Life, 1888-08-16 · page 14 of 14
Life — August 16, 1888 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** with no political cartoons or satirical content. The page contains commercial advertisements typical of late 19th-century magazines, including: - **Red Fern**: A ladies' tailor shop claiming royal patronage ("By appointment to the Queen of England"), advertising mail-order dress services - **Wabash Railway**: Promoting luxury train service between Chicago, St. Louis, New York, and Boston - **Haviland China**: Fine porcelain dinnerware for weddings - **Peck & Snyder's Tennis Rackets**: Sporting equipment endorsed by champion R.D. Sears - **Kimball's Cigarettes**: Tobacco products marketed for purity and quality - **Hotel and spa advertisements**: Richfield Springs and Kaaterskill Mountain resort promotions The ads reflect 1888 consumer culture: upscale goods, rail travel, sporting equipment, and health tourism. No satire or political commentary is present—this is straightforward commercial promotion.
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NEW 4 OPENED - LIFE: ABOUT LADIES’ TAILOR SEPT. 1, 1888 By appointment to the Queen of England. TT WITH AN ORICINAL AND EXCLUSIVE Ladies living at a distance, who are unable to visit New DESIGNS AND cCLotus. | ~~ 2!710% OF York, can have sketches and samples forwarded free, by mail. | Aqtumn Models. ?erfect fit guaranteed in all mail orders. 210 FIFTH AVE., THROUGH TO 1132 BROADWAY, N. Y. SOLID AND COMPLETE VESTIBULED TRAINS BUFFET COMPARTMENT CARS FREE RECLINING CHAIR CARS RUN DAILY BETWEEN CHICAGO # ST. LOUIS ‘The only Line operating such magnificent train service between the two cities, No extra charge on these tains. The Direct and most Popular Route operating through car service between ST. LOUIS, NEW YORK AND BOSTON. Any ticket agent in the United States or Canada can tell you all about this Line, or you can address SPRING HOUSE, RICHFIELD SPRINGS, N. Y¥. (1,700 PRET ABOVE SRA LEVEL.) Open June 16 to October 1, 1888. The Richfield Sulphur Water is shown by analysis to be the strongest in the United States, and expe- rience has proved it to be a specific in cases of rheu- ism, gout, sciatica, dyspepsia, and all diseases of lood. ribing Richfield’s at- scenery, mountains. valley, lakes, streams, drives and walks, its pure and invigorating air, and the medicinal virtues of its waters, will be sent on application to T. R. PROCTOR. HOTEL KAATERSKILL, CATSKILL MOUNTAINS, N. Y. RATES REDUCED. Railroad access direct to the hotel. For circulars, ete., address W. F. PAIGE, Manager, Kaaterskill P, O., Greene Co., N. HAVILAND CHINA AT FIRST HANDS. This style furnished in com- plete Dinner Sets or any of the Course Sets. Wedding Presents a specialty Send 50 cents for a finely iltustrated price-book. FRANK HAVILAND, 14 Barclay St., New York City. [EBON w320 wv CORRESPONDENCE INVITED, ICECREAM SET, No265.GOLD. PECK & SNYDER’S CELEBRATED TENNIS. The ‘‘Beeckman” Racket. Tournament Strung. Price, Each, $6.00. ‘The quality of our stringing in this celebrated Racket causes it to be used cuclustvely by the leading players io this country. The fol lowing from the present champion, R, DD. Sears, will speak for its! fe a . cluding Beeckman, Slocum, Clark and Taylor. st Beacon Street, Boston, May 14, 1887. Messrs. Peck & Swvpin: Gentlemen,—I have given your Beeck- man” Racket a thorough test, and Iam very pleased to say that I have never had a better racket of either or American make, Yours truly, RICHARD D. SEARS. '* ‘The Revised Playing Rules of LawaTennis, containing a complete price-list of every requisite fer playing the game, mailed, free, to the readers of this paper, upon postal application. PECK & SNYDER, Manufacturers, 124, 126 and 128 Nassau St., N. Y. KIMBALL’S STRAIGHT CUT CIGARETTES. I Carefully. made. tremely mild and delicate. Are always uniform and up to standard. Are pee up in satin and elegant boxes. Are unsurpassed for purity and excellence. Are specially adapted to people of refined taste. ‘Are composed of only the finest Virginia and Turkish leat. 14 PIRST PRIZE MEDALS. WM. S. KIMBALL & CO, Peerless Tobacco Works. Rochester, N. Y. “ Headquarters for Straight BLACK TOP” Whiskies, "Old fod jd absolutely pure, unsweet- ened, uncolored. Vanous ages. None sold less than four years old. Reliable for medical use. We have taken every barrel of made at the Old Sole Valley Wine Co. Full lines of reliable Foreign Wines, Liquors and Segars. BSE SSO. THE BEST CHAMPAGNE. ee 1853. Francis 0. de Luze & Co., Sole Agents, N. Y. comicbooks.com