Judge, 1891-12-05 · page 44 of 52
Judge — December 5, 1891 — page 44: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a **straightforward corporate advertisement** for The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, not a satirical cartoon. It appears in *Judge* magazine but contains no humor or political commentary. The ad promotes the company's president Richard A. McCurdy and boasts of the firm's dominance: it claims to be "the Largest and Best Company in the World" and highlights $304 million paid to policyholders since founding. A table documents asset growth from 1845–1891, showing dramatic expansion from roughly $97,000 to $147 million. The final claim—that their policyholders' results "are not equaled by those in any other company"—is pure marketing assertion. Without additional context about *Judge*'s editorial stance toward insurance companies or McCurdy specifically, we cannot determine if *Judge*'s publication of this ad was endorsement, irony, or simply paid placement.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
OF NEW YORK, RICHARD A. McCURDY, - ° PRESIDENT, Is the Largest and Best Company in the World. Since Organization, it has Paid Policy-Holders over $304,000,000. The following figures show the growth of the ASSETS of Tue Mutua Lire Insurance Company or New York from 1845 to 1891, reckoning a period of every Ten Years from 1845: 1845 - - - - $97,490.34 / Jan.1, 1886 “$108, 908,967.51 1855 - - - 2850.077.56 6 Jan.1, 1887 - 114,181,963.24 , 9 Jan.1, 1888 - 118,806,851.88 1865 - - - 12,285,407.86 9 tan 1, 1889 - 126,082,153.56 1875 - = -—- 72,446,970.06 9 Jan.1,1890 - 136,401,328.02 1885 - - - 103,876,178.51 ¢ Jan. 1, 1891 - 147,154,961.00 The Mutual Life Insurance Company issues every desirable form of Policy, and the results attained by Policy-holders are not equaled by those in any other company. comicbooks.com pe