. Arma virumque shall resound; And Horace wreathe his rhymes afresh; You'll rediscover Laura's lover; Mect Gretchen in the flesh. Oh, could I find for the first time The “Churchyard Eleg Retaste the sweets of new-found Keats; Read Byron now as then! Make haste to wander these old roads, O envied little parvenu; For all things trite shall leap alight And bloom again for you! —Rupert Hughes, in A ppleton's for November. “THEY say that young Richleigh is very proud of his family tree.” “Yes, he can trace his ancestry back for many degenerations.” —Princeton Tiger. ae 5 Perfect Dress Tie spares youll agonized fingering to see if your tie has gone askew. It buttons on like a collar and "ays put." QWhy not go forth to dinner, club, concert, play or dance with your mind and neck at ease? Patented Jonesi.1998 The sizeis always on the Tie White or Black. Made in the finest materials and moft fashionable shapes. At All Better Shops. Insif on this label, *The Perfect Tie" | Keys & Lockwood, 869 Broadway New York =) comicbooks.com