Life, 1908-12-03 · page 4 of 68
Life — December 3, 1908 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising rather than political satire**. The left side promotes the Remy Magneto ignition system from Anderson, Indiana—marketed as durable and easy to understand for automobile owners. Below that is an ad for Life Publishing Company's print reproductions. The right side advertises **Pinehurst, North Carolina** as a leisure destination, highlighting golf courses, tennis courts, shooting preserves, and hotels. A small illustration captioned "The Dutch Have Taken Holland" appears at the bottom, likely a satirical reference to WWI-era conflicts, though details are unclear without broader context. The page reflects early 20th-century magazine content mixing commercial advertisements with occasional political imagery, typical of Life's format during this period.
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Anybody Can Understand a Remy Magneto And It Will Stand More Abuse Than Any Other Ignition System in the World The Remy Magneto is so easy to understand that anybody can install it whether he ever had anything to do with machinery or not. Even if an improper connection should be made, it wouldn't injure the magneto. The Remy is the only magneto of which this is true. It is “fool | proof.’” And the Remy will stand more neglect or abuse from oil, dirt and water than any other ignition system in the wort In this respect the Remy differs materially from the usual delicate, sensi- tively adjusted apparatus that so easily gets out of order. The Remy is the Standard ea Magneto of America ae 4 =PINEHURST The Remy is the only American magneto _This is only one result of our long ex- THREE GOLF COURSES that has ever been used by American auto- perience in magneto making. We are the 2 of eighteen holes 1 of nine holes mobile manufacturers, exceptin anexperi- oldest bger pote manufacturers in America, Kept in pink of condition mental way. The combined sale of allthe and the oldest manufacturers of high ten- imported Giagscton amd the sevarsl uw toa magnates now used almoer exclusively p 4 49,000 ACRE SHOOTING PRESERVE ‘American magnetos, will not equal the in the w % : total sale to date of Remy Magnetos for Buick . equipped rcith Remy Magne- 7 Best Quall Shooting In America 1909 American cars. tos, captured eleven out of fourteen events ‘Guldes, Shooting Outtita, ete, Examine the Remy. See for yourself at ‘Montreal, beating Christy and Barney why it is the simplest and most reliable Oldpelds machine and tieing for the fastest SIX TENNIS COURTS FOUR SPLENDID HOTELS magneto yet produc alf mite. Notice that it has no brushes to cause “Write us for illustrated folder giving ful | Freavent Tournaments in all branches of sport. of varied prices. trouble—wear out or be replaced. description of the Remy. Address Dept. 19) No consumptives received at Pinehurst i Easily reached via Seaboard Air Line. Through Pullman Service. Remy Electric Company, Anderson, Ind. y Ai tes : We have opened a Branch Office in Thoroughfare Bidg., Broadway and $7th St.. New York. 7 PINEH! - - 4 i The Remy Magneto will be exhibited at all the Automobile Shows. RSE GENERAL. OFFICE. Gees Pic chores Herth Carclins Copy aba 100 by Lite Pen Co THE STORY THAT NEVER GROWS OLD India Print, 22 by 18 in. $2.00 Have cheerful things about you. On receipt of twenty- five cents, we will send you the richly iliustrated cata- logue of Lire’s Prints con- taining 160 reproductions of these fa s pict 5 € famous pictures. Si “THE DUTCH HAVE TAKEN HOLLAND” LIFE PUBLISHING CO., stared 17 West 318 Street, Gin New York