Life, 1908-09-17 · page 4 of 24
Life — September 17, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **no political cartoons or satirical content**. Instead, it is entirely devoted to **period advertisements** from approximately 1908: - **Pall Mall cigarettes**: promotes mild, aromatic tobacco - **Old Hampshire Bond paper**: business stationery emphasizing quality - **J. & F. Martell Cognac**: fine French brandy and liqueurs - **Gillette Safety Razor blades**: advertises a "New Process" blade with detailed product benefits The page represents typical early 20th-century magazine advertising, targeting affluent male consumers through luxury goods (spirits, tobacco, grooming products). There is no satirical commentary, political messaging, or cartoon humor present—merely commercial promotion aligned with the era's consumer culture.
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PALL MALL FAMOUS CIGARETTES Uniformly mild and delightfully aromatic. A Shilling in london A Quarter Here THE STANDARD PAPER FOR BUSINESS STATIONERY Work ceases to be drudgery when it is made anart. To do it nicely calls forth your own ad- miration and turns ‘the demnition grind” into a pleasure. OLD HAMPSHIRE BOND “ Look for the Water Mark” takes the hum-drum look out of a business letter and gives it the artistic look that you are proud of and pleased with. ‘That it pays always to use OLv Hamrsmine v for commercial stationeryisthe testimony lent business men. Prove this for your- forms, printed. lithographed and engraved on the white and icureea colors of Oc Haar sine Bonn. Hampshire Paper Company The only paper makero in the world making bond paper exclusively South Hadley Falls, Mass. MADE “A LITTLE BETTER THAN SEEMS NECESSARY*® Cognac FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES 7 GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE Sole Agents G.S. NICHOLAS 6 CO. New York “New Process” Gillette Blades New Process” GILLETTE blades will be on sale at all dealers after September 1, 1908, ‘These blades have been perfected ater, four years of research and ex periment, and are the finest blades ever produced by anyone. They are made by newly-invented automatic ma blades exactly alike in their remarkable keenness, dura qui With bess blades you get the most delightful shaves you ever had, no matter how pleasant your previous experience with the GILLETTE has been, qwithout stropping or honing. “New Process” blades have a high polish, rendering them easily cleaned and prac lly immune from rust. Twelve blades compri: t and come packed in a handsome metal box. It is nickel-plated and seals itself hermeti- cally every time it is closed. It is absolutely damp-proo! any climate, land or sea,—entirely sanitary and convenient. When empty it forms a con- venient water-proof matchs Retail price, ONE DOLLAR PER SET OF TWELVE BLADES. If your shaving i is accomplished in some other way, it cannot be so sat isfactory as the “Gillette Way,” and you will find it worth while to adopt the Gil fette Razor with “New Process” blades instead. Standard set cons of triple silver-plated razor, 12 “New Process” blades in leather, velvet-lined case, $5.00. Combinction sets containing shaving accessories ranging in price from $6.50 to $50.00. At all hardware, cutlery, jewelry and sporting goods dealers, GILLETTE SALES COMPANY New York Boston Chicago 228 Times Bidg. 228 Kimball Bidg. 228 Stock Exchange Bldg.