Life, 1908-01-16 · page 2 of 24
Life — January 16, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct sections: **Top Half:** A Cascade Pure Whisky advertisement emphasizing traditional distilling methods that preserve grain vigor and the whisky's "rich mellowness." **Bottom Half:** "Life's Prints"—humorous animal cartoons by artists including Otho Cushing and others. The comics feature roosters and chickens in comedic situations with captions like "Hi, Fellows! Look at the Lemon Marmalade," "Madam, You Have Deceived Me!," and "What's the Use, Anyway? Nothing but an Egg Yesterday and a Feather Dull." These animal comics appear to be gentle domestic humor rather than political satire—typical early 20th-century magazine filler featuring anthropomorphized animals in silly domestic scenarios. The page is primarily commercial and entertainment-focused rather than satirical commentary.
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Nature Herself Provides C ASCADE PURE WHISKY because by honest, old method of distilling all the vigor of the gran as retained The nich mellowness of Casi minds one of dancing sunlight and glis drops. GEO. A. DICKEL Nas & CO. A room without pictures is like a room without windows. fashtoned lite ade re- waving fields of grain, ning dew Distillers “1, FELLOWS! LOOK AT THE LEMON MARMALADE”? A}ter Bob Addams Facsimile in Color, 16$ by 14 in. 50 cents, Copsrieht 104 by bre Bee. Co MADAM, YOU HAVE DECEIVED MEI”? Alter Bob Addams Facsimile in Color, 14 by 11 in. 50 cents and Drawings and Text by OTHO CUSHING The Rooseveltian Saga in Homeric Form The Severely Classic Style of the Drawings and their Heroic Narrative Form will recom- mend them to Students of the Present. Past and Bound in Boards with Illustrated Cover Thiny-two Large Pages $1.00 LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31st Street, New York > Lyfe’ S Prints | she ree Co “WHAT'S THE USE, ANYWAY? NOTHING BUT AN FGG YESTERDAY AND A FRATHER DUSTER TO-MORROW.” Alter Mark Fenderson Reproduction in , 13 by 15 in, 50 cents A copy of our illustrated catalogue for 1908 will sent to any address on receipt of ten cents LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 3lst Street, New York RUSKIN Coryr@n 0 by Lr Pe C8 NG ITE EKNEW THAD NO BUSINESS TO WATCH THAT C1RCUS. PARADE”? titer CS. Budd Facsimile in Color, H hy Hin, 30 cents aroused ( Is editor city with glasses fr editorial York, is a the Irish- attained i Puritan c States. be a diff editor of other di tion or f to rekindl ful Bosto: or religi From the MO! ture is one th ford assi the defen was hanc cross-exa “What in a seve rich brog “An o 1) ingly cor there is t Trollo for him | IT WAS Sumn New Yor “He ever cat Youth's “ULL “In “AIL —Clevelc comicbooks.com