Life, 1896-05-28 · page 3 of 28
Life — May 28, 1896 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains product ads for: - **Brown's French Dressing** (shoe polish) - **Fibre Chamois** (interlining fabric) - **Anheuser-Busch's Malt Nutrine** (a malt beverage marketed as a health drink) - **Messinger** bicycles - **DeLong Hook and Eye** fasteners - **Richardson & DeLong** hairpins The only narrative content is a small comic at bottom right titled "The Family Reputation," showing a domestic scene where a father objects to his son's hat choice for maintaining family style. These ads reflect early 1900s consumer products and marketing claims typical of *Life* magazine's commercial content during this era.
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Golng"abrosd! The best and pleasantest antidote for WHITM. IAN'S Pere, Delicioas Flavor. Ht iz with boiling milk roy chan a genuine Original Angostura INSTA ous Ln ng milk OF Bitters. roggiste, NT AN s mace CHOCOLATE. mnie Se You are bound to succeed in : ie ya ALIDA CRAIG. A Novel by PAULINE : AS KING, with illustrations by T. K. Hanna, making HIRES Rootbeer if you a . 4 Jr. s6mo, cloth, $1.25. Will be sent to any address postpaid on follow the simple directions. Easy 5 ° receipt of price. to make, delightful to take. “ y Dear GEORGE H. RICHMOND & CO., - 2 E. tsth St. 2 2 «© New York. Heh “paladen sabes 9 galces: “Bold cverywuere. BROWN’ Ss NON- French Dressing & INJURIOUS, will not sag, ventilated, elas- tic, holds its flat shape in the back, comfortable and durable, for years has nfade and maintained a reputation as an honest Shoe Dressing. It does not polish at . 5 , . which is all owing the expense of ruined leather, but to: the:rattan’ base is Brilliant, Lasting and Per- ind the "Vahaped % B fectly Safe. There is no experi- Sosaing! menting in using Brown's. . . . The Ideal Interlining Recommended and Used by a ‘ eke aa Ete ywhee Se &3.50 Mesinger Sara Bernhardt we > oo TA ted Laas: HULBERT BROS. & Co., RV . Majestic Bicycles, 26 W. 23d Street, we New York, Lillian Russell Mrs, Jenness Miller Redfern The only objection to the DeLONG Hook and Eye is that it did not come years Ties Stampa Fibre Chamois ago. But the way it holds apologizes for the delay. WIAASANANNG ee) Gheeke Fr a See that NN hump? Like Roses Health shows itself in one’s face—in the complexion, —the food drink—is the greatest beautifier of the age, because it is the greatest health agent. The pure and palatable nutriment of malt and hops. It is the greatest life-sustainer and flesh-builder. Richardson & DeLong Bros, Philadelphia. CUPID Hairpin, It will not slip out of the hair. To be had at all druggists’ and grocers’. Prepared by ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASS’N, St. Louis, U. S. A. Send for handsomely illustrated colored booklets and other reading matter, THE FAMILY REPUTATION. BLEECKER LisPENARD, JR.: But, Father, I've got to spend enough to keep up the reputation of our family for style. BLEECKER LISPENARD, SR.: Well, it won't take } GERERIL AORTA: so very much to do that. Go and buy a new Fall Style Knox Hat. OAC COO O. MEYER & CO., sends 71 West Street, New York City. R.NARGELI, Hotok THING BOTTLING CO. (3443 Atlantic Ave, Brooktya, X.Y. comicbooks.com