Judge, 1893-09-02 · page 12 of 16
Judge — September 2, 1893 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. Judge was a humor magazine that relied heavily on paid advertisements to support publication. The main illustrated cartoon (center-left) depicts a simple domestic joke: a man asking a neighbor about the lady moving in upstairs, who replies that she's "nice" because she noticed his baby had two teeth before she'd been in the house two hours—a joke about the baby's rapid development or the woman's keen observation. The page includes various **patent medicine and consumer product advertisements** typical of the era (typewriters, bicycles, cigars, tobacco-habit cures, hair goods), mixed with short humorous one-liners and jokes about topics like potato bugs, popular singers, and constitutions. **No clear political content** is evident. The "Robust Fact!" section merely praises advertising's resilience during recent financial troubles. This appears to be a standard late-19th or early-20th-century magazine page balancing editorial humor with commercial revenue.
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REMINGTON TYPEWRITER For Excellence of Workmanship, Superior. ity of Design, Great Simplicity, Easy Manipulation, Durability, Speed, Mani- folding Ability, etc, ete, Jagson says there is only one gress to induce money to come out of its hiding- places, and that is to repeal the nickel-in-the- slot machine.—E/mira Gazette, If you suffer from looseness of bowels or fever and ague, Angostura Bitters will cure AFTER THE FAIR 1S OVER—IF NOT Now_ you. Dr J. G.'B. Siegert & Sons, tole mans. YoU may want 4 facturers. Ask your druggi — 1 LIGHT RUNNING BICYCLE “Ts that Miss Langtum a popular singer?" “Yes, indeed ; popular as a cyclone out west, | a ‘ Ggrceaty A aoe Mig. Co. Washington. Xow York, Absolutely unrivaled. and just like one too.” ** How so?” ‘Always brings down the house." —Xochester Democrat. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED DESCRIPTION. THE TOBACCO-HABIT HEALER | is called NO-TO-BAC. It is guaranteed to cure the tobacco-habit in every form. Costs but a trifle; de- 7 ‘Stroys the desire, makes nerves strong, and failure to Navy-blue potato-bugs have struck Hancock, | Do you think that the lady who is moving | sie means money refunded. At all ru 2 ——— Maine, and the farmers are trying paris green | in above you is nice?” ‘Oh, dear, yes. Why. ToHRcco. ere RLY Ba ae ON on their complexion.— Philadelphia Ledger. | she noticed that baby had two teeth before she | AWAY” for the asking. Address Sterling had been in the house two hours,"—Z/nter- frnedy Con 45-47 Randolph St., Chicago. A Ocean, —= Miffers—" Talk. about strong constitutions, R ob ust WIGS 2: HATE GOODS of every descrip: | my neighbor Whiffers beats any one I ever and made to order, Sead for my ercular, |Saw.” Differs—"* That man! You must be RAUOQHFUS: daft, He's been bedridden for ten years.” Bead iti. a Ba 44 East sath Street, N. ¥. | Azigers—"* Yes; but he's tried all the known Banks have gone down, large business houses have failed, and industries have been paralyzed during the recent financial the f Hait | remedies for his disease and he’s alive yet." — \4%5, hig ARAMIRACALOUS = perboutie. | New York Weekly. flurry, and one fact has stood out during it all with remarkable distinctness. The Great Advertisers of the United States—the concerns that boldly let their lights shine in reliable publications—have met the crisis and passed through it unscathed. Judicious Advertising, as a rule, is the best kind of investment. It brings trade from all parts of the world, and is at work early and late in the inter- est of its purchaser. Hence, when trouble NEW YORK CITY. Brevoort Hoots, Fi comes and doubts prevail in one part of 3 PAN ‘Avenue (near Washington square), New York. 0. the country, the great advertisers have their returns increased from other sec- tions, and they are easily able to tide over the period of depression, When Buying Space WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, 327 Broadway, N. Y. ‘S.W. CORNER 39™S7. and ItAve, 2%? “NEWYORK If your Dealer does not keep them, Order DIRECT from us. LEADING HOTELS. (We recommend all hotels advertised in Jvoce) NEW YORK CITY. Grand Union Hotel, Euxorgan Prax (Opposite Grand Ci gas New Yor. Rooms $1 ‘and upwards. Baggage to and from Grand Central depet fret ALDANY, N.Y. Heeler’s European Hotel Maiden Lane, Albany. WASHINGTON, Haxr, propriet ©.. The Cochran, F. J % to $s per day. Ax. Pax. D.C, Hotel Arno. Aurzcet ‘AND Euxorgan PLax, Strictly first-class. F % BROOKLYN, N.Y, Clarendon. Evroren Pus. being kept long after issue, the quality of 91 per day aod Ue Peet a Lacon rae paper used, and the clearness with which EASTON, PA. United States Hotel, 1 the advertisements are printed. 4 i) Hayoen, proprietor. Choice and elegantly forested \ Toms, ‘Fable of supenor eacelenee- We Don’t Want to influence your judgement in suggesting mediums, Far be it from us to do such a thing. All we ask is that you will not carefully consider the circulation and per- manence of the medium, the liability of its ' CHANGE FOR THE WORST. SUMMER RESORTS. OLD POINT COMFORT, VA. Hygela tetel S3 per day; $17.99 per week to §éo per month and um ASBURY PARK, N. J. Hotel Br Sette at Pamcia yrops. Bit persons to $35 per week 25 Cents per Copy. 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