Judge, 1886-12-25 · page 18 of 27
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This page is primarily **advertising and corporate promotion**, not satire. It features: **Main Content:** A full-page advertisement for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, headed by President Richard A. McCurdy. The ad showcases Policy No. 478, issued in 1844, demonstrating how dividends accumulated over 41 years made the policy "self-sustaining"—a key selling point. The policy's value tripled the original $5,000 amount. **Surrounding Advertisements:** The page includes typical period ads for health products (Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, Emerson's Albumenoid Food), W. Baker & Co. Breakfast Cocoa, and safety razors. **Minor Satirical Content:** Small sidebars reference Jake Sharp (a controversial figure requiring fair trial) and a Philadelphia saloonkeeper claiming his bar is "homelike." The page reflects **late 19th-century American advertising and insurance marketing**, emphasizing dividend returns and financial security—concerns central to the era's growing middle class.
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18 wiape: MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY NEW YORK. RICHARD A. McCURDY, President. Assets over $109,000,000. ISSUES EVERY DESIRABLE FORM OF POLICY. Paid to Members since Organization, over $230,000,000. As an indication of the results attained in THE MUTUAL LIFE INSUR- ANCE COMPANY, the following statement is presented : Poticy No. 478 was issued by The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York in 1844, on the ordinary life plan, The insured has paid his premiums in full, and the dividends have been credited to the policy in the form of additions according to the following : POLICY No. 478. Amount, $5,000. Annual Premium, $155.60. Tive YEAR PERIOD ENDING. Apormions. 1848 (4 years) $426.02 1853 493-09 1858 523.85 1863 1,533.98 1868 1,555.62, 1873 1,619.77 1878 1,540.67 1883 1,508.00 1885, (3 years) 870.00 Total Additions Face of Policy {$10,071.00 Present value of Policy as a claim Total Premiums Paid in,” you are blandly told in'turn, is now makin; which is * almost all at the wharf.” Tha Place for **soft so "Philadelphia Call. A Philadelphia saloon-keeper advertises that his place is homelike. We presume then he has ‘a cat well advanced in years who presists in rubbing against the leg of a fellow’s trousers and gi them the appearance of unscalped butter. - Yonkers Statesman. If Jake Sharp has to have a fair trial the jury ouldn't be allowed to see his portrait in’ the Thorvughly cleanse the blood. whicl tethe fountatn of by using Br. Prerce's Golden Medical Discove tn.’ fairxin, buoyant spirits, vital strengt and soanuess of copativation will Golden Medical Discovery cures all humors from the conog pimple, blotch or erupito rat "OF lout por peciatl raaet rev paces? Meera ‘kheam, or Tetter-Feveraores flip Jol Be Soren and Strela, Eniarged Glands, and Bating bid den very sre Conus peion (which Is Ser geet iby ta wonderful Hood fg, aoa nutritive, proper Bisod, Short ronchitia, Severe Cou and kindred afte tufections, te icisa sovereign remedy. "It prom) Cares the snverent Co Yor Torpid Liver, Hillousn * Liver, Complaint. pitaia and Indigestion, it's as ‘Ghequalled remedy rusts DR, PIERCE’S PELLETS—Antt-Billious and Cathy Ze. a vial, by druggists ALBUMENO|D) FOOD sty For all derangements of the stomach and bowels children or adults, is unrivalled, | It is soothing and Naling to the stomach, allays inflammation, cures constipation ai Permanently relieves dys Pt your druggist does not keep It, send 18 cents for a sain ple box. Samples free to phy EMERSON MAN'F'G CO., Park Place, New York Value as a claim in excess of Premiums Paid The value of this policy is now over three times the amount for which it was issued. For the last 20 years the annual cash dividend has averaged nearly 150 per cent. of the annual Premium, thus making the policy self-sustaining. The dividends of the MUTUAL LIFE are larger than those of any other company; consequently a given amount of insurance is carried at a less cost to the policy-holder, iven premium purchases more insurance, than in n any other company. oon aa FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Breakfast Cocoa. ‘Warranted absolutely pure Cocoa, from which the excess of Oil has been removed. It bas three times the strength of Cocoa mized with Btareh, Arrowroot or Sugar, and Is therefore far more econom!- Wi cal, costing leas than one cent a cup. It te deliciozs, nourtehing, strengthening, caally digested, and admirably adapted for tnvalide as well as for persona In health. Sold by Grocers everywhere. W. BAKER & C0., Dorchester, Mass, - . - ip aAVvIips CONSUMPTION, ay cedar. NDE TA bLbcua, tel Pane Be Yor | CROSBY'S VITALIZED PHOSPHITES. For 15 years has been a standara remedy with Physicians treating mental or nervous disorders. Not a secret. It aids in the bodily and wonderfully in the mental growth of children. Young men with impaired mental faculties can regain their strength by its use. It restores the energy lost by nervousness, debility, over-exertion ; refreshes weakened vital powers in old or young. A Vital Phosphite, not a Laboratory Phosphate or soda water absurdity. It is used by the Emperor Dom pring Gun and Pistol.” Shoots Darts, ‘Just the thing for Home Amusement for inture perwoos of both sexes. Teach the Young Idea how ‘to Shoot.” Pull Ni ated with, three darts, two arrow P. 0. Box 2002, 07 N & & G 0 oy TAILORS. sox, Beekman & William Sts., \Sipreas and Pe Oc addres NEW Torx. SHAVE YOURSELF. ’ NO DANGER. PERFECT. THE IDEAL SAFETY RAZOR! A great invention, which renders shaving an easy and convenient luxury, and obviates all danger of f yarranted to share clean. Delays tn barter shops pect the god & bndinylasabie to travelers fy land ier to miners and persons camping ‘out, to the indolent the luxurious, to the man’ who wants ® quick 1d to him’ whose skin is too tender to admit ‘application of the ordinary razor. wane never be without i it Per Day. sict'ws razor comes neaily packed i Sppartenanee ie sent to any address upon receipt of stamp. Pedro, Bismarck, Gladstone and other great brain workers. For wale by druggists, or mail, $1. F. CROSBY CO., 56 West 25th Street, N. Y. reel, Address INTER STATE MNFG. COL, Wabash ave. comer a street, Chicago, ill