Life, 1896-07-16 · page 5 of 20
Life — July 16, 1896 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertisements**, not editorial cartoons or satire. The content includes: 1. **Sozodont** (teeth/breath product) - standard product ad 2. **Buffalo Lithia Water** - mineral water marketed for gout and rheumatism, endorsed by a doctor 3. **Palmer Tires** - bicycle tire advertisement 4. **Essence of Rhine Violets** - perfume ad 5. **Anheuser-Busch Malt-Nutrine** - a "food drink" marketed as a health tonic and "flesh builder," endorsed by the medical profession The ads reflect early 20th-century patent medicine marketing, where products made broad health claims (some dubious by modern standards). "The Doctor Says" framing was common to lend medical credibility. These represent the era's unregulated advertising landscape, before FDA restrictions on health claims. **No political cartoons or satire appear on this page.**
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‘LIFE: Secure Reliable Strong easy to hook ; easy to unhook ; tf you do the hooking and un- hooking. Can't let go itself. The DeLong Hook and Eye. “hump? ‘f Richardson & DeLong Bros, Philadelphia, Also makers of the CUPID Hairpin. In every package a bottle of liquid Sozodont (use Both Liquid and Powder. aii) « box of fine Sozodont vowder (use twee a week). No other dentifrice so complete, so safe, so certain to give the best results. TeerTH BREATH. A sample of liquid Sozodont by mail, provided you mention this publication and send three cents for postage. Address the Proprietors of Sozodont, Hatt & Rucket, Wholesale Druggists, New York City. Palmer Fabric makes a Tire Elastic, Riding and) and Fast fast (lang lew ceeoph og to Mad Thay ure copeeine, aad only fend on High-Grade Grade Wheels et ot tot Palmer Pneumatic Tire Cc Co., + Chicago, Ill. acts About Pneumatic Tires mailed on request. RHINE « Yiouets P (Home Registered.) THB QUEEN OP PERFUMES If you want a real Violet Perfume, be sure you get It is not a combination of other scents, but is abso lutely true to the flower. Cut this advertisement out and show it to your BUFFALO LITHIAWATER BRIGHT’S, GOUT, RHEUMATISM, ETC. OR. ALFRED L. LOOMIS, O Lin of Practical Medicine in the cateen of New York: “1 hi N K chive kd BUFF) FAN. ATHIA WATER ioe Sccating in gouty’ and thematic subjects, with marl Proprietor, Buffalo Lithia Springs, Va. The Doctor Says that a tonic is need- ed. Perhaps he pre- scribes one. If he is an intelligent, up to date physician the chances are that he advises the use of pNHEUSE R°BUSCH' TRADE MARK. —the food drink, Malt-Nutrine is a wonderful vitalizer and flesh builder—recognized and recommended as such by the medical profession in general. For sale by all druggists. Prepared by ANHEUSER-BUSCH BREWING ASSOCIATION, ST. LOUIS, U. S. A.