Life, 1907-09-05 · page 34 of 36
Life — September 5, 1907 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains product advertisements typical of early 1900s Life magazine: 1. **Winchester rifle** (top left): Promotes the 1907 Model self-loading rifle, emphasizing its power and reliability for hunting large game. 2. **John Holland fountain pen** (top right): Markets a quality pen to students, highlighting patented features like the "hold-fast cap" and reliable ink flow. 3. **Globe-Wernicke bookcase** (center): Advertises sectional bookcases, claiming superiority over competitors through standardized quality and a patented door mechanism. 4. **Spilman Mixture tobacco** (right): Offers smoking tobacco with a promotional deal—customers can try it risk-free. The small comic vignettes interspersed ("Her Willingness," "How She Felt," etc.) are brief humorous sketches unrelated to the advertisements, typical of Life's format as a satirical magazine mixing humor with advertising content.
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GTUDENTS searching for an incentive to uninterrupted Fountain Pen of Quality, in r which Is embodied the achicve- \4"_ ments of three generations of suc- cessful pen-making. An important par: of exery school equipment. Fitted with the John Holland Gold Pen and Prtenced Elastio Fissured Feed—an invention that Insures an even, easy flow of Ink as well as satisfaction in all languages. Another exclosive Holland feature Is the HOLD-PAST CAP (Patented |. Absolvtely Model 1907 Self-Loading Rifle .351 Caliber High-Power |} < ett rie Scat ec This new rifle is the latest development of the Winchester Self-Loading system, which has successfully stood the test of use and abuse for two years. It can be loaded and shot with great rapidity, and is a serviceable, handy gun from butt to muzzle. The .351 Caliber High-Power cartridge has tremen- dous velocity and energy, making it powerful enough for the largest game. Circular fully describing this rife, The Gun That Shoote Through Steel,” sent upon request. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. - - NEW HAVEN CONN. log, fall of pen facts, THE JOHN HOLLAND GOLD PEN CO. Established 1841, Cinctonctt Her Willingness How She Felt A Trying Household have been dreaming of some one ATCH: I bells, and all's well RS. BOVENDEN BLUNT: But why did you sto vou fast night, Laura Mas: K (feebly): I guess, Josiah, he leave your last place ? “How ist hasn't looked on this side of the boat lately, or he'd ICANT: [couldn't stand the way the mistress Why, Th ou for a whole quarter of an hour known better. —Brooklyn Times and master used to quarrel, mum. Fliegende Blactter “Dear me! Did they quarrel much, then?” “ HAT’S that noise?” asked the rin the “Yes, mum; when it wasn’t me ar J Re Ven t seem so fond of Roosevelt apartment h “. an’ ’er.”"—Tit-Bits. as you were “Probably some one in the d st’s rooms on the Jumpurre: Well, we ar what confused floor below getting a tooth out,” said his host “ [DATHER,” said little Rollo“ what is evolution 2” We approved of his antira icide the “But it seems to come from the floor above, F “Evolution, my son, is a sort of apology which now, when we go to look for a flat, we find that . it's probably the Popleys’s ba i man has invented for displaying so many of the traits we are undesirable citizens.—The Editor. a tooth in." —Philedelphia Press. of the lower animals.” —Washington Star. Here’s an attractive offer to all Smokers ‘fpulaanffixtat is the finest smoking tobacco possible | Hand mixed. Selected leaves. Best things never are. WHY DOES THE DEALER wishing to sella sectional bookcase of unknown reputa- |It isn’t cheap. tion use the substitution phrase, ‘as good as Globe!Wirvicke?” lay. . Because he knows that the GlibeSwireicke “Elastic” Bookcase is the standard of |/|Without a bite or a regret excellence by which all others are measured. | OUR OFFER Since we put the first sectional bookcase on the market we have never departed from 5 . this uniform sfandard and consequently you will find more Globe“Werntche ** Elastic’? Book- Ask your dealer for it. If he hasn't it, send us his name art Cases—two to one—than all other makes combined. a dollar at our risk). We will send you a 7s¢ can of th: tobacco and a soc kid, rubber lined, tobacco pouch, ‘Try Itis the only sectional bookcase having a patented door equalizer that controls the b 4 ouch. receding door so that it slides freely and easily. Made in three distinct types—Standard, |tobacco. Smoke several pipefuls. If it doesn’t suit your ta Mission and Ideal, and eight finishes of quartered oak and mahogany, dull and polish. Jftad the reat oF: back anc cers ptl rerure your dollar: 3) Seo Carried in stock by exclusive agents in nearly 1,400 cities. Where not represented | for bookiet “* How to smoke a pipe. we ship on approval—Freight paid. Uniform prices everywhere. Write for catalog No. G-107 1314 oz. 75¢. Y, Ib. $1.65 1 Ib. $3.30 PREPAID The Globe=Wernicke Co. CINCINNATI. E. Hoffman Company BRANCH STORES: NEW YORK, 380-382 Broadway. CHICAQO, 224-225 Wabash Ave. BOSTON, 91-93 Federal St, A 2 179 Madison Street, Chicago comicbooks.com