Life, 1905-12-14 · page 4 of 24
Life — December 14, 1905 — page 4: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satire or political commentary**. It contains four advertisements from what appears to be an early 20th-century Life magazine: 1. **C.H. & D. Railway**: Promotes train service between Cincinnati, Toledo, and Detroit 2. **The Prudential Insurance**: An endowment insurance offer with a coupon to request information 3. **Glycozone**: A patent medicine claiming to treat stomach troubles and dyspepsia, offering a free $1.00 bottle 4. **The Tattle-Tale**: A photogravure artwork available for purchase from Life Publishing Company The Glycozone ad is notable for making health claims typical of early 20th-century pharmaceutical advertising—before modern FDA regulation—claiming the product "cleanses the membrane of the stomach" and is "harmless" and "used by leading physicians." There are no political cartoons or satirical content visible on this page.
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C. H. & D. Ry. THE MICHIGAN LINE Fine trains, steam heated and electric lighted, run between CINCINNATI and TOLEDO and DETROIT The line to MT. CLEMENS and all points in MICHIGAN and CANADA A FAIR OFFER! | To convince DYSPEPTICS and those su gg from STOMACH TROUBLES of the effic Glycozone iwittsexna $1.00 BOTTLE FREE (ONLY ONE TO A FAMILY) to any one sending coupon and enclosing 25 cents to pay forwarding charges. GLYCOZONE is an absolutely harmless germicide. It cleanses the membrane of the stomach and subdues inflammation, thus removing the cause of your trouble. Iv cannot fail to help you, and will not harm you +X. in the least. Send *s Indorsed and successfully used by leading physicians for over free trial 15 year bottle of GLYCOZONE, for which Ie cl Se to pay for- warding charges. Coupon good only until Jan. 15, '06. are of concoctions of Oil of Vitriol, Sulphurous Acid and water bearing similar names, Sold by leading druggists. None genuine without my signature. ofthe ‘entrate des Arte et Manufactures de Paris" (Prance.) 57 Princo Street, Now York City. Address, A FREE! “SNQ Vatuable booklet on How to Druggist. SNAG Treat Diseases. WRITE LEGIOLY ENDOW YM, 7 4 & S Zm qQ rm You May Be Surprised] Without committing myself to know how much Lifes | to any action, | shall be glad Insurance you can get for to receive, free, particulars and an average weekly saving rates of Endowment Policies. of Two Dollars, Payable to The Prudential Quarterly, Semi-Annually or Annually. Send inThis | Age Coupon and we will send you the Figures. Name Address —____ Occupation -. THE TATTLE-TALE. After W. Balfour Ker. Photogravure in Sepia, 15 by 20 in. $1.00. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY 17 West 31st Street New York comicbooks.com