Judge, 1891-06-06 · page 12 of 20
Judge — June 6, 1891 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, with a few scattered jokes interspersed between ads. The main content includes advertisements for consumer goods: Mastiff smoking tobacco, Boston Garters (men's hosiery), razors, German sweet chocolate, tea, champagne, hats, and other products typical of the late 19th/early 20th century. The jokes are brief, conventional humor: - A joke about voting frequency (comparing a grandfather's vs. father's voting history) - A fishing anecdote about catching "rheumatiz" instead of trout - A dark joke about a boy drowning (consistent with period newspapers' morbid humor) - Whimsical "how delightful life might seem if..." verses **No political cartoons or caricatures appear on this page.** The Boston Garter ad includes an illustration of a leg in a garter—straightforward product advertising rather than satire. The page is essentially a commercial vehicle, reflecting Judge's reliance on advertising revenue rather than political commentary.
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WASTE SMOKING THE BOSTON GARTER The day is coming when all men will wear garters, The day is here when a good propor- tion of them realize that a man’s appearance more than a woman’s ie uires a smooth and TOBACCO isH#E BEST PAGKED'n PATENT GANVASS POUGHES B-PAGE- TOBAGGO-G°- RIGHMOND VA: => NEW YORK [79 WATER ST& yo NEED THIS TO KEEP YOU RAZOR SHARP. Jo metal dbx, containing coarse and fine, enough to last carn Good Yor aay stop, ery sebaver = kaows the ‘orrey Stropa. This dressing has made them famous. For sale by dealers, or direct from factory. ald. Price, 25 cent: Send for Catalogue J. Tells How to Sharpen a Razor. J.R. TORREY & CO., Worcester, Mass. Razors, Strops, ‘Hones, Etc. GOLD MEDAL, Pi PARIS, 1878. RMAN Sweet 3, Chosolate, ‘The most pop- ular swoet Chocolate in the market. It is nutritious and palatable; a particular favorite with childrer,anda mostexcellent rink or eaten as Confectionery, it is a delicious Chocolate. ‘The genuine is stamped upon the wrapper, 8. German, Dorchester, Mass. Sold by Grocers everywhere. W. Baker & Co., Dorchester, Mass. CHICOPEE FALLS MASS Monthly Cirealaticn 75,000 e« Best Judge's Library. 3 e000 “conten “ten the money in the wide, wide World, Rates on application. well-held-up stocking. @ BOSTON GAR- TER is the only com table garter on the mar- ket. It automatically adjusts itself to any size of leg. It is the only garter which does not completely encircle the leg with an elastic band, aud does not bind, in no way interfering with the circulation. “FOR SALE EVERYWHERE. | GEORGE FROST & CO., Manufacturers, BOSTON, MASS. Tommy —"* My grandpa has voted for twelve differ- ent presidents.” Jimmy —"* Ah, de ole man’s not in it. My daddy voted twelve times for one president.”—/n- dianapolis Journal, With bated breath and baited hooks A trout to catch, assume it is, But when he homeward goes he looks As if he'd caught the *‘ rheumatiz."" —Berkshire News, You've lost your boy, T hear. he’s gone; and it's too bad. first in everything.” I'm sorry.” “4 He was a bright bo} Yes, I have heard that he always ahead.” “Yes; and true to his character he's ahead again ; the first boy to be drowned this season.” —Cape Cod Item, An American naturalist has made up a list of two hundred and ten birds which are indigenous to Alaska ; but, alas! the English sparrow is not among them, and the people of that land cannot be blamed for declaring that the United States has no real sentimental interest in them,—Detroit Free Press Could we bet on the races and ne'er bet wrong, How delightful life might seem! Could the man who can’t sing ne'er sing a song, How delightful life might seem ! Could dress-suits never, no never, be hired, Could one stay up all night and not get tired, Couid ** Old Bill Jones" have never expired, How delightful life might seem | —Brooklyn Eagle, hompson has received a patent for his auto- matic milker. An eccentric three inches in diameter is attached to the cow's jaw. From this leads a wire con- necting with elastic nipples on the udder, each of which is fitted with a valve, making it an air-pump when in motion. When the cow chews her cud the eccentric revolves and the wire is worked back and forth like a iston, creating suction in the nipples. The milk as it runs into a bucket suspended below. The n will relieve the dairyman of much labor.— Homer Index. HE PLEASANT VALLEY WINE COMPANY. RHEIMS, STEUBEN CO., NEW YORK, THIS ts the finest Champagne pro~ duced in America, and compares favorably with European vintages. A Natural, Genuine Cham- pagne, fermented in the bottle, two ‘years being required fo perfect the wine, Our Sweet and Dry Catawba and Port are, like all our wines, made from selected grapes, and are Pure Wines, For Prices, Address as Above. KNOX [== WORLD-RENOWNED | S°°E:7" ENGLISH HATS, “Martin’ Umbrellas, Enioy a Cup of Good Tea, of the FINEST TI RA imported prem charser Zola. Fine Teas on salt eisner Amoyor re are Japan JGunpowder, Imperial, arran assortment. * POST A particulars address. AY GIENIC | bd Yaderwe ‘3 Ventilated Inter. Alr- Spaced Clothing, seoepzatt mame onto ene oh pre ‘on. HARDERFOLD FABRIC. co., Troy, N.Y. ‘Mention this Paper. ‘The Beat. “DENTS” Styles are GLOVES. w|cornecr. 1094 FIFTH AVENUE, Under Fifth Avenuo Hotel. 212 BROADWAY, Corner Fulton St., New York. All hats manufactured by this house are the recognized standard of excellence throughout the world. None genuine without the trade-mark. AMERICAN’ LEAD PENCIL G Pee ‘Send asc for samples worth double that amount, NEW YORK VARICOCELE Quick eusyors; rol FOWLER, MOOBUS, CONS” HOW TO WIN AT CARDS, ° Dice, ETC. A sure thing, sent free te any fone on ‘receipt of sc. amps to y postage. Address or call in person, MOR SUYDAM, 23 Union sg., NewYork, DETECTIVE!:* gality to.act as Private Detective und instructions. ler Send stamp for particulars, WA: SHINGTON'T DETECTIVE AGENCY? Box iy, WASHINGTON, 1OW, comicbooksicom |