Life, 1890-03-06 · page 2 of 16
Life — March 6, 1890 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than political satire or editorial cartoons. The main image—"La Belle Chocolatière"—is a classical portrait advertisement for Walter Baker & Co.'s chocolate and cocoa products, established 1780. The company emphasizes that **no chemicals** are used in their preparations, which have "stood the test of public approval for more than one hundred years." The other advertisements on the page promote: New York Security and Trust Co. (banking/financial services), Brewster & Co. (carriages for town and country use), and Procter & Gamble (glycerine products for public speakers). There is no political cartoon or satirical content visible here—this is a standard commercial advertising page from *Life* magazine.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
New York Security and Trust Co. 46 WALL STREET. Capital, $1,000,000. Surplus, $500,000. CHARLES S. FAIRCHILD, President. WM, H, APPLETON, WM. L. STRONG, ast Vice-President. ad Vice-President. JOHN L. LAMSON, Secretary. THIS Company is authurized to act as Executor, Truster, Administrator, Guardian, Agent and Receiver, Is a legal depository for Court and Trust Funds. Takes the entire charge of real and personal estates, collecting the rents and profits, and attending to all such details as an individual in like capacity could do. Receives deposits subject to sight drafts, allowing in- terest on daily baianes, and issues certificates of deposit bearing interest. “TPOWN AND COUNTRY = CARRIAGES. Every variety popular and useful for seaside and inland resorts and for Park driving. Unequaled for beauty of form and _ perfection of finish. All parts entering into details of construction manufactured on the premises. Brewster & Co. (OF BROOME ST.), BROADWAY, 47th to 48th ST., N.Y. Get a policy free from ambiguity, The Pena Mutual Life issues it. Public Speakers: A TEASPOONFUL OF PROCTER & GAMBLE’S VEGETABLE GLYCERINE DILUTED WITH AN EQUAL QUANTITY OF WATER, WILL CLEAR THE VOICE OF MINISTERS, LECTURERS, SINGERS AND PUBLIC SPEAKERS. VOR PARTICULARS SRE ELEGANT BOOK OF TOURT RECIPES THAT CAN BE PREPARED RASILY AND CHRAPLY AT HOME. SENT TO ANY ADDRESS FOR TWO TWO-CENT STAMPS. ADDRESS, . . . - pe Procter & GAMBLE, GLYCERINE DEP’T, CINCINNATI, O. > LIFE: [Established 1780.) “LA BELLE CHOCOLATIERE”: W. BAKER & CO.S Registered Trade-Mark. No Chemicals are used in any of Walter Baker & Co.'s Chocolate and Cocoa Prepara- tions. These preparations have stood the test of public approval for more than one hundred years, and-are the acknowledged standard of purity and excellence. comicbooks.com °*