Life, 1906-11-01 · page 6 of 56
Life — November 1, 1906 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** with minimal editorial content. The dominant ad features the Autocar automobile, emphasizing reliability and luxury features ($3,500 complete). Other ads promote Dard's flowers, Knapp-Felt hats, and Curtis & Cameron's Copley Prints. The small editorial cartoon titled "Getting Out of 'A Bad Scare'" shows a man entering through a doorway, appearing relieved or startled. The accompanying text references a Danish hotel advertisement. Below are brief humor pieces: "The Peppery Kind" mocks Rev. Amos Fletcher's embarrassment when a parishioner reminds him of unpaid debts, and "A Washington Waiter" satirizes a stingy senator who cannot afford to tip. The content reflects early 20th-century concerns: automobiles as status symbols, propriety, and political/clerical hypocrisy.
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CQ Limousine and Landaulet bodies For town use Immediate deliveries $3500 complete, with both Limousine and regular open touring car bodies. Has Prest-O- Lite tank, Speedisto- meter, electric dome light, B extra large gas lamps, and large wheels and tires. In addition, includes toilet articles, card cases, cigar 5 passengers holders, and other luxuri- 24 horse-power 4 vertical cylinders Direct drive OUus accessories without Sliding-gear transmission Bepeedsand reverse — extra charge. “Joe Fprocar Company, Ardmore, Pa. GETTING OUT OF “A BAD SCRAPE” Autocars sold with standard warranty of the N. ALAM, and 1907 literature Danish English | | T HE following advertisement i rom a Duss - : tL paper: “The hotels charmingly sitvatis, The first Derby made in America was. a__| sttrrounded of a nice garden the good cuisine, f Choice C&K kindly accommodation with moderate chargeasi ff] So Flower —= good conveyances with easy occasion for salmca : owers : and trout fishing, the ascendi surroced : Rare Plants ing mountains has done this place well know _ Novelties forthe = and praised of all travelers. N. B.—The Lar Cicer coming season lord is spoken English very good.”—Baltine ff forgot Indestructible Telegram. (N Ficus Pandorata hats are for men who want the best. The P Kind wase F EF hh Bronzed e Peppery ab orty-Fourt Lucky Clover Knapp-Felt DeLuxe $6. Knapp-Felt $4. |--HE Rev. Amos Fletcher was a keen 22!) Abs St. @ Madison ‘4 Write for “The Hatman™ accomplished naturalist. His sped African Violet | Ave. NewYork Plants Tue CrorutT & Knapp Co. = Broadway, at 13th Street New York a quite remarkable knowledge of different dases of fungi. | His enthusiasm, however, was but indifferent appreciated by certain members of his parish one day, when calling upon one of them, old Mis Locke, he was considerably embarrassed whe she reminded him of the exact length of time th had elapsed since he last paid her a visit. He began to make excuse for the delay, wht she cut him short. “If I was a toadstool,” she said, with ga irony, “you'd have been to see me long ago."~ ht Best of holiday gifts. “Excellent,” Youth's Companion. says John S, Sargent. “I could not : : ety aoa a A. Abbey. | A Washington Waiter foolist 50 cents to $20.00. Obtainable OFA political transaction that had suis) mises at the art stores, of sent on approval look, Senator Beveridge said one day: good : by the publishers. FULL ILLUS- : ; “Though in the thing there is nothing f) make TRATED CATALOGUE 25 ' ; which we can lay our hand, it certainly apa +4 song (en), which charge any ’ ‘i fishy. It reminds me of a Washington waite WE thes Pla ce este “<A gentleman, after eating a good dinner, 4H) quiet |\I]| | to this waiter: than | [rons ua cemnebaisto ra : “Tam sorry I can't give you a tip, but £4 ingi nee rae , } [have only just enough money to pay the bil equal Curtis & Cameron Ein, “The waiter seized the bill hurriedly. their erprgbeiiee “Just let me add it up again, sir’ bem HM “Tn B tered.” —Washington Star. tingui oston thing PAIN is not shedding any tears over the pr \ ent Cuban situation. —Nashville Bante: ya “ comicbooks.com