Life, 1907-04-25 · page 4 of 24
Life — April 25, 1907 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **advertisements, not political cartoons or satirical content**. The four ads showcase early 20th-century consumer products: 1. **J. & F. Martell Cognac** - French brandy marketed as "genuine old brandies made from wine" 2. **Brownsville Water Crackers** - Packaged crackers advertised as ideal cheese accompaniments 3. **Veeder Odometers** - Distance-measuring devices for automobiles, horse-drawn vehicles, bicycles, and motorcycles, priced $10-$25 4. **Old Bleach Linens** - High-quality linens from New York distributor Geo. Riggs & Co., emphasizing traditional bleaching methods The page reflects consumer culture of the era, featuring luxury imports, emerging automotive technology, and established textile goods. No political satire is present.
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J. & F. MARTELL Cognac (Founded 1715) kkk FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE Sole Agents G.S. NICHOLAS&CO. New York “It's Nice to Know How Far You Go"’ Odometers For many years the standard recorders of distance traveled, are made in the following convenient forms: For Automobiles, from $10 to $25, with all fittings complete to attach to any make of car. Give size of wheel and model of car when ordering. For Horse-drawn Vehicles, from $3.50 to $9.00, with fittings complete for all ve- hicles and all wheel sizes, State size of wheel used. For Bicycles and Motor Cycles, Veeder Cyclometers from $1.00 to $2.50, ready to put on. Give wheel sizes THE VEEDER TACHODOMETER $75, for automobiles, registers distance, both “trip” and total, and shows speed at all times, ntifically and permanently accurate. Only one moving part. No springs. Descriptive matter free, from THE VEEDER MFG. CO., 7 Sargeant Street, Hartford, Conn. Odometer, for Automobiles Tastes differ as to cheese, but there are no two opinions regarding Brow sv1 le Water Crackers the cracker that has “Brownsville” on It They are the ideal crackers with any cheese: just the crisp- ness, the freshness and the flavor that you like. Sold By I you cannt buy thew crackers of any poze ha ou S.S. PIERCE. CO., Boston; <2 fetch, easly, we will send tea pou PARK & TILFORD, New Vet: (pre poaees te oes cxpeem paid, THE JOSEPH R. PEEBLES: SONS CO., Cincinnati; JOHN ‘A. RENSHAW CO., Pitubure. Chatland & Lenhart Pa.: MITCHELL, FLETCHER & CO., Philadelphia: C. JEVNE Beemprrille Pa. BOWEN & CO., San Francisco: fy Sw & CO., Chicago; GOLDBERG, MICHIE & CO.,Ltd, Toronto,Can, Pennsylvania K. R. Dining Car Service; The Waldorf-Astoria Old Blrary LINENS From the growth of the flax seed in a kindly soil under the right atmos- pherie conditions to the delivery of the finished linens the “Old. Bleach” process is as perfect as experience and skill can make it. The flax is care- fully and properly ripened and is tended by people who have been flax growers and linen makers for generations. It is spun and woven by those with expert skill in theit craft and is bleached by fresh ait, sunshine and showers acting on the woven fabric spread on green turf. The soft, snowy richness and silky lustre of the finished cloth and the almo& endless wearing qualities resulting from this painstaking process have long made the “ Old Bleach” Linens famous. TRADE MARK “Old Bleach” ON ALL GOODS ‘The name guarantees the quallty AU fersteclass dealers sel then Our bookie on the care of Linens and hou lo wash and GEO. RIGGS & CO., 70 & 72 Franklin Street, New York Wholesale Distributors to the Trade comicbooks.com