Judge, 1888-06-09 · page 14 of 16
Judge — June 9, 1888 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire. It's from Judge's back pages featuring commercial advertisements typical of late 19th-century magazines. The central image—a man in formal dress holding a "Potter Brace" banner—is a product advertisement emphasizing the brace's "simplicity, strength and comfort, without rubber." This was marketed to gentlemen's furnishers as a practical undergarment support. Surrounding ads promote patent products (a sewing machine fan, window locks), food/beverage items (Liebig's meat extract, Epps's cocoa, Tansill's punch cigars), and patent medicines (Crystal Pepsin tablets for "dyspepsia and catarrh"). The Cincinnati Centennial Exposition notice advertises an upcoming fair celebrating Northwestern Territory settlement. **No political cartoon or satire is present.** This appears to be a standard advertising page—common filler in Judge between editorial content. The ads reflect period consumer goods and health products typical of 1880s-90s American commerce.
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ELLIOTT Patent Rotary Sewing Machine Fan. No more solled work from sweaty Angers. ‘aay Wem JOY Jo asnMoeq BUNT) 180] ON No stopping to cool off. Operators may keep perfectly cool the warmest day. Z 1 ‘off the machine, HL vty ite pver one ¢ state if balance wheel runs towards 4, 50 cents. ed States and Canada, & 20 Chambers St., N.Y. The finest Meat- “Flavoring Stock. USE IT FOR SOUPS. Beef Tea, Sauces and Made Dishes SIMPLICITY, STRENGTH and COMFORT, EXTRACT OF MEAT. WITHOUT RUBBER. W. B.—Genuine only with fac-simile of Baron Uiebig's: slgnature in BLUE INK across label. NAAONH USANTMSAS SNANATINGS LOLLUAd LSOW FHL . JULY 4th to Linntora exTHACE OF MEAT CO,, L'td, a. . OCT. 27th. THE S. & M. SHUTTER BOW AND LOCK. : Price 15 Cents each, Postpald. z h a — Patent Pending A simple, cheap and practical invention for bowing and fastening Attached to | = SEMEL ma ILE Neve ean mae GRAND JUBILEE celebrating the Settlement of the Northwestern Territory. UNSURPASSED DISPLAY. a piece of string when Kene WVELENTERTANNE ACH AGENTS Wayten; special ratesand teritory EXCURSION RATES FROM ALL POINTS. given by MERRILL & IBHLE, | ADE Te BOILING WaTeR “STAR” GOLD FOUNTAIN PEN . GRATEFUL—COMFORTING. wits ny serie waked os Haider: ited ome) COA * GOOD FOR WEAK LUNGS. MADE WITH BOILING MILK. ™~ Mente Cristo Whisky. The best pred and $1 pe Sent in eas THE ONLY CIGAR WITH A NATIONAL pe REPUTATION. 38 and 545 CARL L. JENSEN'S y CRYSTAL PEPSIN TABLETS 7 H , byover sons merchants. the cream of America For De Se erensee tee Sled tor iatese otter © Cealer only) wanted in every town Dyspepsia and Catarrh. 00S Market Oe, Beseme Oe R. W. TANSILL & CO., 55 Stare St., Cnicace ‘ALL DRUGGISTS TANSIEANCH 5 ¢ Hote to ‘purchase dtvee |} End & comicbooks.com