Life, 1903-08-20 · page 24 of 32
Life — August 20, 1903 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Life magazine, not political satire. The content consists of commercial advertisements for various products and services typical of the early 1900s. The main advertisements include: - **Keiser Cravats** (neckties) — emphasizing durability and a satisfaction guarantee - **Glen Springs** — a health resort in Watkins, New York - **Mennen's Borated Talcum Powder** — for after-shaving - **Shredded Wheat Biscuit** — a breakfast cereal - **Rock Island System** — promoting train travel to Colorado for fishing - **Ripana Tabules** — patent medicine for digestive issues and drug addiction treatment The page includes a small illustration captioned "How Would You Like to Be a Rice Man?" (likely promoting agricultural or sales work) and various product images. **There is no significant political cartoon or satire on this page** — it represents straightforward commercial messaging typical of early-20th-century magazine advertising, reflecting consumer products and health remedies of that era.
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- LIFE: BLE Cravuts ate Creacealle anc Early in September the new Fall Patterns of Keiser Cravats will be on sale at a majority of the stores that carry reliable furnishing goods for men. KEISER They'll be worth seeing and pa | The Label Protects You. buying. There's a Big Difference In Cravat Silks. Keiser-Barathea Cravat silks are guaranteed to wear longer, crease less and fray less than any made, and they are the only ones sold with such a guarantee. Be sure the Cravat you buy bears the Kelser lalel, which signifies just this—Sattsfaction or your money back. A %-page text-book called “THE CRAVAT " tells of the What, Where, When and How of a Man's Cravat—Its Names and Shapes, Its Tying, Its Care. Its Selection, Its Various Forms for Special Occasions and Functions, Its Color Scheme, Its Adjuncts, Pins, Fasteners, etc,, Its Don'ts, in fact, ALL ABOUT A MAN'S CRAVAT. Sumptuonsly illustrated. Copy for the asking, by sending 6 cts. in stamps (de Luxe edition 15 cta,), with this advertisement, tw JAMES &. KEISER, 122 FIFTH AVE.,N.Y, Wholesale only. Business Founded Orer Half Century Ago. THE GLEN SPRINGS THE AMERICAN NAUHEIM A Health Resort and Hotel of the highest class, The most complete and modern bathing establishment in America, Hydrotherapy and Electricity in all forme; Yaloable mineral springs. Well kept and attractive Goif Links. Ilastrated book free. WILLIAM E. LEFFINGWELL, Pres., Watkins, W. Y. MENNEN’S yg red BORATED TALOUM of eating the same old things ir he shaves you. It be ‘Antiseptic, and will PREVEST any of the with peaches and cream. The fruit and Shredded Whole Wheat Biscuit have rare a flavor of the other. This appeals to the eye, the palate and | the reason. “As a digestive and in cases of chronic constipation and dyspepsia it acts asone of the very best remedies Thave ever prescribed.""—B. P. Ax- person, M.D. Colorado Springs,Col., far “Vital Question,” am artlotle coob-beot PREE. Address ATURAL POOP COMPANY Niagara Falls, N.Y. Colorado has 900 lakes and more than 60 rivers. From the fisherman's view-point, they range from poor to good and from ‘*middling** to best. W. Id k h d In Colorado, as everywhere else, the best fishing is not to be found within a mile or two of the ould you wor are ities. You must go where the fish are, But if you do go and you know how, you will find f li | tina in Colder the Gove ae bigyes ere and tore pumerou than anyrbere che ln Ameria or a little money > T hing round about Fort Collins, Windsor, Greeley, Sapinero, Vheel Gap, Seller, Norrie and Platte Canon. . LIFE PUBLISHING CO. ‘These places are quickly and comfortably reached via the Rock Island System from Chicago, qs-Wast Sin STs maw Yomi. Omaha, Kansas City, Ft. Worth, Memphis and hundreds of other places in the Middle West, Send six cents in stamps for ‘Under the Turquoise Sky." _—— ———— Interesting, practical, beautifully printed and illustrated. Contains » list ADDICTED TO THE DRUG HABIT? ef € » hotels and be ing houses, together with information as to “ yas extabliahed tm 180), ROCK Island Qos Smee ies «th System JOHN SEBASTIAN, Tux Da J. L. Srerusse Co., Dept. 17, Letanon, (%hh Pamenger Traffic Manager, Cuseaoo, fut Ripana Tabules are the best drwpepmia medict 7 ¥ Constipation, heartbern Anche, Hinainess, bad breath. ere Hineaa arising fr ry by Hipans Tabuies twenty minutes ondivary « comicbooks.com