Life, 1910-11-10 · page 39 of 44
Life — November 10, 1910 — page 39: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. The dominant content consists of three large advertisements: 1. **Buffalo Lithia Springs Water** (top): Marketed as a cure for kidney disease, gout, rheumatism, and uric acid problems. The ad uses testimonials from prominent physicians and government officials (New York's Health Commissioner, professors, state board presidents) to establish medical credibility—a common marketing tactic of the early 1900s when patent medicines made unregulated health claims. 2. **Black & White Scotch Whisky** (bottom left): A straightforward quality liquor advertisement emphasizing merit and purity. 3. **New Amsterdam cruise advertisement** (bottom right): Promoting winter travel to Egypt and the Orient. The page also contains a reader's letter about **Nevada divorce law** (discussing domicile and marital jurisdiction) and a short protest letter criticizing *Life*'s editor for criticizing Father Vaughan's lecture on race suicide. There are no political cartoons or satire visible on this page.
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“LIFE: BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS WATER Is Offered Upon Its Record of Results Accomplished. Nothing save an Actual Test can be More Satisfactory to the Patient than the Testimony of Eminent Medical Men who have Repeatedly Tested Its Merits in Bright’s Disease, Albuminuria, Renal Calcull, Gout, Rheumatism, and all Uric Acid Troubles. PLAYING CARDS. Colors, ‘red, bhue, ice) ‘cceasorien. Dept. L.. RADCLIFFE & CO., 166 Peart 8t, Now York. From Our Readers (Continued from page 837) charges anywhere from $5,000 to $25,- ooo, and sends a letter to the attorney in Reno, stating that his fee as asso- ciate attorney will be $2,000, or some such matter. The usual fee in uncon- tested divorce cases is $50, so you can see at once that the financial interest of divorce attorneys will not permit them to tell their deluded clients the truth. If a husband established his resi- dence in Reno then his wife, even with- out going there, might apply there and secure a divorce, because her domicile follows his. As an instance, a New York man goes to Nevada with the purpose of becoming a citizen. His wife refuses to go. Later she attempts to procure a divorce in New York on desertion. The court has no jurisdic- tion, for her domicile changed with that of her husband, and she is domi- ciled in Nevada by reason of his re- moval I say the marriages are voidable. The question can be raised at any time, and long after the sinning parties have gone to their account the innocent children will suffer and fortunes be diverted by law because many of the innocent heirs have no heritable blood. F. C. Catxins. A. M., M. D., ion Council, benefit in Bright’s Disease.’” have often froscived BUFFALO accompa sults. especially efficacious.’* Dr. Jos. Holt, of New Orleans, Ex-President of the te Bore of Heath in affections of the kid- BUFFALO LitHiA WATER heys and urinary passages particularly In Gouty subjects, in Albuminuria, and in Irritable condi- tlons of the Bladder and Urethra. The results satisfy me of its extraor- dinary value in a large class of cases usually most difficult to treat.’’ of Louisiana, says: “T have prescribed lew York City, etc.,says: ‘I have prescribed. Edson, Health Commissioner of New York City and Board of Pharmacu, New York City; Examining Physician BUFFALO LITHIA WATER crest Dr. William H. Drummond, Professor of Medical Ju University, Montreal, Canada: “‘In if i Disease of the Kidneys) of Gouty and Rheumatic origin, as well as in the Albuminuria of B to act asaverl- egrancy, {have found BUFFALO LITHIA WATER tabte antidote and I know or no other natural agent possessing this important quality.’’ T. Griswold Comstock, A. M., M. Dey of St. Louis, Mo., says: “I i i LITHIA WATER fiiGns2ani fn teenat catcall, e Acute and Chro! jephrit d with Renal Colic, and always with in Renal Calcull, where there is an excess of Uric Acid, it is , Bishop's (Bright's the most satisfactory re- - ‘Modical testimony upon request, For sale by the general drug and mineral water trade, Guaranteed under Pure Food and Drugs Act, June 20, (908 A Protest Lire Puntisuinc Company, GentLeMeN.—I note in your October 13 issue that your editor has taken the occasion to criticise a recent lecture by Father Vaughan on race suicide. I merely wish to state, as an indi- BLACK & WHITE =| SCOTCH WHISKY \ { +\ le I is all merit — perfectly blended and thoroughly aged. Quality and purity combine to make BLACK & WHIT Scotch Whisky the standard of excellence. Hotels, restaurants and cafes are anxious to serve it because they know it insures your satisfaction and continued patronage. DELIGHTFULLY INTERESTING ‘DD A YS }the Orient Fine Steamer vidual who has been more or less an admirer of Lire because of its broad- minded views, that such an article is indeed a sad disappointment. Your magazine is one of some repu- tation and standing. It expresses its views candidly. These facts distin- guish it from other similar publications. I am making no pretense at defend- ing the celibacy of the Catholic priest- hood. They need none, But I do think that any remark relative to cus- toms of any sect as old and well estab- lished as the one mentioned is narrow- minded and out of date, and not in keeping with the cause for which the country it represents was established. Respectfully, Avsert T. WINTHROP, October 12, 1910. Cruise cf the NewAmsterdam, The Mediterra- nean, Egypt and HY 75 2 33 Interesting Itinerary : Select Party Before planning your winter vacation write for booklet. W. B. CHANDLER, Gbarteter and ‘Mani Holland America Office, - 39 Broadway, NEW yy comicbooks.com