Judge, 1887-05-21 · page 15 of 16
Judge — May 21, 1887 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **advertisements and editorial page**, not a satirical cartoon page. The substantive content relates to the magazine's competition with *The World*, Pulitzer's newspaper. In "The Judge's Ideas," editor W.J. Arkell announces that *Judge* now offers readers $500 life insurance or $10 weekly accident coverage—framed as beating Pulitzer's "word game." The accompanying editorial quotes (attributed to contemporary sources like Saratoga Journal) praise the magazine's "Democratic tower of strength" political cartoons as effective Republican campaign tools. Otherwise, the page consists of period advertising: men's clothing (E.A. Newell), hats (Knox), medical products (Emerson's Albumenoid Food for constipation), and dress forms. The testimonials for Hop Bitters describe digestive remedies—typical 19th-century patent medicine marketing. The page documents *Judge's* early corporate strategy: using insurance as a reader incentive while establishing itself as a Republican political voice.
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