Life, 1899-01-05 · page 2 of 20
Life — January 5, 1899 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Content Analysis This page is **primarily advertising** with no political cartoons or satire visible. The ads include: - **Pears' Soap**: promotes the product's gentleness and purity, emphasizing it contains "nothing but soap" - **James McCutcheon & Co.**: announces a January linen sale featuring table cloths, napkins, towels, and sheets - **Stern Bros**: advertises housekeeping linens and lace goods - **Life Publishing Company**: promotes a bound volume of *Life* magazine (Volume XXXIII) available February 1st for $4.00 - **American Waltham Watch Co.**: features a testimonial from a Swiss watchmaker praising their "Riverside" watch The page reflects early-1900s consumer culture and magazine publishing practices. No satirical content or political commentary is apparent.
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aij b} Ug Pears’ It is a wonderful soap that takes hold quick and does no harm. No harm! It leaves the skin soft like a baby’s; no alkali in it, nothing but soap. The harm is done by alkali. Still more harm is done by not washing. So, bad soap is better than none. What is bad soap? Im- “The Linen Store” Annual Sale Table Cloths and Napkins, Hemstitched Table Linen, Renaissance Lace, Hemmed & Hemstitched Towels, Linen Sheets and Pillow Cases, Blankets and Comfortables. Stern Bro: In connection with | Their Annual Sale Housekeeping Linens are now offering Exceptional Values in the most desirable makes of Table Cloths, Napkins, Damasks, Sheets, | Pillow Cases, Towel and Bedspreag@ Also Special Inducements in perfectly made; the fat and alkali not well bal- anced or not combined. [out the month. What is good soap? | The goods are all thoroughly reliable, at very low prices. Pears’. Send for booklet, giving details and prices. Registered Trade Mark. Lace and Linen Will commence Tuesday, January 3d, and continue through-| Hemstitched and Embroidered Tea Cloths, Centre Piece Tray Cloths, |Scaris and Doylies James McCutcheon & Co. West 23d Sq Allsorts of stores sell it, especially druggrsta: all sorts of people use it. } 14 West 23d Street, N. Y. | ke Se She Si She Sh Oh Se a a sd Bound VOLUME XXXII. “Taken from the Enemy.” a M. Favre Perret, International Juror from LIFEB Switzerland at our Centennial Exhibition, in a speech to a convention READY FOR DELIVERY FEBRUARY 1st. of Swiss watchmakers, stated, in —_—— | speaking of a "X//ERS/DE” Waltham scp hoa. ooo Sat (ONG, ted ug, oe fal DAE Watch, “ Not one Swiss watch in 50,000 compares with this.” Price, $%.00. Since this startling and unsolicited testimony was given, Waltham Watches} have been improved in quality and = | lowered in price. Made only by the == an AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY. Our book entitled “ The Perfected Americar Watch” sent free on request. American Waltham Watch Co., Waltham, Mass. OF SYREN He Me Re ee ie he Shee The bound volume of LIFE is an ornament to any library. If you have the numbers comprising this volume, we will exchange them for the bound volume for > Life Publishing Company, 19 West 3ist St.,N.Y. 2 FRA Ri TR RR RR OR RB i i QPYRIGNT FOR on oh LS oh comicbooks.com