Life, 1891-07-16 · page 16 of 16
Life — July 16, 1891 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** with one small satirical cartoon. The main cartoon depicts a beggar repeatedly visiting a house, telling the little girl who answers that her mother is right—he keeps coming back because "when I finds a good place ter stick I allus sticks." The joke is a crude pun: the beggar has found a sympathetic household and exploits their charity through repeated visits. It's social satire about panhandling and the exploitation of middle-class generosity in the late 19th/early 20th century. The bulk of the page showcases patent medicines and consumer products typical of the era: Mastiff tobacco, the Kamaret camera, Barry's hair tonic, Ed Pinaud's dentifrice, and Garfield Tea. These advertisements reflect the pre-FDA era when such products made expansive health claims without regulation. The calendar advertisement for *Life* itself suggests this is likely a July or August 1906 issue.
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MASTIFF eer LO ery SMOKE PACKED IN CANVAS POUCHES. J-B-PACE- TOBACCO CO. 179 Water St. NewYork s RicHMonoVA. Little Girl: MA SAYS THIS 18 THE THIRD TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE TO-DAY! Beggar: AS' YOUR MA'S RIGHT MY LITTLE DARLIN’, YER SEE MY PALS CALLS ME OLD rorovs, CAUSE WHEN I FINDS A GOOD PLACE TER STICK I ALLUS STICKS—SEE ? AAMARE [- The NEW Photographic WONDER. Nearly ONE-THIRD SMALLER than any other Camera of equal capacity. $40), 100 4x5 Pictures without reloading. Size 5!4x 6x 8's Inches. Price ecimanteeS Fao WE DEVELOP AND FINISH THE PICTURES WHEN DESIRED. // 4 [7 K- [iE ets Taeatt tae THE BLAIR CAMERA CO., Boston, Mass, also makers of the Fedayergrettreneasis tia wiocet, saeas U.S bonse Apparat Hrunnhes: 208 state sta Chicage. 018 Arch St., Philadelphis. ©1 & CO., Trade Agents, New York, iso solid by all Dealers in Photo Goods. Send for the Kamaret Booklet, BARRYS TRICOPHEROUS ety. + PORTLARD, OREOOR, ‘Anelegant dressing exquisitely perfumed, removes all FORTHE impunties from the scalp, prevents baldness andgray hair, | A | R and causes the hair to grow Thick, Softand Beautiful, Ine ae ELIXIR fallible for curing eruptions diseases of theskin, glandsand spuscles and quickly bealing cuts burns, brutes sprain Ss K I | DENTIFRICE $ Eee koe Ee a Ee Cran. NsHED 1201, ae LS CALENDAR to Am. Sit FOR AUCUST, Ready July 20th. Twenty-eight pages, enriched by the best drawings from Live: by Gibson, Van Shaick, Atwood, Chip, Howarth, Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is tho ‘Woolf and others. Twenty-five cents a copy, or $2.50.a year. AM Newsdealers, Booksellers Best, Easiest to Use, and Cheapest. " aad the Publiskerse. MITCHELL & MIL . 2B West Twenty-third reet, New York. —EEeSe Randiing choice buslaer idence property in the city | “ tad qubsroe mach of witch wilt double {a value in two years Res sold on Easy Terme or Moathiy install ASTIFF TOBACCO, plug cut, is certainly worth z by any one who smokes a pipe. The manufac- Sold by druggists or sent by mail, trying by any bs c \ - . turers’ claim that it is bright, mild and pure is | Sc, E. T, Hazelting, Warren Pa founded on fact. THIS LABEL IS ON THE BEST RIBBON MADE. LATEST SHADES ano NEW fr EST STYLES. squat Sold by dealers in Fine Goods. Manufactured by ae cha qld Tea overcomes results of bad eating; JOSEPH LOTH & CO., ‘ Y mance restores tha : New York. comicbooks.com