Life, 1908-02-20 · page 4 of 24
Life — February 20, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and book promotion** rather than political satire. The top half features ads for Brewster & Co. (carriages and automobiles) and Usher's Special Reserve Whisky. The whisky ad shows men in formal dress with the caption "They're all on the Favourite"—likely referencing a popular racehorse or betting context. Below is a Gillette Safety Razor advertisement featuring testimonial copy about the product's superiority. The right side promotes a book titled "Another Three Weeks Not" by "EL-N-R GL-N" (possibly a pseudonym), priced at 25 cents. This appears to be a satirical or humorous response to another popular work, though the exact reference is unclear without additional context. The page reflects early 20th-century advertising practices mixing commercial promotion with entertainment content.
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Brewster & Co. Broadway and 47th Street, New York Carriages and Automobiles Extension Front Lendouiet by Brewster & Co. on 20.30 Renault | The finest and most durable coach work obtainable either in Europe or America. We have on our floors bodies of all styles ready for mounting, and also imported cars of the best makes, complete with bodies of our design and make. Wee also design and produce bodies to suit individual ideas and requirements. Correspondence is in= | vited. Brewster & Co. Broadway and 47th Street New York Over Two Million Sold in America in the last three years. Whether you rely upon the old-fashioned razor or I could talk to you you depend upon oond cairn sine B) the barber for your daily razor, but what I” ae want is to get you totryit just once and then you will know it as Iknowit, and would 7 way because of the great Soaventence it aflocia slight t Lo the fandle enables ou to have as chise or as lighta shave Pp Be It tin the quicker way because the thin, QnA] \\exidle, double-edged f Gf] blades require No Stropping. ‘yf Honing. They are made of pecially selected and tested steel. Tey are so inexpensive that when dull you throw them away as you would an old pen. It takes but from three to five minutes’ time with obtain the most delightful shave you A SATIRICAL BURLESQUE OF A) RECENT NOTORIOUS “BEST SELLER” ANOTHER THREE WEEKS NOT by EL-N-R GL-N 25 Cents Paper Covers 68 Pages Of all Booksellers and Newsdealers and mailed carriage free !0 any address on receipt of price by LIFE PUBLISHING CO,. 17 West 31st Street, NEW YORK comicbooks.com