Judge, 1888 · page 82 of 87
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It's page 76 from *Judge* magazine and contains multiple commercial advertisements from Worcester, Massachusetts manufacturers. The left side features an illustration of a corset department store counter with the caption "Every Lady who desires a Perfect Form SHOULD WEAR a [N&G] 'Lock Clasp' Corset." The image depicts women shopping, illustrating the product's market appeal. The advertisements promote: - Corsets with safety clasps - Razors and razor strops - Boots and shoes - Steel wire clothing The "Lock Clasp" corset ad's humor is mild—the joke being that the corset won't accidentally unhook (a practical concern for the era). There's no sharp political satire here; rather, this represents typical late 19th/early 20th-century advertising that positioned products as solutions to everyday problems, particularly marketed toward women's appearance and propriety. The page demonstrates how *Judge* monetized its pages through local industrial advertisements.
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CHESTNUTS FROM JUDGE. gat Lady aN destres a Perfect Form “Lock Glasp” Corset, ‘Which will not Unheok while being worn. The best improvement ever put upon a Corset. Do Mot Fall to TRY ONE. Manufactured in high and medium grades. For sale everywhere. Call for them. WORCESTER CORSET CO., Worcester, Mass. 88 FRANKLIN STREET, NEW YORK. 218 & 280 MARKET STREET, CHICAGO, ILL, J.R. TORREY RAZOR COMPANY, (INCORPORATED) WORCESTER, MASS. MARE THE Best Curtine Rao 1 IN 1 Ti Wort. Branch Salesrooms : Represents Our No. 88 Pull Hollow Grownd Resor, 288 Yat wotlow Ground ‘Hai Masor, Diack Rubber re Rasor—exire fue polish Bleck Rubder Habde 398 The No. 108 azo tho most ol on the market. OUR REVERSIBLE GUARD-RAZOR Ensures absolute safety in shaving. Simple in Oonstruction. Any one can use it. With Black Handle. Priceeach + . _$2.80|With Ivory Handle. Pricoeach . THE MOST EXTENSIVE MAKERS OF RAZOR STROPS IN THE WORLD, J. R. TORREY & C0,, WORCESTER, MASS. OUB PATENT CUSHIONED STROP COMBINED WITH GENUINE ITALIAN ROCK HONES. ‘Ho. 130—A Very Practical Btrop, with Italian Hone, Price cach, a Pe-cttmllar to above, with ordinary Hone, $3.50 ‘Bazors, Strops, Dressing Cases, etc. is canna Gunnin & Heywood Boot & Shoe Co. WORSESTER, MASS. Sole-Leather Counters, Sole- Leather Innersoles. STEEL SHANKS. If your dealer does not keep HEYWOOD Boots and Shoes, send us your address, and we will tell you where to get them. ESTABLISHED 1786. T. K. EARLE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, CARD CLOTHING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, Patent Tempered Steel Wire Clothing, FACTORY AND OFFICE: WORCESTER, MASS., U.S.A comicbooks.com