Life, 1897-01-14 · page 2 of 20
Life — January 14, 1897 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire. It contains four separate ads: 1. **Stern Bros.** (housekeeping linens) 2. **Sozodont** (toothpaste) — the largest ad, claiming to save teeth from decay, gums from softening, and freshen breath 3. **Arnold Constable & Co.** (cotton dress fabrics, Spring 1897) 4. **Life Publishing Company** (offering framed proofs of original artwork) 5. **Raymond & Whitcomb Tours** (travel to Mexico and California) The Sozodont ad is the most visually prominent, featuring ornamental borders and text emphasizing dental health benefits — typical late-19th-century patent medicine marketing. There is no political cartoon or satire evident on this page. It represents Life magazine's revenue model: mixing editorial content with paid advertising.
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Stern BroS Our Annual Sale of Housekeeping Linens will take place in January, and will offer to purchasers an opportunity to procure Exceptional Values in Table Linens, Dinner Cloths, Napkins, Lunch Sets, Hemstitched Linen Sheets and Pillow Cases, | Crochet and Marseilles Bed Spreads, Damask, Huck and Turkish Towels, West 23d St. FROM SOFTENING, FROM IMPURITY, THE BREATH e THE POCKET “Swow gists sell it. ahs SON NN DENTISTS OF Sc 70 PRESERVE, »2*# recommended Sozodo ail teading Drog- If woable to obtain it from your Drugatst, sead 7S cents, the regular retail price, for complete package (large bottle of liquid Sozo- dont and box of zodoat Powder) by expr mall, carriage prepald ia the U.S 4-02. cake of Sozoder complesioa) Proprietors, HALL @ RUCKEL, Wasblogton St, New York City ane Z ae “Qvovres~ THE TEETH. Cotton Dress Fabrics, SPRING, 1897. DAVID and JOHN ANDERSON} CELEBRATED Zephyrs and Zephyrines. Freres Koechlin’s, Printed Organdies, French Pique, new colorings. Printed Nainsooks and Dimities FANCY COTTON FABRICS. NOVELTIES. Broadway Ars 9tb ot. NEW YORK. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, ROOFS of any of the origi- nal drawings from LIFE | will be furnished, suitably and | daintily framed, on applic: Large double-page drawings, in- cluding frame and transporta- tion within 100 miles from ) York City, $4.00. Smaller draw- ings, . Proofs without frames at half the above prices. Make selec- tions from files of LIFE and orders will be promptly filled. Special vestibuled trains of sleeping, dining, and composite library and observation ‘cars, for Mexico only, and Mexico and California combined, offer unequalled f ties for visiting Mexico comfortably, and make it_possibfe to in- clude ‘many places of historic and “pictur- esque interest that would otherwise be inaccessible ‘on account of the lack of suitable hotel accommo- dations. Ticketsallow entire freedom of movement. Special vestibuled trains willleave New York frequently for Choice of routes and entire freedom of movement. Dining-cars are used and the service is intended for those who wish to travel in the most comfortable manner. Other toursto Europe, Florida, Nassau, Jamaica, Round the World, etc. Railroad and Steamship tickets for all parts of the world at lowest rates, Descriptive circulars will be sent on request. RAYMOND & WHITCOMB, 31 East Fourteenth St. Lincoln Ballding, Union Square, New York 296 Washington Street, Boston, Maus 1005 Chestaut Street, Philadelphia, Pa, 19 and 21 West sist Street, New York City. COPYRIGNT FOR GREAT GRITAIN BY JAMES HERDERBON