Life, 1905-06-08 · page 4 of 26
Life — June 8, 1905 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **no political cartoons or satirical content**. It is entirely composed of **four commercial advertisements** from what appears to be an early 20th-century issue of Life magazine: 1. **Gordon's Dry Gin** – promoting the London-distilled spirits brand 2. **Brownsville Water Crackers** – advertising artisanal crackers from Pennsylvania 3. **Hydrozone** – a medical remedy claiming to treat various skin conditions and insect bites 4. **J. & F. Martell Cognac** – promoting French brandy and liqueurs The page reflects the magazine's revenue model through luxury goods advertising rather than satirical commentary. The Hydrozone ad includes a coupon for trial bottles, typical of patent medicine marketing from this era.
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GORDON’S DRY GIN Procurable Everywhere Connoisseurs FOR COCKTAILS, FIZZES AND RICKYS REPRESENTED Nt E, LAMONTAGNE & SONS S 45 Beaver St., New York A good salad is the most gracious part of a good dinner, but a good salad is improved by rownsville | Water Crackers * The Cracker that has Brownsville ou it.” Have them in the house. They are the most dainty, the most aristocratic and the most. serv iceable crackers you can get. They are good to look at and good to eat. ‘The famous old recipe by which Brownsville Water Crackers are made, has been kept in one for fifty-five years, and they are making trackers to day, See if your grocer will not serve you regularly. CHATLAND & LENHART Brownsville, Pa, hese crackers of any grocer that you © will send ten pounds for $1.#, ex- {wo pounds for 60 cents, express prepaid. ly allay the irritation and subdue the in- flammation caused by Sunburn, Poison Oak, Prickly Heat, Water Blisters, Nettle Rash, Sea Nettles, Red Bugs, Mosquitoes, Sand Flies, Deer Flies, etc. A prominent American physician states :* We have in HYDROZONE an exceptionally successful remedy for the relief of Rhus (Poison Ivy) poisoning, a single appli- cation being suflicient to convince the most skeptical. It should be applied frecly, at intervals of two to four hours. Usually in less than twenty-four hours the inflammat y under control.” Preparations bearing ilar names are con- coctions containing only water, oil of sulphurous acid and inert impuritics. cent Oxygen (near to the condition of %, Ozone) is the only healing agent con- %, tained in HYDROZON will instant Coupon ¢: until July Write Legibly. % * Thelabel ofevery bottle bears my Name. ig drugs redvate A FREE TRIAL BOT- te ILE should prove to the most skeptical the healing properties of Hydrozone. Mail coupon, naming your dragytst to CHARLES MARCHAND, $7 Prince St., New York City. Requesta unaccompanied by cous pon will be tenored. Only ‘one ‘ free thal bottle to each famliy, (Founded 1715) FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE Sole Agent G. S. NICHOLAS New York comicbooks.com