Life, 1912-07-25 · page 6 of 41
Life — July 25, 1912 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising rather than political satire**. The left side features a Lee Tires advertisement emphasizing puncture-proof pneumatic tires and listing store locations. The dominant right side displays a large Budweiser beer advertisement featuring an eagle holding a beer bottle, promoting the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis. The page includes a "Books Received" section listing recently published titles, likely a regular Life magazine feature. **No political cartoon or satirical content appears here.** The eagle imagery in the Budweiser ad is patriotic branding rather than commentary. This represents early 20th-century American magazine advertising before Prohibition, when beer companies advertised openly in major publications.
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bie Jeg are all noteb’e for the use of better quality rubber and the finest fabric | that money can buy, But in Puncture-Proof Pneumatic Tires isthe odded advantage of free- dom from punctures which makes poss ble an average of 6056 miles per tire without change of air $4 tires, reported by one 8 sent on request. Or callat OUR STORES: : JEliwood Lee, President Books Received Bed Time Stories, by Howard R. Garis. (RF. nno & Co. 75 cents.) Both Sides of the Shield, by Major Archibald W. Butt, (J. B. Lippincott Phila., Pa. $1.00.) Poe West, by S (R. G. ger, Coston, Madawaska, by Thos. G. G. Badger, Boston, Mass.) Farmer’s Note Book, by C. E Phelps. (R. G. Badger, Boston, $1.50.) Baby Grand, by John Luther (R. G. Badger, Boston, Mass. $1 Raid of the Guerilla, by Chas. F Craddock. (J. B. Lippincott Co., Pa. $1.25.) Brs; Spring Fragrance, by Far. (A. C. McClurg & Co Il. $1.40.) The Blue Wall, by Richard Washburn Child. (Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.25.) Cnoficial Secretary. by Mary Ridpath Mann. (A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, My Day of the Saxon, by (Harper & Bros. $1.80.) The Penitent, by René Bazin. Lippincott Co., Phila., Pa.) History of the Supreme Court, by Gustavus Myers. Chas. H. Kerr & Co,, Chicago.) National Ideals and Race tion, by Rev. R. F. Horton. Yard & Co. 50 cents.) Womanhood and Race Regeneration, by Mary Scharlieb. (Moffat, Yard & Co. cents.) Problems of Sex, by Prof. J. A. Thom- son and Prof. Patrick Geddes. (Moffat, Yard & Co. $0 cents.) Herriei Hosmer, by Cornelia Corr. (Moffat, Yard & Co. $3.00.) Gertsman. Devine. (R D. Mass. Long. Sui Chicago, Sin Homer Lea. . B. Regenera- (Moffat, Mene Tekel, by Augusta Groner. (Duffield & Co. $1.20.) Vanger. (ik. G. Badger, Boston, Mass Strenuous Life Spiritual, Van der Naillen, (R. F. Fenn Small C Huebsch. $2.5¢ Wm. 1 Nolen. Ww Plowman P. Dutton & Co.) of Mazzini, by Bol Dutton & Co.) by on King Budweiser At the Top Because of Quality and Purity = Bottled only at the Home Plant in St. Louis ard (E.. ¥ Arthurian Tales Wace and Layamon. sible Playmate Dutton & Co.) on Auction ronicles, by Dutton & by Wm. Cantor, Franc Dutt by John. ston Co. Medical Education in Europe Hopson Abra. ham Flexner 56 Fifth Aveo The Str gan Shuster. ( of Pers hy Mor. The Anheuser-Busch Brewer Covers an area of 140 acres of ground, equal to 70 city blocks, upon which are located CAPACITY Brewing Capacity - 2,800,000 barrets per year Malting Capacity - 2,000,000 bushels per year Bottling Works - - — 1,000,000 bottles daily Grain Storage Elevators 1,750,000 bushels Stockhouses (for lagering) 600,000 barrels Steam Power Plant - 12,000 horse power Electric Power Plant - 4,000 horse power Refrigerator Plant - 4,000 tons per day Ice Plants 7 1,200 tons per day Coal used - 325 tons per day FREIGHT Inbound and outbound - 20,000 cars per year 1458, 110 individual buildings. TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES Refrigerator freight cars - oh Horses at home plant Wagons at home plant Auto Trucks at home plant Horses at Branches Wagons at Branches Auto Trucks at Branches EMPLOYES At St. Louis Plant At 36 Branches 6,000 pees 1,500 Total Sales, 1911—1,527,832 Barrels Budweiser Bottled Beer Sales, 1911 — 173,184,600 Bottle COMLEDOOKS!CON