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This page is primarily a **cigarette advertisement** with some satirical content framing it. The main focus is a full-page ad by Goodwin & Co. defending their "Old Judge" cigarettes against allegations that they contain **opium and other drugs**. The ad aggressively denies rumors (circulated by "professional cranks" and "sensational press") that their cigarettes contain harmful substances, insisting they use only natural leaf tobacco. They bolster their claims with testimonial letters from prestigious institutions like Bellevue Hospital Medical College and the U.S. Department of Agriculture—lending false scientific authority. The small satirical items at page top (rivalrous Jewish clothing merchants on the Bowery, newspaper naming conventions) serve merely as filler around the advertisement. **Context:** Late 19th-century cigarettes faced genuine concerns about additives and purity. This ad represents early corporate damage control through celebrity endorsement and institutional credibility—tactics still used today in tobacco marketing and health-related advertising disputes.

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THE JUDGE. Mr. Isaacs and Mr. Blumenthal kept rival clothing stores on the Bowery within a few doors of each other. Mr. Isaacs was always to be found with his head out of the door bd liciting custom from the verdant passer-by. Mr. Blumenthal objected to this shoddy man- ner of doing business, having found that the hfal Isaacs had captured several of nis | and said: ‘Look here, Mr. Isaaes, vy don’t you keep your ugly face inside? You might AND OTHER DRUGS ARE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF CIGARETTES. petter get a jackass to stand py dedoor. He | pp, far as our goods are concerned, we pronounce UNQUALIFIEDLY vould pe a pig improvement.” “Vy," said FALSE trom beginning to end, and without one iota of truth to sustain it, Isaacs, “I did try dot vonce, und all de peo- ple as dey pass py say to him: ‘Good day, | e Mr. Blumenthal ; I see you've moved.’” u cs 1 arettes Wuat next? After the Oil City Derrick comes the Oil City Blizxard—both news- papers. But why such classic appellations? And S TT Why not come down to a title a fellow can m0. opaceo find out without the aid of his dictionary? | jpave ys been’ perfe dad never seoniainell any ORTUA Say, for example, the Oil City Jelodesretidus, | pRUGS, FLAVORINGS or [ . 3 SNCES of any Gia ms or the Oil City Hexandriamonognia—some- The Tob thing easy, you know, to which the outside | not the EY A few professional cranks, eager fur notoriety, and with a sublime ignorance of the subject, aided to a certain extent by the sensational press, have circulated reports that we use is NATURAL LEAF, selected to please the TASTE, and > i . It is perfectly PURE, NOT BLEACHED by ACIDS, C| "ALS, world can catch on, as it were, We trust | or any A FICIAL PROCESS to give it a bright aipercten. ie ‘lewinen Oil City will bear this in mind when it gives | of the quality, but has that rich brown color pertaining to all fine grades of Smok- birth to its next journalistic prodigy. | ing Tobacco, Of the truth of the above, the illowing certifientes trom some of the — . most celebrated Analytical Chemists in the United States cannot fail to Hersert Spencer is troubled with insom-| the most skeptical, and satisfy nia, ‘The great minds that shape a nation’s | they have so well carned: course, and move the world to joy or sorrow by a single word, almost always are both “ BEATS THE WORLD.” by sleeplessness, and many and many anight 7 ‘as we tossed restlessly to and fro upon our satin-lined couch, have we wondered who else GOODWIN & CO., New York, of us was awake just atthat moment. Skake, Herb, old bo | Largest Cigarette Manufacturers in the United States. ynvinee even them that our goods are entitled to the trade-mark R. B. Haves has been chosen selectman for __ the town of Fremont, Ohiv. ‘The position is | BELLEVUE MOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTUR equal to the man, and the man to the posi- prs & CO, New funn, eT SePHember 6 UN | WNOTOS, D. C., 0 : ; Sas -| sed Mess, Goopwis & Co, New Your err tion. Let us drink a cup of tea in honor of maHaoce wiih joer teaGekt aes purchased | TuEY: my ¥ market tn this city Rly, abd Jersey City. at ONy a We purchased at diftere the event. | Sores. ty packages each of sour “Old du Spiritvat want of American seamen: Rum. Tur Rev. John G. Oakley writes to the | lstliy traces ofthe airmal tolerances tel war f sion fe the. purus of ter Herald: “1 belong to those who do not Y vty | eal H have several tihes Teprated thew deem it wise to rush into print,” and then | Pyar Cuemairy anti I Me Hisar | 8 in me proceeds to ‘rush into” nearly a column of | ty af Xe mene Secon nonpareil. “Those” to whom the Rev. John serie of ow ool “belongs " had better cut his goose-quill. a cagl e — ay Mee, Doonets Oo; New Tone UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO. Te Germans are not so very out of the | “Haring taken promiscuousty, from all parteot sour tac: | LABORATORY OF CHEMISTRY way after all in calling death “ Zid." Tod a pty : srertih Gos, Saw Yous te ne at has been the death of a great many people. Srirurs A pretty little sermon for young people ler the general t Mee I hae Tudge Cigarettes,” which were purchased by oF for me and children was delivered last Sunday by an | wr starorine vs uptown divine, ‘The Ragged Edges of 2 Susohiae: Totencod we te ne fbethod of examination axed was that fllowes . me o ods,“ ar ‘or any injurious | fU*Pected polsoni tied to reveal t Agnostic Materialism,” is what he called it. ne vo ihe Te v wc ofthe aka nor any delet There is nothing like lucidity and simplicity sala ‘ONARD S. ROOT. Yours very rexpectfally - — ea. M n for the youthful mind. Piahabe eg Oibiilitiy di RT ee ‘Tue difference between progress and Con- | Dx. Fs. Gevt , Raat dataen Molton enmity, Eatery af sress: Pro and Con. We. PuILapEe ria, Sopra 2. — 8 Mrsa. Goopwry & Con New Youn. — . Grstuners Prof. BENJ. SILLIMAN, of Yale College, writes: Hiauer education of women : Teaching her se arceree “s " ° : Red " ave parchased rf ew Haves, Octoter 9, 1882 to walk in French boots with four-inch heels. 4 s Mase. Cooowiy 4 Co., New Yous. . - | pacxage, Tha © sample. of At your rea! WASTED: A composer to produce over- | Mate 4, careful analysis. This examin augers reta i Sulige* Cigars tures of peace between the Stalwarts and f ther i til packages for chemical exatsination especialy witha Vig : ; : 3 detection of Opium or other deleterious drags Half-breeds. Address Charles J. Fo! erat: “Thave now t ort after @ searching examination, that PatRox saint of railroad: Panerash A.GrNTH rsa: comicbooks.com