Life, 1905-02-16 · page 21 of 24
Life — February 16, 1905 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of early 20th-century magazines. The advertisements promote products reflecting the era's medical and social attitudes: **Key Products Advertised:** - **Keeley Cure**: A "scientific remedy" for liquor and drug addiction, presented as legitimate medical treatment. The Keeley Institutes were real establishments that promised cure through their proprietary methods—now understood as pseudoscience. - **Straight Legs/Pneumatic Cushion**: Leg braces marketed to make crooked legs appear straight, revealing period anxieties about physical appearance and disability. - **Gout & Rheumatism pills**, **cough remedies**, **bitters**: Patent medicines with exaggerated health claims. **The Humor:** The small dialogue jokes (bottom left) are conventional period humor—wordplay about department stores and married life—unrelated to advertising's medical dubious claims. **Modern Context:** This page reveals how openly manufacturers marketed unproven remedies as "scientific," exploiting public desperation regarding addiction, disability, and illness without regulatory oversight that would later emerge.
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for Liquor and Drug Using A scientific remedy which has been skilfully and successfully administered by medical specialists for the past 25 years. At the Sollowlog Keeley Institutes: Lerlogton, Mass, Ye Pittabe Bt. Loala, ie. t206 PHR Ave, An Ideal Vacation Winter. Soeclaily Chartered. July ise $245 up. afford the traveler every com- Twenty-fourth season of uninterrupted success. Steel Twin-Screw U. S. Mail delphi Ne veka built Steamshi AN and : mice 8 GOUT & RHEUMATISM YOU CAN TASTE to Colon, Republic of Panama, United Fruit Company, The perfect climate and wonderful natural attractions of Jamaica offer a most tempt- go , ing and easy escape from the U RO PE-sHni rg. For a vacation of sextfal Ex-eptional advant: Feb, 2, Many other Tours. guloyment there is no spot FRANK G, CLARK, 113 Broadway, New York, of the West Indies.” The four days’ sea-trip is x Euro :O pe and rient > CHAMPAGNE fort and luxury. Comfort and lehare, Thernogh slghteerlae onder eyert gakdanee, Linited partlen, All arrangements Brat elas, UNITED FRUIT Special tours arranged for small private particn Light, & Steamships 148 Ridge Street, , ee ‘ Glens Palls, X,Y. Admiral Dewey Admiral Schie | The Highes t Grade of Cham agne Produced Produced ® Acmiral Sampsoa Admiral Farr Pare ag No Medicines needed eHignest ih pag WATSO! lee Baltimore, ad Trip { Inclading ) Qae Wa) _. foe ree Mclean i $40 dy the Fullness, Exquisite Flavor and Age, in Limon, Costa Rica, and ports in STS, or 224 William St, N. ¥. Ps Central and South America. O | D is the eale of betuti book P } Tae Whas?: Hoste: An unexcelled remedy for Throat riser Wine, void hie. and Lung Troubles. Contain nothing injurious, | discomforts of a Northern w SS CALEDONIA, 9.200 Tons. made on new vessels that ’ COMPANY'S OR. and MRS. HOWARD S. PAINE, a Delicate, Exquisite. Ne Sail weekly from Roston and Phila: Weekly sailings from New Orleans | CS end you free of cost to- | with our monthly paper, Golden Carribbean” 2, oN ( ROW ass Raymond & Whitcomb Co. Thomas Cook & Son. STRAICHT LECS| New York and principal citica. If_yours are not oe they will appear oH i f graidhe aod Hi yon wea rout Never sold in bulk Pneumatic or Cushion Rubber Fo ms Adjusted instantly. Impossible to de- = All dealers tect, easy asa garter. Highly recom. Bede by army and navy, ofbesrs, actors, tailors, physicians. and men of — — i fashion, Write tor, pho ntouillustrated | H. B. KIRK & CO., Sole Bottlers book and testimonials, mailed under | ADY (in department store): Have you some FHE'ALISON CO, Desk D5, Buffalo, W. ¥. | New York candelabra ? CLerk : Yes, ma'am, but the canned goods are on the third floor.—IVidow. HE cleverest invention in the art of gun manufacture is the Hunter One-trigger on a Smith Hammerless Shot- gun. An absolutely perfect mechanism which will 5 Notiale oe if inept and eo fire the heart of an experienced sportsman. Guaranteed not Sereragee A tablespedafal in anounce to“ balk orto “double.” Send for catalogue. Hunter meals, affords relief and aids digestion. Atess Ce, Pultoa, NV: BITTERS Important to see that it is Abbott's. Me: JONES: Mary, can a woman keep anything to herself ? Mrs. Jones: Yes; her private opinion of her husband.—Chicago Journal. comicbooks.com