Judge, 1891-08-01 · page 11 of 20
Judge — August 1, 1891 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical cartooning. It contains product advertisements (Armour's Beef Extract, Pillsbury's Flour, Pond's Extract, Allcock's Plasters) interspersed with short humorous anecdotes. The notable content includes: 1. **Franco-American Food Company notice** (top): A warning against counterfeit "French soups"—competitors selling inferior products under similar names. This reflects late-19th-century concerns about product fraud and brand protection. 2. **Brief jokes** scattered throughout, typical of *Judge* magazine's humor format—observations about New York life (elevated railroad passengers, drug-store orders, baby products). 3. **Allcock's Plasters advertisement** emphasizes the danger of imitations and counterfeit medical goods—a recurring concern in this era before FDA regulation. The page illustrates how *Judge* mixed satirical commentary with commercial advertising and light social humor, reflecting consumer anxieties about fraudulent products in unregulated markets.
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New Yorkers have no doubt noticed a large slij pasted across the handsome posters the Franco-Ameri- can food company, have on the New York elevated railroad stations reading ‘LOOK OUT FOR FRAUD: Honest competition is all right, but, to introduce an in- ferior article on some one else's reputation, is piracy. Some grocers are trying to introduce an inferior article under the name of '* French soups.” Insist on getting the Franco-American food company’s and DON'T BE HUMBUGGED, Well done! Franco-American! We are with you, and so are all honest folk! Do not forget that imitation is the best latte ‘Do brutes have a language?” asked the president of illville literary circle at a they 7” replied the secretary. "You ought to hear my husband when he loses his collar-bttton."—New York Recorder. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria, When she was a Child, ahe cried for Castoria, When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria, When she had Children, she gave them Castoria. “Please give me a glass of soda-water without any suds on it,” was the order a small boy gave at a local drug-store the other day.— Binghamton Leader, Hogs out west sell at five cents a pound, live weight. At this rate the market price of the man who sits cross- legged in the street-car would be about eight dollars and fifty cents.—New York Recorder. Mrs. Winstow’s Soorntne Syrup for Children Teething ; soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and diarrhwa, "25 cents a le. My baby is the prettiest in town.” Why, what a coincidence! So is mine." —Harper's Bazar, ROKEN'S BITTERS since 1828 acknowledged to be by far the best and finest Stomach Bitters made, wheth- et taken pure or with wines or liquors or other cordials. It is probable that the four hundred will now begin to take tea without sugar, that luxury having become so cheap and common.—Brovklyn Times If you wish to know what the standing army of the United States is you must patronize the horse-cars.— Boston Bulletin, The man who starts out with an umbrella and looks around to see if others are using theirs before he hoists his own is by no means an oddity,—B¢ A little Michigan boy, writing an essay on justice, said: “*Gustis is blind. ' Menny men spel Gustis with a little g."—American Grocer. Extract °f BEEF. La ound oe most ‘economical Seay iy or Bours, Ete. One aula 8 pounds Of pri tea na fo Ps of Troveipts Sowing, use of ARMOUR'S EXTRAGT in Soups and Sauoos Sunbum, Chafing, Ivy Poisoning, Bites and Stings, Prickly Heat, And Irritations of the Skin common in Summer are speedily relieved by Packer's Tar Soap. THE CELEBRATED PIANos Are at present the Most Popular and Preferred by Leading Artists, Warerooms, 149, 151, 153, 155 East 14th St. SOHMER & CO., 296 State Street; San Francisco, Cat, Union St. Lovts, Mo., 1522 Olive Street; Kansas 73 Main Strect PILLSBURY'S BEST” Makes Crcaco, Tu. Club: Boil Cry, Mo. Than any other Flour Manufactured. FOR SALE BY ALL FIRST-CLASS GROCERS. THe BARKER BRAND we LINEN COLLARS WILLIAM BARKER, WFR, TROY, nu. Y. ARMOUR & CO., Chicago. HAVANA : ALL-TOBACCO CICARETTES. STHE VERY BEST. SMOKE NO OTHER. CONSOLIDATED CIGARETTE CO., Avenue D and 10th Street, New York, POROUS ALLCOCKS crasrers The only safe way for purchasers is to insist on having the genuine article, and not allow themselves to be swindled by having: plasters said to be “just as good,” or “containing superior ingredients,” imposed upon them. These are only tricks to sell inferior goods that no more compare with Attcock’s Porous Puasters than copper does with gold. One trial of Allcock’s Porous Plasters will convince the most skeptical of their merits. The eminent Henry A. Mort, Jr., Ph.D., F.C.S., late Government Chemist, certifies : “« My investigation of ALLcock’s Porous PLASTER shows it to contain valuable and essential ingredients not found in any other plaster, and I find it superior to and more efficient than any other plaster.” Beware of imitations, and do not be deceived by misrepresentation. Ask for At.cock’s, and let no solicitation or explanation induce you to accept a substitute. AFTER SHAVING HEALING COOLING ) BATHE THE FACE WITH POND'S EXTRACT. DOES NOT SMART NOR STING. REDUCES REDNESS. CHECKS BLEEDING. INFLAMMATION, JUST AS IT REDUCES ANY IT SENDS BACK THE BLOOD WHICH THE RASPING OF THE RAZOR HAS DRAWN NEAR THE SURFACE, SO LEAVES THE FACE WHITE, SOFT AND SMOOTH, WITHOUT THE SHININESS CAUSED BY OTHER LOTIONS. FOR THIS PJRPOSE FAR SUPERIOR TO BAY RUM, COLOGNE OR PER- FUMED WATER. BEST BARBERS USE IT. YGU.HAVE ABOTTLE. WHY DON’T YOU TRY IT? WHEN PURCHASING, ACCEPT POND’S EXTRACT ONLY. REFUSE SUBSTITUTES, PROBABLY WORTHLESS. POND’S EXTRACT CO., NEW YORK AND LONDON. Write Lewis 6, Tewksbury, Banker and Broker, 50 Broadway, N.Y.,to send his circular, comicbooks.com