Life, 1889 · page 2 of 3
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This is a contents page from Life magazine, listing article and story titles with their corresponding page numbers. It appears to be from a Christmas issue, given the prominent "CHRISTMAS NUMBER" heading and multiple holiday-related entries like "Christmas Comes But Once a Year," "Christmas Sermon, The," and "Customary Christmas Story, The." The page itself contains no cartoons or illustrations—it's purely an index of the magazine's contents. Without seeing the actual articles and cartoons referenced in these titles, I cannot identify specific political or social satire. The contents suggest Life was a general-interest magazine mixing humor, commentary, and stories typical of late 19th or early 20th-century American periodicals.
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September Serious Loss, A Shall Women Propose? Shan’t I Give You a Lift? . She Does Not Give Up Hope . She Heard His Clothes : She Knew the Vegetable. . . She Tossed Her Head to One Side She Took the First Train to Albany . Shipwrecked But Safe Simply Brutal Six Love . * Sizing Him Up . Slightly Ambiguous Slow in Evoluting . . all Boy and The Bled The ciety Notes lemn Moment, A liloquy, A . Some Summer Bores . Some News. . Some Memories . Something of a Parvenu . Song of the Schoolboy Song of an Absent- Minded Minstrel, The. . . Sorry to Disturb Soup ala Jay Gould . Spoiled Child, A Sport. . Square Meal, A’ Still Ahead . Stolen Hours . . Strange Case of Mistaken Identity, A Street Scene in Newport, A Sufferer, A. . eee Sufficient Reason, A . Suits to Suit = ¢ Summer T Summer Paradox, A Summer Wisdom . Summer School of Philosophy, 1 The Sure Winner, A : Sure Sign, A’ Taken From the German Taking Lire Tale of Misdirected Philanthropy, A! 263 Temporary Union, A Thanksgiving Week Thanksgiving Study, A Thanksgiving Eve . That Coaching Trip, I That Coaching Trip, 11 That Coaching Trip, IIT. That Coaching Trip, IV. That All-Absorbing Thought The Adventures of Nobleman . a a, The Britishers’ Revenge for '76. The Evolution of the Green Apple The Fatted Calf zi The Forfeit . « The Look in His Eye, . The R.R. Sandwich .~ The Upper Crust . Their Favorite Songs . Their Version . There! I Told You So They Differed . . They Knew Their Ti ime eW as ‘Up They Always Are. . They Have to Hustle : 38, 52 An’ Ingenious CONTENTS: PAGE, PAGE, . 187 . 202 26 Thrilling Event at a Summer Resort. 51 Thrown Together. . . . . . . 271 Time 2.30 A.M. Ey + 10g Titles For Sale . ‘ + 247 Toa Black Eye . , . 215 Toa Rejected Lover . Toa Mirror To an Organ Grinder | ToEros. . . . To Pyrrha : . To the Manner Born + 2 To the Author of “The Wail of the Rejected” Too Expensive . Too Good a Time . Too Greata Strain . Too Much Happiness in the World ‘Too Much of a Denial . Too Particular by Half . Total Abstinence Necessary Trifle Mixed, A True Police Instinct Tuition for George Two Questions. . . Two Tales of One City Two Schools of Comedy. Two Voices. . . . - 271 - 141 » 188 + 299 Uncle Sam Shows His Estate . Uses of Words, The . . . + 359 « 321 Valor in the Fourth Ward 8 Variety of Diversions, A . 68 Venerable Sinner . . 23 Very Scarce . eo. . 245 Victim of System, 4 A. 40 Virgo . ; 82 73 Wail of the Accepted, The . 67 Warming Him Up. . Was He Legal Tender? . Watched Pot, The Well, I Never . Went West . We're Not Goats . 21 What are You?. . 183 What a Pity! What Else? . What! Even Here? . What Ho, Bellamy . » 259 What It Usually Is eos ay ¢ BS What’sina Name?» . . . . . 5 What Was It Meant For? - « 188 What We Celebrate . . se 3 Where the Fair Should be Held + Br Where Police Interference Would be Justifiable . . ee. 236 Which ? 3 + 261 80 Which One? 1 225 | ar When? A Song . + 135 | 138 Why Not Try It, Anyhow? + 225 - 129 «=Why He Did It ‘ 2 271 . 105 Why Not? . . + 319 - 145 Why He Was Afraid to Marry + 137 . 208 ‘William TI. ne) : "77 Will You Share My Lot ? . 197 . 272 Wise Men in Council, The . + 245 . 348 With the “7th” at Peekskill 9 . 175 With Lire’s Congratulations « 363 . 150 Woman's Career . . “ms 39 . 289 Women Were Ever Thus coe « SF | 308 Wonders of Science, The 30, + 245 117, 151, 178, 248, 292 + OF » 161 + 322 + 327 2 4r + 264 + 339 + 303 + 287 . 286 . 163 +177 - 191 + 205 » 336 Press of Fleming, Brewster & Alley, New York. 3239 PAGE, Wrong Gender . + 364 Youthful Sport, The . . 216 CHRISTMAS NUMBER Always the Boss . . & & & 29s. Art of Making Gifts, The | | | | 1g Bachelor’s Revery, A Chestnuts Christmas Christmas Comes But Once a Year Christmas Greetings From the Past Christmas Sermon, The . . Christmas Nightmare, A | J Customary Christmas Story, The | Etiquette. 2... Explanation . Explained Funny Man's Dream, The . Glacial Period, The . . Great Man Alligator, The Greeting . . a His First Appearance. . IHS. 6 se In a Conservatory Ins and Outs of Science, ‘The Millionaire’s Christmas, The Natural Mistake, A New to Him . New Moon, The No Use Trying 1950 . . One Reason Why. . Overheard in the Kitchen Perfect Garden of Eden, A Plea For Diana, A. Poe-em of Passion, A Precise ‘ Proportion, The Puritans and Their Neighbors, The - Reputation Secure . Rivals, The . : Room For One More é Salutation of the Period . So Discouraging . . Study in Evolution, A Sudden Removal Tale of Love, A Terrerble Thought, A Thing Forgotten, The Thoughtful . Unnecessary Prohibition . Violating the Conventionalities What Shall I Call My Love? . Where Self-Help Was Not Approved comicbooks.com