Judge, 1894-07-07 · page 14 of 16
Judge — July 7, 1894 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with multiple product pitches interspersed with editorial content. The main satirical content appears to be the "Disfigured For Life" piece about skin diseases, which uses melodramatic language typical of patent medicine advertising from this era. The accompanying small cartoon of a distressed face mocks the exaggerated claims of "Cuticura Remedies"—products marketed as miracle cures for obstinate skin conditions. The page reflects **turn-of-the-century anxieties** about appearance and social status: skin disease meant social isolation and business failure. The satire targets the desperation of sufferers and the predatory advertising tactics of dubious remedies promising miraculous results. Other ads (W.L. Douglas shoes, Harris garters, Warwick cycles) use similarly grandiose claims about quality and value—standard advertising hyperbole of the period. The bottom section announces Leslie's Weekly's coverage of the upcoming international yacht races and Oxford-Yale contests, presenting genuine editorial content alongside commercial appeals.
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“Disfigured For Life” Is the despairing cry of thousands afficted with unsightly skin discases. you realize what this disfiguration means to sensitive souls? It means isolation, secla- sion. It is & bar to social and Dusiness success. Do you wonder that de. spair seizes upon these sufferers when Doctors fail, standard remedies fall, ‘And postruths prove worse than useless? Skin diseases are most obstinate to curs. Coricuna Rewepies Have earned the title Skin Specifics, Because for years they have met with most remarkable euccess. ‘There aro cases that they cannot cure, but they are few indecd. It {sno long-drawn-out expensiveexperiment. 25 cents invested in CUTICURA Boar Will prove more than we dare claim. In short CUTICURA WORKS WONDERS, ‘And ita cures are simply marvelous. fold throughout the world. Price, Coricuna, bee. It need never haj the HARRIS GARTER: that holds your stocking without tearing itor without annoying you. It’s one of| the famous HEEL ‘Trade Merk, To be had at the furnisher’s, or sent post-| paid on receipt of price. Lisle 25c., Silk 0c, all colors, Send 10c. for book and receive & handsome Gold-plated Watch Fob with It, free. Neeeaveutiel. Porta Dad WIRE BUCKLE SUSPENDER COo., an ., Bole Proprietors, Boston. s £04 ew eewubinkeritsbacceine. | Lhe most stylish, comfortable and durable | ‘%?e2—_wm W.L. DoucLas White-Linen Collar manufactured is the SQURISTR IN HUROEE, $3 SH Ya : : WU AL ROUTES It tao OE niztiae: : - gy/“Thinner Thickness” NO SQUEAKING @ he 'y oth ‘ SSRI O va 840,000 now In use. 539 FINE CALFECKANGAROD : $S.L9POUCEs Sours. If you wear one you will buy no other, All first {{2. 3*xtteham mn Broa op5h2-VioRtiNeweNs | class furnishers sell them. $2.41.75 BovsScnooSHoEs, ~ _ aRIES. $332 Best DONCOL, SENO For CATALOGUE W-L-DOUGLAS, BROCKTON, MASS. ing W. Ly noes, Because, we are t! irgest manufacturers of advertised shoes in the world, and guarantee the value by stamping the name and price on the bottom, which protects you against high prices and the middleman's profits. Our shoes work in style, easy fitting and jalities. We have them sold every. wer prices for the value given than any other make. Take no substitute. If your Geater cannot supply you, we cam, Know thyself by knowing BURRELL Burrelle’s Press Clipping Bureau, Western Union Buipinc, New York. WARWICK CYCLES. The strongest; the In view of the great interest felt in this country in the coming interna- tional yacht races, in which our cham- pion Vigilant is to contend in foreign waters against the best boats in Eu- rope, LESLIE'S WEEKLY has sent abroad its special photographer, Mr. Hemment, who will follow the Vigi- lant in all her races and furnish us _ ee with Pletures from weelt to week. a ir. Hemment will also send us Where to Go this Summer _ pictures of the Yale team from the they have ended their contest with The Great ‘Rock Island Route Oxford. These pictures will be a Tekst takes you though D-nver, flag or returning, at th eame pres Oh earrteshinas interest idwill be or take the direct Manitou line. (Seo map.) a z B H. Sherrill, the well-known Yale ath- Our Big 5282's. Leaves chicago lete, who was largely instrumental at 10 o'clock every nieht lin securing the arrangements for the on, inte at ee second rene @utck | Oxford-Yale contest, will furnish the ip. Most excellent equipment. Dining Gers, |letter-press. No other paper will eee ec nasa anen {APPFoaCN LESLIE'S WEERLY inthe vv | a wosdertal cope Your Ticker | attention that it will devote to Ameri- \ of despondency, Catarrh cured b fy Hatm. i eta & boxy sik ly Balm. ce, ) RISEN FROM THE GRAVE Dr. W. I. VESCELIUS, ‘Magnetic Institute, Aunany, N. Ye A GREAT SCHEME T Jones (to his wife fixing up those dummies, ‘© KEEP BABY QUIET. tell you, Mary that was srilliant idea of mine, THE JULY NUMBER OF } "oe, Agent can tell you all about it andsell youticket | CaN sports in foreign countries. JUDGE'S LIBRARY “4 ST 10018) with your Colorado Tourist Ticket, should you | Persons desiring to secure all the ‘ desire, issues containing illustrations of these is now out, and will be found to be superia-! : 4 tively funny. Price 10 cents. To be had of ee JNo. Seaastian, events should send in their orders at all newsdealers and train-boys. “AS GOOD AS A ‘BEECH-NUT’ HAM.” once. comicbooks.com