Judge, 1893-02-25 · page 15 of 16
Judge — February 25, 1893 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with limited satirical content. The main elements include: **Notable Advertisement:** A prominent Remington Typewriter ad claims it was "Unanimously Adopted as the Official Writing-machine of the World's Columbian Exposition" — referencing the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, a major contemporary event. **Satirical Content:** A brief poem titled "The Age of Laughter" mocks contemporary culture's obsession with comedy over tragedy. It suggests audiences prefer "expurgated" (censored) versions of classic works and cheap humor over serious drama. **Medical Advertising:** Multiple ads for dubious remedies — Scott's Emulsion for coughs, Marshall's Cubed Cigarettes claiming to cure catarrh and asthma, and Beeman's Pepsin Gum for indigestion — reflect late-19th-century patent medicine culture. **Social Commentary:** A brief joke about Emperor William of Germany suggests generational decline, implying younger men lack their fathers' competence. The page represents typical Judge content: mixing satirical commentary on contemporary tastes with period advertising for now-obsolete products.
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of treating Colds and Coughs were based on the idea of s pression. We now know ) that “feeding a cold” is good doctrine. Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver oil with hypo- phosphites, a rich fat-food, ures the most stubborn ough when ordinary medi- ines have failed. Pleasant ° take; easy to digest. BEST CALIFORNIA CHAMPAGNE. jade {rom 2 to 3 years old Sonoma Valley Wine, extending from W rren to Chambers ‘s in this city. They en tock to properly age the 1 it off into bottles. The best iority lies in the fact that we are © inost prominent hospitals of New ail parts of this country. 1A. Werner & Co.’s Extra Dry toa nd find it free from any impurities cerefore cordially recommend it as iy American wine. A. OGDEN DOREMUS, M.D., LL. D. Professor of Chemistry and Physics, College City of New York, A. WERNER & CO.,, 52 Warren St. AMERICA'S GREATEST RAILROAD, its through carg the most important ntres of the United States and Canada, srcatest of America’s Health and Pleasure tirect line to Niagara Falls by way of the River and through the beautiful ‘rive at and depart from Grand Central th Avenue and Forty-second Street, tre of hotel and residence section, and ‘wad station in THE AGE OF LAUGHTER. Smiling broadly runs the age; Comedy ‘s the only play. Wit and poet, youth and sage, Want to be surpassing gay. Let the tragics have their sai Grinning farce is what w Trage All the world is hunting laughter. ‘Tartuffe’s time is on the rage, And expurgated Kabelais Is acted on the comic stage. Drag on your chestnuts by the dray ; Heavy or light, they'll freely sway ‘The roaring house from pit to rafter. ‘This is truth, for mirth will pay ; All the world is hunting | —Chicago Nex ter, Record, Gatling’s new gun is worked by an electric motor and will discharge two thousand bullets aminute. ‘This would be a promising weapon with which to shoot folly as it flies during a ing of the Kansas legislature.— Courter. nal. ROCK ISLAND. ROUTE —————— Very important changes have} recently been made in round- trip California tickets. e are Prepared to offer ex- traordinary inducements and facilities to intending travelers. YOR FULL PARTICULARS ADDRESS JOHN SEBASTIAN, Gen. Ticket & Pass. Agt., Great Rock Island Route, Ccaco, Tut. THE FLORIDA HOME-SEEKER lis of cheapest routes, Where to focate for heath and prott Mire 0 Day once on 8; te Ups mail payment Three months for 1 % THE eu OF CHEWING CUM. A DELICIOUS REMEDY FOR ALL FORMS OF INDIGESTION. THE MOST QOMPORTABLE ROUTE BETWEEN Chicago and Buffalo. SWREEHEAR TST IRE. MIAN We . Typewriter. Unanimously Adopted as the Official Writing-machine of the World’s Columbian Exposition. ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION. — WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, 327 Broadway, N. Y. WHY NOT SIMOKE? Not poisonous tobacco, but Marshall’s Prepared Gubeb Cigarettes. A SURE RENEDY FOR Catarrh, Asthma, Hay Fever, Cold in the Head, eto. PLEASANT! POPULAR! PERFECT! Contain no tobacco, and can be smoked by ladies. Recommended by physicians Reware of injurious imitations. Sold by druguvats, or sent by mai on receipt of 95 cts JANES B. HORNER, 44 Cedar Street, New York. JOSEPH GILLOTT’S Emperor William of Germany is thirty-f years old. He is getting toward that STEEL PENS. when a man begins to admit that bis father GOLD MEDAL, Panis Exposition, 1889. pethaps knew how to peel potatoes.—Ainne- THE MOST PERFECT OF PENS. —— SEND FOR apolis Times. EARL & WILSON’S Nopt Collar-busien eged not annoy if you use the . 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