Life, 1892-05-12 · page 18 of 18
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This is primarily an **advertising page** with no political cartoons or satire. It contains commercial advertisements typical of 1890s America. The ads reflect period concerns and products: hair loss remedies (addressed to men worried about baldness), complexion soaps and skin treatments (emphasizing "purity" and "manly" appearance), and consumer goods like pianos, bicycles, and whiskey. Notable is the racist imagery in at least one advertisement (the "Red Hand" ale ad), which was commonplace in late 19th-century advertising. The Cuticura ads use pseudo-medical language to promise cures for skin conditions—typical of the era's unregulated patent medicine marketing. The bicycle advertisements reflect the 1890s cycling craze. Overall, the page documents consumer culture and advertising practices of the Gilded Age, including both legitimate products and dubious health claims that would later be regulated by the FDA.
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- LIFE: DECKER * BROTHERS’ MATCHLESS & « PIANOS Ny, 33 UNION SDURE~ a y te WIORK: “ws rrr qe veth Edition, postpaid for age. (or stamps). THE HUMAN HAIR, Why it Falls Of, Turns Srey and the Remedy. By Prof. HARLEY PAR ER, F.R.A.S. Lone & Co., 103 Arch St., Philada., Pa, “Every ono should read this little book. pKS TOILET spaP LEAVES A DELICATE and LASTING ODOR An Ideal Complexion Soap. For eale by all Drog and Fancy Goods Dealers. or 1f unable to procure this: derful Beap, send 25 conte in stamps and rece! cake by return mail, das. S. Kink & Co., CHICAGO. SPECIAL—Shandon Bells Walts (the popular Society Waltz) sent FREE to anyone sending us wrappers of Shandon Bells Soap, Agents PARK eTILFORD 11/919, Broadway NEWYORK oruaaisTs PERFUMERS FOR FIFTY YEARS! MR&. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP for Gity years has been used by millions of mothers for their Children while Teething. It ‘soothes the Child, Softens the Gums, Allays all Pain, Cures Wind Colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhea. 25 cents a Bottle. ALLSoOPP'S edfand ~<: ted Bote tn Brgiand. HighestGrade Imported. Everyw! 39 Years In FULTON H. B. KIRK & CO. Do not sell Mixed or Compounded Goods. Price according to age. No other house can furnish “OLD CROW" RYE WHISKEY, Sold by us as uncolored, unsweetened Sole Agents for Tux Purasant Vattey Wixe Co. Sole Agent for the Ixctrsxoox Wines, Send for catalogue. 69 Fulton St, 9 Warren St. Broadway and 27th 8t,, N.Y. CATSKILL MO! ‘A Hotel Kaaterskill. OPENS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29m, —RATES REDUCED FOR JULY. Rooms can be engaged of Mr, H. P. Bunvey, Ass’t. Manager, at the Grand Hotel, Broadway sist Street, New York, after May 2oth. iS LOVELL: DIAMOND CYCLES - For Ladies and Conts. Six styles “1p KTpyin Preumatic Cushion and Solid Tires. AN} A\ Wy Diamond Frame, Steel Drop Forgings, Steel QZ. WA Tubing, Adjustable Ball Bearings to all running parts, Se} | including Pedals. Suspension Saddle. Gj NS Strictly HIGH GRADE in Every Particular, so Dyes Catsingse Fi Teruo of ans, Hitters Wevolverey Bporting Goods, tie.| SOHN P. LOVELL ARMS CO., Mifrs., 147 Washington St., BOSTON, MASS. MANLY PURITY To cleanse the blood, skin, and scalp of every eruption, impurity, and disease, whether sini- ‘le, scrofulous, hereditary, or ulcerative, no agency the world isso speedy. co0- Bomlcal, and unfailing as e CUTICURA cure, exquisite skin purifier and beautifier, an: Cuticona Resonvent, the new blood purifier and greatest of humor remedies. In a word, they are the greatest skin cures, blood purt- ors, and humor remedies of modern times, and may be In the treatment of every humor and disease, from eczema to scrofula, with the most gratifying and unfailing suc- cess. Sold here. OTTER a “How toCure Blood Humors” mailed free. | PLES, blackheads, red, rough handsand falling bair cured by Cuticuna Soar. RHEUMATIC PA In one minute the Cuticura Anti-Paia Plaster relleves rheu- sclatic, bip, kidney, ones lar pans wear RADFORD, JONES & CO. Court, Hunt & Military Tailors, 32 GEORGB STREET, HANOVER SQUARE, - LONDON, W. Telegraphic Address, “Lrrnoruy. Loxvon,”” A Sample Cake of Soap and 189 page Book oa Dermatol: Dace Me pien ete. 2OMN B Pp weonnuny, Dr- GOR virococtm, #00 West AU, SOM od Brreet, City, Consaltation free, at office or by letter THIS PAPER IS PRINTED PECIAL - LIFE - INK MANUFACTURED BY THE W. D. WILSON PRINTING [May 12, 1892, Pears’ _Soap ‘Whoever wants soft hands, smooth hands, white hands, or a clear com. plexion, he and she can have both ; that 1s, if the skin is naturally transparent ; unless occupation prevents, The color you want to avo'd comes probably neither of nature or work, bu . | of habit. Either you do not wash effectually or you wash too effectually ; you do not get the skin open and clean, or you hurt it. Remedy—Use Pears’ Soap ; no mat- ter how much ; but a little is enough if you use it often. All sorts of stores sell it, especially ists; all sorts of people use it. «How now? What. letter are you reading there?’ May't please your lordship, ‘tis a word or two of commendation for Shrewsbury Tomatoket- Key. It made the near perfect, quite perfec] with a“Yale.” Tol sure you get a ‘Yale see that this name on every Key. So wherever locks : Flandrau NEW YORK. 372, 374, 376 Broome Street. Broadway, Slst St. and 7th Ave. Elegant Carriages OF THE BEST GRADE, FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY, And of Every Variety of Design, Color and Weight. Correspondence Solicited, ©}INK CO.,11p. 10 SPRUCE ST., IN. Y, Send for Special Pricesand Discounts Patas of Wu. M. HateTeo 33-43 Gown St. N.Y. comicbooks.com Fe