Judge, 1887-12-31 · page 14 of 18
Judge — December 31, 1887 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not a political cartoon or editorial content. Judge magazine here functions as a vehicle for patent medicines, consumer goods, and services typical of the 1880s marketplace. The advertisements reveal period attitudes worth noting: Allcock's Porous Plasters promise cure-all benefits (rheumatism, malaria, dyspepsia); S.S. Sleeper cigars market themselves heavily; and Pears' Soap's headline—"Fair white hands, Bright clear complexion"—reflects Victorian beauty standards tied to class and racial anxieties about skin tone. The page includes notice for Frank Leslie's *Popular Monthly* magazine (1888), describing it as "Monarch of the Monthlies" with serialized fiction. Most striking historically is how casually these advertisements assume readers' acceptance of dubious medical claims—there were no FDA regulations yet regulating such therapeutic assertions.
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JUDGE RO HUSTERS S mY) ALWAYS HELP MY LAME BACK.” - ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASTERS never fail to give speedy proof of their efficacy as the best external remedy for Weak Back, Rheumatism, Ro Sciatica, Colds, Soughs hroat, Pulmonary _and Ki ney culties: Malaria, “Dyspepsia, ‘Heart, Spleen, Liver and stomacl Affections, Strains, and all Local pains. They [have been in use for over twenty-five years, and their value has been attested by the highest medical authorities, as well as by voluntary and unimpeachable testinyonials from thousands who have used them. Ask for ALLCOCK'S, and let no ex- | planation or solicitation induce you to | accept a substitute. THE REASON WHY S. S. Sleeper & Co.’s N. &S. CIGAR jLurba: Sore tra wrapper b srithout @ particle of fi Flavoring. Sample bo: dy mail'$1 0), by sending to S.S. SLEEPER & CO., Boston. Franklin Macveagh & Wo. Chicago. KINNEY BROS’ CIGARETTES. » LATEST HH," y 7 COUNTRY.” Extra Fine, THE MOST POPULAR CIGARETTE IN THE WORLD. Ww CAPORAL. KINNEY TOBACCO CO., SUC Souk MANUFACTURERS, aati me CAl "and PRESS, $3; Circular size press, $8 Newspaper size, $4. KELSEY & CO, Meriden, Co, OC. Shayne, Manufacturing Furrier, 103 Prince St., N.Y. Will retail fashionable Furs and Seal-skin Garments this season. This will afford a splendid op-| portunity for ladies to purchase reliable Furs direct from the manufacturer at lowest possible prices. Fashion book mailed Dont be a Cla Diffi- | «Robert Soeider. Pears SEAL SKIN GARMENTS. | Business Principles HENRY SIEDE, THE rOURTEENTH STREET FURRIER, let ent Workmanship, Perfect , Moderate Prices, 14 WEST 14TH STREET, Between Sth and Oth Avex., N.Y. Established over 36 vears George Clifton Dobson's BANJOS. Send for pric Strings, &c. 1451 Broadway, Street. GE TAFE ToLu o LGAN OTHER eat Makes Sound, White Teeth, Breet Mouth.” Persecty det Box by mall, AT MATCHLESS A prominent physic hiscovered that Ci RLL, JE: ured from the oving that perhaps created by Dyspepsia or Ind ses of catarrh are gestion. FACIAL BLEMISHES, H ‘siz Parton ‘A Beautiful Plush Casket — 4 THE ENGINEERING AND BUILDING RECORD. (Established 187). For Engineers, Architects, Contractors, Municipal oMficers, Published in Saturdays. $4 yearly $I 0 FOR AN ENGRA rt: al PLATE. eV axd SO CARDS. PER MAIL Engraver, 96-98 Fuiton Street New York. For ty 5 years has. be een a standard remedy with » regain their 2 refreshes w For wile by druggists, or mail, $1. | In the Nov Soap Fair white hands. Brightclear complexion Soft healthfal skin. 08. FOR THE YEAR 188s, FRANK LESLIE’S POPULAR MONTHLY, WHICH HAS BEEN APTLY STYLED ‘The Monarch of the Monthlies WILL BE BETTER THAN EYER. RTICLES upon. topics o! interest; sketches of strong and brilliant ste a high order; all profuse and by writers of recognized mn will All its pages. To the old and ¢ corps of contributors will be added writers of prom: ise, and no efforts will be spared to keep the magazine in the foremost rank. illustrated, nber number was begun an earnest and powerful tale, PRINCE LUCIFER, By ETTA W. PIERCE, which has already attracted widespread at- tention and charmed multitudes of readers. Subscriptions may begin, if desired, with the November number. EACH ISSUE CONTAINS A Full-Page Picture in Colors, ries of twelve forming for the year a tiful collection of gems of moderti art The POPULAR MONTHLY contains 128 jarze ges nearly twice the matter of = is pot only t pest of any of the an public y far the for the peop! _|\$3.00 Per Year. 25e. a Copy. SPECIMEN COPIFS, lic. Mrs, FRANK LESLIE, phate or soda water absurdit; distone and other great brain workers. F. CROSBY CO., 56 West 25th Street, N. Y- 53, 65 and 57 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK. CROSBY'S VITALIZED PHOSPHITES. Physicians treating menta y and wonderfully in the mental growth of char ngth by ened vital powers: in old or you It is used by the Emperos | comicbooks.com