Life, 1895-09-12 · page 2 of 16
Life — September 12, 1895 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. The main image shows an ornate silver urn—the "Colt Memorial Cup" from 1895—advertised by Whiting Manufacturing Company, a silversmith firm on Broadway in New York. Below that is an advertisement for Anheuser-Busch's "Malt Nutrine" tonic, featuring a photograph of children and a nursing mother. The ad promotes the product as beneficial for growing children and nursing mothers, claiming it will "nourish and invigorate them." The right side advertises Halion, Houghes & Co.'s furniture sale, promoting discounted bedroom suites, sideboards, and other household items. There is no political satire or social commentary visible on this page—it represents standard late-19th-century magazine advertising.
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LIFE: Solid Silver (Exclusively.) STERLING Waitinc Mec Co. Designed and Made by Whiting M'f'g Co. The Colt Memorial Cup. L. Y.C. 1895. Rollicking Childhood. It is surely your dearest wish to see your children strong and happy with sparkling eyes and lively, sturdy limbs. ANHEUSER-BUSCH, ° is the ideal tonic for growing chil- Hl dren. They will like the taste of it and it will nourish and invigorate them. Especially helpful to nursing mothers. TO BE HAD AT ALL DRUGGISTS* and GROCERS’. Pa —____ Ee Prepared by ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASS'N, St. Louis, U. S. A. Send for handsomely illustrated colored booklets and other reading matter, SPECIAL NOTICE. ‘The Supreme Court of Washington, D. C., has awarded to the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n the disputed Highest Score of award with Medal and Diploma of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. COrTmanT FOR GAUAT eniTAON BY Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th St., NEW_ YORK. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS CONCRENING ARTICLES STAMPED STERLING SERVE TO EMPHASIZE IMPORTANCE OF OLSERVING THE MAKER'S MARK. We make Sou Sitver onty, OF STERLING QUALITY Yi FINE, EVERY ARTICLE BRARING OUR TRADE-MARK: THRREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM PROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, BROADWAY OE OSs ° BROADWAY - SLA1OASS FOURTH AVE. Successors roAT.Stewarr & Co, FOURTHATE FURNITURE FIELD DAYS We shall mark this September with twenty-five red letter days for Furniture buyers. For months past we have been ransacking the markets of Amer. ica to get the most tempting things that good taste could choose to make this month of Furniture selling memorable. The offerings will include More than 125 Sorts Bedroom Suits $10 to $soo. More than 100 Sorts Sideboards, 12 to 275. More than 50 Sorts China Closets, 10 to 220. More than 25 Sorts Side Tables, 6to 75. More than 40 Sorts Extension Tables, 5 to 120. More than 75 Sorts Dining Chairs, 1to 40 More than 8s Sorts Parlor Suits, 18 to 575. More than 150 Sorts Chiffoniers, 6to 150. More than 100 Sorts Book Cases, § to 150. More than 25 Sorts Cheval Glasses, 15 to 125. More than 200 Sorts Desks, 5 to 500. More than 300 Sorts Parlor Tables, 1.50 to 200. OFTEN AT HALF PRICES! And in that way all along the Furniture line; no weak spots, 10 excuses. If you want Morris Chairs, Music Cabinets, | Parlor Cabinets, Fancy Chairs and Rockers, Iron and Brass Beds, | Toilet Tables, Clothes Poles, | Hat Racks, | Folding Beds, Wardrobes, Couches, Lounges, All-Brass Beds, Mattresses, or any of the other hundred things that go to make up a complet Furniture stock, here they are, and priced on the same low basis. TEnDERoe UNDER THE ACT OF