Life, 1899-02-02 · page 2 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page (1899) This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than satire or political commentary. It contains five commercial advertisements: 1. **Stern Bros** - Women's clothing retailer advertising silk waists 2. **Bank of New Amsterdam** - Financial institution listing officers and directors 3. **Travelers Insurance Company** - Annual financial statement showing assets and liabilities 4. **Hall's Vegetable Sicilian Hair Renewer** - Hair product with an engraved portrait of a woman (typical Victorian advertising imagery) 5. **Pears' Soap** - Advertisement emphasizing purity and lack of alkali 6. **James McCutcheon & Co.** - Fabric and dress goods retailer 7. **Opening of Washable Dress Fabrics** - Textile merchant announcement The single illustration is a conventional portrait accompanying the hair product advertisement—not political satire. This reflects *Life*'s role as both satirical magazine and advertising platform in 1899.
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ETRE Stern Bros are now exhibiting an exceptionally large and choice collection of Entirely New and Exclusive Styles in Ladies’ China and Taffeta Silk Waists Also Colored and White Linen, Lawn, Pique, Percale, Cheviot and Madras Shirt Waists all of which they offer at Very Attractive Prices West 23d St. ri Halls ‘saz \HairRenewer N Restores color to faded or gray hair. Makes hair grow; stops falling of the hair. Cures dandruff; prevents baldness. + If your druggist cannot supply you, send $1.00 to your OE. Hall & Co, Nishta, 8-H THE BANK OF NEW AMSTERDAM Broadway and 39th St, N.Y. CAPITAL, $250,000. SURPLUS, $325,000. Invites Business, Family, Personal, and Out-of-Town Accounts, FRANK TILFORD, President. R. R. MOORE, Vice-Pres. G. J. BAUMAN, Cas’r. Directors: Sam‘l D. Babcock, Richard A. McCurdy, J ar K Lewis, Jno. T. Frank Tilford, 1899 - 35th - 1899 Annual Statement OF THE TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY. Chartered 1863. (Stock.) Life and Accldeat Insurance, JAMES G. BATTERSON, Pres't. Hartford, Conn., January 1, 1899. PAID-UP CAPITAL, $1,000,000. Real Estate, = ASSETS. Gash on hatd and in Bank, = mth ¥ Loans on thts Company's ef Life Premiums, and ‘unreported on Lite Pe llcles, sand bonds, Other stocks and bonds, Total Assets, + er" Present value In Reserve for Claims resisted for Losses In process of adjustment, tr : ity Depa 10.00.00 fve forantictjuted chauye In tate of interest, $00,000.00 ‘Total Liabilities, =~ 6 Excess Security to Pollcy-holders, = —§4,105,817.10 Surplus to Stockholders, = === -§3,105,817.10 STATISTICS TO DATE. Lire DeraxtTMENt. Life Insnrance tn force, - New Life Insurance written tn 1808, = Insurance on installment plan at commuted vatue, Returned to Policy-holders In 1898, 1.882,008.95 Returned to Policy-lolders since 1864, 14,683,889.52 ACCIDENT DEPARTMENT. Number Accident Clutms patd tn 1898, Whole number Accident Clatms patd, Returned to Polte 180 Returned to Poltc Totals, Returned to Pollcy-holders in 1898, Retumed to Policy-holders since 1864, = ER C. DUNHAM, Vice-Pres't. MORRIS, Secretary. EDWARD V. PRESTON, Sup't of Agencies, J. B. LEWIS, M. D., Surgeon and Adjuster. Opening of Washable Dress Fabrics at ‘*The Linen Store.” These goods for the coming spring and summer are now ready for inspec- tion and sale, The assortments are more extensive than ever before, and comprise only the best class of imported , in the following lines: Thin Materials for Waists and Gowns, Bicycle and Golf Skirt and uit Materials, Heavier Materials for Waists and Gowns, Plain White Materials, Thin and Heavy. James [McCutcheon & Co. 14 WEST 234 STREET, N. Y. Pears’ What is wanted of soap for the skin is to wash it | clean and not hurt it. Pure soap does that. This | is why we want pure soap; and when we say pure, we mean without alkali. Pears’ is pure; no free alkali. There are a thou- sand virtues of soap; this one is enough. “You can trust a soap that has 0 biting alkali in it. All sorts of stores sell it, especially druggists; all sorts of people use it