Life, 1907-09-05 · page 3 of 36
Life — September 5, 1907 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content** from circa 1908, not political satire. The dominant feature is a Franklin automobile advertisement emphasizing engineering superiority—"forty per cent more power without more weight," marketed as "the greatest advance since automobiling began." The left side contains unrelated ads: a wine merchant (Hinckel & Winckler), Calder's Mail Polish, and a trunk manufacturer. A small cartoon labeled "Music from a Baby Grand" appears beneath the wine ad, but it's unclear what specific joke or reference it contains. The bottom section includes a brief commentary on deceptive advertising practices, advising readers to demand advertised products rather than accept substitutes—a consumer-protection message rather than political satire.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
WINCKLER Frarkfurt a/Main Finest Rhine and Moselle Wines Grand Prize St. Louis 1904 Send for Catalogue of Specialties UDA cH ARNOLD & Co. A= (E. W. Sayder, Pres.) GUSQ Sole Agents New York DO YOU LIKE TO|| S BE SIDE-TRACKED Type D Five-pa: Touring-car, 28 horse-power, $2830. Top and special equipment or colors extra. Forty per: cent more power without more weight. The greatest advance since automobiling began. 16h. p. Touring-car $1850 16h. p. Runabout $1750 28 h. p. Touring-car or Runabout $2850 42 h. p. Touring-car or Runabout $4000 Landaulets and Limousines. Prices f. 0. b. Syracuse Send for book of Advance News. H H FRANKLIN MFG. CO., Syracuse, N. Y. Member Association Licensed Automobile Manufacturers. THE TRUNK “¥tvet* GUARANTEE DOES YOUR TRUNK SUIT YOU?|= ‘Want one that keeps clothing free from wrin- = N Ussed: O's at that ero Ss 2 ies halt the usual J space in room, yet carries con- MEE] tents safely when lourneying? P & S“HOLDS-ALL” W1 your mind that you wai advertised in LIFE? If the dealer offers you a * just as good not serve your own interest and the interest of comicbooks.com