Life Magazine – November 4, 1909 (# 1410)

– THANKSGIVING NUMBER.
– Full page color ads for Perrier sparkling water, Stoddard-Dayton 50 hp Limousine cars.
– Full page art or cartoon art by F. T. Richards (October), William H. Walker (The Great White Way), Harrison Cady (Beetleburgh holds its annual county fair),
– Full page ads for Locomobile 30 Shaft Drive cars (with photo), Gorham Silverware, Knabe pianos, Pond’s Extract.
– Quarter page ad for the New Savage Automatic hand gun, 10 shots quick, straight in the dark.
– Cute half page cartoon art of two foxes outside a Vegetarian restaurant that is full of geese, art by C. Barnes.
– Half page ad for Iver Johnson safety automatic revolver gun, showing that it won’t fire even if you hit the hammer with a hammer.
– Two page centerspread art by Charles Broughton, “Our Thanksgiving Dinner : Grace, oysters, soup, fish, roast, ices, game, pie,” with a person from the news representing each course.
– Some current events include : The Maura cabinet in Spain has been compelled to resign following the folly of shooting Spain’s leading schoolmaster after a court-martial, Professor Ferrer was shot for inciting riots over the exportation of Spanish soldiers to Africa to fight the Moors, We hope America’s Catholic schools appreciate the freedom they get in deciding what to teach since they do not get public funds, It seems wrong that Charles W. Morse was sent to prison for 15 years (Morse was pretty much single-handedly responsible for the Financial Panic of 1907 … similar to our Banking / Housing Market fiasco of 2008 … he was in prison with Charles Ponzi, who created even bigger and more famous fraudulent financial dealings after his release from prison).
– And much more 1909   2Neat antique Life magazine content – cool!