Life, 1899-02-16 · page 17 of 20
Life — February 16, 1899 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **no cartoon or satire** — it is purely **advertising and financial reporting**. The upper section is a straightforward advertisement for the Equitable Life Assurance Society, presenting 1898 financial statistics (assets, income, policies issued, payments to policyholders). The company's President (Henry B. Hyde) and Vice President are listed. Below that are two related advertisements: one promoting "Wedding Silver" made by silversmiths, emphasizing Gorham Manufacturing Company's fifty years of experience and product variety. The second ad provides Gorham's address in New York. This appears to be a standard magazine page mixing corporate and commercial advertising with no political or satirical content visible. The financial data simply demonstrates the insurance company's fiscal health to potential customers.
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THE EQUITABLE LIPE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED. STATES. Outstanding Assurance, Dec. 31, 1898 $987,157,134.00 Assurance Applied for in 1898 . . 198,362,617.00 Examined and Declined .. 30,318,878.00 New Assurance Issued , 168,043,7 39.00 Income in 1898 . . . 50,249,286. 78 Assets Dec. 31, 1898 - . «© . «~~ ~=-258,369,298.54 Assurance Fund ($198,898,259.00) and all other Liabilities ($2,160,550.27 . 201,058,809.27 Surplus 57,310,489.27 Paid Policyholders in 1898 . . . . 24,020,523.42 HENRY B. HYDE, Presipent. J. W. ALEXANDER, V.-P. WEDDING SILVER MADE BY SILVERSMITHS [PY TENDING purchasers of silverware should bear in mind the fact that the Gorham Company, Silversmiths, is the most important concern in this line. With an experience of over fitty years, equipped with the latest inventions and processes of manufacture, they are enabled to offer their wares in the greatest pos- sible variety, and at the most favorable prices. Goruam Mec. Co., sILveRSMITHS BROADWAY AND NINETEENTH STREET, NEW YORK