Life, 1892-08-18 · page 2 of 14
Life — August 18, 1892 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and magazine contents**, not political satire. The top half features an ad for **Whiting Manufacturing Company**, a New York silversmith promoting solid sterling silver tableware. The ad emphasizes their goods are genuine silver, not plated—a consumer reassurance pitch addressing contemporary fraud concerns about silver products. The lower section lists contents for Harper's Magazine (September 1892), including fiction by Conan Doyle and others. The illustration labeled "**Ordering the Dinner**" depicts a man and woman in period dress discussing meal selections—likely humorous domestic dialogue matching a featured story. Below that is an advertisement for portable houses from Grand Rapids, Michigan. The page contains **no political cartoons or satire**—it's standard magazine advertising and contents listing.
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Solid Silver aaaaee Exclusively. ANO OF BUT ONE TRADE—THAT OF STERLING, We FINE THEREFORE PURCHASERS SECURE ENTIRE FREEDOM FROM FALSE IMPRESSIONS, AND THE QUESTION “ig IT SILVER OR IS IT PLATED?” STERLING. 18 NEVER RAISEO WHITING Merc Co. CONCERNING A GIFT BEARING OUR TRADE-MARK, Silversmiths, Union Square & 16th St. HARPER'S MAGAZINE, SEPTEMBER, 1892. Fox-Hunting in the Genesee Valley. By Epwarp S. Martin, IMustrated by R. F. Zoceaum, A Collection of Death-Masks. By Laurence Heutrox, With cighteen illustrations, Lot No. 249. A Story. By A. Conan Dov With six illustrations by W. T. Swep.ey. Chapman, By James Russet Lowe. Literary Paris. Second Paper. By Turopore Cup. With thirteen portr Washington: The Evergreen State. By Jutian Ratru. Those Souvenir Spoons, A Story. By Marcaret Sipney. The Aryan Mark; a New-England Town Meeting. By Anna C, Brackett. — Illustrated by A. B. Frost. Jane Field. A Novel. By Mary E. Witkins, Part V, Illustrated. Among the Sand Hills. By Howagp Pyte. Illustrated by the Author. The World of Chance. A Novel. By Witttam Dean Howe tts. Pan VIL. Poems by Tnomes Baitey Acpricu, Tuomas Dunn Encutsu, Louise Cuanpier Mou.ton, Eveanor B. Carpwett, and G, H. Gotptiuwarte. EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS. He; NOW WHAT SHALL WE ORDER IN THE LINE OF LIQUIDS? She: [fF YOU WANT TO SUIT EVERYONE ORDER THE MANITOU TasLE Wd ORDERING THE DINNER. Editor’s Easy Chair. Grorce Wituiam Curtis. Editor’s Study. Cuartes Dupuy Warner. Editor’s Drawer. Tuomas Netson Pace. Literary Notes. Laurence Hutton. CR RTABLE HOUSE COMP " GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. u 2 c Subscription Price, $4.00 a Year Hunters’ Cabins, Club Houses, Summer Cottages, Photograp* Lawn Houses, Play Houses, Etc., Etc, Absolutely portabie and designs. ‘Especially designed for Camping, Hunting a2 al my | ig ss + Are made of three-pl ight, st 1d durable HARPER & BROTHERS, VBS PUBLISHERS, Without mutilation. Send stamp tor Catalogue: NEW YORK CITY. NORMAN BARBOUR, Eastern Agent, 77 Warren Street, New comicbooks.com