Judge, 1892-04-30 · page 13 of 18
Judge — April 30, 1892 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains several small comic jokes interspersed among commercial ads. The visible jokes include: - A "Deacon" making a baseball metaphor about shortening a church sermon - "Fullblown Rose" and "Bud" making a pun about engagement and refusing proposals - "William Ann" seeking a reference, with an ethnic joke about Irish domestic workers ("Chicago widder") The dominant content advertises late-19th-century products: Tadella pens, investment opportunities in Mesabi iron ore mining (Minnesota), A.E. Humphreys' cycle company, Remington typewriters, Lovell Diamond bicycles, Sohmer pianos, and Urbana wine. The page reflects Gilded Age consumer culture and the investment boom around natural resource extraction. The jokes are mild, domestic humor typical of period magazines. No clear political cartoon or caricature is present on this page.
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Samples free at Stationers or we send twelve styles postpaid for ten cents. TADELLA PEN Co, ST. PAUL, MINN. For Full Information Write to ORTUNES are being made by Investments I Certificates of Reliable Companies operating on the Great e Minn. Range, Mesabi where countless tons of Iron Ore are daily being revealed. You can buy now Stocks that will make you large profits. Deacon (to preacher)—"* Make your sermon short to- day—just have three strikes and then make home base with the doxology. I want to be out on the fly in fifteen minutes !"—Alanta Constitution, The Largest Operators on the RANGE. 604-5 -6-7-8-9 LYCEUM, DULUTH. Fullblown Rose—"* What a pity, dear, you are en- gaged so young! You will never have the fun of re- fusing a man.” Bud—"No; but I've had the fun of accepting one."—Funny Folks, + Typewriter « Presents many points of improvement which will readily 7 commend themselves to all users, SEND FOR CATALOGUE. 7% LOVELL DIAMOND CYCLES $8 Bl LAWNS eae eee ps sible Ball Gearngs tlt svaning parts, Beis” Suaparion Saddle Strictly HIGH GRADE in Every Particular. including ats in stamps for our 100- ifsetrsied cate Guns, Rites, Revolvers, port William Ann—*You will please give me a reference from your last place.” Bridget Gallagher—" Not much. Thain't no Chicago widder."— Truth. Sohmer & Co. have spared no expense in the con- struction of their piano factory at Astoria, and they have, no doubt, the finest and best equipped. piano- forte factory in ‘the country. Always foremost in the front ranks of progress, liberal in all their dealings, dis- playing great inventive ability in the manufacture of their beautiful instruments, Sohmer & Co. have certainly made a most important move, which will open up a new and prosperous era in the history of Long island. IT 18 THE BEST—Universal verdict. "Pronounced by connorsseurs, THE BEST NATURAL SPARKLING WINE produced in America. For Sale by all Leading Wine-dealers and Grocers. URBANA WINE COMPANY, HAMMONDSPORT, N. ¥. OFFICERS: Haro Hacas, President. D. M, Huperrn, Viceprestdent, W.W. Atian, Treasurer. JA. Swrrzan, Steretary. JW. Davis, General Superintendent, comicbooks.com