Judge, 1885-07-04 · page 15 of 16
Judge — July 4, 1885 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. It's from Judge magazine (page 15) and contains two brief anecdotal humor pieces alongside numerous patent medicine and product ads typical of the era. The two jokes are: 1. A domestic story about a newly married couple where the wife mentions her mother will live with them "like her own son." The husband, taking this literally as a reference to a previous marriage, abruptly leaves and never returns—the satire being on masculine insecurity and misunderstanding. 2. A child at a concert is frightened by an "encore," thinking something went wrong. His mother jokes the singer is "done," and the next morning he claps at breakfast, hoping the meal is finished—simple wordplay humor. The ads promote period remedies (Pond's Extract, Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery" for consumption/tuberculosis), medical devices (trusses for rupture), and bicycles. These reflect turn-of-century American consumer culture and the prevalence of dubious medical claims.
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