Life, 1902-03-20 · page 2 of 20
Life — March 20, 1902 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily **advertising**, not political commentary or satire. The top left advertises **Black, Starr and Frost**, a New York jeweler offering pearl necklaces, precious stones, and golf trophies as prizes. The top right promotes **Prudential Insurance's endowment life insurance** for young men, featuring the company's trademark Rock of Gibraltar logo. The bottom left announces **The Easter Life**, a double-issue magazine dated March 27, offering a Gibson Cartoon cover and promising "good things" at the usual 10-cent price. The bottom right advertises **"The Pines of Lory,"** a new story by J.A. Mitchell, with positive reviews from contemporary newspapers. All content serves commercial purposes typical of early 20th-century magazine publishing.
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COPYRIGHT FOR GREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON, UNDER THE ACT OF 1001 Young Men BLACK, STARR ano FROST 1. Investigate Endowment Life Insurance It enables you to save money regularly. You are abso- 438 Fifth Avenue New York lutely certain of full returns for the money invested, ’ Those dependent upon you are certain of protection in event of your death. The Prudential Insurance Company of America Pearl Necklaces |} °°"... te an a0 Fill out this slip and send to us Without committing myself to any Precious Stones | action, I shall be glad to receive, frees particulars and rates of ENDOW-| | ri (THE MENT policies. cg tnas tne A | FOr Sc cccecee cece MGOeeee ces i STRENGTH OF / ca Addrest...... Oceupation... THE EASTER LIFE Dated March 27. For sale on news-stands March 25 (Tuesday) A Double Number ‘PRICE AS USUAL, 10 CENTS Pines of Lory Full of good things 5 A New Story by J. A, Mitchell, A Special Cover A Gibson Cartoon / “All who have not read the story have a treat in store.”"—Chicago News. WE MAKE THE FOLLOWING INDUCEMENT: = pie 5 P “An ideal romance."— The Herald, Boston, THe EASTER LIFE agrees, in exchange for a dime, to | | fn ideal romance saiiciiatialia mia make every one who reads ita little brighter, a little “The delightful humor c: the unconvention- wiser, a little gladder, with more smiles to his credit. Isn't | al adventures of a most conventional young 2 ae woman. "— The Argonaut. this a power? Think it over, oma EB eiepe comicbooks.com