Judge, 1887-11-12 · page 14 of 16
Judge — November 12, 1887 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and business listings**, not satirical editorial content. It features: **Hotel Advertisements**: Listings for prominent hotels across major American cities (New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, etc.), a common Judge feature targeting wealthy travelers. **Patent Medicine Ads**: The most visually prominent content shows **Pear's Soap** advertisements and multiple testimonials for **Piso's Cure for Consumption** (a patent medicine marketed for coughs and tuberculosis). These ads feature woodcut illustrations of satisfied users and emotional testimonials claiming miraculous cures—typical of the era's largely unregulated patent medicine industry. **Business Directory**: Listings for opticians, piano makers, printing establishments, and luggage manufacturers. **The Satire (if any)**: The page itself isn't satirizing these products. Rather, Judge's publication of such ads reflects the magazine's era, when patent medicines made outrageous health claims without FDA oversight. Modern readers might find the ads themselves satirical-seeming—the testimonials are suspiciously glowing and the cures implausibly broad. This page demonstrates Judge's dual nature: satirical journalism mixed with commercial advertising revenue.
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14 JUDGE LEADING HOTELS. LEADING HOTELS. “NEW YORK CITY. PHILADELPH BREVOORT HOUSE, FIFTH AVENE (near Washit NEW YOR O. B. Linsey - on square) Propri GEDNEY BROADWAY EUROPEAN P Rooms $1 per day ail upwants, HOUSE, GLENHAM HOTEL, and 2a streets) B. Baky, Proprietor. GRAND UNION HOTEL. imasv CeNTRAL Deport, 2p St nd upwards Baggage to andl ral Depot, free. ean Plan. STURCEVANT HOUSE, BROADWAY AND TWENTY-NINTH St. New Youk. Matitews & PlERSON, Proprietors. UNION SQUARE HOTEL & HOTEL DAM. | UNION SQUARE and LTH ST. Europe Dam & Dr Re | To te nad throagh any: Dre RS HOTEL. Ouly THE POW y fire: prod R, Proprie UTICA, N.Y. B. AGGS HOTEL nd 40TH STREET, N.Y. -| Pirstetasa tn Every Ke ‘One Block trot Praaayivania & RR SU kate, BALTIMORE, ™ HOTEL RE: LinkeTy axD Sakatooa STA, BaLrowons: +. European Pts ROBERT RENNERT, Proprietor PROVIDE: CE, R.A NARRAGANSETT HOTEL, American Plan. L. H. Humvnreys, Prop. CHICAGO, LELAND HOTEL. Best locality in the city. Michie Avenue and Jackson Street View overlooking the lake is un- surpassed. THE FLORIDA, St Augustine, Fla. Open Dec. to April Cuantes P, Brox. Proprietor BUSINESS INDEX. Jepor endores the following hones ax worthy of the patronage of parties visiting the city oF wishing to trausiet business by mail. Belcher Mosaic Gases Co., 15 Pith Avenue, Manuf. mot HY BELCHER METALLO MOSAICS ator of Architect Bulbs, Seeds and PI Mohawk Valley Sees.) LLIS CO., 64 Cortlandt Street, New York, r ) | i hence t produces healthful skin, 4g GUXURY | BOR PEARS’ TRANSPARENT SHAVING STICK. lOO years established es the cleanest and best preparation fer SHAVING. it makes a profuse, Creamy,end Fragrant Lather, which leaves the Skin smcoth,clean,cool comfortable. u soap & case Y/. — | own to be the most durable Id for all toilet ses. It xion and soft, white, beauti- 's Soap is also universally best and cheapest in th ful hands. naval one fought out by DECISIONS HANUED UP. PISO"S CURE FOR Pars Myre aces rag ugh 8yr% in time. "Sol CONSUMPTION yo next war with domust be a J must be such go by wind ‘only al feeling and une The I believe Piso's Cure for Consumption saved my life LL, Editor nguliver, O Eaten ton. N.C., April 23, 1887. jand pull the Oil City Derricl TR. PROCTOR. The old printer who. ST. JAMES HOTEL, Unica, New York. R. M. SMITH, Proprietor. Pou NELSON HOU: 26 to BH Mark ELSON HOU Street. opposite Market $ H. N. Baty, Proprietor. SYRACUSE, N.Y. VANDERBILT HOUSE, ‘The Leading Hotel in the City. P. B. Braytos, Proprietor. WORCESTER, Mass, BAY STATE HOUSE, wn Plan, ARD, Proprietor. SIE, N.Y. OPTICIANS, GALL & LEMBKE, 21 Unton Square PIANOS, SOHMER & CO.. 69 Past Fourteenth Street Printing Establishn DAVID H. GILDERSLEEV 15-51 Rome Street, New: Yo (Printer of Jeary ‘Trunks, ‘Tray CROUCH & FITZGERALD, od Articles for Travelers Use. cor, Brradway St for rs. gion. Mr. must have The pest Cough Medi- cine. is Piso’s CURE FOR Coxsumprios. Children take it without objection, By all druggists. 25. urristown Herali PISO’S CURE FOR Jil vou say that I was the r “But Tne ko and you know er That Indianapolis, Cincinnati, in " a Voth Send for andt i 1 ii ritten Cormick, comicbooks.com