Life, 1889-08-01 · page 2 of 16
Life — August 1, 1889 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content. The left side features product ads for perfume (Crab Apple Blossom), pianos (Emerson), and toiletries (Cherry Blossom, None Nicer). The main editorial content is a "Prize Puzzle" by J.B. Williams Company promoting Yankee Shaving Soap. The puzzle shows a bearded face asking "WHO IS IT?" and claims the subject is a U.S. President who used their soap. Readers are invited to guess the identity and submit answers for prizes. This appears to be a **promotional gimmick** rather than satire—using presidential endorsement (implied or actual) to market shaving products. The humor is mild, relying on readers' ability to recognize a president from an artistic sketch.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
- LIFE: REMINGTON i STANDARD TYPEWRITER} HAS BEEN FOR FIFTEEN YEARS THE STANDARD AND EMBRACES THE LATEST AND HIGHEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF INVENTIVE SKILL. 17? New Bono St. lon pon. EMERSON 7" ia i i ? | 7 a | 2 2 ’ ? 2 i i i Prize Porn. This is one of the Presidents of the United States who always shaved himself bea the famous ‘Genuine Yankee Shav- Soap.” Twenty-two other Presidents a the same. Where is the bright boy or 7 who can tell which one this is? VER—old or young—will send in the right name and enclose five 2-cent stamps for packing, postage, etc., shall receive from us, as a rize, a full-sized cake of this famous “ ANKEE SHAV- ING SOAP,” packed in a neat case, FREE, postage paid. A splendid present to give to your father, brother, or any one who shaves. Address, The J. B. WILLIAMS CO., GLASTONBURY, CT. noventcer ue WHO Is IT? ‘En the Migd Court of Sustke. —Goanell +. Jen. 28, ee. Mr Justice Chitty ‘8 Perpetual enation ‘with costs Feeiniag Me Qeoree Durrant Mars Joan Guated & One Mepilered Traue Mart CHERRY BLOSSOM HD oD wD PRD PD DD DOD ~