Life, 1894-09-13 · page 14 of 16
Life — September 13, 1894 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** with no editorial cartoons or satirical content. It displays various product advertisements typical of early 20th-century American magazines. Notable ads include: - **Vin Mariani** and **Vino de Salud**: Patent medicines marketed as tonics and health restorers—products that today would be recognized as containing cocaine and alcohol, respectively. These were legal and heavily advertised then. - **W.L. Douglas Shoes** and **Liebig's Extract of Beef**: Standard commercial goods with straightforward product claims. - **W. Baker & Co. Cocoa**: Emphasizes purity compared to competitors using "alkalies" and other chemicals—reflecting contemporary anxieties about food adulteration. - **Graves Elevators**: Highlights technological progress (elevators making tall office buildings possible). The page reflects the era's unregulated advertising landscape and patent medicine industry, before FDA oversight and truth-in-advertising regulations. No satire is evident; these are sincere commercial pitches to consumers.
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NOURISHES Body us e STIMULATES e rerreshes| Brain Hy indorsed by eminent Physicians everywhere. !@ soto ay pavoasare arp onocans | @ VOLO SUBSTITUTIONS. Sent Free, aium’75 roatearrs $| and AUTOGRAPHS of Celebrities.’ © OJ MARIANI & CO, 69 West 1008 St, New Yous. Unlike the Dutch Process No Alkalies Other Chemicals aro used in the preparation of W. BAKER & CO’S reakfastCocoa tehich ts absolutely \ pure and soluble. Ithas morethan threetimes lthe strength of Cocoa nixed with Starch, Arrowroot or RO Suigar, and 13 far more eco nomical, costing less than one cent a cup. It {3 delicious, nourishing, and EAsiLy DIGESTED, Sold by Grorers everywhere. ‘W.BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass, Sh Don't pay money for Water! A Solid Extract of Beet is more Econom. veal than a liquid, because concentrated, and housekeepers will find it much cheaper to soy Liebig COMPANY’S Extract of Beef, a solid, concentrated extract, free from fat and gelatine or any foreign substance and dissolve it them The genuine has this signature on the jar in Blue :— the ARLAN & HoLbincsworTH & NNOUNCE to all who contemplate Building or Renovating HOTELS, OFFICE BUILDINGS or RESIDENCES that they intend to devote part of their extensive works to ARCHITECTURAL WOODWORK Fis (Ther designs, specitica- ctions and many ad- ditional particulars op application. CABINET WORK#"¢ INTERIOR FINISHI % CHUTE. eeeeeoeo 8 The elevator makes high office buildings possible. The Cutler Pat. Mailing Sys- tem U. S. MAIL CHUTE enables the P. O. Dep’t to collect their mail. If not fully informed about this modern postal service, let us send you our circular. THE CUTLER MFG. Co., ROCHESTER, N.Y., Over GOO in Use. SOLE MAKERS. ) eS Economy Combined | GRE VA Co ROCHESTER,N.Y. Send For Catalogue. New York. 92894 LibertySt-Boston 53 State St.. Detroit. Hodges BI'dg.— Atlanta,Ga. Inman Bldp. L. DoucLas SHOE wo ec5kkine $5. CORDOVAN, FRENCH& ENAMELLED CALF. 94,5359 FINECALF&KANGAROD $3.S9POLICE,3SoLes. - WORK! aan PSHE $241.75 BoySSCHOoLSHOES,, m SEND FOR CATALOGUE * ~ W-L°DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. ve moncy by wearing tho » Douglas $3.00 Shoe. we are the largest manufacturers of this gradeof shoes in the world, and guarantee thelr value by stamping the name and price on the dottom, which protect you against high prices and the middleman’s profits, Our shoes equal custom work in ouay fitting and wearing qualities, We havo 1d everywhere at lower prices for the value g: than any other make. Take no sub- stitute. If your dealer cannot supply you, we can, (WINE OF HEALTH.) BEST OF ALL Composed of the purest ‘* Lagrima” Wine of Spain and an infusion of the most healthful and beneficial barks and erbs known. h Aids digestion, restores wasted tissue, in- TONIC WINES duces sleep, gives tone and health to the entire system, La grippe and malaria aro conquered by it. Imported by ROCHE & CO., 503 5th Ave, and 120 Broadway, New York. | LIFE BINDER. | Cheap, Strong and Durable. Will hold 26 | numbers. Mailed to any part of the United States for $1.00, postage free. Address Office of “LIFE, 19 West Thirty-First St. New York. | NOTICE. UBSCRIBERS TO “LIFE” will please give old address as well as new when re- questing change of same. comicbooks.com