Life, 1911-05-04 · page 8 of 56
Life — May 4, 1911 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content** from an early 20th-century issue, not political commentary or satire. The advertisements include: 1. **Pantasote leather** (automobile tops) — warning against counterfeit substitutes 2. **Remington typewriters** — highlighting recent innovations (first column selector, built-in decimal tabulator, key-set tabulator, adding/subtracting function) 3. **Martell's Brandy** — listing five quality assurances about the product's production and aging 4. **A romantic sketch** of a couple with the caption "She: 'Don't touch me—I hate you!'" — a humorous domestic scene There is no identifiable political satire on this page. It represents typical early 1900s magazine advertising and light humor aimed at middle-class readers.
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All Recent Typewriter Progress is Remington Progress The first column selector. The first built-in decimal tabulator. The first key-set fa product of our exclusive manufacture, is a top material of tabulator. uniform, high quality, recognized by those of experience as unex- iin many cases unscrupulous dealers substitute cheap, ials ‘to Increase their profits at the. purchaser's expense, The average person cannot distinguish PANTASOTE. from these substitutes, as they look somewhat alike when new, 7 The first adding and ous, tt OnLy | A oo ie, fetes as j subttacting typewriter sured of citing | SW gee ae Ie 1] canis Seminar Wal label on the top. 45 PANTASOTE. | Visible Writing and Adding All these are recent developments of the PANTASOTE Is superior to mohairs for many reasons—two In particu lar, the Impossibility of cleaning them and tho ruination of their tnter- lining gum of very Impure rubber by exposure to grease or sunlight, as aro tires, Send postal for booklet on top materials, and samples. Sk, hi ne tee Remington Typewriter Company ‘HE PANTASOTE Co. New Yor ceo O55, BOWLING GREEN BLDG. NEW YORK. lew York and Everywhere Five Points Worth Remembering: 1 That only the finest Charente wine e enters MARTELL’S distilleries. That it is there distilled with utmost care by MARTELL & CO. themselves. This ensures its extraordinary quality. puncheons developing and maturing in MARTELL’S stores. That consequently MARTELL & CO. never have to bottle a Brandy until it is perfectly fit and ready for the mark it is to carry. 5 That to call a brandy better than © MARTELL’S is an empty boast—to beat MARTELL’S for Quality a frank ility. 2. 3 That there are tens of thousands of ° 4. She: vox't roven Me—1 uate you! Sole Agents G. S. Nicholas & Co. New York comicbooks.com