Life, 1894-11-01 · page 18 of 18
Life — November 1, 1894 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine's early period, not a political cartoon page. The page consists almost entirely of commercial advertisements typical of the 1890s. Notable ads include: - **Golden Sceptre Smoking Tobacco**: Appeals to pipe smokers with claims of "perfection" - **Burlington Route**: Promotes Chicago-Denver rail service with "four trains daily" - **A. Jaeckel Fine Furs**: High-end fur garments for wealthy New Yorkers - **B. Altman & Co.**: Department store advertising women's hats and fashions - **Smith & Wesson Revolvers**: Marketed as accurate and durable firearms - **New York Central Railroad**: Emphasizes fast service to western cities - **Cuticura, Rambler Bicycles, Scott's Emulsion**: Patent medicines and consumer goods The page reflects **1890s consumer culture and technological optimism**—railroads, bicycles (the "Rambler" claims a world record), and dubious medical treatments dominate. The ads target middle-to-upper-class readers with disposable income for luxuries like furs, bicycles, and patent medicines.
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WE WANT YOU TO TRY NEW YORK. q 0 L D E N SC EPT R E Are showing on their Third Floor the very SMOKING TOBACCO. All the talk in the world will not convince you so ly a8 a trial that it is almost PERFECTION, ‘We will send on receipt of 10c. a sample to anyaddress. Prices cfGolden Sceptre, 1 1b.) uick]: ae BEST LINE CHIGAGO AND STLOUIS DENVER FOURS RAINS DAILY JAECKEL, MANUFACTURER Fine Furs. We invite the most exacting criticism regarding Fit, Style, Workmanship and Price for quality in Fur Gar- ments of every description, 19th St., bet. Broddway and 6th Ave,, NEW YORK. Opposite Arnold, Constable & Co. Senit for Fashion Plate. . Catalogue free, SURBRUGC, l69Pultes st, ¥.7. city, latest Fall styles in LADIES* Bonnets, Hats, Turbans, Togues, tte., ete. 3.4 1b., 40 cents, postage Also, London Fashions in Stiff Hats, exclusively their own “importa- “|tion, and particularly suitable for wear with Tailor Gowns and Coats, Riding, Driving, f, Bicycle, ete., at |Hery Low Prices. on the finest Built for Business So Bless ‘The Smith & Wesson Revolvers have an the no nonsense about them. ‘They are accu- world, £ | rate and durable. y excel in materials, workmanship and beauty of form. Other smaller arms are measured by comparison with them. %| Send stamp for illustrated catalog, Smith & Wesson, 24 Stockbridge St., Springfield, Mass. MORNING, NOON AND NIGHT, You can leave Grand Central Station, the very centre of the city, For Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati in a magnificently equipped train, Via the New York Central, The Great Four-track Trunk Line. Trains depart from and arrive at Grand Central Station, New York s Connecting the eastand west, by the New York Central Lines, Chicago is only 24 hdurs away ; Cincinnati 22; St. Louis 30, Eleven through trains each day, Practically a train every hour, via “AMERICA’S GREATEST RAILROAD.” Paces or Wa, M. HaustéD, 18-20 R [Nov. 1, 1894. NSTANT RELIEF for all afflicted with TORTURING SKIN DISEASES in a Single Application of (uticura ce RA Works Wonpena, and its curs) of torturing, diofiguring, huimiliating be! mors are simply marvelous, j,S0ld throughout the world. Price, Cuvier BAOLVENT, . Porren Das Bole 1 piciars, Boston, \ea~" How to Care Every Skin Diseaso,"tiw| BICYCLES. ont icy WORLD'S [1.54] RECORD! Fuyin@ Good bearings and “fastest tres on earth"— 'G. & J. PNEUMATIC TIRES" Tware ywe seener, Catalogue free at any Rambler agency. Gonmutty & Jarrexy MPG. Co., CHICaco. shington. en NOTICE. UBSCRIBERS TO “LIFE™ will please give old addres as well as new when rr questing change of same. Consumption. ‘The incessant wasting of ac sumptive can only be overcome a powerful concentrated nouns ment like Scott’s Emulsion. this wasting is checked and system is supplied with strep} to combat the disease there hope of recovery. Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil with Hypopt phites, does more to cure sumption than any other k remedy. It is for all Affectica Throat and Lungs, Coughs, © Bronchitisand Wasting. Pam phld) Scott & Bowne, N.Y. All Druggists, 50c. #7 comicbooks.com