Life, 1897-11-11 · page 18 of 20
Life — November 11, 1897 — page 18: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of early 1900s American magazines. The main cartoon, "Rifling a Big Gun," appears to be a visual pun—showing men literally "rifling" (stealing from) a large cannon, suggesting petty theft or opportunism. The advertisements reveal contemporary concerns and dubious medical claims: - **Klondyke Gold Fields**: Promotes investment schemes in Alaskan gold exploration, reflecting the era's gold-rush fever and investment speculation. - **Londonderry Lithia Water**: Markets mineral water as a cure for rheumatism, gout, and Bright's disease—typical of the patent medicine era when mineral waters were believed to have therapeutic properties. - **Beeman's Pepsin Gum**: Claims to aid digestion and cure sea-sickness. - **Oppenheimer Cure**: Advertises treatment for alcoholism, morphinism, and neurasthenia, offering "privacy assured"—reflecting stigma around addiction treatment. The anecdote about freight-train engineers appears unrelated humor filler. Overall, the page exemplifies early 1900s advertising's miraculous health claims and financial schemes later regulated by the FDA and FTC.
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se 4- r>com 04 @) FEHR'S TALCUM POWDER S] Is the only original, Don't accept any sub stitute, Boware of any Talcum Powder put up in ing. See that you get the best yy Julius Febr, M. D., Hobok LISS ORES RIFLING A BIG GUN, Every man can stay at home and enjoy he benefits of a direct interest in the The Fact ta KLONDIKE 4” “donderry by investing in our exploration contracts. es Proceeds invested solely through our ex- ¢ l 3 perienced engineers and expert miners to 1 Y explore, locate and work mining claims. There is gold in Alaska. is to be found among the staple articles of supply in We are confident we will get it. every leading hotel and club in the U.S. should be We guarantee investors their share of convincing evidence of its superiority as a table water. the profits, Our plan is unique, but we As a Remedial agent in cases of Rheumatism, Gout, Gravel, and Bright’s believe it is the only method of securing Disease, it is prescribed by physicians all over the land every day in the year. a direct interest in the locations, Notwithstanding the advance in Sold Prospectus, full particulars, free maps, —_| re eaoreien waters, prices oa Everywhere. and answers to any questions asked con ee cerning Alaska, will be sent upon appli- cation to TheKlondykeExploration, Engineering & Mining Co. | Za Commer cin Bldg. St. Louis. a CHEW | OPPENHE BEEMAN’S i ALCOHOLISM. MORPHINISM & THE ORIGINAL Two freight engines collided near the Kentucky F NEURASTHENIA , town of Whitlock recently, Both were pretty PEPSIN | The Cenvieg Ser 7 7" — — i badly damaged, and one engineer was discharged fF Liquor Remov ne for carelessness and disobedience of orders. The | | J GUM DaFiTHOUT DANGERS Ne These funniest thing about the matter was the answer c Indigesti NO INTERRUPTION OF ORDINARY HABITS. of the disobedient engineer to the other, who asked: ; and Sea-sickeess oarastend thas tee crariag, of ltglt can neverretsr= “Didn't you have orders to meet me at Whit- : : Por other het i lock 2” “Well, d—n it, hain't I met you?” said 40) Others are Imitations. erences, ta complete Decking: ced or eail the engineer who caused the head-on collision. THE OPPENHEIMER OUR) — Argonaut, 131 W. 45th St., New York.