Judge, 1889-10-12 · page 11 of 18
Judge — October 12, 1889 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is not a satirical cartoon page but rather a **business directory/advertisement section** for Grand Rapids, Michigan furniture manufacturers and hotels. The page showcases the city's prominent industries during what appears to be the late 19th or early 20th century. The content consists entirely of **paid advertisements** for local businesses including: - Carpet sweepers (Bissell) - Folding beds (Welch, Phoenix) - Furniture companies (Nelson, Matter & Co.; Valley City Table Company; Berkey & Gay) - Pianos (Chase Bros.) - Hotels (Sweet's Hotel, Morton House) - Fireplaces and cabinetry Judge magazine's editorial note explains the page's purpose: presenting "leading interests" of "Furniture City" Grand Rapids to readers, emphasizing these firms' "enterprise and probity" and "world-wide reputation." **There is no satire or political commentary on this page**—it functions as a commercial showcase, likely sold to advertisers to promote their businesses nationally through Judge's circulation.
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JUDGE a Prominent Business Houses - Grand Rapids, Mich. ELL’S = | Bis FORTY FAMOUS CARPET SWEEPERS. Not a Royal Palace but contains them. Not a cottage so humble but it needs them— and can afford them. SOLD EVERYWHERE, BISSELL C. Grand Rapi New York - London - Paris. WELCH FOLDING BED. COMPLETE BEDROOM SUIT IN ONE PIECE. AND RAPIDS, ss SEND FOR CATALOGUE. MICH. ORTON HOUSE, Lite LEE bis GRAND RaPIps, FIRST-CLASS IN ALL ITS APPOINTMENTS. PANTLIND & CO., Props. Muicu, J.B PANTLIND, HEADQUARTERS FOR FURNITURE MEN, THE ALDINE FIRE PLACE . Grates, get our gent Fear tno Aishoe Vosilstion keeps trecver sige Featitat freover Andis cleanly. Burns coal, coke. Seon gar Cane piped tocom, ron chimneys of eet rates and eke be nun at hall tbe Etatotany other. AgdressAl, ‘IN MFG. CO., Grand Rapids, Bt Oriel Cabinet Co., MANUFACTURERS OF Fancy Parerere:| GRAND RAPIDS, © - —‘HICH., U.S.A RPET SWEEPER CO., | | GRAND RAPIDS, NELSON, MATTER & CO,, FINE Fr eae MICH. NEW YORK WAREROOM: 22 East 18TH STREET, CHICAGO WAREROOM : 267 & 269 WaBasH Ave. Sweet's Hotel, a N, C, JOHNSON, Proprietor, GRAND RAPIDS, 5 MICHIGAN, Jupce takes great pleasure in presenting to its read- ers this exhibit of the leading interests of (Furniture City) Grand Rapids, Mich. ‘The firms herein repre- sented are well known for their enterprise and probity, and all who may patronize them we feel confident will be greatly pleased. They are the leading houses, and the majority of them have a world-wide reputation. | Valley City Table Company, INE CENTER TABLES w° OFFICE DESKS, 53 and 55 South Front St., GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 3, A, HODGES, President, GEO, H. CLARK, Vice-President. LN. HODGES, See. and Treas. | CHASE BROS. PIANOS Are giving unqualified satisfaction EVERYWHERE. With their numerous patents and all the modern im- provements they have won their way to the front in the estimation of musicians, dealers, and the public. t@-SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE..23 CHASE BROS. PIANO CO., Office and Salesroom, 92 Monroe Street, Factory, 61 to 71! So. Front Street, GRAND RAPIDS, - - MICHIGAN. OLDING BEDS nave tecome of necessity in every household in the land. It economizes the room of a chamber, making it a sitting-room by day. THE PHOENIX ROLDING BED is the most stylish, positively balanced, and compact bed in the market, It cannot fall down on the sleeper as some beds do, and is for sale by every first-class dealer in the country. Ask for it. Our specialty is the celebrated sixteenth century finish on quartered oak, We make furniture in endless variety, of the highest artistic merit. FACTORY AT GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. ‘WAREHOUSES, 175-177 Canal St., NEW YORK. PHOENIX FURNITURE CO. | ERsey & GAY URNITURE CO. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL MANUFACTURERS, GRAND RAPIpDS, Mion., U. S. A. Mew York Warerooms, 17 Elizabeth Street. 4. w, Gay, TREASURER. JULIUS BERKEY, JOHN A. COVODE, PREDDENT, ‘stonrTany comicbooks.com