Judge, 1886-03-20 · page 18 of 20
Judge — March 20, 1886 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not satirical content**. It's a full-page testimonial ad from A.W. Ehle of Canajoharie, New York, promoting his monument and chapel business. The ad's opening claim—"30 PER CENT. SAVED"—is Ehle's sales pitch: he undercuts competitors by not maintaining large inventory, thus avoiding interest charges that get passed to customers. He works on a "ten per cent basis" instead. The bulk of the ad catalogs his services: he's building granite chapels ($3,000-$25,000 range), has 5,000 designs for chapels, vaults, and tombstones, controls New York output for Hurricane Granite Works (Maine) and Esperanza Marble Works (Vermont), and offers to send photographs nationwide. The layout—with "ELEGANT GRANITE CHAPELS" and "VAULTS, TOMBSTONES, ETC." flanking the text—suggests this is a *Judge* magazine advertisement rather than satirical editorial content, likely from the late 19th century based on the typography and business model described.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
18 JUDGE. =30 PER CENT. SAVED.= To the Public— THE REASON I CAN SAVE YOU THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY IS THAT I DO NOT CARRY ONE OR TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN STOCK, THUS PILING UP MY INTEREST AND ADDING IT TO MY SALES. I DO NOT SELL GOODS FOR COST, BUT AM | WILLING TO WORK UPON A | TEN PER CENT. BASIS. HeqPrea I AM NOW BUILDING SEVERAL | GRANITE CHAPELS, | RANGING FROM THREE TO TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND m2 DOLLARS IN VALUE. T HAVE ON HAND NEARLY FIYE THOUSAND DIFFERENT DESIGNS FOR CHAPELS, VAULTS, TOMBSTONES, Ete. AND WOULD BE PLEASED TO SEND PHOTOGRAPHS TO ANY PERSONS IN THE UNITED STATES. | 1 CONTROL THE OUT-PUT FOR NEW YORK STATE OF THE FAMOUS HURRICANE GRANITE WORKS OF ROCKLAND, MAINE, — AND THE— | ESPERANZA MARBLE WORKS OF RUTLAND, VERMONT. | HAZOoOHRnMWDEBOR gf I REFER BY PERMISSION TO THE PUBLISHERS OF THIS PAPER YOURS TRULY, A.W. EHLE, C. CANAJOHARIE Pe vr Ro PAH Zeta AArMsrs H NEW YORK. comicbooks.com