Life, 1902-03-06 · page 17 of 22
Life — March 6, 1902 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. The main advertisements are: 1. **"Wonderland 1922"** — promotes a Northern Pacific Railroad book about Montana mining, Cheyenne reservations, and Puget Sound, available for six cents. Marketed as educationally valuable. 2. **Hartford Rubber Works** — tire advertisement offering choice between Hartford Single Tube or Dunlop Double Tube, emphasizing quality and reliability. 3. **President Suspenders** — product advertisement claiming comfort by reducing shoulder strain. 4. **Equitable Society** — financial services advertisement for joint annuities, using a cautionary narrative: a Wall Street investor lost his fortune but retained his annuity income of $10,000 annually, securing his and his wife's financial security. The Equitable ad includes implicit social commentary about financial vulnerability and the value of insurance products, but this is advertising messaging rather than satire. No political cartoons or caricatures appear on this page.
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ADE MENT JRITIES. avellers’ of Credit inding f Bindics- the ADAMS: details. TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAINS DAILY. WONDERLAND mow ready for distribution has 5 chapters that will prove of uniwusiual value and interesé. IWrnxrnGrnMONTANA is the leading chapter and Soe oe gives a history of that indus- fry with its fascinating incidents of early days. Amonce wae CHEVENNES recounts the observations of the writer dur- ing atripin 190! to the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montana. Pucer SounpD4xn2 ALASHA dealsin some detail! with the wonderful Puget Sound Country, its early explorers and its later growth, THE BOOK WILL BE SENT TO ANY ADDRESS UPON RECEIPT OF SIX CENTS sy Cuas.S.Fee,N. PR. St.PAuc, MINN. IT IS OF EXCEPTIONAL VALUE TO SCHOOLS. YELLOWSTONE PARK SEASON, JUNE | — SEPT 15. Vour Money And Gake Your Choice It’s either a ora Hartford Dunlop Single Double Tube Tube The uniform quality and excellence of construction of HARTFORD DUNLOP ...HARTEORD TIRES have made them the most reliable and successful tires of their respective types We have in stock and will supply the proper size and proper weighti tire for every kind of wheel, and will send you free expert advice regarding tho tires best adapted to your especial necds THE HARTFORD RUBBER WORKS COMPANY HARTFORD, CONN, EASE UP! WITH & wy Q¥@}) President \p.5.0/ | Suspenders ‘Make youreelf comfortable. Take tho strain off your shoulders. Get the genu ident” on the buck ‘Trimmi model ni work: al ok, everywh iF by mall, postpaid. ARTON MPG. 00. © Aiea eta,thiriey, Anon, MALEUNOER SOME YEARS AGO Aman made pile of money in Wall Street. He took part of it and bought a Joint Annuity to be paid as long as either he or his wife lives. He has lost all the rest of his money, but he cant lose his Annuity,and both he and his wife are as- sured of an income of $10,000 as long as either of them lives If his wife survives him,she receives the income as long as she lives. There are probably hun- dreds of others who could have done the same thing-and heart ily wish that they had. For intormution about Annuities cut out and marl coupon below TWE EQUITABLE SOCIETY, Dept. No. 27, 120 Broadwé lew York, How much would it cost for an Annuity of $ = If issued to aman. years of age? Name. Address—_____ comicbooks.com