Life, 1905-04-06 · page 48 of 62
Life — April 6, 1905 — page 48: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, featuring patent medicine and alcohol promotions typical of early 1900s publications. The main advertisements include: 1. **Underberg Bitters** - A German liqueur marketed as a digestive aid, featuring a colonial-era figure (likely a "Burgomaster" or German merchant) to evoke Old World authenticity and tradition since 1846. 2. **Buffalo Lithia Water** - A "miracle cure" spring water claiming to treat kidney disease, gout, and rheumatism. The credibility rests on fabricated medical testimonials from named doctors, a common deceptive practice before FDA regulation. 3. **Pabst Blue Ribbon** - Beer advertised as having "sixty years of absolute purity." The page also includes brief editorial content about theater critic admission and a preacher's humorous anecdotes—filler material common in Life magazine. **The satire is implicit**: these advertisements represent the era's unregulated medical fraud and exaggerated health claims that Life's readers would have recognized as dubious, yet were legally permissible at the time.
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The Best Bitter Liqueur. The Burgomasters would recognize the good old Underberg Boonekamp Bitters —'Always the same,” since 1846. It is delicious, and puts color into the cheeks of beauty. Taken before meals gives appetite and aids digestion. A de- licious, pleasant drink at any time Enjoyable as a cocktail and better for you. 6,000,000 bottles imported to theU.S. At all Hotels, Clubs and Restaurants, or by the bot~ We at Wine Merchants and Grocers, BOTTLED ONLY BY H.Underberg Albrecht Rbelaberg, Germany LUYTIES BROTHERS Gen'l Agents New York “Especially the UFFALO LITHIA ATER virginia.” For Bright’s Disease, Albuminuria, Renal Cal- culi, Gout, Rheumatism and All Diseases Dependent Upon a Uric Acid Diathesis. Samuel O. L. Potter, A. M.,M. D., M. R. C. P., London, Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine and Clinical Medicine in the College Phy- sictans and Surgeons of San Francisco, Cal., in his ‘‘ Hand-Book of Materia Medica, Pharmacy and Therapeutics,’’in the citation of remedies under the head of "Chronic Bright's Disease,”’ says: ‘‘Min- of Virginia, advocates.””” Also, under 66 is nighly rec- “Albuminuria,” hesays:- BUEFALO LITHIA WATER ommended.” George Halsted Boyland, A. M.,M. D., of Paris, Doctor of Medicine, of the Facuily of Paris, in the New York Medical’ Journal, August 22 1896, says? “There is no remedy as absolutely specific in all forms of Albuminuria and Bright's Disease, whether Spring No. 2. Betght’s Disease, whether BUFFALO LITHIA WATER ,22"*,°°37; amilk dict. In all cases of pregnancy, where albumin is found in the urincaslate as the last week before confinement, if this water anda milk diet are prescribed, the albumin disappears rapidly from the urine and the patient has a positive guar- antec against puerperal convulsions.” a Griswold Comstock, A. M., M. D., of St. pM Ge says: “1 isve often pre- in Gouty an heumatic condi- scribed BUFFALO LITHIA WATER tions and in Renal Calcull, ac- companied by Renal Colic, and always with the most satisfactory results. In Renal Calculi, where there is an excess of Uric Acid, it is especially efficacious." Medical testimony which defies all imputation or question mailed to any address, is for sale by druggists BUEFALO LITHIA WATER tnd grocers generally. PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINCS, VIRCINIA. Pabst Blue Ribbon The Beer of Quality 3 2 With sixty years of | absoluto RQ 5 Another Jewish Opinion. HE real point at issue in Mr. Metcalfe’s case is whether any critic should be de- nied admission to a theatre because of criti- cisms that do not meet with the approval of the theatrical management. That this is the view of the matter taken Ly the Jewish citizens of Milwaukee is proven by the following statement made by Rabbi Samuel Hirschberg of Temple Emanu-E] “In any event, whatever Mr. Metcalfe at any time may have said or done in attacks upon the Jews is aside from the question of principle involved—as to whether any person may be denied admission to a public resort of amusement simply because of articles in criti- cism he may have written upon performances there, articles which were not agreeable and did not meet with the favor of the manage- ment.”—Mikwaukee Sentinel. Young Preacher’s Invitation. HE Rey, Dr. Kerr Boyce Tupper, of the First Baptist Church, has a weakness for collecting slips in English wherever he finds them. One of Dr. Tupper’s favorites in this line is an inscription, written in a book by Queen Mary, consort of William, which runs as fol- lows: “Given to William and I on our coronation day.” Another example is an advertisement from a Western paper, reading: “Wanted, a herder for 500 sheep that can speak Spanish fluently.” Dr. Tupper does not hesitate to take ex- amples from his own profession, however, as witness his story of the young clergyman who, after preaching a funeral sermon, wished to invite the mourners to view the remains, but became confused and exclaimed: “We will now pass around the bier.”—Phila- delphia Press, comicbooks. gonu