Life, 1905-04-20 · page 6 of 28
Life — April 20, 1905 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page is **primarily advertising**, not satirical content. It contains four advertisements from what appears to be an early 1890s issue of *Life* magazine: 1. **Williams' Shaving Stick** — promotes grooming products with the tagline about "fastidious and exacting tastes" 2. **Embroidered Linen Waists** — James McCutcheon & Co. advertises women's clothing from their "Linen Store" in New York 3. **Andrew Usher Whisky** — includes a chemical analysis from Edinburgh dated 1891, lending scientific credibility to the product 4. **Smith Premier Billing Machine** — describes a typewriter-like device for business record-keeping The page reflects late-Victorian consumer culture and advertising practices, with no political satire evident. The scientific testimonial format was typical for period advertisements seeking to establish product legitimacy.
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“The man who uses Williams’ Shaving Stick is at once recognized as a man of fastidious and exacting tastes’ WILLIAMS stick" Embroidered Linen Waists These are the most stylish Waists of the season. They are cool, easy to launder, and always attractive and beau- tiful. The embroidery is entirely made by hand. Priced at $5.00, $10.00, $12.00 and $15.00 each. Waist Patterns In addition to the ready made Waists, we have a very large assortment of un-made patterns with hand-embroid- ered fronts, collar and cuff pieces, at $3.00 to $10.00, in- cluding the necessary material for entire waist. Besides these we display a very handsome collection of French Patterns, some with Lace Insertion combined with Embroidery, priced at from $7.00 to $35.00 When desired, the Patterns may be made to order in our Custom Department. We also have a good line of French Lingerie Waists ready made at from $15.00 to $75.00. 4 Mail orders have our prompt attention ‘**The Linen Store”’ James McCutcheon & Co. 14 West 23d Street, New York LD VATTED GLENLIVET WHISKY Goro MEOAL Gov MED REGISTERED EDINBURGH. CONDON 1873. caccurr. Lowoon ano Export AGENTS, Fran Barer & 00.59, MARK LANE, EC. Analytical Laboratory. Surgeons’ Hall, Edinburgh, 2nd November, 1891. T have made a careful chemical an sis of Andrew Usher & Co.'s Old Vatted Glenlivet Whisky (a blend of Glenlivet and other Whiskies) sampled by me from stock in sealed cases ready for delivery from Warehous and find such to be of ent quality, being thoroughly matured and free from ionable produ i “vy pure Spirit, and either er forms a highly palatable adam, Ph.D., PRS. Lecturer on Chemistry. Stevenson } G. S. NICHOLAS, Sole Agent, 43 Beaver St., New York. Smith Premier 4 Billing Machine Le al (Equipped with Bi-Chrome Ribbon) g will do the following things : It will make out a bill in dupli- cate, or triplicate if necessary. It will record the bill on loose-leaf sales-book with the same operation, Tt will condense the charges on the sales sheet without loss of space. Tt will not smut the sales sheet with the carbon. oo {Wholesale Bills Should be investigated {Bis Bills by all who make out Railroad Way Bills Statistical Work It can be changed at a touch of the lever from one color to another for inserting credits, for emphasizing any word, phrase or paragraph, It will do all of these things at one operation and without changing the sheets. The § Statement Work Library Indexing Intricate Tabular Work Legal Documents comicbooks.com