Judge, 1891-03-21 · page 20 of 20
Judge — March 21, 1891 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire. It contains three product promotions: 1. **Liebig's Beef Extract** (top): Quotes Henry M. Stanley's famous exploration memoir "In Darkest Africa" (1878) to endorse the product's restorative powers. The accompanying engraving depicts Stanley's expedition in Africa. The ads claim Liebig's extract sustained weakened explorers and saved a collapsed man's life—pure testimonial marketing leveraging Stanley's celebrity and the public fascination with African exploration. 2. **Crab-Apple Blossom Perfume** (bottom left): Markets a fashionable fragrance with claims of enthusiasm from English and Parisian society. 3. **Remington Standard Typewriter** (right): Advertises the machine as the "Standard Writing-Machine of the World," emphasizing fifteen years of mechanical refinement. All three are legitimate commercial advertisements using contemporary celebrity endorsement and appeals to modernity/sophistication to sell products.
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Liebig COMPANY'S © "BACT oF “IN DARKEST AFRICA,” —BY— HENRY M. STANLEY. «The Liebig Company's Extract was of the choicest.”"—Page 39, Vol. 1. “Liebig and meat soups had to be prepared in sufficient quantities to serve out cupfuls to each weakened man as he staggered in.”—Page 89, Vol. I. “One Madi managed to crawl near my tent. . .» + He was at once borne to a fire and laid within a few inches of it, and with the addition of a pint of hot broth made from the Liebig Company’s Extract of meat we restored him to his senses.”— Vol. L/, Page 58. INDISPENSABLE IN ILLNESS. INVALUABLE IN GOOD COOKING. Genuine only with fac-simile of J. VON LIEBIG'S signature in blue ink across label, thus : THE FASHIONABLE PERFUME. ; THE CRAB-APPLE BLOSSOMS. ; aed Remington Standard Typewriter “Our readers who are i the habit of chasing, that delicious perfume, Crab-Apy lossoms, of the Crown Pert urn i should procure vi is pos ‘Fotlet (Pars). aN ticles of ‘the islet have ever been produced Presents to users of Writing-Machines to-day the practical results achieved by the best inventive and mechanical skill, aided by Capital and S] Salts. They are li Salts, ‘They ar t - 1G R the experience gained during the Firreen Yeaxs New York. ‘They are daily bringing pleasure, com v4 in which it has been the done a geen ash ase Stanparp Writinc-MacuineE oF THE ‘mre sold lecorated caskets, so. a tablet 7 mors Ronb. ta doomed cc aco hn : Wortp. ASlossom Perfume and Soap, and the Invigorating PPvender Dalta, THE OROWN: PE ReUMERY. CO., 177_New Bond St., London, SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. id by all Dealers in Perfumery. ae ‘ negateet rant imitations pat up by unprincipted dealers for extra gain, Sold onl u ttles of the company with the well-know1 row! Of lone n~ a r Meee ate te Soma Nee eats Ratagarn Cte sutra, Nate oer cer Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, Co., New ‘York, of Geo. B. Evans, Philadelphia, and the ‘article ordered will be sent postpaid 7, soany address,” At wholesale by McKesson & Robbins and all leading wholesale druggists. 327 Broadway, New York, comicbooks.com