Life, 1902-09-25 · page 19 of 22
Life — September 25, 1902 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or cartoons. The ads showcase luxury goods marketed to affluent men of the Edwardian era (early 1900s), with frequent references to **King Edward VII's royal patronage** as a status symbol—note the repeated emphasis on official appointments ("by special appointment distillers to His Majesty King Edward VII," cigars made for his coronation banquets). Products advertised include shaving supplies, whisky, bitters, gum, toilet powder, and cigars—typical grooming and leisure items for gentlemen. The copy emphasizes exclusivity and imported quality (Trinidad bitters, Scottish whisky, Havana cigars). The only editorial content visible is a small announcement about **Life's annual Gibson Calendar**, a prestigious artistic publication that apparently sold out each year. The page's final line quotes the *Utica Herald* calling *Life* the "Defender of the Rails—The New York Central," likely referencing contemporary railroad controversies, though context is unclear from this image alone.
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ILLIAMS) SHAVING STICK The Acme of Luxury Price, Teoenty-five Cents, of all Druggists The J. B. WILLIAMS CO., Glastonbury, Ct. LONDON PARIS DRESDEN = STONEY. BY SPECIAL APPOINTMENT DISTILLERS TO WIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII, SPECIAL aod EXTRA SPECIAL LIQUEUR FINEST HIGHLAND GREATEST AGE Frederick Glassup, Sole Agent NEW YORK LIFE'S GIBSON CALENDAR Which has grown to be an annual artistic institution, will be published September isth, Every year the edition of this handsome Calendar has been exhausted before New Year's. Order early if you do not want to be disappointed. .\ BEEMAN’S PEPSIN | GUM ‘ Cures Indigestion and Scasickness, All Otbers azo tmitaticns. BORATED TALCUM POWDER for After Shaving. tens nf the atin, See Menneata—the original. Sold everywhere 0 foe B5cs. Avoid harmful tmitations. Sample Free. GERHARD MENNEN CO., Newark, N.J. Luxury is largely a matter of Facial Soap is forthe complexion. You don't in: sult the delicate tissues by using it. If the skin Is good it preserves it, frees pores Kets at the cause its theskin in pink ofcondition. Youcan’t ask anymore of asoap. Sold by dealers, 25 conta Ageets, CINCINNATI, OHIO. DR.STEGERTS “* ANGOSTURA Ina recent action againet a Chicago in- fringer, the U. 8. Cireuit Court of Minois decided that DR, J. G. B.SIEGERT & SONS have the exclarive right to the word “ Angostura," for and in connection with the sale of hitters. Beware of cheap domes. tic enbetitutes and imitations, J. W. WUPPERMANN, Sole Agent, NEW YORK, N. Y. The select brand of Imported Cigar tavored by American men of fashion and by English — aristocracy. GOLD MEDAL. PARIS, 1900. The uniform excellence of our cigars earned for us the distinction of being appointed to make the cigars for the Official and Royal Banquets at the Coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII. of Great Britain. CALIXTO LOPEZ & CO. 177 Pearl Street. New York, and Zulueta St, Havana,