Life, 1911-07-06 · page 43 of 44
Life — July 6, 1911 — page 43: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or political satire. It contains three product advertisements: 1. **Hampshire Paper Co.** (top left): Promotes durable envelopes, claiming their superior fiber strength protects contents during mail delivery. The ad quotes a corporate treasurer praising their toughness. 2. **Remington Typewriter** (top right): Features a "Column Selector" innovation that allows operators to automatically space to different columns with one touch, saving 10-20% labor time. The woman operator demonstrates the Model 10 typewriter. 3. **Usher's Whisky** (bottom right): A simple product announcement asking customers to request the "Black Bottle with the Green Stripe." The small cartoon (bottom left) appears unrelated to advertising—a domestic scene, but the OCR'd caption is too garbled to interpret clearly. **No political satire or caricature is present.** This is a typical early-20th-century magazine page mixing consumer goods advertising.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Those Tough Envelopes “The only complaint [ have to make about your firm is that your envelopes are so hard to cut open.—So said the Treasurer of a large corporation to the writer of this page. Haven't you noticed that same firmness of fibre about some of the letters you receive? Tt not only signifies very good stationery, but in nine cases out of ten it identifies Td HampshieeABioud The tougher the envelope the better the paper— also the better the envelope. For an envelope is first of alla container, and should be strong cnough to insure the safe of every enclosure. Write for it on your present letterhead. Address Hampshire Paper Co. South Hadley Falls, Mass. LIFE Why inch along like an old inchworm with that antiquated hand spacing of the type- writer carriage when you can go right to the spot with a single touch on a Column Selector key of the model 10 [oaomu naa cau0enbNOC 0084 | Remington The Remington Column Selector is the great- est of all recent typewriter improvements. It enables the operator instantly to place the carriage where she wills, skipping as many columns as she wills. By eliminating the hand spacing of the carriage it saves from ten to twenty per cent. of labor according to the work to be done. And this is only one of a score of nota- ble improvements on the model 10 VISIBLE Remington Remington Typewriter Company (incorporated) New York and Everywhere The Bride to Res 1 a Nov wonnvixne anour THe HOMES. OMY EAITHE EN Yeu IS Seen oTmaT 4 Ask for the Black Bottle with the Green Stripe THE WILLIAMS PRINTING COMPANY, NEW YORK comicbooks.com