Judge, 1892-12-03 · page 39 of 52
Judge — December 3, 1892 — page 39: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page**, not a satirical cartoon page. It contains three major advertisements: 1. **Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association**: An insurance company advertisement emphasizing economy—claiming customers can get the same coverage for $50/year versus competitors' $100/year. It displays financial statistics to establish credibility and trustworthiness. 2. **Remington Typewriter**: A history of the typewriter's commercial success, documenting its rise from slow initial adoption (1,000 machines sold five years after introduction) to mass production (100 machines per day needed by 1892). This reflects late-19th-century enthusiasm for new business technology. 3. **Great Rock Island Railway**: A train service advertisement promoting the "Big 5" express service from Chicago to Colorado destinations, emphasizing speed and reliability. The page reflects 1890s commercial culture: life insurance competition, industrial manufacturing success stories, and transportation modernization. No political satire is evident—this appears to be a standard advertising section from Judge magazine.
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Jollars Sav to! members to harmonize with the payments to the widows and orphans for n Thirty Million Dollars have already been saved to the members of the ECONOMY IS WEALTH. Why pay $100 per year for your Life Insurance when the Same Amount of Insurance can be had in one of the Strongest Life Insurance Companies in the World for $§0 ? ECORD AND FINANC SIAL STANDING MEMBERSHIP, OVER - - 70,000 Interest Income annually exceeds - $127,000.00 Bimonthly Income exceeds - - = 600,000.00 RESERVE FUND, SEPTEMBER aust, 189; 3,305,998. 14 Death Claims paid, over - - 14, 500,000.00 New Business in 1891 exceeds - - 50,000,000.00 New Business to November 1st, 1892, over - 45,000,000.00 INSURANCE IN FORCE exceeds - 225,000, 000.00 Tue MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION INSURANCE, at about ONE HALF the usual rates charged by the old system companies, It has excellent POSITIONS to offe AGENCY DEPARTMENT n and $ need and successful business men, _ Parties desiring Insurance will be furnished free inf Home Office, or by any of the Ass n’s General Agents, RK ROW, NEW YOR D. Batowts, Vice-President Henry J. Retyaunn, Second Vice-President, Ex-Supt. Ins. Dept., Ohio. J.D. Writs, Third Vice-President. Counsel, F. T. Braman, Se: y. Jous W. Vrooman, Treasurer. J. W. Bowpex, M.D., Med. Director. E. F. Puenes, Comptroller, L. L. Seaman, M.D., Med. Sup G.K. McCuessey, Ass't Comptroller Cextrat. Trust Co., Trustees HE history of the Remington shows a steadily rising tide of popularity and success. It is absolutely unrivaled for all | the essential qualities of a first-class writing machine. 1867. First Invention of the Typewriter now known as the Remington Standard, A few machines were made by hand during this and the following years. ‘The repeated experiments of the inventors having somewhax improved upon the first crude attempts, it was brought to the Remington factory at Ilion, N.Y. After more that a year of painstaking labor on the part of many able mechanicat experts, the first Ke nes were put upon the mar Five years after, only 1,000 machines had been sold. ‘The public were slow to realize the value of the inventic - ‘The number had increased to 2,300 machines. train servi perb, prompt, efficient, and reliable. Five thousand machines were sold this year. It grew in popular CHICAGO TO THE ROCKIES. OP ts NIG 1890. Sales had risen to twenty thousand machines per annu ‘ ‘ nT 2. Finds our standing orders to our factory of 100 machines per day 3 IC leaves Chicago at 10 p.s., and arrives at Denver, Colorado inadequate to mect the rapidly i Sings, and Pueblo the second morning, being éuf one day out, via Omaha. N SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. leave as heretofore at 6 p.M., arrive at Kansas City at 9 a.m, ted witl reac ‘Dé Colorado Springs, and Pueblo th VCKOEE SE (a reach Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo the second morning. (WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & Our Colorado service is made perfect by this new Liuiten"’ BIG 5, tad gives to the traveling public facilities not offered by other lines. 327 Broadway, New York. comicbooks.com