Life, 1895-11-28 · page 25 of 26
Life — November 28, 1895 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** for patent medicines and consumer goods typical of early 20th-century American marketing. The one cartoon ("By Special Request") depicts a man being photographed wearing a Knox hat. His wife insists he wear it because she believes it improves his appearance. This is gentle satire of advertising culture—the joke is that the hat's brand name itself supposedly confers respectability, playing on contemporary consumer anxieties about social presentation. The advertisements below exploit health fears common to the era. Anheuser-Busch's "Malt-Nutrine" promises to restore vigor to the "unnerved"—those weakened by modern society. Other products claim to cure gout, digestive problems, and urinary issues. These remedies typify the "patent medicine" industry's exaggerated health claims, which were largely unregulated before FDA oversight existed. The page reflects a society anxious about modernity's physical toll and eager to purchase solutions—whether hats or tonics—promising renewed vigor and social acceptability.
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Are You Unnerved? Has society or business wearied and weakened you? The nour- ishing food drink, BY SPECIAL REQUEST. PHoTOGRAPHER.—"* Are you going to have your picture taken with your hat on your head?" Mr. Howarv.—"' Yes, my wife wishes me to do so, She says it improves my appearance so much, It’s a Knox hat, you know.” TRADE MARK, will give you new life, restore the falterin: circulation, quicken the lagging organs an build healthy flesh at the rate of two to five pounds for every bottle used. It is full of the Ladies’ Tea Gowns, nourishment needed by nursing mothers. Wrappers, Matinees, To be had at all Druggists’ and Grocers’. Silk Skirts and Waists, Prepared by ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASS'N, St. Louis, U.S. A. Children's; Scnool Dresses; Dancing-School Gowns, Send for hands ly illustrated col lets and ot, at ther. nd for handsomely illustrated colored booklets and other reading matter. Goats. and Jackets; re FINAL. TRIUREH The Supteroe Court of Washington, D.C. has awarded te ¢ Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n the disputed Highest Score of Award with M and Diploma of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. PARIS UNDERWEAR. CORSETS. “S588 S68 eC i estion. Ly = ss Rigs Digoaticn. improves the Appetite. Clears the Throat: re ene Threat: § Rroadway K 1916 st. Established 1869, ‘Capital 6100/0000. Patented 1871. NEW YORK. | CHEWING CUM. 8 CHOCOLATE. ' [, Save the coupons in each Five-cent kage. Adams & Sor the originators of the now world. a tamed hewine Gums. ALL OTHERS ARE IMITATIONS. Regrdg wedge Sigs u ADAMS & SONS CO., Sands Street, Brooklyn, N. Ye @ cmcago, m1. TORONTO, ONT. BAN FRANCTACO, CAL. tonpox, mxo. eee nm: a SAcBIina RECOMMENDED FOR i GO UT 9 SCHERING'S Gravel, Calculus, Lazy P| PE N Liver, and all Uric For Sale by Druggists. Acid Troubles, | LEM & FING igen, vew Yo WATER wit cure rr. {