Life, 1908-07-02 · page 33 of 40
Life — July 2, 1908 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains three distinct advertisements: 1. **Winchester Rifle Ad** (left): Promotes the Winchester .22 automatic rifle as a recreational "outing outfit," emphasizing its repeating mechanism and ease of use. The illustration shows a silhouetted hunter. This is straightforward product marketing. 2. **The Bohemian Magazine Contest** (center/right): Announces a $1,500 short-story competition with $500 for first prize. The text notes stories must "conform to conditions set by the publishers" and align with the magazine's "policies"—suggesting editorial gatekeeping of acceptable content. 3. **Life's Prints Catalog** (bottom): Offers 160 picture reproductions for ten cents from Life Publishing Company. **For modern readers**: This reflects early 20th-century magazine culture—competitions, mail-order catalogs, and recreational hunting were common advertised pursuits. The Bohemian's editorial requirements hint at censorship standards typical of that era.
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$1500.00 IN PRIZES FOR SHORT STORIES The publishers of THE BOHEMIAN MAGAZINE have opened a short story competition for cash prizes, amounting to $1,000.00. $500.00 will be awarded to the writer whose story wins the first prize. Substantial prizes are also offered for the best jokes and short humor that are new and good. A certain class of fiction is desired along certain lines especially adapted to THE BOHEMIAN’S policies, Therefore, stories to be considered for any of the prizes must conform to the conditions ~ . set by the publishers. All the details and necessary informa- You see him along the barrel ofa’ tion will be found in THE BOHEMIAN MAGAZINE for July, WINCHESTER at any news stand. ake In the BOHEMIAN MAGAZINE for July will also be 22 AUTOMATIC RIFLE found the details of a $500.00 offer for short stories for 9 THE GRAY GOOSE magazine. If any further information HES YOURS! is desired by those who wish to enter this competition, it will be furnished upon application to HIS handy little ten-shot rifle, like history, repeats | THE itself, the rccoil being utilized | to do the reloading. The novelty of its operation affords possibilities for practice and pleasure which no other MAGAZINE “twenty-two” does. It makes . an outing outfit complete. DEPOSIT, - - FREE: Send address for Cataloqueof Winchester— the Red W Brand—Guns and Ammunition. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS Co. NEW HAVEN, CONN. 160 Pictures for Ten Cents On receipt of Ten Cents we send you the catalogue of LIFE'S PRINTS containing more than 160 reproductions of these famous pictures LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY ONE TOUCH OF NATURE 17 WEST THIRTY-FIRST STREET, NEW YORK Photogravure in Brown, 20 by 15 in. $1.00 : comicbooks.com