Judge, 1891-08-08 · page 15 of 16
Judge — August 8, 1891 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content is a large illustration promoting the **Saratoga horse racing season of 1891**, showing a mounted rider on horseback—likely advertising the famous Saratoga Race Track in upstate New York, a major entertainment destination. The page is filled with period product advertisements (cameras, chewing gum, cigars, olive oil, starch) typical of late-19th-century magazines. The only joke content is a small **patent medicine vendor cartoon** at bottom-right, satirizing quack medicine salesmen who claimed to prevent contagious diseases. The humor relies on the lady listing every major illness imaginable ("scarlet fever," "measles," "typhoid"), then noting she missed only "convalescence" (recovery)—mocking both gullible customers and fraudulent remedies. The page also promotes Judge's September issue featuring barber-related humor, reflecting the magazine's focus on accessible, everyday comedy for general audiences.
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KAMAREL The NEW Photographic WONDER. Nearly ONE-THIRD SMALLER than any other Camera of equal capacity. $40 100 4x6 Pictures without reloading. Size 6%x6%4x8y inches. Price We DEVELOP AND FINISH THE PICTURES WHEN DESIRED. THE BLAIR CAMERA CO., Boston, Mass, also makers of the “74 WK-E YE, and other Photographic Apparatus, Branches: 208 State St., Chicago. 918 Arch St., Philadelphia. E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO., Trade Agents, New York. Also sold by all Dealers in Photo Goods. Send for the Kamaret Booklet, SARATOGA _SHEW BEEMAN PEPSI CUM, Ee y-% SG EE , e@ THE PERFECTION OF ‘CHEWING CUM. If it cannot be obtained from dealers, send sc. in stamps for sample package to BEEMAN CHEMICAL CO., Originators and Manufacturers, Beware of imitations, Cuavetann, Ono. WE MAKE THE CIGAR YOU MAKE THE SMOKE. sT Cigar, Five cts. Tig er Cubana =: Gaby ge contper bundle ER 4S0NS, 149 Chammberset hry MLL rt t.N.¥. sistas BRS So. SMSAC. LL: “area OLIVE OIL. BP.& M. Never rancid, because strictly pure uliarly cleaned. \Gusegalion tne ogual 1s ae Guat bottles for beusebel ae PICCON & MAUNIER. je by GEO, LUEDERS, ary Pearl St., New York, STARCH CROWS STI CY; ‘Common powders have a Seren beTy eiaaiplecton Powder Bt focuses Vender of patent medicine —"* Have you had many contagious diseases in your family, ma'am?" Lady of the house—" Oh, yes; no end of “em. We've had the scarlet fever and the measles and the chicken-pox and the typhoid fever and the relapse—well, I guess we've had everything but the convalescence.” Vender of patent medicine —"1 have an excellent preventive for NEXT! “ALL ABOUT OUR BARBER!” Every Barber in the United States Should send 10 Cents FOR A COPY OF JUDGE LIBRARY [MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER, With above title, which will carry the greatest aggregation of funnyigms on the Barber ever produced in one volume. WILL BE ISSUED SEPT. (ST. JUDCE LIBRARY MAGAZINE is the most Popular Humorous Monthly In the English Language. SEASON OF (891. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR. FIRST MEETING. SECOND MEETING. JUDGE PUBLISHING CO., THURSDAY, JULY 23, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, | THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, New York. SATURDAY, JULY a5, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4 THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, UESDAY, JULY 28, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, SATURDAY, AUGUST 1s, TUESDAY, AUGUST a5, THURSDAY, JULY 30, SATURDAY, AUGUST & TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, THURSDAY, AUGUST 27. EXTRA RACES ON ALL AVAILABLE INTERVENING DAYS. NOT LESS THAN FIVE RACFS RACH DAY DURING THE SEASON, RACES PROMPTLY AT 11.30 O’CLOCK EACH DAY. All over in time for the Afternoon Trains for all points FLEss & RIDGE PRINTING Co., FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com