Judge, 1887-02-12 · page 13 of 16
Judge — February 12, 1887 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, with minimal editorial content. The page is dominated by late 19th-century product advertisements. The notable elements include: **"Curious Advertisement of 100 Years Ago"** — A Pears' Soap ad from 1789, presented as a historical curiosity. The Victorian-era soap company markets their product with period language ("Pears — Soapmaker to ye King"), advertising it as a complexion soap sold worldwide. **Other prominent ads** include patent medicines (Dr. Carter Moffat's Ammoniophone for catarrh, asthma, consumption), Webster's Dictionary, Sohmer pianos, and Crosby's Vitalized Phosphites for mental disorders—typical of the era's largely unregulated and often dubious medical claims. **Small editorial jokes** scattered throughout mock contemporary topics like tenpin bowling and The Judge comic paper's artistic superiority. The page reflects Judge's business model: satirical content paired with paid advertisements from manufacturers and patent medicine companies.
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. Siape: 13 THE CELEBRATED : ARE AT eRESENT THE MOST POPULAR | AND PREFERRED by LEADING ARTISTS WAREROOMS ; 149 151,153 155 EAST 14TH STREET, N. Y. SOHIMER 3 Co., LPHIA, PA., 1119 Chestnut St. .» 209 Wabash Avenue. CME MANcIscOy CAL, O22 Market St, EBSTER’S Unabridged Dictionary. Snares, 118,000 Wor ED) Gazetteer of the World of 25,000 Titles, and a Biographical Dictionary of nearly 10,000 Ne Persons, Allin one Book. she » Words In {te vocabulary than are found van Dictionary. and nearly 3 times the RRIAM & CO, Pubs'rs, Springfield, Mass. pels ic Bi [tis an agreeable and doubtless highly us remedy.” (Tue Law Vinous-Elixir is the most and valuable of the preparations of quinine, srengthening and antifebrile restorative. mployed in cases of weakness and 'y, loss of appetite, changer of ness, exhaustion, ete. Also prepared with Iron mia, Dyspepsia, purifying the Blood, for Scrofulous Affections, etc. PARIS, 12, RUE OROVOT, 7% PARE E, FOUGERA & CO., SOLF AGENTS FOR U. S. B® CURIOUS ADVERTISEMENT OF 100 YEARS AGO! com- «yeu dra mig plexions good hands,” says the : | as ynto new milk and In the game of ten pins, “when a, player mows down all the balls inthe alley it is considered alley- | mowed.— Yonkers Ga- | zette, The Jupor, of New York, should have the prize for the best holi- “yy, motto, ug not not jugge not Jag ‘Springflela, Ohio, ying for chips. what's the use of playing for chips in these days of anthra- cite coal Chips never were of much use, anyhow, even when one had to depend on: cordwood.— Rochester! Herald, | | | The Jupar, the New York ‘comic paper, surpassed itself Christ mas week, That num- ber was a marvel of printer's art, and was never approached in this country before. The new style of illus- trated cartoons have | left in the shade art- ists like Nast, who jhave seen their best \days, Jupor has only one competitor, but from appearances the Hatter will very soon be distanced in the race for popular favor. If one enjoys a hearty |Iiugh, they should read "JupGz weekly. |A whole volume is jcontained in one of tl nimitable car- toons. — Sandy Hull ye Tipe cherries Comely dames. brave squires, preity little misses . & smart little masters, i use PEARS: SOAP Pears — Soapmaker to ye King Pears'Soap can be bought at all ye shopps PEARS? SOAP the Great English Complexion Soap 1s sold throughout the United States and in all other parts of the World, and Its praises are heard and echoed everywhere, | = = | {” price WILL LAST A LIFE TIME. SEND FOR bassuor 2am) DR. CARTER MOFFAT'S [siiidie EARL & WILSO LINEN 7COLLARS & CUFFS BEST IN THE WORLD CONSTIPATION. fend for Physicians’ textimonals to EMERSON MAN'F CO.. 43 Park Place, New York. “HISTORY OF THE AMMONIAPHONE,” on receipt of post card, pom showing how thousands have been immediately relieved ‘CATARRH, | HAY FEVER The Nose, Throat, YASTHMA, CONSUMPTION Chest, and BRONCHITIS, and affections of Bronchial Tubes, By sao Arte tan i reac Ds Canna Morar mene, Ove etter ibe Compan: where the exiraordi ‘apbene te day demnarrted y he Companys Medial “Raviner, Teaver any inqlrien: ether personal or by Teter wiht cba AMERICAN AMMONIAPHONE CO,, Ln, 30 VAru Sr, New York, ‘who will THE CHEAPEST ANO BEST Puoro neravine @: T Park P 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 Lal boratory Phosphate or soda water absurdity. It is used by the Emperor Dom Pedro, Bismarck, Gladstone and other great ean workers. For wale by druggists, or mail, $1. OSBY CO., 56 West 25th Street, N.Y