Judge, 1886-03-27 · page 12 of 16
Judge — March 27, 1886 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of late 19th-century magazines. The main content consists of product advertisements for clothing, pharmaceuticals, and household items. The most prominent advertising feature is a **portable trouser stretcher** (a Victorian clothing device) awarded a silver medal at the 1884 International Exhibition—reflecting the era's obsession with maintaining proper garment shape. The page also includes **"Other Decisions,"** brief satirical anecdotes mocking human behavior: a clergyman who "groans so loud" about sins he's arrested, a man who can't be identified as an actor without visible fur, and a passenger whose hat blows out a train window because he doesn't read newspapers (implying newspaper readers are more careful/aware). **Ely's Cream Balm** dominates the lower half—a catarrh/hay fever remedy with testimonials. This reflects the period's heavy reliance on patent medicines, many of dubious efficacy. The satire is mild and domestic rather than political. The humor targets everyday foolishness and social pretension rather than specific figures or events.
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SS Sr ae at 12 JUDGE. LUNDBORG’S | PERFUMES, Landborg’s Pertame, Lily of the Valley. LUNDBORG’S RHENISH COLOGNE. A box containing Since te hideben Fo sae echt TIN rnG OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, 324, 326, 328 & 330 Peart Sr., N.Y. THE LATEST LONDON SUCCESS, JOHN TAMILTON & Co.'s NY PORTABL: ROUSERS STRETCHER, Awarded SILVER MEDAL, rnational Exhibition, 1884. BY the ase of thts Taventt reatored to their original Se Aesianasie ~ bagging wu tm TENSION is obtained by a SCREWED ROD (a3 shown adore), which can be regulated as desired. ‘The Rod ts jlsted, and the whele can be packed in a Case in. by in., and weighs under 3: OF ALL TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS “THROvOROUT Sole Patent and: Manafactures - OTHER DECISIONS. t tell an actor by the amount of fur on | —Oil City Blizzard, man, wh groaned 80 lo rrested and fined for disor- Chicago N "DEAF An low n converted at a revival mes his sins that I ponduct confesses that | une fortwenty- | 0 A disc ussion is ie oldest 1 ) his death anne He dies about oncea week. UNION SQUARE THEATR UNDER THE. MANAGEMENT OP J. ML HILL. a PEPLT xin. boy came through he yecents | on, THE GIRL WITH THE fe ntures of Jesse,” stuck his | 4 comic Opera bys Ai ticket in his hat-band, and before the conductor bs) came along his hat blew out of the window -_— _ — You can always tell a man who doesn't read the papers.— Burdette. It is said to be a sign of Anglo-maniacism to be seen without an overcoat in the streets in New CATARRH AND BRONCHITIS CURED. WRITE El EE SHORT War J 13th St, New York, will recetve the rectp VICTORIA HOTEL, | CANDY ® mis 5 Adutress, GUNTHER STH AVE, BROADW. AND ETH S TH AVE. BROAD! TH AND DTH STS TH Madison #t.. Chicago, One of tho largest The ed TAGGART BROS., MASUVACTORERS OF News & Paper Flour Sacks WATERTOWN, N. Y. HENRY LINDENMEYR, aper Ware House 15 & 17 BEEKMAN ST., N. Y. usta, Me. This remedy is not a liquid, snuff or powder, contains no injurious drugs and has no offensive odor ELY’S CATARRH CREAM BALM Twas cured before the second | bottle of Fly's Cream Balm was | Craam Balm a 4. Teens troubled sith JOHN HAMILTON & CO., * e¢HILIP LANE, LONDON WALL, LONDON, EC ENGLISH TROUSERS STRETCHER Price $1.75. Forw'd by Exp. to any part of U.S. Ik. O. THOMPSON, TAILOR and IMPORTER, 245 BROADWAY, New York. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. | WS WALNUT STREET, PHILADNLPHIA, FOR GENTLEMEN! EXTRA QUALITY. BURKE, ‘sx | irrh, gathers and this ts the first remedy that nt lasting retlef—D. T. Higginuom, WS Lake Street, Chi y in Breath discharges from my ¢ A Godsend ta Ely’ Cream 7 cold in the head atm. Thad catarch for three years, My nose would bleed. 1 thowght the sores would never heal. Cream Bale has cured me. | Sherwood, Banker, =Mra M.A. Jackson, Porte | S.J. mouth, N. i ee For 13 years I was annoyed wored the nena uf mucth PI Flisabeth, It ts wonderful how quick Fly's | sith catarrh, severe pain in my Cream Balm has helped and Truffered from acute min my roar and head. ‘aweek at atime 1 could not | paired. I hare overcome these Mra. Georgte SJudam, | troubles with Cream Dalm.—J. we mance: | MAY-FEVER particle of the Talm & applied into cach nostra. It a quickly abeorbed and allay infammation, Cause no pain,“ Rragreeable to uae Comrentent ana clean 5Oc. evy er SEND FOR CIRCULARS AND TESTIMONIALS OF CURES. 50 OTHERS, Druggists, Proprietors, Owego, New York comicbooks.com