Life, 1898-09-22 · page 2 of 20
Life — September 22, 1898 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and administrative notices** rather than political satire. The left side contains notices from *The Evening Post* about mail forwarding policies and an advertisement for Waltham Watches. The right side advertises *Harper's Magazine* for October, featuring articles on the Spanish-American War (including "The Santiago Campaign"), colonial expansion policy, and the U.S. Navy in Asian waters—reflecting contemporary imperialist concerns of the era. Below is an advertisement for "Proofs of Original Drawings in LIFE," offering framed artwork on Japanese tissue paper for sale, with an illustration of a fashionably-dressed woman. **The page contains no significant political cartoon or satire**—it's essentially a commercial/informational page from a late-1890s publication.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“LIFE: Have you noticed the series of letters from Porto Rico which are still running in The Foening Post We earnestly request our subscribers to give us a full week's notice of any intended change in their address. Notice of change should reach us by Thursday to affect the issue of the following week. Under a recent act of Congress, paper mail will not be forwarded toa new address, no matter whether instructions are sent to the local post office or not, unless addressee also sends stamps to that office to prepay cost of re-mailing. Letters are forwarded without any trouble, but papers must be paid for a second time if they are to be forwarded. WALTHAM WATCHES. The American Waltham Watch Company makes forty- five varieties of movements WHICH ARE FULL JEWELED WITH RUBIES, SAPPHIRES, AND DiamMonpbs. The *¢Riverside’? movement which has seventeen jewels—twelve rubies and five sapphires — is particularly recommended as being within the means of every one and as accurate a time-keeper as it is possible to make. For sale by all jewelers. HARPER’S MAGAZINE | For OCTOBER OUR SPANISH WAR THE SANTIAGO CAMPAIGN. By Caspar Wuitney, A complete narrative of the greatest campaign of the late war, with thrilling personal experiences under fire. OUR FUTURE POLICY. By Hon. J.G.Caruiste. A con. servative article in which the author points out the difficul. ties in the way of colonial expansion. OUR NAVY IN ASIATIC WATERS. By Wittiam Extior GriFFis, rapid sketch of various engagements in the waters of China, Japan, and Corea, showing how ancient and continuous has been the influence of our navy in Asiatic waters, THE SPAN O’ LIFE Part I. By. Wittiam. McLennan and J. N. McItwraitu. Illustrated by F. pe Myrpacu. Other Interesting Articles: ON THE ROOF OF THE WORLD. Notes from my Journey through Asia. By Sven Hepix. SOCIAL LIFE IN THE BRITISH ARMY. Second Paper. Illustrated by R. Caton Woopvitte. MR, GLADSTONE, Reminiscences, Anec. dotes, and an Estimate. By Grorce W. Smattey. AN AUTHOR'S READING AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. ASO By Mrs, Burtox Harrison. Illustrated by W. A. Rocers. AN A GEL IN_A WEB, Part II. By JuLian RatpH. WHERE THE LABORERS ARE FEW, By Marcaret DeLanp. A New Serial. 35 Cents a Number. $4.00 a Year. New Yok HARPER & BROTHERS London Publishers Proofs of Original Drawings in LIFE, TPHESE proofs are hand-printed on Japanese tissue paper. Large double-page Proofs, framed in GILT, EnciisH Oak, or a Wuire frame, including transportation within one hundred miles of New York, $4. Smaller proofs, $2. Proofs without frames, - but matted and mounted ready for framing, at half above rates. Send Stamp for LIFE’S Picture Gallery, Proofs same size as Originals in LIFE. LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 19 West 31st Street, N. Y. City. = CONYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENOEREON UNDER THE ACT OF 1801.