Life, 1903-02-26 · page 21 of 24
Life — February 26, 1903 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It features four commercial advertisements from early 1900s: 1. **Hunter Baltimore Rye** — whiskey marketed as fully aged and "particularly recommended to women" for its quality 2. **Brown's Bronchial Troches** — throat lozenges 3. **Stall's Books** — self-help/medical texts by Dr. Stall on personal topics, endorsed by clergy and physicians 4. **The Equitable Life Assurance Society** — insurance company displaying impressive financial statistics (assets, surplus, payouts to policyholders in 1902) The Columbus Carriage advertisement promotes direct factory sales to consumers. There is **no visible cartoon** on this page. The content reflects early-20th-century consumer culture and marketing approaches—note the gendered marketing (whiskey "for women"), medical self-help industry, and life insurance as a growing financial institution. The layout and typography are typical of Life's advertising pages from this era.
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Fully Ripe Made from the choicest of selected and distilled under every precaution, insuring the highest nutrient quality, Baltimore Rye Undergoes thor- ough ageing be- fore itis sold, and in this state of fullest develop- ment itis the per- fection of Rye Whiskey. It is particularly recommended to women because of its age and ex- i cellence. BALTIMORE Sold at all first clas cafes and by Jonbers, WM. LANAHAN &€ SON, Baltimore, Ma, GO RIGHT TO CARRIAGE H HEADQUARTERS ‘Write to-day for our illustrated catalogue (free) which describes our goods truthfully, explains our method and our guarantee and makes it safe, simple and easy for you to get carriages, harness and horse accessories direct from our factory at wholesale prices. THE COLUMBUS CARRIAGE and HARNESS COMPANY. Factory and General Office, Columbus, 0. Western Office & Distributing House, St. Louis, Mo. Write to nearest office, BROWNS "ne voice BHONGHAL fer TROCHES — wessrsrsns:. STALL'S BOOKS A Man with a Message DR. STALL THE SELF AND SEX SERIES has the unqualified endorsement c h Cook, Bishop Vincent Dr. is Lady tt Somers. Eminent physicians and hundreds ot others. 4 BOOKS TO MEN, ly Sytvancs Stall, D.D, pik frets. Send for table} contents, Vie Publishing Co. #52,%2! passat “STRONGEST IN THE WORLD“ THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. HENRY B. HYDE, Founder. Outstanding Assurance Dec. 31, 1902 . . . $1,292,446,595.00 New Assurance Issued in 1902. ....... 281,249,944.00 Income ......... 69,007,012.25 Assets Dec. 31, 1902 . 3595395,537-72 Assurance Fund and all other liabilities. . 284,268,040.95 Surplus... 2.2.2... 755127,496.77 Paid Policyholders in 1902 ......... 29,191,250.79 JAMES W. ALEXANDER, Presipent. JAMES H. HYDE, Vice-Presivent. comicbooks.com