Life, 1897-06-24 · page 17 of 21
Life — June 24, 1897 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. The top features a cooking product advertisement for Armour's Extract of Beef, targeting housewives by claiming even beginners can make superior soups using their product rather than traditional soup bones. Below are various commercial advertisements typical of the era (late 1890s based on patent dates): bicycle accessories (pedal attachments, cyclometers), patent medicines (Beeman's Pepsin Gum for indigestion), and clothing. The bulk of the page advertises **summer resort hotels** across New England—Hotel Vendome in Boston, Hotel Preston in Massachusetts, the Grand in New Hampshire, and Capon Springs in West Virginia. These establishments marketed themselves to affluent vacationers, emphasizing oceanside locations, recreational facilities (golf, tennis, boating), and social exclusivity ("Elite" clientele). There is **no political satire or cartoon** on this page. It represents typical *Life* magazine advertising from the Gilded Age leisure economy.
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The Cooking-School Girl, no matter how adept, can make no better soups than may the beginner who uses 9, Extract ot BEEF It takes the place of the old fashioned soup-bone and giv rable in no other way. No trouble or m tery in its use, ‘ives many recipes for soups, sauces, etc., and is mailed free, Armour & Company, Chicago. ya * _LTe OF WHOM TO BUY CLOTHING .... HENRY KEEN, Tailor, 114 High Holborn, London, W. C. DI HARTSHORNG Sica NOTICE Urb eae awe tH C ano cer THE GENUINE es Established 1844 EVERYBODY WI0 RIDES a Bicycle should have the Robber Pedal Attachment. Changes Rat Trap to Kubber Pedals ta ten seconds, without bolts or riv- ¢ts. Sets of two malied for S0c by ELASTIC ‘TIP _CO., 370 Atlantic Ave., Boston; 735 Sarket St., San Pat. Apr. 20, 1897. Francisco; 115 Lake 8t., Chicago. ) HALF THE FUN in Cycling, is to know whai PD) you have accomplished. The.. Cele Cyclometer Tells exactly. DUST PROOF. WATERPROOF POSITIVELY ACCURATE. Yin.long, Wt.ro0z. Price $1.90. Shows large, plain Agures. At att Dealers. } Beware of Imitaitons. Booklet Free. ¢ VEEDER Mfg. Co., Hartford, Conn. : i(pouce & TzcERAU? CHENV \ BEBMAN’S PEPSIN GUM Cures Indigestion J and Sea-sickness. Situated on the famous Back Bay Boulevard, Com- monwealth Avenue. Hotel Preston seact suurr, mass. cent beach, only 1g miles from Boston. Entirely remodeled F. H. NUNNS, Proprietor, Hotel Nottingham, Boston. HOTEL VENDOME, BOSTO RisHT on THE EDGE OF THE OCEAN. On high bluff, above magnifi For circulars, etc., address LELAND’S OCEAN HOUSE NEWPORT, R. I. Opens June 26th. “BAR HARBOR, ME. | The Louisburg M. L. BALCH, Proprietor | Open June a9 to Sept. 20. For circulars, etc,, address the manager, J. ALBERT BUTLER, care Hotel Brunswick, Boston, Mass, Open June 22. this year. THe ADIRONDACKS Hotel Ampersand On lower Saranac Lake. Ten hours from New York without change. Centrally located. Within a short drive of all the principal resorts in the mountains, Special Attractions for Young People THE BETHLEHEM OF SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. 1100 FEET ABOVE THE SEA ONLY 2 1-2 HOURS FROM BOSTON. The Grand mont vernon, n. i. . NOW OPEN... Harry A. EDGERLY, Proprietor. .. Capon... Springs and Baths Qn the Great North Mountain. Alkaline Lithia Springs. 1,000 to 1,500 guests annually; Elite of forth and South.’ Largest and socially most - pleasant company at any mountain resort ia this. country, For rates, circulars, etc., address, YM. H. SALE, Capon Springs, W. Va. New golf links, swimming, rowing, canoeing, sailing, tennis, baseball and dancing. Special rates for June. De- lightful month in the moun- tains. For information, ad- dress C. M. EATON, Ampersand, Franklin Co., N.Y. or 156 Fifth Ave., N.Y.