Life, 1889-02-28 · page 20 of 22
Life — February 28, 1889 — page 20: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and filler content** rather than political satire. The notable elements: **Main Cartoon:** "A Delighted Young Woman" depicts a before-and-after testimonial for Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The illustration shows a woman claiming the patent medicine cured her facial blemishes and complexion problems. This is characteristic of late-19th-century **medical advertising**, which made sweeping health claims (often fraudulent by modern standards). **Other Content:** The page includes ads for Remington typewriters (promoting their speed records), Top Royal hats, aluminum products, and printing ink. There's also a minor joke about a student not punctuating compositions. **Historical Context:** This reflects the 1888 era's aggressive patent medicine marketing, targeting appearance-conscious women with promises of "purifying blood" to cure skin conditions. Such advertisements were common in Life magazine and largely unregulated until the FDA's establishment. The page demonstrates how satirical magazines funded themselves through product advertising rather than relying on editorial content alone.
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UNIVERSALLY POPULAK x s¥ POPULAK STANDARD ORN BY THE WELL-DRESSED R E M | N G T oO N TYPEWRITE q won TOP ROYAL : GOLD AND SILVER MEDALS ? : — FOR CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLI At Toronto, in open contest, Aug. 13, 1888, « 151 Words Per Minute, Without an Error, The above fs an ic record made by Mr. Frank E. McGurrin, at Detroit, on January 21, 1889, oa a me sentence, thus BEATING ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS of correct work by 30 words per minute, and rls the * Remington still further beyond reach of competition. Photographic copies of certified work turnished oa app!icata WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, 327 Broadway, N. Y. FOR SALE BY MEN'S FURNISHERS. MANUFACTURRD BXCLUSIVRLY BY ‘ 4 a ia NE CORLISS BROS. & CO., TROY, N.Y. NEW YORK OFFICE, CHICAGO oFnice, i} £ ii ' ! Franklin Street, 247 & 249 . H <4 i I ALY'S THEATRE, Every eveoin; : ay) 4 4 4 XK 1 su D Augustin Daly's new comedy from the Aer Ba \\ & | EY S t, ; honthay, . { : A INTERNATIONAL MATCH, Ir, Drew, Mr, Wheatlei, ing, and Miss Ada Finerican (ete Gm CarALoGUE SS On appucATIONY [ Iy CORAULLYs JEFFERY MFU (0 ~~. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, poe, Tracie: Why do you not punctuate your com- positions ? Puri: Because you told us the other day that it was vulgar to p ton Gazette. Tue following are the most significant items from the twenty-ninth annual Statement of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, published to-day Assets . : Liabilities (y per cent.) Surplus Bix » + $20.794.795 $549.216,126 . PS3,933-535, Income. 2 2) we Surplus earned in S88 ‘ 7. Ratio of Assets to Liabilities : A DELIGHTED YOUNG WOMAN. acrease in Surplus : Increase in Income... - 8,128 Look at my face and my hands—not a pim- | My face was all blotches—complexion like Increase in Assets. 5... 10,66) 018 le tallow: Miss HENKLEMAN: What a lovely gown, dear! Such as you saw there some time No wonder they thought me and called ine From Paris, of course ? ago. | a fright; Miss Witretvar: Yes; [can’t get suited any- See my fresh checks, and I'm getting a dim- | No one need have pimples and skin gray and where else. It came on the (méria, Tuesday.— ple, sallow, Scribner's Magazine, I don't look at all like I used to, I If she'll take what I took, ev'ry morn, a know, noon, and night. ALUMINUM, the New Metal, | f { 1 ! ' t : ' : G i t i i. a 5 i 0 I asked the delighted young woman what she referred to. and she answered. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery. It is the best beautifier in the world, and opera. ee ie aed ageah Bete because it purifies and enriches the blood, and pure rich blood gives good health, 4 for all kinds of Jewelry, Ornaments and and good health—beauty. yi oe (ee he cheerios Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors from a common Blotch, or Erv ation, to the worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum, Scaly or Rough Skin, Tetter, Eczema, Erysipelas, in short, all diseases caused by bad blood are conquered by ibis powerful, purifying, and invigorating medicine. GEO. MATHER’S SONS RINTING INK — — — | _ 60 JOHN STREET, N. Y. InN THE HEAD, . THIS PAPER IS PRINTED WITH CATARREH no matter how bad or of bow long standing, OUR SPECIAL ° LIFE - INK. is permanentl7 cured by DR. GAGE’S CATARRH REMEDY. 30 cents, by druggiste, { Cee ie Ree et ee et ta Copyrighted, 1888, by Wontp's Dispeysany Mepicat Assoctatton, Proprietors. comicbooks.com