Life, 1912-11-14 · page 38 of 44
Life — November 14, 1912 — page 38: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page consists primarily of **advertisements and promotional content** rather than political satire or editorial cartoons. **Left side:** A Cascade Pure Whisky advertisement featuring a dramatic nighttime scene with a bottle, emphasizing the product's "natural perfection." Below it is a promotional notice for *St. Nicholas* magazine's Christmas issue, featuring stories by L. Frank Baum (author of *Oz*) and illustrated by Fanny Cory—aimed at family entertainment. **Right side:** A miniature reproduction offer for Life magazine itself, allowing readers to request a small colored copy by mail. Below this is an illustration titled "The Courtship of a Cure Broker," showing a man in formal dress courting a woman at a window—a romantic or comedic scene, though its specific satirical point is unclear from the image alone. The page demonstrates early 20th-century magazine monetization through advertisements and self-promotion rather than containing identifiable political commentary or caricature.
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: “EXTRA!” . PURE WHISKY r A free copy for Everybody who cue ten Is pure with the essential | wants one rave ty of Nature's finest | st oe urily 0 ature’s fines had P J - The Miniature Life so | products — distilled. aged a cepastt oops . chee and bottle to maintain . _ Life is now sending out to his fae err 8 fille sens i Ji man the natural perfection un- many years. All you need to secure a copy of bat . this issue (size 4)4x 534) is to forward your the changed. name and address and a two-cent stamp to ke Fee LIFE, 17 West 31st Street, New York. oe ° ms . hun Distillers up and A On all the news-stands tomorrow The Christmas Number of St. Nicholas BIG, beautiful, plum-my number, with a A Merry Christmas cover in color by Nor- man Price, full to overflowing with ; i | Christmas good things. All the family will * ] want to read ‘‘Aunt Phroney’s Boy,” by L. 7 Frank Baum, author of the jolly ‘‘ Oz” stories; and all the family will read and reread “The Adventures of Billy Bowline,” an exquisite, 4 \ VN, = imaginative story of child adventure, with ex- , tom quisite pictures by Fanny Cory. ' pag Ie who w Only 25 cents, or send one dollar for the Christmas number and three more numbers to the publisher: — ! NEVE THECENTURY . , Miss M co. Teas Sats Frer Puppies P THE COURTSHIP OF A CURE BROKER SALE. Union Square New York i SHELTE Telept comicbooks-com