Judge, 1893-03-04 · page 15 of 16
Judge — March 4, 1893 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** with minimal editorial cartoon content. The main satirical element appears in the upper left: a brief joke about a tugboat captain who sits down on a slippery pavement, with the pun "Hard astern" (nautical command) applied to his unexpected descent. Below this is a **political cartoon** depicting ward politicians in what appears to be a Democratic Party convention scene. A politician named Magnin nominates "Patrick O'Hoolihan" to represent the Second Ward, but when questioned, admits O'Hoolihan is abroad and won't return for two months—yet the nomination is approved anyway. This satirizes **machine politics corruption**: the joke is that parties nominated candidates based on patronage rather than actual qualification or availability. The remainder of the page is dominated by **patent medicine and consumer product advertisements**—steel pens, cocoa, rupture cures, garters, chocolate, etc. These ads are typical of Judge's era (late 1800s), featuring dubious health claims and testimonials from supposed doctors.
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** Hard astern," as the tug-boat captain re- marked when he sat down suddenly on the A WORD TO THE WISE. slippery pavement.—Philadelphia Record. CERTAIN ADVERTISEMENTS FROM TRADE RIVALS, eos who tear the phenomenal suce Conditions of A young lady in Newark whose ankle was | ~evetentfarige injured during a waltz by her partner accident- | the system art i ally kicking her wants five thousand dollars | when ordinary ‘ damages from him. ‘The way of the whirled. rds e * —Philadelphia Ledger. . contain innuends it, and 1 to the authority of io as 5 oase ae pe. SESE eimai operons menage and appre to te autberey 2 build oO se fel Author of the Standard” Handbook of Ther s unbent BAT IN The politicians of the second ward were in prom This cminent physletan ACTUALLY writes as follower cis ; eavenks g thei “From the careful analyses of Professor Atrrigib and others, Lam satisfied thet Messrs. there 18, urg Sonicentvon) to; choose, fromfamoog sheik ranks Vax Hourex’s Cocoa is in’no way injurious to health, and that ita decidedly more autritious need of arrest- in to repre ard in the city council. than other Cocoas-—it is certainly “Pure” and highly igen _ = in order P. Magnin arose, ‘The quotations in certain advertisements from fay book on Therapeutics are quite mislead- ing wa ste—assistance MuSt | and upon receiving the attention ‘of the chair- i and cannot possibly apply Bye Vani Hourens, Coronet eLctually repelled and the oes. ae quickly, from zaturad |man slowly and with characteristic eloquence shortly cited tainjure it, has thereby been Crompled to grec it a very handsome testimontak, said, tlemin av this convintion, Oi move foot dsnources thot we nominate Pathrick O'Hooliban t’ ripri- sint th’ interists av th’ Dimecrotic party av th’ sicond ward in th’ city council.” ** Who's PERMANENTLY 60 g mM O'Hoolihan?” came a voice from the rear of CURED the hall, “He's a frind ay moine,” replied OR NO PAY. lensation of the life | Politician Magnin. * Whir is he?" came an- NO DETENTION FROM BUSINESS. 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