Life, 1898-05-05 · page 2 of 20
Life — May 5, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Content Analysis This page is primarily **advertising** rather than satirical content. The left side features ads for The Evening Post newspaper, Nestor Cigarettes, and The Prudential Insurance Company (with a notice about military service during wartime). The right side advertises Arnold Constable cotton fabrics, Southern Pacific railroad travel, and Waltham watches. The only substantive text is a patriotic appeal for American soldiers and sailors to carry Waltham watches, claiming they're "the original American watch" and "the best American watches." This appears to be WWI-era advertising leveraging American nationalism and military service to promote a domestic product. There are no political cartoons or satirical commentary visible on this page.
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LIFE: YOUsCAN HAVE The Foening Post Sent to any address in the United States for 75 cents per month. Office, 206-210 Broadway, New York. ‘HIGHEST QUALITY POSSIBLE ind Constable ce Cotton Dress Fabrics. D. & J. ANDERSON’S Ginghams. FRERES KOECHLIN'S Organdies. French Linon Batiste. White and Colored Piqué, Embroidered Swiss and Mull, Poadway £19 Street, Nil SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.... LUXURY, COMFORT, SPEED, For California, Arizona, Mexico, Japan, China, Around the World. 349 Broapway, axp 1 Battery Prace (Washington Building), New Yors. “Sunset Limited,” (Ancex.) The Position of THE PRUDENTIAL AS TO SERVICE IN ARMY, NAVY, OR MILITIA OF THE UNITED STATES, Important to All Policy-Holders: As to all policies, whether Industrial, Interme diate, or Ordinary, which may be in force at the time of declaration of war, permission is hereby given for the insured under such policies to serve in the Army or Navy of the United States or Militia of any State of the United States in time of war, and no written permission for such service need be obtained from the Company, nor willany extra premium be charged. It willnot be necessary to send in any policies for en- dorsement.. The Prudential Insurance Company +0f America... JONN P. DRYDEN, President. Home Office: NEWARK, N. J. Every American soldier and every American sailor should carry the best American watch. The original American watch was a Waltham watch. Waltham watches are now, as they always have been, the best American watches.