Life, 1898-11-24 · page 17 of 20
Life — November 24, 1898 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements**, not political satire or editorial cartoons. It's a commercial page from an early 1900s Life magazine showcasing period products. The ads include: - **Sozodont** toothpaste (offering free samples) - **Eau de Cologne** perfume (imported luxury item, "4711" brand) - **Hall's Hair Renewer** (hair restoration product with before/after imagery) - **The Club Cocktails** (pre-mixed drink advertisement) - **Olivette Relish** (condiment) - **Gidnace Champagne** (wine product) - **Blair's Pills** (patent medicine for gout and rheumatism) The editorial content includes a brief piece about New York Club members praising train travel accommodations, and an announcement about Life's upcoming Christmas issue featuring writer Charles Hoyt. There is **no political cartoon or satire** on this page—it's purely commercial and informational, representing typical early 20th-century magazine advertising practices, including patent medicines now considered dubious.
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Sample Phial FREE if you mention this Program and Send three Cents for postage-Appress P.0.B0x 247 NY.CiTy. “NEWYORK + HALL GRUCKEL . LONDON + Ld Vegetable ; 4 a Ss Sicilian The most pungent, exhilarating and refreshing Perfume. s ‘ | Bee air ‘ene Used by persons of refinement. Imported into America ?: 4 Restores color to faded or gray hair. for three-quarters of a Century. Be sure to get ‘* No. é 0 Makes hair grow; stops falling of the hair. 4711,’ which is the standard in all civilized countries. (Of A Cures dandruff; prevents baldness. TS. druggist cannot supply you, send $1.00 to x UE your dep Mall & Co., Nashua, N-Ii. CLUB MEN ON A TRAIN. MANHATTAN, —_—— ar, MarTIN!, WHISKEY, Several members of a New York Club, HOLLAND Git ToM PIN describing a recent trip to Chicago on Ay ERMOUTN ENO TORK: one of the New York Central's twenty- i } ACockrait Must Be four hour trains, expressed the opinion Coun To Be Goon; To that this service furnished all the accom- Serve In Perrect modations of a first-class club, with the Conoition, Pour added advantage of the finest landscapes OverCrackeo Ice, in the country, and an opportunity for the (Not Sxaven) Stir Practical study of history and geography Ano Strain Orr. that is unsurpassed. ‘The New York Central has issued a book- let descriptive of “The Lake Shore Limited,” which also contains an epitome of what may be seen from tho Observation Car as the train - es progresses on its daily run between New York LIFE’S CHRISTMAS NUMBER, ready and Chicago, Send for copy to George H. | Decomber 1, will contain an amusing Daniels, General Passenger Agent, Grand Cen- ! Poem by CHARLES HOYT, author of +A tral Station, New York. | rip to Chinatown,” “A Midnight Bell,” ete. The newest condiment, unique original, 9 Nutritious and delicious, Made of queen ol . W hat Is It Hi rare herbs, spices andan appetizing sa Why, the most delicious and exquisite Natural Champagne Fermented in the bottle. Excels in health, giving properties, Ask your dealer for it, or address The New Hammon Wine Co, Hammondsport, N. Y. aaypolnt te aa atte asf atthe Nock Pasunaine a3 Usthe Great English Remedy { an office, Ce sorted case containing twelve bottles F ns folloua: ‘One pint each of Golden Age. Bee! Iron and BLAIR’S PILLS FF nac Process Brandy, and nine quart botiles of assorted Still Wines, fe, Sere,Eflective. 800. & 81S matinal doz. varieties, on receipt of address accompanied with 66.00, DRUGGISTS, or sag Willem St, B. VB comicbooks.com