Life, 1892-07-14 · page 2 of 14
Life — July 14, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains commercial notices for: - **Whiting Mfg Co.** (solid silver goods, New York silversmiths) - **Grover Cleveland** writings and speeches (a book publication) - **Zola's *The Downfall*** (novel about Franco-Prussian War) - **Grand Rapids Portable House Company** (prefabricated structures) - **Kenwood Bicycles** (with pneumatic tires, marketed as "Lightest-Strongest-Best") - **Tabourettes** (decorative tables, Turkish/Indian designs) The only potential political reference is the Cleveland book, as he was a former U.S. President. The bicycle and portable house ads reflect late-19th/early-20th century consumer interests in modern technology and practical goods. No significant satire or political commentary appears evident on this page.
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*LIFE: Solid Silver Exclusively. STERLING. Wuitinc M-rc Co. Silversmiths, UNION SQUARE & 16TH ST., New York. GROVER CLEVELAND. The Writings and Speeches of Grover Cleveland. Selected and Edited with an Introduction by GEORGE F. PARKER. With Portrait. Popular Edition. 1 vol., 8vo, cloth, with a complete Index, $2.50, Edition de Luxe, on large paper, limited to 200 numbered coples. Bound in half leather, gilt top, ete. Price 86.00, Thoughtful members of all political parties will take a deep interest in this volume, as repre- senting the public career of one of the greatest political leaders of our time. Many of the docu- ments, letters, and speeches constitute, in fact, an important part of the recent history of the country. ZOLA’S GREATEST NOVEL, THE DOWNFALL. (LA DEBACLE.) A STORY OF THE FRANCO-PRUSSIAN WAR. By EMILE ZOLA. Paper, 50 cents; Extra Cloth, Laid Paper, with Eight Illustrations, $1.50. A new story from Emile Zola has always been a sensation. But now when a book is presented that deals with war and its devastation in the masterly style of a Zola, its success is assured, Rapid action and startling detail are given with all the vivid imagination possessed by this great writer, and the reader is held spell-bound from commencement to finish. For Sale by all Booksellers. CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY, 104 and 106 Fourth Avenue, New York. GRAND RAPIDS PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY, | ak CRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Hunters’ Cabins, Club Houses, Summer Cottages, Photograph Galleries, Lawn Houses, Play Houses, Absolutely portable. All sizes and designs, ‘Especially designed Hunting and Fishing. | Are made of three-ply veneer, very lig! thoroughly seasoned a tive colors. The fastenings ! Ha} are iron pins. No nails or screws used. Easily erected or taken down, eH without mutilation. NORMAN BARBO UR, Eastern Agent, 77 Warren street, New York. | send for Catalogue. WE MAKE SOLID SILVER ONLY, AND OF BUT ONE GRADE—THAT OF STERLING, {Ab FINE THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “Ig IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?” 18 NEVER RAISED CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. T abourettes, Turkish, Moorish and Indian Designs. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL WM. B. MERSHON & Ct | Saginaw, E. S., Mich. KENWOOD BICYCLES —FITTED WITH —— Kenwood Pneumatic Tires Lightest~Strongest~Best. KENWOOD MFG. Co., 253 & 255 8. Canal St., CHICAG comicbooks.com