Judge, 1890-03-29 · page 2 of 28
Judge — March 29, 1890 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains two distinct advertisements: 1. **Liebig Company's Extract of Beef** (top): Features a Victorian-era woman in elegant dress endorsing the product as a cooking ingredient and "beef tea" tonic. The ad emphasizes that this is the "only" genuine extract authorized by chemist Justus von Liebig himself, distinguishing it from inferior imitations. One pound allegedly equals forty pounds of lean beef in nutritional value. 2. **New Urbana Wine Company** (bottom): Advertises sparkling wine from Urbana, New York, claiming gold medals from Paris (1889) and promoting it as "the best natural sparkling wine produced in America." Both ads reflect late 19th-century marketing tactics: celebrity/expert endorsement and competitive product claims targeting affluent consumers.
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USE LIEBIG COMPANY’S EXTRACT BEEF FOR IMPROVED AND ECONOMIC COOKERY, aslight addition of it gives strength w® delicate flavor, AS BEEF TEA, a palatable tonic and stimulant. This is the only Extract of Beef warranted gen- uine by the great chemist, juste von Liebig, the Inventor, who has exclusively authorized it to be called by his name. All other so-called Liebig’s Extracts of Meat are so designated against Justus von Liebig's expressed will, anc most imitation sorts are of low quality, of unpleasant odor and flavor, and dissolve in water turbidly instead of quite clearly. One pound cf this Extract of Beef equal to forty pounds of lean beef of the value of $7.50. Genuine only’ with J. von Liebig’s sig- nature in blue, thus: HICHEST PREMIUMS AT PARIS EXPOSITION, 1889. NEW URBANA WINE CO. Organized 1865. Re-organized 1881. D. M. HILDRETH, Vice-President; A, J. SWITZER, Secretary; W. W. ALLEN, Treasurer; J. W. DAVIS, General Supt, HARLO HAKES, President; POST-OFFICE: Pronounced by Connoisseurs the BEST NATURAL SPARKLING WINE PRODUCED IN AMERICA. For Sale by all Leading Wine Dealers and Grocers. HAMMONDSPORT, N. Y. PRINTED BY FLESS & RIDGE, 110 & 112 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com