Life, 1886-09-30 · page 14 of 16
Life — September 30, 1886 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** rather than a satirical cartoon page. The content consists almost entirely of commercial advertisements and business notices typical of late 19th-century publications. The page includes ads for: - **Red Fern tailoring** (1132 Broadway) — high-end men's clothing with cutters imported from London - **Dr. Buckland's Scotch Oats Essence** — a patent medicine claiming to cure sleeplessness, paralysis, and nervous conditions - **Tarrant's Effervescent Seltzer Aperient** — a digestive remedy for constipation and dyspepsia - **James W. Renwick's carriage business** - Various other services The **small illustrated anecdote** (middle-right) about a man singing under a window and a dog is a humorous vignette rather than political satire—a common feature in Life magazine. The page reflects the era's medical quackery and patent medicine culture, though modern readers would recognize these remedies as ineffective by today's standards. No political figures or specific satire are evident.
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OF 1132 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, Ladies’ Solicits inspection of a stock of gentlemen’s tailoring goods, personally selected in Europe this season, and in every Ro, 4: respect superior to anything in this line ever shown in New York before. —_—— The most skilled cutters of vstablished reputation have been secured from London. Gentlemen who favor me with their orders can rely on getting garments in the highest elegance and of superior fit at reasonable prices. A special cutter from the widely known house ot Messrs. Hammond & Tautz, of London, for the making of RIDING BREECHES AND COATS ONLY, has been engaged. | (LOCATION NEXT TO DELMONICO’S.) 1132 BROADWAY, - - NEW YORK. ras. PP 1s not only wearying and un. Cheap, Strong and Durable, Eymptori, often preee ing ‘Will hold 2 numbers. Mailed to any part of the SOFTENING OF ‘TIVE United States for $1. BIANN, SINSANIEYS Address office of - LIFE « 1155 Broanwav, N. ¥. RALYSIS, é&ec. ites is ——= SS ahsoitely nebossary to health, DO YOU WANT A DOG~ | Ss it Sa adel’ be had ‘bur 3S (POG BUYERS’ GUIDE, ji DR. BUCKLAND’ o OG searerines 0) g COTE! gat 05 ggg Mailed for 15 Cents. eco as FANCIERS, fj 237 8. St. Philadelphia, Pa. 9 Sl - — Posploseness, Nervous Dyspepsig ie stood under the window and sang, “How Can WViiieraes ‘aralysis, Locomotor Ataxia, I Leave Thee?” But he did leave, and so suddenly | L : BROADS? ium Habit, Headache, that the dog went back of the house and wept.— Ex. | = ~ * prone ig Sein Bait, Ovarian Neuralgia, “ Excuse me, dearest,” he said, disentangling him- | M6 2 si Hysteria, Nervous Exhaustio self. Then he stalked to the edge of the veranda, and | goHE AGENT, Woaeist a fiercely demanded : ‘ Boy, what are you lurking about | S* gia, Epilepsy, the front gate for at this time o' night 2” ‘* Mornin’ Bick Headache, St. Vitus’s Dance, papers, sir?" — New York Sun. : ~~ vitus’s Dance, © tica, Feurasthenia, &e. — — — ‘This is in no sensoa PATENT MEDICINE. Com . . . tains no Opiate: ery , pee oe ee or Choral ia Nerve and Brain NATURE’S Violent Purgation zs Obsolete. 1 ‘erative known. ‘Illustrated ‘Treatise on Nemor Diseases, Exhaustion, Oph pe austion, Seer o. sont FILER SCOTCH OATS ESSENCE CO Tye, Falta a CURE FOR To Assist, not to Attack, Nature, is the true Func. tion of Progressive Medicine. James W. RENWICK | CONSTIPATION, 39 WOOSTER STREET, TARRANT’S HT wccetoen ean tee Effervescent Seltzer Aperient able CARRIAGES, of all leading | styles, at moderate prices. Also, a large num- CURES CONSTIPATION, CURES SICK HEADACHE, CURES DYSPEPSIA, ber of second-hand carriages by Brewster & by gently urging the sluggish secretive and excre- Co. (of Broome Street), and other city makers. AMUSEMENTS. tory organs to perform their duties. This delight- ful remedy, pleasant to the taste, mild yet certain in action, economical in price, has stood the test of EDEN MUSEE, 23d St, bet. sth & 6th Aves..| SICK HEADACHE Open fromirtorr. Sundaysrtorr | . Re-engagement of the time, and for more than forty years has been pre- HUNGARIAN GYPSY BAND. : es “PRINCE LICHTENSTEIN.” | AND scribed by our best physicians. It should be found ‘Two Grand Concerts Daily. Apmisston 50 Cents. Cuore a5 Cents, AGtes ay Meare cae AS oui DYSPEPSIA. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. in every family medicine chest. comicbooks.com