Judge, 1889-04-13 · page 13 of 16
Judge — April 13, 1889 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** for patent medicines and consumer products typical of late 19th-century America, interspersed with minor satirical content. The dominant advertisement features **Henry Ward Beecher's endorsement of Pears' Soap**—a real historical celebrity testimonial. Beecher, a famous Protestant minister, lent moral authority by equating cleanliness with godliness, a marketing strategy that seems quaint today. The small satirical sections include: - A brief dialogue about a wife's smoking jacket, suggesting domestic humor - A poem about "the slot" (coin-operated machines), mocking American materialism—"cash that will win" for "place, favor, success" The ads themselves reveal period concerns: tuberculosis remedies (Scott's Emulsion), catarrh cures, opium for insomnia, and "liver pills." These "patent medicines" were largely unregulated and often ineffective or harmful—satirizing medical fraud was Judge's implicit purpose by running them alongside editorial content. The page reflects Gilded Age America: commercialism, medical quackery, and celebrity endorsement culture.
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JUDGE 13 If You Have CONSUMPTION | COUGH OR COLD BRONCHITIS | THROAT AFFECTION SCROFULA ! WASTING OF FLESH Ur any Disease where the throat and Lungs are In ed, Lack of Strength or Nerve Power, you can be Melieved and Cured by SCOTT’S EMULSION iF PURE COD LIVER OIL With Hypophosphites. PALATABLE AS MILK. Ask for Scott's Emulsion, and let no explayation or solicitation induce you to accept a substitute. Sold by all Druggists. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, N. +¥. Lieeic COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF MEAT. Finest and Cheapest Meat Flavoring Stock for Soups, Made Dishes and Sauces." As Hef Tea, “an invaluable toni." An- nual sale 8,000,000 jars Genuine only with fac-simile of J algnatare in blue xeroas Sold by Storekeepers, Gi LIEBIG'S EXTRACT OF ersand Druggists. EAT CO., L'td, London, Ely’s Cream Balm WILL CURE CATAR RH BRB Lv PRES. se Weer aes. v Piso's Remedy for Catarrh ts the Best, Easlest to Use, and Cheapest. Sold by druggists or sent by mail, oll BRE ated Re GOOD FOR WEAK LUNGS. Monte Cristo Whisky. The best pradiced 75 conte and $1 per bottle. Sent in cases of six and twelve bottles. CHILDS & CO. Proprietors, $48 and 545 Tenth Avenue, and 108 W, (2d Street, New York, OPIUM: INSOMNIA—SLEEPLESSNESS. D*, B. F, ow ‘Balm js an infallible remedy vegetable, and aids in the cure of other dise was a great sufferer from this terrible malady. self and can cure others. Address for particulars, enclosing Samp, Dr. B. F. HOWARD, 37 Tremont St., Boston, Mass or he can be seen at office daily. cured Een eee MEK, teen, Hox ssa ‘ud Pears Soap HENRY WARD BEECHER WROTE : “lf CLEANLINESS is next to GODLINESS, soap must be considered as a means of GRACE, and a clergyman who be willing to recommend soap. recommends MORAL things should Tam told that my com- mendation ot PEARS’ Soap has opened for it a large sale in the UNITED STATES. by every word in must be fastidious PEARS’ attractive, but the purest and cleanest. “my Ui Misrd La I am willing to stand favor of it I ever uttered. A man indeed who is not satisfied with it.” is the best, the most elegant and the most economical of all soaps for general ‘Tour: Purposes. It is not only the most It is used and recommended by thousands of intelli- gent mothers throughout the civilized world, because while serving as a detergent and cleanser, its emollient properties prevent the chafing and discomforts to which infants are so liable. are worthless imitations. If you want the machine to deliver its goods, ell your weight, play a tune or what not, You must heed the request that it bears on its front, And your nickel drop into the slot. Wherever you go it is cash that will win— Place, favor, success may be bought, So to get a sure pull on the thing that you want Let your boodle drop into the slot. 0 York Herald, He that knows nothing doubts of nothing. Do not let your doubts cause you to waver, for you may be assuired that Warner's Log Cabin LIVER PILLS will cause the sluggish liver to resume its wonted functions and produce the results you desire. They are effective and harmless, being purely vegetable. Menitt—* Nice smoking j wife to make it for you Young husband—"* made it for me?" | potic that the butions are sewed down Kind of your hy, how do you know my wife the wrong s ‘The Judge publishing company begun the publication of a proposed series of 25-cent books, to be called ** Judge's novels.” ‘The first of the series, just issued, is entitled “* Jack of Hearts: a Story of Bohemia,” by 11. T. Johnson. It is a story of well- sustained interest, replete with stirring incidents and admirable character drawing. ‘The denouement involves three well-kept surprises and merry marriage bells.— New York, have It has been established in I.ondon 100 years as A COMPLEXION SOAP, has obtained 15 international Awards, and is now sold in every city in the world. had of nearly all Druggists in the United State: It can be but de sure that you get the genuine, as there Walter M. ici Chocolates J ote in sient Metal Boxes See peter by Bon-Bons Retail Branch, 45 West St., Boston Hagar Gp ihe, Express. taind or rainjemalier than an 1 and 2-pound paeieees| by al r Do DoYourOwn wn rng for sapall ney yoann is ‘Address shader REESEY 800. Meriden, Conn Boston (Mass,) Home Journal. OWNED KNOX’? S WORLD-! RLD-RENOM ABSOLUTELY aot to Broadway. corner Fulton st.: 194 5th ave. i¢ Hotel: 40 Fulton st., Brooklyn, and 191 ago. Agents for the wale of these high ound in every city in the United States "AFTER “THE SWALLOWS vegan SLEEPER’S N. & S. tocents everywhere. Trade Mark, Registered Dec. 2, 1887 S. S. SLEEPER & CO., - - Factory, Boston. West Shore Railroad KR. HR. CO. LENSER, VIA WEST SHORE OF WORLD-FAMED. HUDSON RIVER. POPULAR ROUTE |FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE TRAVEL. Magnificent Sleping Cars Without Change. New York and Boston to Buffalo, Toronto, Detrolt, Toledo, Chicago and St. Lout, | Shep Cars New York to Toronto Exclusive by this Rote Tickets via West Shore on sale at all ticket offices in the United States and Canada Ask for tickets via West Shore and see that they read via this route. comicbooks.com