Life, 1888-03-08 · page 2 of 20
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# Analysis This page is **primarily an insurance company financial report** (New York Life Insurance Company's 43rd annual report, January 1, 1888), not a satirical cartoon page. The right side contains **book advertisements** and testimonials, including "The Tailor-Made Girl" by Philip H. Welch and Scott's Emulsion (a cod liver oil product). A small illustration shows a social gathering, likely depicting the book's subject matter about fashionable women. The testimonial about Scott's Emulsion describes treating consumption (tuberculosis), a serious health concern of the era. **This is not a political cartoon or satirical content**—it's a standard magazine page mixing financial reporting with commercial advertising, typical of 19th-century publications.
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A BOOK OF MODERN SOCIE The Tailor-Made ¢ HER FRIENDS, HER FORTUNEs, and HER FOLLIES, | By Puitip H. WetcH. — Illustrated by C TayLor. Oblong Folio, $1.00. FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT | OF THE NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. Office: Nos. 346 & 348 Broadway, New York. JANUARY 1, 1888. Amount of Net Assets, January 1, 1887. REVENUE ACCOUNT. + $19,328,519.87 1,041,066. 41232,430.50 486,497.10 — . $71,819,628.48 Premiums . . Less deferred premiuins, Interest and rents, ete Less Interest accrued J | January 1, 1887 —$18,286,85, nuary 1, 1887 3.40 —$22,052,787.12 $93,872,410.60 DISBURSEMENT ACCOUNT. Losses by death, and Endowments matured and discounted (including reversionary addi- tions to same). . i Dividends (including mortuaty dividends), annuities, and d purchased i al Paid Policy-holders. faxes and re-insurances . Commissions (includin, physicians’ f Office and law expen: ONE 0f the most humorous books o Use se filled with a crisp and sparkling dialogue { will be laughed over in thousands of homes throy out the country. 3 173,843.96 2644495-60 advanced and commuted commissions), brokerages, agency expenses, etc : sala aries, advertising, printing, etc.” 10.98 —$13,960,093.43 $79,912,317.17 “*Since ‘ Nothing to Wear,’ I have not seen a more a: ing satire on fashionable ' follies.” —Lovise. Cua: Mouton, in Boston Herald. ASSETS. Cash on deposit, on hand, and in transit United States Bonds and ‘other bonds and stocks ( Real E: 3 Bonds and Mortga rket value, $52255,814.82) | first lien on real estate (buildings thereon insured’ for $14,000,000 and, the policies assigned to the Company as additional collateral security) ‘Temporary Loans (market value of securities held as collateral, $2,404,853) : *Loans on existing policies (the Reserve on these policies, included in Liabilities, amounts to over $2,000,000) . fs *Quarterly and s nnual pre *Premiums on existing policies in thes polices, included in L ums on existing poli ‘ourse of tr: bilities, is es, due subsequent to Jan. 1, 188 ssion and collection. (The Reserve on timated at $1,300,000) none ae : 170,702.59 488,477. ort $25 LZ 317.17 Company's books . ‘528. 68 y the usual annual report fi jed with New Yorl TOTAL ASSETS, January 1, 1888, - Appropriated as follows : $83,079,845.85 Approved losses in course of payment . Reported losses awaiting proof, etc. . | Matured endowments, due and’ unpaid (claims not presented). es due and unpaid (claims not presented) ‘ d for re-insurance on existing policies 4 per cent. Carlisle net premium ; non-parti lisle net premium . Additional amount of Reserve (transferred from ‘on account of new State St 1 of valuation (Actua taking effect December 31, : . partic ting at 5 per cent. sos et ne 5 4 $68,807,642.00 ) required "4 per cent), Los + + + 145924098.00—70,399,740. Reser January 1, d for contingent liabilities to Tontine Dividend Fund, 4 Reserve on existing “policies of and above a 4 per cent. Addition to the Fund during 18: bEDUCT— Returned to Tontine policy-holders during the year on matured Tontines Balance of Tontine Fund January 1, 1888 . Reserved for premiums paid in advance $76,428,265.74 6,651,580.11 | $88,079,845.85 Surplus by the present New York State a i.e., 4 per cent. Actuaries’ (including the Tontine Fund). ‘ a's oR From the undivided ‘surplus, as above, the Board of policies in proportion to their contribution to surplus, ava Divisible Surplus (Company’s new Standard) - $11,846,793.06 dividend to participating m. rustees has declared a Reversionary able on settlement of next annual prem! Number of Policies issued during the year, 28,522. Risks assumed, $106,749,295. Total number of Policies in force December 31, 1887, 113,323. Amount at risk, $358,935,536. TRUSTEES: WM. H. APPLETON, JOHN CLAPLIN, EDWARD MARTID WILLIAM H. BEERS, ROBERT B, COLLINS, RICHARD MUSER WILLIAM A. BOOTH, JDWE, GEORGE H. PO Hox. BENJ.H. BRISTOW, — EL IAS c. C, BALDWI A. H. WELCH, HENRY BOWERS, JOHN N. STEARNS, L. L. WHITE. WILLIAM H. BEERS, President. HENRY TUCK, Vice-President. ARCHIBALD H. WELCH, 2d Vice-President. RUFUS: W. WEEKS, Actuary. TRONG, BUCKLEY, HENRY TUCK, THEODORE M. BANTA, Cashier. A. HUNTINGTON, M.D., Medical Director. appeared for a great whi One of the best pieces of kindly social satire t —New Haven * Among the best of this or any other season, —&; American, “Mr, Welch makes his points with the utmost nea! and with surprising truth to human nature.”—Ha Times, For sale by all booksellers, or sent, post-paid, o of price, by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS, 743-745 Broadway, New Yq What Soott’sEmulsion Has Done Over 25 Pounds Gain in 10 Weeks, Experience of a Prominent Citizen ‘THE Catirornra Soctery For THE, SUPPRESSION OF VICE. San Francisco, July 7th, 188%.) I took a severe cold upon my chest andlungsanddid not give it proper atten: tion; it developed into bron. ehitis, and in the fall of the same year I was threaten ed with consumption. Phy- sicians ordered me to a more congenial climate, and I eame to San Francis: eo. Soon after my arrival Icommeneed taking Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hypophosphites reg: ularly three times a day. In ten weeks my avoirdu: pois went from 155 to 180 pounds and over; the cough meantime ceased. C. R. BENNETT. SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS. END speakers, Dinoetes, Gymnas Diane Books, Debates, Letter Writers, Etiquette, DICK & FITZGERALD, 18 Ann Street, New ee Catalogue of Book OLD COLI In every household old-fashioned and worn mulate, becoming “food ” for burglars or petty thieves For inany years Ihave made. a specialty of pay for Diamonds, Old Gold and Silver, and Duplicate Wed] Prosents. Every mail and express bring, packages fr sections of the Union. I send a check by return mai Hikialnee ‘Beeattiched 1844." Send stamp for price J. H. JOHNSTON, 150 Bowery, N- comicbooks.com