Life, 1907-02-07 · page 43 of 52
Life — February 7, 1907 — page 43: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertisement page**, not a political cartoon. It contains multiple product ads from the early 20th century: **Main content:** - **Garrick Club Whiskey**: Features an illustration of dogs on a city street ("A cue for the S.P.C.A."), marketing itself as refined ("aristocratic flavor") - **John Jamson Whiskey**: Star-shaped ad emphasizing customer satisfaction - **Calox Tooth Powder**: Features a woman's face, using Valentine's Day messaging to promote the "Oxygen" cleaning formula - **Atlantic Coast Line**: Railroad advertisement with map promoting Florida, Cuba, and southern routes - **Dysart Hotel**: London lodging advertisement **The satire appears minimal**—the dog illustration on the whiskey ad may be a gentle joke about animal welfare (SPCA reference), but this is primarily a commercial page showcasing period advertising conventions: celebrity endorsements, pseudo-scientific health claims (the "Oxygen" tooth powder), and aspirational messaging about taste and refinement for a wealthy readership.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
_ Garrick Club Whiskey A wholesome nip, with an aristocratic flavor “THE BEST IN THE HOUSE” } Alfred E. Norris & Co., Proprietors, Philadel phia fee) WHISKEY Means Satisfaction for Both Your Guest and é Yourself | It deans and whitens the teeth and punes the whole mouth I'LL BE YOUR VALENTINE U you use The OXYGEN Tooth Powder by generation of Nature's innocent germiade OXYGEN. Of all Druggists, 2Se & Sample and booklet sent free. Cales te rearantend pare under the Foud and Drog Act, June 30, 1208, McKESSON & ROBBINS, 91-97 Fulton St., N.Y. q Sole Agents W. A. TAYLOR & CO. New York 219 ATLANTIC COAST LINE FLORIDA CUBA SOUTH THE PURPLE FOLDER” FLORIDA'S FAMOUS TRAINS COAST LINE NBW YORK Bway cor. 30th St. BOSTON 298 Washington St. PHILADELPHIA 1019 Chestnut St. WASHINGTON, D. 601 Pennsylvania A BALTIMORE cor. Light & German Sts. ZA “Advertise and the world is with you! Don't, and you'll be alone; For the U.S. A. Will never pay A cent to the great unknown.” Dysart Hotel Henrietta Street, Cavendish Hq. London, W. | The Fashionable Small Hotel comicbooks.com