Judge, 1890-11-22 · page 15 of 20
Judge — November 22, 1890 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of Judge magazine's revenue model. The content includes: **Main Features:** - Van Houten's Cocoa dominates the top with claims of being "the standard cocoa of the world" - Multiple patent medicine ads (Beecham's Pills, remedies for consumption, hair removal products) - Small satirical items scattered throughout, including a brief Judge editorial proposing cities conduct their own censuses to inflate population counts—a joke about civic pride and Census Superintendent Porter's apparent unpopularity **Social Context:** The ads reveal common late-19th/early-20th-century concerns: digestive issues, weak nerves, consumption (tuberculosis), unwanted body hair, and marital dissatisfaction. Patent medicines dominated advertising before FDA regulation. **The Satire:** The census joke mocks both local boosterism and Porter's unpopularity, suggesting if he'd let newspapers report inflated figures, he'd be "the most popular man in the country." The page contains minimal actual political cartooning—mostly filler material and period advertisements reflecting contemporary anxieties and commercial practices.
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PURE, SOLUBLE, THE STANDARD COCOA OF THE WORLD, A SUBSTITUTE FOR TEA & COFFEE. Easily Digested—Made Instantly. HIGHEST AWARDS AT PRINCIPAL EXHIBITIONS, The Original—Take no other. AN FIOUTEN'S UOCOA “Best & Goes Farthest—Largest Sale in the World—Once Tried, Always Used.” It is proposed by JupGE that every city become its own census taker. ‘Then, says that wise authority, there will be ‘such an amazing increase of population that the spirit of the late Mr. Daboll will sbrink back appalled.” ‘That is very true. Census-superintendent Porter made the mistake of his life in not calling on the newspapers of the several cities of the country to fur- nish him with a statement of the population, each for its own town, That would not only have saved vast expense and trouble, but would have made Mr. Porter the most popular man in the country. He could have had anything he wanted from postmaster to president. —Rochester Herald. I know by the chill in the air, I know by the dude in the street, I know by the taste in the pear, I know by the shoes on my feet, I know by the duds in the store, Uknow by the leaf in. the sere, By one or two million things more T know that the autumn is here, —New York Evening Sus, “SOLID BAY RUM!” A TOILET LUXURY! Unsurpassed for the face and complexion. Prevents irrita- tion following close shaving. Druggists,or by mail. + cake, ‘thie Fidttney CHEMICAL CO., Ballston Spa, N.Y. The CAL C \ REDINE, 2 ey foot remedy tor mak me fost On aale, sca DINE Coe aoe PLD, X.¥. STOWELL Cb a WORE a A GUINEA A BOX.” SOLD ALL OVER THE WORLD, ‘THOVAVGH XOIS HOI TAO TAOS THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY. BEECHAW’S PILLS. THIS WONDERFUL MEDICINE. For Bilious and Nervous Disorders is the most marvelous antidote yet discovered. It is the pre- mier specific for Weak Stomach, Sick Head- ache, Impaired Digestion, Constipation, Disordered Liver, etc.; and is found efficacious and remedial by 7 renter SUFFERERS. Loni pre erpinent for their health restoring and life-giving prop enies, BEECHAM'S PILLS haveanuny ‘Band and the largest sale of any patent medicine in the: ‘world, PRICE, 25 CENTS PER BOX. caly by THOS. BEECHAM, St. Helens, Lan- ¥. ALLEN & CO., Bole’ Agents for precip of pice ial BEES casnire the United Statens Gt oe drei doce Amis Pitt: Please mention Mahe a oes ice ‘- Rambo's eyes seem to be perfectly sound. I don't see why he wears those goggles.” ‘‘ He does it to pro- tect his eyes from the glare of his nose."—Chicago Tribune, Is marriage a failure? For woman it is, And for proof what's better than this is ? While a wife, it is true, is never a miss It's the woman that’ marries who Mrs. —Chicago Mail. 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