Life, 1887 · page 1 of 3
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I can see this is a contents/index page from Life magazine, listing article and cartoon titles with their page numbers. However, without seeing the actual cartoon illustrations on this page, I cannot identify specific figures, caricatures, or political references depicted in the artwork itself. The contents list mentions various satirical pieces typical of Life's format—such as "Getting Along," "Good Bargain," and "How About Comstock?"—but a contents page alone doesn't reveal the cartoons' visual jokes or social commentary. To properly explain the satire and identify the figures involved, I would need to see the actual illustrated cartoons on the page, not just the index listing.
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Getting Along . Georgius and McG! Poison Geo. W. Me. Ghost Story, A Good Bargain, A Good Fishing Good Investment, A Got There in Time. . F Government Rewards to Li iterary Men. Grasshopper and the Anti- Grassletree’s Christmas Crime Great Shame, A. . : Grover, Arthur Bradford . Guide-Book, Novel, The Gundry, Arthur W. {fad Him There! Hansen, G. KE... Heated Term, The. . Heathen’s Lament, The . Heaven for Two. He Didn't Get It. He Don't Work for Nothing. He Had Been There Hemlock’s Lament, The. . He Never Heard of Yachts . Her Answer . ra Her Custom . Her Feelings Aroused . Her First Cake . Her One Blemish He Spoiled All . He was Busy He was Glad. Ilills, Wm. H. . Hfint, A. Hints on Gifts. Hint to the Board of Health, A. Hint to the Mayor, / {lis Dinner Hour His Own Importation . His Source of Information Home Life in Chi a Hopeless Case, A. Horrible Example, A. Horse of Another Color . How About Comstock ? How About This? . Ifow Could I Guess ? . How Dumley Made an Tmpr Saratoga _ ilowells Explains, Mr. lfow Graceful ! llow He Came to Swear Of low He Won It : How His Wife Became a Widow 3 How Old Fitz-Chromo was Made to Appear Double-Faced . Mow Robert was Sold on a ‘Cheap Suit of Clothes. His Revenge. Now the Great Dailies are Edited . How the Engagement Closed How They Spent Labor Day ‘ How They Will Spend Christmas . Huber, Emile Andrew. Humorous Fly, A. Hunting Puzzle . Hysteria and Heroism. Idea, An . Idle Tdyller Idyll of Victory, An Illustrated Crime Implicit Faith , Imported, You Know . Impossible She, The Impotence. 119, 143+ Improved Potts. | |... . . 130| Ina Bad Way . . e aigaurie a) ETOH | Lyons, J. CONTENTS. Infallible Recipe, The Influence of Christiani Information. . . Ingrediential . In New Jersey Innovation, An. . Ins and Outs of Travel In Season. Instantaneous Photograph of the Great Race . a roee. Interesting Calculation, An. Interesting Items . . . 26: Interesting Literary Discovery Interfered with the same . International Copyright Interview, An. In the Smoking Room) In Trade . Is It Against the Law to Wink ? Is This An Insult ? . It Might Have Been Its Probable Source Joke on the Widows, A Jubilee Joke... Jumped Of After It. Keeping Up With the Times Kent, Wm. . King, Roland Labor-Saving Purchase Landed Gentleman, A Lasting Fashion, A Late October Bastordl, Lawrence, . Leading the Left 2. Leo. . I etter to Comsto Life’s Literary | Life's Tips Life's Weather Signals Lines to a Lobster . Literal. . Literary and Art Notes Literary Log-Rolling Again . Literary Notes . Pie Lay,A . . Long and Short of It, Haull, Long Branch Zephyrs . Long Head, A... Lost Cause, The. Lost Editorial, The Love a la Mode . Love at First Sound Love Game, A Love in the Tropics Lover's Heart, A. Lucky Dog, A Liders, Charles Henry ar Making a Reduction Making Game of Him Man of Nerve, A. Marriage Notice of the Future, Marveliously Mated Masher at Home, The. McGregor, D.R. 2. Men Were Deceivers Ever Midsummer Joys Mistake, A”. .a we Oh Mistake Somew! here, A Misunderstanding, A... 12, Modern Cashier Balancing’ his Books, The se. . | Monkey Must Go, The Montana Verdict, A Mr. Foo is Excusable . | Mr. Garrett's P—nts . Mr. Wilton’s Adventure, 174, 1 | Mundy, IsabellaA. 2 20... | Museum of Natural History, “the! | Musical =. Sas Must be Preserved . My Maiden Aunt Mystery, A National Handicap, The . Natural Inference, A Naturally . . Needless Anxiety. Newark's Bogus Lord . New Art of Never Forgetting New Definitions . New Jersey Desperado, A New Life of Keats, A Newport . « ¢ Newport School, The . New Regime, The a New Through Ticket, The . New Union, A . New Waggings of Old Tales New Year's Day in Athens . 3 New Year's Day in the West New Year's Puzzle New York vs. Boston . Nickel Famine, A . No Cause for Alarm No Man Infallible . Noodleport Notes . No Show for Colored ‘Troops Note for the Superstitious, A Notes and Queries . Not Known to the Profession Not Scriptural, but True November's Come . Nursery Rhymes } October s 26 Ode to Autumn, An Off for the West. Oh, Sleep, it is a Gentle ‘Thing! Old and New, The Old Truth Upset, A On a Dance Progranicie ‘ Ona U.S. Man-of-War . Once Round the Clock with a Protean Beggar One Bill the President C ‘annot Veto One of the Advantages of Fducation On Ladies’ Clubs é oe Open Letter to the Open- ‘Manded, An Oriental Tale, An . é Osculatory Fi os Our Advice 2... . 3 Our Mother . Our Noble Our Rulers Our Society . Overheard in Rotten Kow Overheard in Westminster Abbey Pair of Pants, \. Palmer, Pastnor, Paul Patriot, A Pauper, Geo. C. Peck, Wallace Peer or Pier . Pen. . Penfield, / rthur a Perhaps We are Slack in these Things. Permanent Boarder, A ‘ Personal . . i Philadelphia Families . . Philosophical Hound, The Pictorial Shakespeare 7 | Pierson, Ernest de Lancey comicbooks.com