Judge, 1888-12-01 · page 13 of 16
Judge — December 1, 1888 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with one small satirical cartoon about food fraud. The main cartoon, titled "Natural Gas for Judge," depicts a humorous anecdote: a Boston restaurant served bread made from "basswood, sawdust and cornstarch" as "Indian bread," and customers complained they remained hungry afterward. The joke satirizes **food adulteration**—a genuine concern in the late 19th century when unscrupulous vendors mixed cheap, inedible materials into food products. The cartoon mocks both the restaurant's deception and the inadequacy of the fake bread, suggesting the fraudulent ingredients couldn't even satisfy basic hunger. The remainder of the page contains typical period advertisements: Scott's Emulsion (a cod-liver oil tonic), clothing by mail order, candy, pens, cigars, and the "Young Folks' Holiday Book" (a Christmas publication). For modern readers, this reflects widespread anxiety about food safety and consumer fraud during industrialization—a context that led to regulations like the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906).
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