Life, 1908-07-30 · page 2 of 20
Life — July 30, 1908 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **advertisements, not political satire**. The left side advertises Pall Mall cigarettes ("Famous Cigarettes") and Pennsylvania Tires, emphasizing quality and value. The right side promotes two leisure activities: Usher's Special Reserve Whisky (featuring men in formal attire) and horse racing at Saratoga Springs, New York, running July 30th to August 15th, listing various stakes races and events. The content reflects early 20th-century American consumer culture and leisure pursuits for affluent men—tobacco, alcohol, and thoroughbred racing. There is no political cartoon or satire present on this page. The Usher's ad's tagline "They're all on the Favourite" is a playful reference to betting on the favorite horse, not political commentary.
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PALL MALL FAMOUS CIGARETTES No other cigarette approaches them in popularity among men of cultured tastes A Shilling in london A Quarter Here by thoughtfulness and judg- ‘ ae oe ment about the daily a | Racing at Saratoga ment of your tires than in | SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. More any other motoring detail. Thursday, July 30th to Saturday, August 15th Money Use your best judgment 1N| Every Week-day Rain or Shine. Six Events Each Day | | buying tires in the first ALL OF THE FAMOUS RACING THOROUGHBREDS 1 Y 1 ARE ENGAGED IN THE FOLLOWING EVENTS place. ou can select none ORDER OF STAKE EVENTS with greater assurance than | ,, ,,, THURSDAY. JULY a ovens” SIDAY: AUGUST 7 | Saratoga Mandicap SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th FRIDAY, JULY sist Beverwyck Steeplechase Mandicap | ( I INCHER | overnight Events Serpioes. ees a: SerURDAY, MICU te MONDAY, AUGUST 1oh : Overnight Events United States Hotel pecvere,. xchh Catsnitr Handicap TUESDAY, AUGUST uth Travers a MONDAY, AUGUST 3rd WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1th Our new book —‘Factory | Overnight Events Grand Union Hotel Facts” tells how we make TUESDAY, AUGUST 4th THURSDAY, AUGUST 15th | . ‘ Overnight Events Saratoga Cup good tires and how tires must . FRIDAY. AUGUST 14th WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Sth ‘as ours . Overnight Events bemade to be as good Spinaway SATURDAY, AUGUST 15th THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th Hopetul PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER CO. | jisbama Merchants’ and Citizens’ Handicap JEANNETTE, PA. Be FIRST RACE AT 2.30 EACH DAY ranches t Boffal + 717 Maio Street Ditto 2 287 Jefersoa Avenue THE SARATOGA ASSOCIATION San Francisco 512 Mission Street + 1141 Broadway FRANCIS R. HITCHCOCK, HARRY PAYNE WHITNEY, ANDREW MILLER. + 1241 Michigan Avenve President Vice-President Secy. and Treth + 167 Oliver Street WINDSOR ARCADE NEW YORK CITY Creveland = 21-6 East Ninth S| Music by Doring’s Military Band of Twenty-five Musicians