Life, 1891-11-19 · page 19 of 24
Life — November 19, 1891 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It contains: **Major Advertisements:** - **Whiting Mfg. Co.**: Promotes solid sterling silver goods, emphasizing quality and authenticity to counter consumer concerns about fake or plated silver—a common fraud of the era. - **Hollanders**: A Boston and New York clothing retailer advertising dresses, mantles, bonnets, hats, and children's outfits. - **Little, Brown & Co.**: Book publisher listing illustrated novels and reference works. - **Procter & Gamble**: Advertises vegetable glycerin in decorative bottles, a toiletry product, with distribution information. - **Investment vs. Speculation**: A financial advisory firm offering a free pamphlet distinguishing sound investments from risky speculation. **Historical Context**: The page reflects late 19th-century consumer anxieties—product authenticity, mail-order distribution, and financial literacy—while showcasing typical period advertising design and typography. No political satire is evident.
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LIFE WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, AND OF BUT ONE GRADE —THAT OF STERLING, y%%j' FINE ; THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “Is IT SILVER OR ISIT PLATED?" Is NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR eS = MINERVA CUP. TRADE MARK. Corinthian Yacht Club. HOLLANDERS pms 290 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK. 202 Boylston Street, | BOSTON. STREET AND EVENING Dresses and Mantles, BONNETS AND HATS, MISSES’ and CHILDREN'S OUTFITTERS. BoYsS', #° Agents for the Jouvin & Cie. GLOVES. CHOICELY ILLUSTRATED BOOKS. NOUR | A WOMAN OF SHAUMUT. A Romance With a5, of Colonial Times. Mlustrated by F. T. Garrett. r6mo , $1.25. ELIZABETH AN SON. OF LOVE AND BE. photogravure plates, ivo,, $6.00, Merrill. Also new editions of Walton's Angler, Nuttall’s Ornithology, ete. An His- cal Romante, by Madame de Latayent bh Etchings by Garnier. 2 vols., $3 75 “HARRY LOR 1," and “CHAS, O'MALLE ink ‘Charles ever Tus. Each, 2 vols., crown Miustrated Catalogue, fully describing the above and other books, mailed to any address by the publishers, LITTLE, BROWN & 00,, Publishers, 254 Washington St. BOSTON. WHITING M’ Solid Silver Exclusively. STERLING, Co., Union Square & 16th St., NEW YORK PROCTER & GAMBLE'S VEGETABLE GLYCERINE IS PUT UP IN GLASS-STOPPER BOTTLES THAT IT MAY ALWAYS BE ON THE TOILET TABLE, THESE BOTTLES ARE OF TWO SIZES, ONE POUND AND ONE-HALF POUND, AND ARE SOLD AT $1.2 AND 75C., RESPECTIVELY. IF YOUR DRUGGIST DOES NOT KEEP FROCTRR & GAMNLE'S VEGETARLE GLYCRRING, IT WILL BE SENT TO ANY ADDRESS, EXPRESSAGE PHR-FAID, ON RECEIPT OF PRICE, BY THE PROCTER & GAMBLE CO., Cincinnati, O Coryricnt 1891 Tue Tape can ne Serrtten ny Tue Paocrer & Gamore Co. (Branch House), - + + No. s Worth Si Tux Proetex & Gaxnce Co. (Branch House), 45 Waba Messe 32 Central 5 0. 15 N. Front Me OS Bese, New Vork, * .. Chicago, Boston. * . No. 12 Californi: Investment vs. Speculation “Dividend Paying Investments.” — Taylor & Ratbvon, Boston, New York or Denver, It will pay you if you have any money to invest, either large or small sums, to send for pamphlet “Investment 7s. Speculation,” nD. Free to any one mentioning this paper. comicbooks.com