Judge, 1894-06-09 · page 13 of 16
Judge — June 9, 1894 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains no discernible cartoon or political commentary—just commercial notices typical of 1890s periodicals. Key advertisements include: - **Victor bicycles** and other cycle companies, reflecting the 1890s bicycle craze - **Hilton, Hughes & Co.** carpet and home furnishing department - **Williams' Shaving Soaps**, featuring health warnings about cheap competitors spreading "disease germs" and "Barber's itch"—a legitimate concern in an era before modern sanitation - **Eat Bicycles** (another cycle maker) - **Vino de Salud** (Wine of Health), marketed as medicinal—typical of patent medicine advertising The Williams' Soap ad notably uses fear-based marketing, warning readers that inferior soaps cause infections, while positioning their product as the safe, quality choice. The page reflects 1890s consumer culture: bicycles as luxury goods, patent medicines claiming health benefits, and emerging advertising techniques using health anxiety to drive sales.
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Victors Lead. The finest in the world. Have the most up-to-| date improvements and conveniences. Nothing by halves. Get our ’94 catalog tell- ing all about Victor su- periority. OVERMAN WHEEL CO. poston. PHILADELPHIA, OETROIT. NEW Yorn. cHicact DENVER. ic18c0. Signs of spring—The gun-club is putting forth its shoots, — Yale Necord. HILTON, HUGHES A. T. STEWART & CO, CARPET DEPT. Straw Mattings for Summer Homes. | variety In color and j @ per ron combination, Rnd up. Oriental Rugs and Domestic Smyrnas, ALL SIZES. | JAPANESE Dantsu Carpets and Rugs. A superb collection nt Oriental fi ble Damask Et wide. reproductions of LOOR CRASHES, Parquet Flooring OUR SPECIALTY. English Oil Cloths, ms, figured, Inlaid and in single- | ‘effects, at moderate prices, The Entire Block, Broadway, 4th Ave., Sth & 10th Sts. Great caution should be exercised at this season in the matter of SHAVING Soap. The scorching sun cuts and lays open the sensitive cuticle of the face. THE Door Is OPEN.!! It lies with you—either to close it—by applying the soft, healing—creamy lather—produced from the famous WILLIAMS’ *23338° SOAPS to admit the myriads of disease germs that so abound in common toilet and shaving soaps sometimes sold by unscrupulous dealers—and used by careless people because of fancied “cheapness.” Hundreds of cases of Barber's itch—prycosis—and Scrofulous Sores—are annually traced to certain “cheap” soap factories and to Barber Shops, where, through carelessness—or because of the “* alittle cheaper" argument, soups are used that fairly reck with disease germs and with properties that will make the toughest skin tender, and repulsive with dis- usting sores, Sa pay a fair price for a shave—are you not entitled toall of the safely and comfort that the use of standard toilet preparations iniures? You can PROTECT YOURSELF Ay demanding that your Barber use nothing but WILLIAMS! by insisting that your Druggist obtain it for you—if you shave yourself. WILLIAMS’ SOAPS—in uit principal forms—are sold by all Dealers. ‘Wittams’ Barbers’ Soap, 40c. 9 This is the kind your barber should use. Willams’ Shaving Stick, 25e. It's also moat excellent for Terict use, Str908, metallined case, For Tourists’ Tons of it sold yearly fe Samities. od Travelers: use. Dont fail'to anu for 6 cakes in a pac Wits and take ne echers “Genuine Yankee” Soap, 10. Oldest and most famous cake of shaving soap in the world, Millions using it. foe 295 ta 758; in stamy ‘your dealer does not have these soaps—we sail thech to aay abdrere ritthatas Foe Gialesoaty, wee rede sent) LN. fF HEALTH) BOTTLED IN SPAIN, Herbs from a recipe Womans coorsaariva Tous co, MiiWiceis, Wis tise} | lished, clipping therefrom items of designated jon Office: 64 Gazar Russmt Sr. W. C A preparation of finest MW At? | we SK EOW ANS aro verk of the old Moors of NTED seaesors: |“ Burrelie’s Press Clipping Bureau, > Juper’s Linnany fs full of pare fun. No polities. We. interest to clients.” College men should read the New Weekly Department, Malaga Wine and IMPORTED BY ROCHE &C9... san saree! _Granada. stove Wetorermron | Western Union building, reads all papers pub- in Frank Leslie’s Weekly. comicbooks.com