Judge, 1891-08-22 · page 13 of 16
Judge — August 22, 1891 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** rather than a satirical cartoon page. The one substantive text item is titled "KICK, DEAR PUBLIC, KICK," an editorial by advertising manager A. Frank Richardson. **The Main Argument:** Richardson denounces druggists who substitute cheaper, homemade products for well-known advertised brands (Pears' Soap, Hood's Sarsaparilla, Van Houten's Cocoa, etc.). He argues these dishonest merchants profit from deception and urges the public to "kick"—protest and reject—such substitutes. His language is forceful: such druggists "will steal sheep," and deserve to be "sat on with force and alacrity." **The Context:** This reflects late-19th-century consumer anxiety about product authenticity and brand trust, before modern FDA regulation. Reputable brands relied on advertising to build customer loyalty, while unscrupulous retailers undercut them with inferior imitations. The remainder of the page consists of period advertisements for cocoa, typewriters, bicycles, whiskey, and medical devices.
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VAN HOUTEN'S COCOA “ Chops and to. mato sauce are ex- ecllent, my dear Mrs. Bardell, but Let the liquid be Yan Hovten’s Cocon. Zt is a glorious Restorative after t fat “fatiguing four- wm ricewick, | 9%.” PERFECTLY PURE. VAN HOUTEN’S PATENT PROCESS increases by SOPER CENT. the solubility of the flesh-forming elements, making of the cocos, ‘bean an easily digested, delicioas, nouris! ing and stimalatinz drink, readily assimilated even by the most delicate. Ask your grocer for Vax Hovrex'sand take nosabstitate, sgrItnot obtainable enclose ‘Bets, to either Vax Hourny & Zoow, 106 Reade Street, Now Yurk, or 45 Wabash Ave. Onicago, and », an containing enoagh for 33 to 0 caps will be mailed, Mention this Meation. ly by the inventors. . Holland. a2. Weary Watkins —" What's become of Miserable Johnson? He ought to have been along here a week ago.” Hungry Higgins —" He's in jail. He was tryin’ to foller this new sowveneer-spoon fashion, an’ the boss of the beanery ketched him in the act."—/ndianapolis Journal. FOR HARNESS, BUGGY TOPS, SADDLES, FLY NETS, TRAVELING BAGS, MILITARY EQUIPMENTS, Etc. “Gives a beautiful Bnish, which will not peel or crack off, smut or crock by handling; does not lose its lustre by age} dust will not stick to work finished with it.. Is nor A VaRNIsN. Contains no Turpentine, Benzine, injurious articles. Sold by all KICK, DEAR PUBLIC, KICK. A. Frank Richardson, a bright New York advertis- ing manager of western publications, in a recent address denounced the conduct of certain druggists who palm off home-made substitutes for well advertised articles, such as Pears’ Soap, Scott's Emulsion, Beecham’s Pills, Hood's and Ayer’s Sarsaparillas, Carter's Little Liver Pills, Pozzoni's Complexion Powder, Baker's or Whit man’s Chocolate, Van Houten’s and Eppps’s Cocoa, Kirk's Soaps and Perfumes, Williams's Soap, Pond's Extract, Cuticura, Armour’s and Liebig's Extracts of Meats, Franco-American Soups, Packer's Tar Soap, Pitcher’s Castoria, Allcock’s Porous Plasters, Dr. Pierce's Remedy, Columbia and Overman Wheels, California Fig Syrup, Kodak and Hawkeye Cameras, Warner's Safe Cure, Woodbury’s Facial Soap, Knox Hats, Pillsbury’s Flour, Mellin’s, Ridge’s, or Nestle's Food, Sapolio, Tricopher- ous, etc., etc. The public are induced to take a sub- stitute when calling for the genuine article, because the dealer makes a little better profit on the’ transaction. ‘There are druggists mean enough to do this, and they ‘ought to be sat on with force and alacrity. A man who will endeavor to controvert the success of a liberal ad- vertiser by pushing the sale of an inferior article will steal sheep, and the Jupce will bet on it. If you are approached by a Uriah Heep druggist and offered a substitute, do the world a kindness and offer him the toe of your boot. The substitute druggist must go. A member of the fire-brigade committee of the county council at the Guildhall banquet observed to a neighboring alderman, ‘The acoustics are very bad in | this hall."” ""* Really,” replied the latter, ‘* you surprise me. I can't smell anything.""—London' Truth. Mrs, Parker —“ So your husband is drinking again, You must have lots of trouble coming down to let him in at night.” Mrs, Tucker —"* No; not one bit. John has one good point; when he is drinking he geis so full he can’t come home."—Post-Express. DAYLIGHT FOR TWENTY-FOUR HOURS. ‘That is, if you want it that long. Few people do. But when it comes time to light the lamp, if you have a Daylight, you can burn it into the still small hours with greater pleasure than you can any other lamp on the market. Tt'don’t take any time at al to set it going either it I gas jet. You needn't even touch chimney or shade, to say nothing of taking them off Like a welltbred child it keeps itself clean: it keeps ciFfount cooler than any other lamp, and so avoids a good d of smell and any danger of explosion, It burns brig eal ly, and is better worthy of the name" Daylight” than any other lamp ret made. How any other lamp could be better we don't know, Your lamp-dealer, unless he's slow, will know all about it aad have it instock, If he's slow quicken his pace by insisting on having what we assure you fs the best lamp on the markets Craighead & Kints Co., 33 Barclay street, New York, will send an A B C book on Lamps on application to any one who will take the trouble to send for it The 3 Remington Standard Typewriter Presents the practical results achieved by the best Inventive and mechanical skill, aided by capital and the experience gained during the Firrazx Years in which it has been the STANDARD WRITING-MACHINE OF THE WORLD. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict, 327 Broadway, New York. It is hard to be an optimist on rent-day.—New York Press. An A ru |] BP & M Never rancid, because strictly pure and peculiarly cleaned. ‘One-galion tins equal to six quart bottles for household. SASSERNO, PICCON: & MAUNIER. ‘Wholesale by GEO, LUEDERS; 223 Pear! St., New York. CHICOPEE FALLS. MASS. SosTON. WASHINGTON. DENVER. SAN FRANCISCO, A. @. SPALDING & BROS,, Speciat Acts. PRILADEL PHL “CWOCAGO, MEW YORE. OLMES’ BEST OLD MONONGAHELA RYE WHISKEY. GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY PURE. ‘W. H. HOLMES & SON., 190 Water 8t., 158 First Ave., ‘SEND YOR PRICE-LIST. PITTSBURGH, PA. THE ROSY FRESHNESS Anda velvety softness of the skin are invariably obtained by those who use Pozzoni’s Com- lexion Powder. HAPPINESS ASSURED. Dr. Williams’ Indian Pile Ointment will cure blind, bleeding, and itching piles when all other ointments have railed. It ab- ‘sorts the tumors, allays the itching at-once, acts as a poultice, gives instant relief, Dr. Williams: Indian Pile Ointment is pre= ared only for piles and itching of the private parts,and nothing pont Every poe warranted s ‘Sold by druggists, or sent by fail on receipt o and $29 per bos. 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