Life, 1896-05-07 · page 15 of 20
Life — May 7, 1896 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It contains no political cartoons or caricatures requiring historical interpretation. The page features advertisements for consumer products typical of early 20th-century America: - **Armour's Extract of Beef**: Quick bouillon for convenient meals - **Williams' Shaving Stick**: Emphasizes its superior lather and global popularity, positioned as displacing competitors - **Life Binder**: A $1.00 magazine storage product - **Overland Cycles**: Bicycle advertisement - **Life Magazine itself**: Advertising subscriptions and its binder - **St. Louis Republic newspaper**: Promoting its "Information Bureau" for resort and school advertising The tone is straightforward commercial messaging rather than satirical commentary. The "After the Play" header simply suggests these products are convenient for use at any time. No political figures, events, or social satire are present on this page—it's a standard advertising section from an early-1900s magazine.
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SSS After the Play or, in fact, anywhere, at any hour, one can make delicious Bouillon from : J Extract BEEF. Requires only the addition of boiling water and a pinch of salt. It's the matter of a moment. Armour & Company, Chicago. ill Hal By Wy A TRAVELERS ||‘ Mi = FAVORITE" i yi The Lather- Rich, . . Cream -like, Soothing, Healing, Never=- Drying —which has given WILLIAMS’ SHAVING SOAPS their world-wide reputation is found in no other ‘The constantly increasing demand for Williams’ Shaving Stick in this country, England and on the Continent is the best evidence of its superiority over all others either of home or foreign manufacture. | | WE All you have guessed about life insurance may be wrong. If PAY you wish to know the truth, send for “How and Why,” is- POST-«= by the Penn Murvat Livg, '921-3-5 Chestnut Street, Phita- ACE. detphia. IWFE BINDER Cheap, Strong and Durable. Will hold 26 Numbers, Mailed to any part of the United States for $1.00. Address Office of ‘‘ LIFE,” 19 West Thirty-first Street, New York. liable free. Reese, Hasard & iim IsGSt Peoria, Lic Reliable VERL ANS ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC is the most popular and best patronized SCHOOL and SUMMER RESORT medium in the West. NFORMATION BUREAU. THE REPUBLIC’S Bu- reau of Resorts and Ho- tels has proven of great valuo to advertisors and it constantly supplements the advertisements which appear. WANTED. THE REPUBLIC solicits © your advertising and in- form ition relative toyour resort. sazA SPECIAL RATE IS In fact Williams’ Shaving Stick is fast displacing all others. There is absolutely nothing like it. For sale by dealers anywhere — Ma'led on receipt of price asc) if unable to get it of your dealer, The J. B. WILLIAMS CO., Glastonbury, Conn., U.S. A. London: 64 Great Russel Street. W. C. MADE FOR RESORT AND SCHOOL ADVER- | TISING. | comicbooks.com