Judge, 1887-12-17 · page 12 of 16
Judge — December 17, 1887 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** rather than political satire or editorial cartoons. It features Victorian-era product marketing, including: **Main advertisements:** - **Pears' Soap** (center): Prominently advertises its complexion benefits, endorsement by celebrities Mrs. Langtry and Madame Patti, and 15 international medals - **Allcock's Porous Plasters**: Medical products with 30-year history - **S.S. Sleeper & Co. cigars** and **Kinney Bros' cigarettes** - **Crosby's Vitalized Phosphites**: A patent medicine for mental/nervous disorders **Notable detail:** The bottom states readers possess accident life insurance valued at $500 simply by owning Judge—a promotional gimmick covering specific railroad companies. The page reflects late-19th-century advertising conventions: celebrity endorsements, pseudo-scientific health claims, and sensational marketing language typical of the period before modern consumer protections.
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APS soap ‘ Iv sPEQ iMPROVING “THE COMPLEXION AND PREVENTING REDNESS ROUGHNESS, AND CHAPPING RECOMMENDEO BY MRS.[ANGTRY. MADAME PATTI ge TIONAL MEDAL. ANO OBTAINED 15 INTERN ALLCOCK’S POROUS PLASTERS ‘ 1gx0N OOAp have been in use for over thirty years. . Gome Z : They have never failed to do all that is claimed for them, and can always be dependedupon. Beware of imitations and do not be deceived by misrepre- sentation. Ask for ALLCOCK'’S, and let no ex- planation or solicitation induce you to accepta substitute. THE REASON WHY S. S. Sleeper & Co.’s 2 S.S. SLEEPER & CO., Boston. Franklin Macveagh & Lo., Chicago. | KINNEY BROS’ CIGARETTES. “LATEST E LISH,” WHITE CAPS” and ROSS COUNTRY, Extra Fine, THE MOST POPULAR CIGARETTE IN THE WORLD. BUB SWEET CAPORAL. FROM THE CELEBRATED PICTURE BY KINNEY TOBACCO CO, SUCCESSORS, SIR JOHN MILLAIS BART. R.A. sous Harcracrourns SEW YORK Lin rae PESTON Se eMicTORS oF WATCHES: PEARS SOAP PURCHASED BY THEM FOR $1100) VERVE. eats Bastiat Ap i sFlifi,. Germany: line AL 4 OXTE NERVE FOOD CO. Augusta, Me, just disc atairh ie becunal —} by CARL Crystal Pepsin ‘Tablets, the famous Dyspepsia remedy. ‘the «i= Cc. C. Shayne, | George Clifton Dobson's Cee a Cees eee te eee eter W Utar a | BANJOS, Send for price-list of Banjos, Music, also Cured from the latter pplaints, therely Manufacturing Furrier, | Snea 1451 Broadway, entrance on 41st proving that perhaps most ases of catarrh ate created by Dyspepsia or Indig 103 Prince 8t., N.Y. Will retail fashions THe COOD NEW st cape Wal aad eoan Seal-skin Garments this se SO PADIES 8 rahi Marte, oe thar This will afford a splendid op- T: ee of eae Wp mpumient tena ie Hi, Woodbery, . tered. Now's your time to get e no Biathitied 32 portunity for ladies to purchase Ep otders for cur eerebratsd __ BF Nort 4 PTT eaatited able Furs direct from the A. Teaw and Comees, ded sccare RINT SESS, $2: Crouse sim pres f 2 i et, Dinner set, f Newspaper size, $4" Types prices. Fashion book mailed sew Bioneers DO UWT ceahips tor eatakarue presen, Ki | CARDS . E. MERICAN TEA. cards, &¢., to the facpry. ter pe a ee cae ero. CROSBY'S VITALIZED PHOSPHITES. For 15 years has been a standard remedy with Physicians treating mental or nervous disorder Nota secret. It aids in the bodily and wonderfully in the mental growth of children, Young tm on e a a with impaired mental faculties in the ngth by its use. It restores the energy lost | nervousness, debility, over-exert eshes ened vital powers in old or young. AV Phosphite, not a Laboratory Phosphate or soda water absurdity. It is used by Emperoa Doi | Pedro, Bismare adstone and other great brain worker - For wale by drugg: , $1. F. CROSBY CO., 56 West 25th Street, N. Y- YOU ARE [2k 8%, Re posssion of « cope of this ieue of Jenar is equivalent toa free railway accident Life policy for five hundred dollars for é 4 date of this issue, on the fol pads : Pennsylvania Railroad, New York Central & Hudson River. West Shore, Lake Shore and Mic re € Hudson Canal Co., Chicago & Alton, N. Y.. N. W. & H.R. R. Co.. Boston & Albany R. R . Lo ae z incase of injury by accident on any of these rafiroads. the Jepor Penutemixe C>. will pay you. 1 INSURED at ye ‘appears upon its books as an annual subseriber to Jcoat. Write Sour uatne on tis line-—poliey” Invalid. with: comicbooks.com