Life, 1907-11-21 · page 30 of 32
Life — November 21, 1907 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains four distinct advertisements: 1. **Golden State Limited train** — promoting rail travel to California with promises of comfort and scenic views 2. **Club Cocktails** — a pre-mixed bottled cocktail brand, emphasizing convenience and scientific blending. The ad notes customers no longer need to make their own drinks at home. 3. **Lea & Perrins' Worcestershire Sauce** — featuring a fish illustration, promoting the sauce as essential seasoning for seafood dishes 4. **A cartoon illustration** (bottom right) showing a figure in heavy winter clothing being blown by wind, with the caption "St. Peter: Great Scott! They Have Hooked My Halo." This appears to be humorous filler—a small joke about fishing, perhaps playing on the nearby fish sauce advertisement. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture and emerging convenience products (bottled cocktails, pre-made sauces).
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Happy Days in CALIFORNIA THE is the famous train that makes get- ting there as much pleasure as being there. Lowest altitudes, an interest for every mile, and a'comtort every hour. Daily Service Chicago and St Louis to Loe Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Francisco Start to plan now, by send- Ing for illustrated books t Ing in story and picture aboat the delightsof Califor In Winter, Write today to JOHN SEBASTIAN, Passenger Trafic Mer., Rock Island Lines, Chicago. Cocktail 13 KQOTTLED DELIGHT “HOUSANDS have discarded the idea of making their own cocktails,—all will after giving the CLUB COCKTAILS a fair trial. Scientifically blended from the choicest old liquors and mellowed with age make them the perfect cocktails that they are, Seven kinds, most popular of which are Martini (Gin base), Manhattan (Whiskey base). The following label appears on every bottle : Guaranteed under the National Puro Food and Drugs Act. Approved June 30th, 1906. Serial No. 1707. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole Props. Hartford New York London a) Fish, more than any other dish needs careful sea- soning. It is rendered more appetizing by Lea & Perrins’ Sauce THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE It is a delightful seasoning for Scalloped Oysters, Broiled Lobster, Cod Fish Balls and Steaks, Deviled Clams, Fish Salads, etc. Beware of Imitations. John Duncan's Sons, Agents, New York. comicbooks.com