Judge, 1886-11-20 · page 12 of 16
Judge — November 20, 1886 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and editorial content** from an 1887 Judge magazine, not a political cartoon. The visible cartoon, titled **"No More Baggy Knees,"** depicts a clothes-pressing innovation—a "Trousers Stretcher"—promising to eliminate wrinkles without the "trouble and expense of pressing." This reflects late-Victorian concerns about maintaining respectable appearance and masculine dignity through improved consumer technology. The page also includes satirical prose about a corpse that mysteriously "revives and refuses to serve," apparently referencing voting registry fraud—a common 1880s political scandal where bodies or ineligible voters appeared on rolls. The dialogue suggests someone prevented registration through conspiracy, a jab at contemporary election corruption. Most content comprises advertisements for patent medicines (notably "Dygestylin"), books, and the Tribune newspaper's subscription pitch, which emphasizes its Republican editorial stance and advocacy for tariff protection and Prohibition—major 1887 political debates. The overall effect captures the commercialism and partisan messaging characteristic of Gilded Age print media.
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TRIC~ WINDS ELE fy THE LATEST ADVERTISING OVELTY. For, attracting at tention to etore win- dows, Figures are hand MY painted any design ured 14 Inelaos Eignand Knock on tne inde with the hand. Batteries will run 6 months with- out any attention. Will be eblpped, caretaly sets receipt of Dralt or BO Onder, of sent No MORE BAGGY KNEES. BEFORE, a Eu TROUSERS STRETCHER, ‘ Wes trosble and expense of pressing Sicentsextra.) Forwarded on receipt express, E. O. THOMPSON, 245 BROADWA THE TRIBUNE FOR 1887. A mt an THU ALLICAN PAPER. 88.50 per year. ‘The Reason Why th: devoted to thelr paper Is, that the pape Paper in America| editorials, intenance of a Pro- torte and successful influence tn America It. It te this Tariff which has great variety of agree NE A voteot its subverthers was taken last winter; aad the paper advocates the submission t the people of a Prohibition Amendment tothe € natitution. [advocates the antl sa irt the views and dolugs of the lead cause tn Parl A SPLENDID PREMIUM BOOK. of Open Air Sport trated, just prepared by TH pages, 199 IMlus. TRIBUN' he young men and en of the United States, is a beautiful. complete 1 for circular describing In full this and other TRIRUNE premiums, THE TRIBUN Cm nto Shap oter Ony adulterated article Cran, 8 Hoare" La Bate Being made from cholcest stock, Gureenine, is apectally adapted for Tol roe pereentage of rand Infanth. “ey |having seen to it that our names didn’t get on the books of registry. There must have been a conspiracy. The funeral’s unavoidably postponed. The corpse has revived and re- fuses to serve.” He passed timidly out, through a very little opening between the door and jamb, and the tracks he left showed nothing more threatening than dilapidated boot. and logically indicated no tail whatever. THE SIDE TABLE. One of the prettiest of Christmas books is “ Genevra, or the Old Oak Chest,” told in prose by Susan E, Wallace and illustrated by General Le Wallace. Added to the prose story is Samue Rogers's famous poem devoted to the same sad but pretty story, which all the world knows by heart, and which draws tears from every new generation as regularly as the generations come. Press of Worthington & C 7 Broadway. Worthington & Co, send out their annual for 1887, It is made up of interesting stories, biog- raphies and papers on natural history, all for the| young—though older people will be greatly inter- ested in it—and is illustrated with upwards of 300 ‘engravings by leading artists. The book is print- ed in alternate tints and by an entirely new process. It is certainly a very charming volume and every child who fails to get a copy of it has aright to that he has been badly overlooked. little paper-covered book fror Ogilvie & Co. 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