Life, 1894-06-28 · page 17 of 19
Life — June 28, 1894 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising** rather than editorial content or political satire. It contains four distinct advertisements: 1. **Armour's Beef Extract** — a cooking product 2. **Whiting Paper Company** — fine stationery manufacturer 3. **New York and Chicago Limited Railroad** — a luxury train service 4. **Ripans Tabules and Imperial Beer** — digestive aid and beverage The only illustration with narrative content is the "Face to Face" section, showing a well-dressed couple in intimate conversation, used to advertise **Ripans Tabules** (a digestive tablet). The copy implies that good digestion ensures "sweet breath" necessary for romance—a common advertising trope of the era linking health products to social success and attractiveness. There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page. It represents typical early 20th-century magazine advertising emphasizing propriety, refinement, and products promoting health and social advantage.
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p “The name of the WHITING PAPER COMPANY ona POLL POLS, 4 Sy box of stationery is a guarantee of excellence.” Extract “ BEEF Used by all good cooks. Send address for Cook Book. the most refined-and exacting tastes cannot ‘fail to be suited. Armour & Co., Chicago. Have you tried these papers? Ask your dealer to show you their samples; if he does RAAF v RAPFS x RZ | not have them tell him to write to us. WHITING PAPER COMPANY, Holyoke, New York and Philadelphia. UNDOUBTEDLY TRUE The “New York and Chicago Limited” is the successor to the New York Central's famous ‘Exposition Flyer” between New York and Chicago, every day in the year, Do you know that the Whiting Paper Co., of Holyoke, are the largest manufacturers of Fine Stationery in the world? The reason is because their papers are absolutely the highest grade, and are made in so large a variety that Leaves Grand Central Station, New York, at 10.30 A. M. to-day. Arrives Lake Shore Station, Chicago, at 9.30 A. M. to-morrow, Leaves Lake Shore Station, Chicago, at 5.30 P.M. to-day, Arrives Grand Central Station, New York, at 6.30 P. M. to-morrow, _ This is the most comfortable and most in- teresting thousand-mile railroad ride in the world, as it is over the great Four-Track Trunk Line of the United States, through the beautiful Mohawk Valley, and along the historic Hudson River—via “AMERICA’S GREATEST RAILROAD.” Ve OA FACE TO FACE. The pleasure of a confidential chat is doubled by the sweet breath that goes with a well-ordered | | f system. And that is always insured by —_ Ripans Tabules.|A Bottle of Imperial Beer is the most healthful and refreshing of drinks, Imperial Beer excels in flavor, color, body and digestive qualities. It is {ree from excess of gas and weet breath, bright eye, clear complexion, all deleterious admixtures, It promotes digestion and benefits the health. Connoisseurs say Imperial is +¢ The Beer to Drink.”” Ripans Tabules.|Beadleston & Woerz, PMPIRE BREWERY. Any First-class Grocer Will Supply You. comicbooks.com