Life, 1903-03-26 · page 23 of 24
Life — March 26, 1903 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains four distinct product advertisements typical of early 20th-century magazines: 1. **Resinol Soap** — a medicinal soap marketed for babies' skin conditions, claiming to cure eczema and other eruptions. 2. **Pierce Cycles and Motor Cars** — bicycles and early automobiles from Buffalo, New York. 3. **Korn-Krisp** — a breakfast cereal advertised as "always ready to eat." 4. **Buffalo Lithia Water** — the dominant advertisement, featuring testimonials from prominent physicians claiming the mineral water neutralizes acids from wine and rich foods, particularly benefiting gout sufferers. The page also includes official New York City tax assessment notices at the bottom. There is **no political cartoon or satire** visible. The small illustration accompanying the Resinol ad shows a baby, and the Pierce ad shows cyclists—both are simple product imagery rather than commentary. This is a standard advertising page from a magazine that supported itself through commercial endorsements.
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In the nursery, Resinol Soap, new medicinal soap, Is es lally valuable, Whilie’ cleansing the skin, It nourishes the porra and promptly cures all eruptions peculinr to baby- houd,even to eczema. Gentle yet effective, ESIN ‘endorsed by many prominent physicians. Tt ive of the famous akin oinbvent— Hetinol, Sold everywieres Sample sent free, Resinol Chemical Co.. Baltimore, Md., U.S.A, = MAKES ALL ROADS SMOOTH: GEO. N. PIERCE CO., UFO. | | /One taste convinces KORN-ERISP | | ithia Water The Best of Known Table Waters—A Veritable Antidote to the Pernicious Acids of Wines and Liquors—Its Use Neutralizes Excess of Nitrogen in Rich Food. Or. Roberts Bartholow, M. A. D., Professor of Materia Medica and General Therapeutics in the Jefferson Nites College of Philadelphia, and author of “Bartholow’s Materia Medica sad SPRINGS of Virginia and Therapeutics,” Ete., BU. LITHIA contain well defined traces of lithia and are all jine. This is used with great advantage in Gout: Rheumatic, and Renal affections. IT IS THE BEST TABLE WATER KNO' N TO ME, AND | HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE OF THEM ALL.” G. Halsted Boyland, A. M., M. D., Paris Member of the Faculty of Paris: ot tme|f E use and pre- of Virginia as a TABLE enseea! dhi| | scribe for others the BUFFALO WATER, in preference to all others. It it a perfectly pure water, and exceedingly palatable. It in- vigorates at the same time both the appetite and digestion. It is a powerful neutralizer of the acids, and a VERITABI ANTIDOTE to the PERNICIOUS ACIDS of WINES and LIQUORS, enabling many persons, especially the Gouty subject, toindulge in these with impunity, whereas they would otherwise be inhibited.” aan a wi FFA LYTHIA WATER is for sate by Grocers and Druggists generally. Testimonials which defy all imputation or questions sent to any address. a PROPRIETOR, BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VA. ‘oURh where such en the hours of 10 BB ABBOTTS ontisa. ANCOSTURABITTERS I comicbooks.com RUFU: § Commtestoners of Taxes and Assessments.