Life, 1909-03-18 · page 4 of 32
Life — March 18, 1909 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It contains four advertisements from the early 20th century: 1. **Usher's Whisky** - promotes a Scottish whisky brand with the tagline "A Whisky That Will Agree With You" 2. **Warner Auto-Meter** - advertises a speed indicator claiming superior accuracy compared to competing automotive gauges 3. **Brewster & Co.** - announces they're the exclusive agents for Delaunay-Belleville chassis and offers coach work and Peerless Cars 4. **Barrett Junior Jacks** - promotes lifting equipment for automobiles There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page. It represents typical early-1900s Life magazine advertising—a mix of luxury goods (whisky, custom automobiles) and automotive equipment targeting wealthy readers.
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DERE ; ALONE IN ACCURACY There is just one speed indicator—The Warner 1909 Auto-Meter—which is so sensitive—so supremely ac- Style curate that it correctly registers the speed of an Auto- mobile when pushed by hand on the g every variation of speed up to 100 miles per hour. All other indicators fail to register any speed what- ever under § to 10 miles per hour. After a few months? use, wear of delicate cams multiplied dozens of times through the indicating hand, renders them so grossly inaccurate that they are worse than useless. The cheapest alarm clock is a marvel of accuracy by com- parison. Difference in principles is responsible for this dif- ference in results. There are bat two principles adapted for speed indication—Magnetic Induction and Centrifugal. The Warner Auto-Meter alone is made on the Mag: netic induction principle, the only principle which permits of absolute accuracy and almost everlasting durability in the same instrument. THE WARNER AUTO-METER Guaranteed Absolutely Accurate is built like an expensive Chronometer. It has but two moving parts. These revolve. There is no sliding friction. The bearings are sapphire jewels and imported Hoffman Balls. Such bearings will practically last a lifetime withoat The Auto-Meter, because made on the only correct principle, is ingly accurate year in and year out and so durable that it will outlast a dozen vs aw as y Our Free Book tells why” and how" of it all. It will be sent fc A WHISKY THAT ' } the asking to anyone who writes. In your own interest buy no speed ind WILL “AGREE wir vo f cator of any kind until you know. To buy the wrong instrument is to wase your money. on oe The Warner Instrument Company, aci¢cieees 385 Railroad Street, Beloit, Ws, BRANCHES: New York, 1802 Rrosdway Detroit Phdadeiohi, 3 Nor Broad Street Ghevelands 208 Fes “If it isn't the Jagat Duff = : . he a BREWSTER & CO. | “°" "4° — are the sole agents for the Delaunay - Belleville Chassis which they recommend to their cus- tomers with their guarantee. With Brewster & Co. standard coach work, the lightest and strongest, these make an exceptional combina- tion of the practical and artistic. Peerless Cars—*_ "me" 20" ready for sale sup- plied with our exclusive coach work by special arrangement with the ae is « Peerless Motor Car Co. ~ Sh genuineBerrater srpett Junior, improvernents in jac ' beware i ita since the be o™ motoring. B R E WST E R & CO * || THE DUFF MANUFACTURING CO. Pittsburgh, Pa Broadway and 47th Street, - New York 50 Church Street, New York 118 Holborn, London 4 Rue Auber, Pu Also Panhards, Renaults and bodies for all chassis. comicbooks.com