Life, 1907-06-13 · page 19 of 24
Life — June 13, 1907 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book listings**, not political satire. The "satire" here is subtle: the **Corbin Motor Vehicle ad** includes a testimonial claiming the car runs economically, followed by an ad for **John Jameson Whiskey** stating it "brings the highest price at auction" with the line "Draw your own conclusions." The implicit joke: Life is sarcastically juxtaposing these ads to suggest that while one car owner boasts about saving money, whiskey brings higher prices at auction—implying the reader's priorities (or American consumer behavior) may be questionable. It's gentle mockery of advertising claims and consumer values. The rest of the page contains book advertisements, a Ford automobile ad, and the "Don't-Snore" device—typical early 1900s magazine filler and commercial content. No specific political figures or events are referenced.
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ECONOMY A Corbin owner writes us: “I canrun my car ata great deal less expense than any other car that will do the same work. Am very much pleased with it, and would not give it for any other car I ever saw.” CORBIN MOTOR VEHICLE CORPORATION Member Atmcution Liceanet Avtenolile Masafuctarert NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT 1888 Broapway, New York Brings the highest price at auction. Draw your own conclusions. Sole Agents W. A. TAYLOR & CO. NEW YORK “Don’t-Snore” PATENT. TRADEMARK REGISTERED A simple device to prevent snoring and make you breathe Properly. Soon breaks you of sleeping with mouth open. Approved by athletes and singers. Gold Filled, $1.00 7 West 26th eer te DEVICE ase York, N.Y. ORBIN? | Latest Books The Creed of a Layman, by Frederic Harrison. (The Macmillan Company. $1.75.) The Friends of Voltaire, by S. G. Tallentyre. \(G. P. Putnam’s Sons. $2.50.) The Castle of Doubt, by,J. H. Whitson. | Brown and Company. $1.5c.) The: Mayor's Wije, by A. K. Green. | Merrill Company. $1.50.) | As Ye Have Sown, by Dolf Wyllarde. John Lane Company. $1.50.) The Travellers’ Handbook, by Josephine Tozier. (Funk and Wagnalls Company. $1.00.) The Goddess of Reason, by Mary Johnston. (Houghton, Mifflin and Company. $2.00.) The Pocket Book of Poems and Songs for the | Open Air. (E. P. Dutton and Company. $1.25.) Nature's Own Gardens, by Maud U, Clarke. |(E. P. Dutton and Company. $6.00.) The Lonesome Trail, by J. G. Neihardt. John Lane Company. $1.50.) The Long Labrador Trail, by Dillon Wallace. (Outing Publishing Company. $1.50.) The Double Love, by A. D. Rees. (J. C. Winston Company.) Nineveh and Other Poems, by G. S. Viereck. (Moffat, Yard and Company. $1.20.) Portjolio of Carnegie Libraries. Arbor, Mich.) The Shadow oj a Great Rock, by W. R. Lighton. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.) The Sinner, by Antonio Fogazzaro. Putnam's Sons.) The Slim Princess, by George Ade. Merrill Company.) A Winged Victory, by R. M. Lovett. (Duffield and Company. $1.50.) The Friendly Stars, by Martha E. Martin. (Har- per and Brothers. $1.25.) Langford of the Three Bars, by Kate and Virgil Boyles. (A. C. McClurg and Company.) The Lovers’ Club, by Philetus Brown. (The Old Greek Press.) John Glynn, by Arthur Paterson. and Company. $1.50.) Growth, by Graham Travers. (Henry Holt and Company. $1.50.) Abe Martin, by Kin Hubbard. (Braunworth and Company.) The Greater America, by R. D. Paine. (Outing Publishing Company.) On the Eve, by Ivan Turgenef. (Charles Scrib- ner’s Sons. $1.25.) Fathers and Children, by Ivan Turgenef. (Charles Scribner’s Sons. $1.25.) Rudin, King Lear of the Steppes, by Ivan Tur- genef. (Charles Scribner’s Sons. $1.25.) A Nobleman's Nest, by Ivan Turgenef. (Charles Scribner’s Sons. $1.25.) The World's Warrant, by Norah Davis. (Hough- ton, Mifflin and Company.) Successjul Authorship, by Frederic Reddale. (J. S. Ogilvie Publishing Company. $0.25.) The Birth of the Nation, by Mrs. R. A. Pryor. (The Macmillan Company. $1.75.) The Cruise of the Shining Light, by Norman Dun- can. (Harper and Brothers. $1.50.) Strange Stories of the Revolution, by various au- thors. (Harper and Brothers. $0.60.) Ferdinand Magellan, by F. A. Ober. (Harper and Brothers. $1.00.) The Fvents Man, by Richard Barry. Yard and Company. $1.25.) Outdoors, by Ernest McGaffey. ner’s Sons. $1.25. The Golden Hawk, by Edith Rickert. (The Baker and Taylor Company. $1.50.) + The Truth About the Congo, by Prof. Frederick Starr. (Forbes and Company. $1.00.) (Little, (Bobbs- (The (The (Koch, Ann G. P. (Bobbs- (Henry Holt (Moffat, (Charles Scrib- 819 FORD “SIX” Don’t Be A Year-Behind—er IT’S BAD ENOUGH to buy a second-hand car—for it lacks the keen satisfaction of being on a par with your fellow motorists. But you get it at a second-hand price-~and lots of times that's a necessary consideration. BUT TO BUY AN OBSOLETE MODEL and pay the price of a new and up-to-date cat for it, is worse —looks as if you were behind the times as well as the maker of the car. BUYING A HIGH-POWERED FOUR- cylinder touring car in this six-cylinder era is buy- ing a car already out of date—practically a second-hand car at the price of the newest and best. In six months you won't be able to dispose of it for 59% of its cost to you—watch the frantic efforts now being made to get rid of fours before the real break comes. NOR SHOULD YOU PAY a “six” just ause it is a "six there’s a shortage. Ford prices are fixed on a basis of real value. And Ford prices are fixed— ‘we permit no agent to exact a premium on Ford's —never would countenance it a minute, either on runabouts or “sixes.” So long as there are any to be had you get them at list price and at first hand. 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