Judge, 1888 · page 63 of 87
Judge — 1888 — page 63: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **advertisements page** from Judge magazine, not satirical content. "Chestnuts" was a regular feature showcasing ads. **Key advertisements:** 1. **Wines/Spirits** (top): Perrier-Jouët Champagne and other liquors—standard luxury goods advertising. 2. **Adams' Chewing Gum** (center): Uses a fake endorsement from "Prof. Doremus" claiming the gum aids digestion and helps dyspepsia. This reflects 19th-century patent medicine-style marketing—exaggerated health claims that would be illegal today. 3. **Colton Dental Association**: Advertises "painless extraction" using nitrous oxide gas ("laughing gas"), claiming 152,000 successful procedures. Represents early anesthesia adoption. 4. **R.M. Lambie** (right): Manufactures book-holders and dictionary stands—practical Victorian office equipment. The page reflects Gilded Age consumer culture: unregulated health claims, new technologies (gas anesthesia), and specialized furniture for the reading-obsessed middle class.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
CHESTNUTS FROM JUDGE. [THEWINE oF - Atso J. SAVILLAC Cognacs, KINAHAN’'S L.L, “The Cream of Irish Whiskies, BOORD'S Cordial Old Tom Gin, ete PARAGON Rye Whiskies. on BRUT. SPECIALTY OF JFINE TABLE CLARETS AND SHERRIES WHAT PROF.DOREMUS SAYS OF Ke eee, ADAMS’ ox een | SAPPOTA: TOLUS TUTTE FRUTTI-CHEWING-CUM: IT IS DELICIOUS TO CHEW AND AIDS DIGESTION.IS VERY POPU- |LAR WITH THE LADIES. GENTLEMEN USE IT AS A PERFECT SUBSTI- TUTE FOR TOBACCO. [WHAT PROF. DOREMUS SAYS. “I HAVE CRITICALLY EXAMINED THE CHEWING GUM MADE BY YOU AND FIND IT PURE. | KNOW OF MANY CASES WHERE THE CHEWING OF YOUR GUMA SHORT. | TIME BEFORE &AFTER EACH MEAL HAS GIVEN RELIEF TO CERTAIN FORMS OF DYSPEPSIA| Fs 4 NE WINES, Branoies RC. COLTON DENTAL ASSOCIARION) Mt. CAMBIE, MANUFACTURER OF ight ft Ut of Mei a Al Binds of Book-Holders & THE MOST PERFECT DICTIONARY HOLDER. ESTABLISHED JULY [5th, 1863. >For Sale by Stationers and Booksellers< PAINLESS EXTRACTION OF TEETH. J@-Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price-List.tx 186 EAST 183th STREET, We have given the Gas to over 152,000 patients without a single failure or accident. See their names on our Scroll, No. 19 COOPER INSTITUTE, OFFIOE HOURS, 0:00 A. M. to 6:30 P. M. EXTRACTING A SPECIALTY. comicbooks.com