Life, 1892-08-11 · page 2 of 14
Life — August 11, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Content Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire. It contains multiple commercial advertisements from the 1890s era: - **Whiting M'FG Co.**: promoting sterling silver goods, emphasizing their products are solid silver, not plated - **D. Appleton & Co.**: advertising new books including "Footsteps of Fate" and "A Tale of Twenty-five Hours" - **Grand Rapids Portable House Company**: selling portable structures for camping and hunting - **Life Binder**: promoting a magazine binding service - **Kenwood Mfg. Co.**: advertising bicycle art catalogs The only illustration with potential satirical content is a sketch of a woman on a bicycle with accompanying dialogue about "girls on bicycles"—this likely reflects contemporary social commentary about the "New Woman" and cycling's role in female independence, a topic Life magazine frequently addressed.
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Solid Silver sais eS Exclusively. Ano oF sur ONE TRADE—THAT OF STERLING, iW FINE THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “Ig IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED!” STER . LING. 18 NEVER RAISED Wuitinc MrcG Co. ee BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK. Silversmiths, Union Square & 16th St, NEW YORK. Only $1.00 a Year. Postage Paid. D. APPLETON & COS Fun for 40 Minutes az¢ Information for a Mo Go WITH EVERY Cory OF NEW BOOKS. Life’s Monthly Calend It tells you everything, and more, too. Rich and Poor may have it now. Footsteps of Fate. A Tale of as the price is only 10 cents, with By Louts Courerus, author of * Eline Copious Reading Matter and Profuse Illustration Vere.” Translated from the Dutch] Twenty-five Hours. SEES by Clara Bell, With an Introduction SINGLE COPIES, 10 CEN by Edmund Gosse. Holland Fiction| By Braxper MatTHews and Geol Series, 12mo. Cloth, $1.00. H., Jessor. Appletons’ Summer Se- “** Bline Vere’ is most careful in its detailsof| tics. 16mo. With novel, specially de- description, most picturesque in itscoloring.""—| signed cover and ornamented edges. “*Bline Vere’ is a vivacious and skillful per-| $0 cents. formance, giving an evidently faithful picture of society, and evincing the art of a true story-| An ingenious and entertaining novelette by teller."— Philadelphia Telegraph. two clever and well-known story writers. CR Send for the current number of Appletons’ Monthly Bulletin, containing announce ments of important new and forthcoming books. D. APPLETON & CO. 1, 3, & 5 Bonn Street, New York. GRAND RAPIDS PORTABLE HOUSE COMPANY, WY GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. Hunters’ Cabins, Club Houses, Summer Cottages, Photograph Galleries. Lawn Houses, Play Houses, Ete., Ete. Absolutely portable. All sizes and designs. "Especially designed for Camping. Hunting and Fishing Are made of three-ply veneer, very light, strong and durable. All parts thoroughly seasoned and painted in attractive colors. The fastenings are iron pins. No nails or screws used. Easily erected or taken down BJ without mutilation, Send stamp for Catalugue. NORMAN BARBOUR, Eastern Agent, 77 Warren Street, New York.| — .vaude: Loox at THOSE ciRts ox micycLes. Oe Tie Helen; Div you EVER TRY? ce LIFE ” BINDER CHEAP, STRONG Maude: CERTAINLY NOT! . and DURABLE Helen: 11'S PERFECTLY DELIGHTFUL, THE MODERN IMPROVEMENTS AX? WILL HOLD TWENTY-SIX NUMBERS. MATIC TIRE USED ON THE KeNnwoop BICYCLE HAVE REMOVED ALL THE o8jf ADLE FEATURES, Matled to any part of the United States for $1.00, postage free, BeauTiFuL ART CATALOGUE FREE. Address, OFFICE OF “LIFE,” - 28 West 23d Street, New York. KENWOOD MFG. 00., 263 & 265 8. Oanal Street, OHIOAGO.