Life, 1896-08-13 · page 2 of 18
Life — August 13, 1896 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Life Magazine Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The main content promotes: 1. **Life's Comedy #3**: "The American Family" — a humor publication available August 1st for 25 cents, featuring drawings by prominent illustrators (Gibson, Wendell, Van Schaick, Johnson, Sullivan). 2. **Blair Security Fountain Pen** — advertised as "one of the most useful things," with a 30-day free trial and prices ranging from $1.75 to $3.00. 3. **Miami Cycle Company Racycles** — bicycles priced at $100, featuring a technical diagram. 4. **"Chip's" Dogs** — a humorous illustrated book ($1.00) collecting cartoons by "Chip," a cartoonist known in Life's columns. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture, with no apparent political commentary—primarily marketing leisure products and publications to affluent readers.
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-LIFE: LIFE’S COMEDY. HE third number of Lire’s Comepy, de- voted to The American Family Ready AUGUST Ist It will contain 32 pages of beautifully printed illustra- tions on ‘heavy calendered paper, with a specially deco- rated cover printed in colors. PRICE, 25 CENTS Subscriptions, One Dollar a Year, Postage Paid. Wenzell, Van Schaick, Johnson, Sullivant, and others, Drawings by Gibson, MITCHELL & MILLER, Publishers, 19 & 21 West 31st Street, New York City. One of the most Useful Things . You can Have isa... BLAIR SECURITY ‘They being always ready at a or place to write. They save the log] of time and labor required in react for ink, The writing is more uniforg, the train of thought is not te They improve the hand, and save th cost in a short time in the outlay of gr pens and pencils, as they take thy of either and will last a lifet The only pen not filled with ex internal mechanism, that can be care} in any position with perfect sece FOUNTAIN PEN. and not spill ink on the part held by Non-Leakable. Reversible Feed-Bar, 14-Karat Gold Pens of Regular Say . + + Perfect Action . . A THIRTY DAYS’ TRIAL WILL cosT. YOU NOTHING If not satisfactory, will be exchanged or money refunded if returned in good order. To give our readers this absolutely perfect Fountain Pen at a moderate price, we have made an arrangement with Blair's Fountain Pen Company, of New York, to furnish our subscribers their 185 Security” Fountain Pens at the following low prices : id Pen, fine or stub poi PRICES: Id Pen, fine or stub pol 4 Handsomely Chased and Gold Mounted, 75 cents extra. To insure getting these Pens at prices named, orders for them shosl sent direct to this office with the price of the pen'desired. Should you to have them insured against loss in the mails, send eight cents extra Purchasers of these Pens will receive ts percen percent, discount by mentioning Li] ~ BLAIR’ FOUNTAIN PEN COMPANY, JOUN BLAIR, Prov. 141 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, They cost no mo even considerably les than the old imperte “N3dO 32ZIS 11N4 40 f% ni narere-ption Id Pen, fine point, at $1.7 id Pen, fine or stub point. at $200. RACYCLES. NARROW TREAD. % TWO SPEED. MANUPACTURED BY THE MIAMI CYCLE COMPANY, Middletown, 0. NEW YORK 1773 Broadway. NEW JERSEY PHILADELPHIA GERARD M. BARRETTO.. CHARLES A. STEVENSON, Manager. $100 - General Agency. $100 Pr TREAD 4% INCHES. “LUVdV S3HONI » SONINVAG Balls directly under the cranks. Sprocket suspended between toe bearing. FOR SALE AT 1773 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. E. W. Fellowes, 69 West 1asth Street. Harold B. Wallack, Lon, M. E. Flaherty, 685 Bedford Avenue, Special Agent for New Brooklyn. Branch, N. J, jersey, R. cA Riddick. *“Chip’s” Dogs. A collection of humorous drawings by the famog “CHIP,” so well known in the columns of Lire elsewhere. Large Quarto 93 x 12, on plate pape handsomely bound, Price, $1.00. | For sale by all booksellers, or will be sent postpaid to address on receipt of price by the publishers. R. H. Russell & Son, 33 Rose S NEW YORK. COPYRIGNT FOR GREAT ORITAIN OY JAMES HERDEROON comicbooks.com