Life, 1908-02-20 · page 20 of 24
Life — February 20, 1908 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a large Welch's Grape Juice advertisement featuring an illustration of dark grape clusters, emphasizing the product's purity and freshness. The left column contains brief humorous anecdotes labeled "Our Foolish Contemporaries"—short, satirical observations about everyday life rather than political cartoons. These include jokes about moonshine in Georgia, banking practices, childhood illnesses, and train accidents. The humor is gentle social commentary on contemporary customs and absurdities, not pointed political criticism. The remaining advertisements promote Underberg Bitters, Webber's Knit Jackets, and Coffee Cigars. **No identified political figures or events appear on this page.** It represents typical early 20th-century magazine content mixing light humor with commercial messaging.
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f= OuR FOOLISH. CONTEMPORARY STILL HUNT IN GEORGIA A a a clusters of full- a =~ ripe Concord in the dark 0° the moon by the dead cypress an’ the ol” slate Grapes tombstone what you can’t read the name on, till you hear some: thin’ like a scritchow! holler, an’ I'll come tu you!"—Atanta Constitution ¢ pressed and the juice “Way do they have a banking business connected with that | sealed in new glass bot- ment store?” the money ou at interest while the customers wait | FOS tles within a few hours , after they are picked—- Can't get the score mixed with “ Rad-Bridge" Score Pads, cit that, in a wor : is the ae On TaN manner of making Welch’s Grape Juice. “Your child undoubtedly has chicken-pox,” says the attend= ing psi Nothing is put in to color or preserve it. Nothing “And why does she have continual chills with it? Is not . . , * * gets in to jeopardize its absolute purity. that unusual?" asks the parent “Well—ah—no doubt it is a new manifestation of our mearnsii Welch's Grape Juice A State Sesator of New York says he was riding in the smo: 5 comesto yourtableasitcomesfrom thefreshly picked grapes, king-car ona little one-track road inthe northern part of the State oe two weeks ago, and in the seat in frontof him sat jewelry drum | I&G withallofitsfavor and health-giving pcpetiies undisturbed. ealthful drink for Talesathic anol cer. Wecaly us ioperecd sess | | You will find it a delightful and water, and the conductor neglected to send back a flagman. A the whole family, at all times and pee all océasions: limited express, running at the rate of ten miles an hour, came along and bumped the rear end of the first train, The drummer | If your dealer doesn’t keep Welch's, send $3.00 for trial dozen pints was lifted from his seat and pitched, head first, against the seat for abead. His silk hat was jammed clear down over his ears. He express prepaid east of Omaha. Booklet of 40 delicious ways of using picked himself up and settled back in his seat. No bones had v ; Sample 3-0z. bottle by mail, 10 cents. been broken. Then he pulled of his hat, drew a long breath, Welch's Grape Juice, free. P ¥ and, straightening up, said: “Hallygee! Well, they didn’t get The Welch Grapo Juice Company. Westfield, N. Y, by us, anyway!"—Rochester Herald. ‘Tue Sovrt ror Hosertatity: The Manor, Asheville, North | Carolina, is the best inn South.—Booklet | BETTER PROVENDER Ata dinner in Washington, not long since, there was told a Scotch story of a parishioner »bo had strayed from his own kik 4 The Best Bitter Liqueur “Why weren't you at the kirk on Sunday?” asked the | preacher of the culprit on meeting him a day or two later. . 4 erb “Iwas at Mr. McClellan's kirk,” said the other. e Ni “I don’t like you running about to strange kirks like that,” Z . continued the minister. “Not that I object to your hearing Mr 3 ‘Toe World's Best McClellan, but I'm sure you widaa like your sheep straying into strange pastures.” “1 widna care a grain, sir, if it was better grass,” responded the parishioner." —Harper's Monthly . Oldest and best Lirtie Witte (who has been looking up statistics): Say, pa, Tonic Cordial. It why isit that soldiers only get thirteen a month and Congressmen - stimulates, in- get thirteen dollars a day? vigorates and Pa: Soldiers, my son, do not fix their own salaries.—Chicago i I aids digestion as News — y nothing else will Tn a pinch use Allen's Foot Ease. : | Sold everywhere. WRECK ETIQUETTE ) When the old lady apprared at the big door of the life-caving Coe Agents ee BROTHER, vert station, the New York Tribune says, she regarded the rough ( waters of the bay with frightened eyes “Isn't something being done for that ship in distress?” she (BLISHED 1764 WEBBER'S anxiously demanded, pointing scaward. Gu ten ate mets red man I tn . ui? JACKETS to come ashore.” xclaimed the lady. “Were they waiting LUYTIES BROTHERS, U.S. Agents, New York for a formal invitation?” : F 3 FOR g MEN OF BRAINS « aot |= — Tue, public will have courage to invest in stocks just before ner fae te Extensive the next panic.—Washington Star. 1G ARS | Se i . 4 trolley | lin GREAT BEAR SPRING WATER GEO. F. WEBBER, Manufacturer Hts parity has made It famous.” “MADE AT KEY WEST— STATION F DETROIT. MOH Walker, ny 206