Life, 1905-08-31 · page 2 of 24
Life — August 31, 1905 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. It contains four separate product advertisements from the early 20th century: 1. **Williams' Shaving Stick** — positioned as superior to inferior competitors, emphasizing it won't dry out on the face 2. **Brownsville Water Crackers** — marketed as a quality companion to oysters for dinner 3. **Hydrozone** — a medicinal product claiming to treat various skin irritations and insect bites; includes a coupon for a free trial bottle 4. **W.M. Williams & Sons Whisky** — a Scottish whisky brand with royal appointment to King Edward VII There is no political cartoon or satire on this page. The advertising reflects period consumer goods and patent medicine marketing conventions typical of Life magazine's revenue model.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENOCRSON . UNDER THE ACT OF 1001. your FACE is too valuable to risk in experimenting with infe- rior articles. Insist on Williams’ Shaving Stick “The only kind that won’t smart and dry on the face.” Send 4 Cents in Stamps for Trial Stick THE J. B. WILLIAMS CO, Glastonbury, Conn, With oysters you want a crisp, appetizine cracker, rownsville ’ aterCra ckers “The Cracker that has Brownsville on it” are unique. You oug Brownsville on to know that a cracker with t gives character to your dinner. We have made these crackers for three gener- ations, in a way that produces absolutely the best cracker from the finest materials, At your grocer’s, if you insist. CHATLAND & LENHART Brownsville, Pa. For Sate ay s. ¥ grocer that you inds for $1.0, ex- - the irritation and subdue the in- flammation sed 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 1 in HY DROZONE an exe nally successful remedy f of Rhus (Poison Ivy) poisoning. a single : ati sing sufficient to convince the most skeptical. It should be applicd freely, at intervals of two to Usually in less than twenty-four hi ours the inflamm n will be fully under control.’ Preparations bearin: mes are con- coctions containing only water, oil of vitriol, sulphurous acid and inert impurities. cent Oxygen (near to the condition o! % Ozone) is the only healing agent con- tained in HYDROZONE. Thelabel of every bottle bears my four hours. properties of Hydrozone. Mall coupon, naming your drugyist to CHARLES MARCHAND, 57 Prince St., New York City. BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY KING EDWARD VII. <n \LLIAMS & Estatlished 1Syo ABERDEEN mR “Liqueur Scotch Whisky” “Three Star Whisky” These whiskies are guaranteed to be absolutely pure, old and mellow. Distilled, matured, and bottled in the Highlands of Scotland under Government inspection. E. LAMONTAGNE & SONS 45 Beaver St., REPRESENTED IN THE U. S. BY New York comicbooks.com