Life, 1896-08-27 · page 18 of 18
Life — August 27, 1896 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **title page and advertisement collection**, not a satirical cartoon page. It announces Life Vol. XXVII is "now ready" at $4.00, bound in various colors, with a $2.00 allowance for returned copies. The page contains multiple period advertisements: - **Vin Mariani wine** claims endorsement from Russia's Empress Marie Feodorowna as a health tonic - **Pears' Soap** advertises its safety-lock shaving stick - **"Chip's Old Wood Cuts"** by F.P.W. Bellew—a collection of sketches for $1.00 - **Old Crow Rye** whiskey warns against counterfeits; consumers complain because dealers substitute inferior brands claiming equivalence - **Beeman's Pepsin Gum** and other products round out the page The Old Crow ad is the only piece with satirical bite—it mocks consumer frustration with fraudulent product substitution, a legitimate commercial complaint of the era. The rest is straightforward commercial promotion typical of the magazine's revenue model.
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1S PERFECTION We will send on receipt of 10c. a sample to mm any address. Prices Bl of GOLDEN SCEPTRE, 1%. $1.30, 1/%- 40 cts. Postage paid. Catalogue free f SURBRUG "Fete, | VIN MARIANI MARIANI WINE— THE IDEAL FRENCH TONIC— FOR BODY AND BRAIN. FOR H. I..M. EMPRESS OF RUSSIA. ‘*Her Majesty, Empress Marie Feodorowna, finding great benefit! from the use of your tonic-wine, requests 50 bottles Vin Mariani sent immediately, addressed to Her [Majesty the Empress.”’ Anitchkoff Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia, Write to MARIANI & CO. for Descriptive Book, 75 PORTRAITS, Uaktow's Bo Oxtord st.” 62W. 16th ST., NEW YORK. Indorsements and Autographs of Celebrities, LIFE VOL. XXVIL NOW READY. 3|Bound in Maroon and Gold, Green and Gold, and Full Black. Price $4.00. If copies are returned in good condition an allowance of $2.00 is made. LIFE BINDER. CHEAP, STRONG, DURABTE. WILL HOLD TWENTY-SIX NUIIBERS. Mailed to any part of the United States for $1.00. August 27, 1h Everywhe Pf Safely lock BX the lady’s Rf Boudoir against Pf paints, powd- bi ers aad other Address Office of «+ LIFE,’’ 19 West Thirty-first Street, New York, “Chip’s” Old Wood Cuts Another collection of quaint and amusing sketches _|by F. P. W. BELLEW (“Chip”). Large Quarto, 9 x 12, on plate paper, handsomely bound. Why do the People Murmur? It is because when they send out to buy “Old Crow RYE,” for medicinal and family use, the dealer puts an imitatioe on them, which he says is “just as good," because he makes a little more pros. He is lying and he knows t Send it back, and take noat that has not the word RYE in large red letters on label, and our firm name on cas, cork, capsule and lapel. H. B. KIRK & CO, 69 Fulton St., N.Y. [Also Broadway and 27th St. THE ORIGINAL Pepsin Gum CAUTION, —See that the name Beeman 1s on each) ‘wrapper. The Perfection of Chewing Gum Price, $1.00. For sale by all booksellers, or will be sent postpaid to any address, on receipt of price by the publishers. R. H. Russell & Son, 33 Rose St., NEW YORK. RICHARD K. FOX PRESS, NEW YORE. Send Sc, for sample package. Beoman Chemical Co. “23 Lake Ot., Cleveland, 0. (nator: Popsin Ghowing Qum. Comicbooks.com