Life, 1894-05-31 · page 2 of 20
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# Analysis This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire or editorial content. It contains four commercial advertisements: 1. **Whiting Mfg Co.** (silversmiths) — promotes solid silver goods with an ornamental cup illustration 2. **E.A. Morrison & Son** (Broadway) — advertises summer hats and trimmed bonnets at reduced prices 3. **Hilton, Hughes & Co.** — a major department store offering china, glassware, carpets, upholstery, silverware, and other household goods across multiple departments The page reflects late 19th-century retail commerce, with period-specific products (Tycoon carpets, Dantsu rugs, mosquito canopies). There is **no political cartoon or satire present** — this is a straightforward commercial advertising section from *Life* magazine's back pages.
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- LIFE: WON RY ** LASCA Royal porcelain Dinner Sets, hand dec Reduced fre 50, Tacearat and Bohe' one-half cost of importation. Tumblers, Wines, Chamj genes, Claret SILVERWARE DEPARTMENT. Nest quadruple electro plated Table Casters heavy cut bottles, best make, warranted, § Reduced from $8 On Monday we electro plate, Tea Pots, Fern Dishes, Su Cream Pitchers, Spoon Holders, ete. $1.97 cach. (Actual value, $4.00, $5.00 and $6.60.) ete., Exclusively. CHINA AND GLASS DEPARTMENT. Solid Silver E. A. Morrison & So Wuitinc Mrc Co. ' Silversmiths, Broadway & 18th St. Reduced Price y YORK. Larcumont Cur ror Scirooxers, 1893. in colors, an Table Crystal at less than . 97 ets, doz. rin the same superb quadruple r Bowls, all at The Entire Block, Broadway, 4th Ave, 9th and 40th Sts. | Inspect our excellent Lace Curtains cleaned and refinished equal to ® DANTSU CARPETS and RUGS. | 706. pair. All other kinds, 1.25 pair | PARQUET FLOORING is our specialty. Curtains stored free until September 893 BROADWAY, Announce that in connection with their present sale of Novd SUMMER HATS in all desirable shapes and kinds, they will offer at Beginning May the 28th, the remainder of their stock of TRIMMED BONNETS: © ROUND HATS, | and will trim to order for the balance of the season at very muj | Lower Rates. OesIGNEO ANO Mace BY WHITING MFG CO HILTON, HUGHES & CO., Successors to A. T. STEWART & CO. CARPET DEPARTMENT = UPHOLSTERY DEPARTMENT. is now offering grand opportunities ; wonderful bargains | SUMMER COMFORTS. in best qualities of Foreign and Domestic FURNITURE SLIP COVERS, Fine cotton damask, sets of AXMINSTERS and WILTONS, GOBELINS and MOQUETTES, VELVETS and BRUSSELS, TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, and new weaves of INGRAINS. or 7 pieces, | | WINDOW AWNINGS. Full size, hung complete, $33.50 cach ‘This is the time to buy Carpets or HAMMOCKS. Large variety—every kind made MATTINGS, wie i F ™ Plain, 7 Ge. each ; colored, Se. which are constantly arriving in more beautiful color combinations than have ever been seen, including the MOSQUITO CANUPIES—# 1.25 and up Tycoon, Mandarin, Supreme and Mikado. NOUN THE ACT OF HH98 comicbooks.com