Life, 1896-11-05 · page 4 of 24
Life — November 5, 1896 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertisements**, not political satire or comics. It contains product ads from the 1890s, including: - **Sozodont** toothpaste and breath freshener - **Violettes du Czar** perfume - **Ledoux Chemical Laboratory's** Lucca oil - **Lowney's Chocolate Bonbons** - **Whitman's Instantaneous Chocolate** - **Major's Water Filter** - **Haviland China** (dishware from France and Limoges) - **Mr. Wenzel's book "In Vanity Fair"** There is one small illustration showing a woman at a window, likely promoting the Ledoux product, but it's decorative rather than satirical. The page represents typical late-19th-century American magazine advertising aimed at middle and upper-class consumers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“LIF E*® A large bottle of Liquid Sozodont A box of Sozodont Powder Every Package of this popular dentifrice contains : mple of liquid Sozodont by mail powder twice a week. postage. Address the proprietors of nd send three stai Druggists, New Onan) BU LEGRAND (rin Perfone 9 Cliff St., New York, Sept. 15th, 1896. We have purchased S. RAE & CO.’S FINEST ? SUBLIME TUccA OIL at retail in the open § market, and have submitted samples so obtained to : careful chemical analysis. 5 ‘We find the oil to be PURE OLIVE OIL un- : adulterated by admixture with any other oil or : other substance. It is free from rancidity, and all 2 other undesirable qualities, and it is of SUPERIOR ! QUALITY ‘AND FLAVOR. : Mae's CAL LABORATORY, Est. 1836. A Sample Cake of Sozoderma Soap for the Skin | | MAJOR’S WATER FILTER These Filters are made of different sizes to fit any cooler. The ice 18 kept separate trom. the filtered water. Shows big saving of ice. Illus trated descriptive circular on application. A. MAJOR, 461 PEARL ST., N.Y. C. No time lost with WHITMAN'S § INSTANTANEOUS ¢ CHOCOLATE. 'aste, flavor and qu: 7 the best. Put pound aod ball apd tine tephen F. Whitman @ & Son, e ole Mfrs. Peiladelphis. TQWNEY’S “ponBoNS | The Crowning Trlamph of Confectioners Ant SAMPLE PACKAGE {Octs, IN STAMPS When not obtainable of dealers we send ceipt of price: 1-1b. box, 6oc.; 2-Ib. box, $1 box, $1.80; s-Ib. box, $3.00. Delivered free in U. The Walter M. Lowney Co., 87 Pearl St, Roston. re- Haviland China It is important to buyers that they should be informed that the only ware that has always been known as Haviland China is marked under each piece: H&c° *ranc® On White China, On Decorated China. MR. WENZELL’S NEW BOOK “IN VANITY FAIR,” IS FOR SALE AT THE OFFICE OF “LIFE,” 19 WEST 31st ST., N. Y. Price FIVE Dollars