Life, 1909-02-18 · page 5 of 32
Life — February 18, 1909 — page 5: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and automotive promotion**, not political satire. The dominant content is a Locomobile automobile advertisement celebrating a 1908 stock chassis race victory in Philadelphia. The ad emphasizes the car's "Reliability" as proof that long-distance racing tests engineering quality beyond mere speed. Secondary advertisements include Philip Morris cigarettes (promoting "refinement"), a Luyties Brothers stout drink (claiming digestive benefits), and Dixon's Motor Graphite lubricant. A "Latest Books" section lists contemporary publications. There is **no political cartoon** on this page. The only image is a photograph of the winning Locomobile race car. This appears to be a typical early 1900s magazine page mixing consumer advertising with book notices.
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PHILIP MORRIS ORIGINAL LONDON CIGARETTES —a real refinement in the way of a smoke CAMBRIDGE the regular size AMBASSADOR after-dinner size In Little Brown Boxes Richar: Paul Wi The Sts, $1.50) Peter, by The H tex. (C The (Mitchell Give U OB. Lipy The Latest Books fan and the Actor), by 3. § r’s Sons. $3.50.) er, by O. Henry, (The McClure Istach eld (the by Kate Douglas Wiggin and | (The McClure Company.) , by Margaret P. Montague. $1.50.) Wheat. (The Grafton Press.) of a F mes, Cincinnati.) by Maaim Gorky. (B. W. ° Hopkinson Smith. (Chas. Scribner's fermit and the Wild Woman, by Edith Whar. ribner’s Sons. $1.50.) , by John Campbell Haywood. $1.00.) wr Gods, by Arthur Dougherty Rees. ott Co., Philadelphia.) I Kennerley The Perfect Finest and most wholesome. Builds up the system, and is excellent for invalids, Send for Bootiet LUYTIES BROTHERS, ea NEW YORK. mee ¢, by Daniel Wright Kit- Huebsch. | Locomobiille The Stock Chassis Race, Philadelphia, Oct. 10, 1908. Won by a “40” Locomobile Runabout, standard in every way. Robertson, the winning driver, is receiving the Founders’ Week Trophy from Mayor Reyburn. The race was 200 miles—25 times around a tortuous 8 mile circuit. 12 Post Card views of Vanderbilt Cup Race, 10 cents. Beautiful 11 color poster suitable for framing, 10 cents. Reliability :-The outcome of the famous stock car race at Philadelphia was more than a mere victory for the Locomobile: it was a proof that a long road race is as much atest of Reliability as speed.The efficiency of a car is not measured alone by the size of its motex.but by its balanced excellence.harmony of strength and sound construction The New"3O™A five passenger Famous 40=Apowerful and easy car developed through three _ riding seven passenger car ideal for years of road testing a aw 500 Shaft-drive®S family use an long distance touring Chain-drive*4500 TheLocomobile Company of America :Bridgeport.Conn. NEW YORK— PHILADELPHIA — CHICAGO — BOS TON On the Open Road, by Ralph Waldo Trine. (T. Y. Crowell & Co. s0 cents.) The Texts of the Peace Conferences at The Hague, by James Rrown Scott. (Ginn & Co., Boston. Mail ing price, $2.20.) When the Tide Turns, by Filson Young. Estes & Co., Boston, $1.50.) The Death of Lincoln, by Clara E. (Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.50.) The Climber, by E. F. Benson. & Co. $1.40.) The Bishop and the Boogerman, by Joel Chandler Harris, (Doubleday, Page & Co. $f.00.) Lincoln's Love Story, by Eleanor (Doubleday, Page & Co. 'so cents.) One Immortality, by H, Fielding Hall. (The Mac- millan Co.) (Dana Laughlin. (Doubleday, Page Atkinson. 207 "After the auto is purchased the need of right lubrication has just begun. Dixon's Ticonderoga Flake -M@TOR Graphite Stands for readiness, reliability and long life in a motor. You will at once see the com- mon sense of it when you get our booklet on lubrication. Write to Department A. JOSEPH DIXON CRUCIBLE CO, Jersey City, comicbooks.com