Life, 1902-03-27 · page 33 of 36
Life — March 27, 1902 — page 33: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It features several product and service ads typical of early 20th-century Life magazine: **Main ads:** - **Lifebuoy Soap**: Markets itself as "best antiseptic," using a testimonial from a nurse to establish medical credibility—reflecting early 1900s trust in healthcare professionals for product endorsement - **FEC Ironing Wax**: A household product sold at grocers - **Nestor Cigarettes**: Features a man with a donkey, though the specific appeal is unclear - **Travelers Insurance Co.**: Emphasizes life and accident insurance as family protection **Context for modern readers:** These ads reveal that Life magazine survived partly through advertising revenue. The emphasis on antiseptic properties, life insurance, and accident coverage reflects genuine period concerns about disease, mortality, and economic vulnerability before modern medicine and social safety nets existed.
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BEST ANTISEPTIC ON THE MARKET. “Tam using Lifebuoy Soap in the Nurses’ Home, and I have used it in my family for years. I consider it the best antiseptic soap on the market.” Elizabeth C. Howland (Matron Nurses’ Home), 18 Park Ave., Springfield, Mass. Trial carton of two cakes of Lifebuoy Soap by mail 10 cexts, if your dealer cannot supply you Mention this publication, Costs us 13 cents alone for postage. hence soap free. Money refunded to anyone finding cause for complaint, Valuable booklet for the LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED New York Offices: 11 FIFTH AVENUE Lenten Lectures HWnstrated by on Bookbinding ssot Binding. To be given at the Studio of the scHOOL OP Artistic Bookbinders, SCHLEUNING & ADAMS, Send Jor details, 256 W. 23d St.,N.Y. City. Redmond, (sai sane Kerr & Co.) estuert SEGURITIES. BANKERS, —_— MUWALL STANLY. Yo args Members Issue Travellers N.Y. Stock Exchange, \ Letters of Credit Available Over the World. d imparts’ Pi < \:silky® finish to fabrics.: No Need to Worry Retains ‘its Shape &will {t you have a life policy In THE B -last any. TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO, 7 - of Hartford, Jn case of death, tho family will be protected, the mortgage on the house raised, and shelter left for the belcloas ones. Travelers Life pollcles providesafe insurance bt alower premium than mu- tual companies and at a euar- anteed net cost. In mutual compantes the net cost is usu- ally greater than expeoted be- cause actual dividends never equal estimated dividends and the net cost is never known beforehand. Nearly every person, sooner or inter, meets with an acol- dent. Injuries mean loss of income and added expense, An Accident Policy in THE TRAVELERS (the largest and strongest ‘Accldent Insurance Company in the world) guarantecs a weekly income while disabled and large amounts for loss of legs, arms, hands, feet or eyes. If death ensues, a stated sum 18 patd. | Nearly | $27,000,000 have been distributed among 373,000 policy holders or their families for injuries or death. Branch offices in _ nearly every city: or write for inter esting Werature to The Travelers Insurance Co. Hartford, Conn. (Founded 1863.) comicbooks.com