Judge, 1897-04-24 · page 20 of 20
Judge — April 24, 1897 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a **product advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes "S.K." (Sparkling Kolafra), a non-alcoholic sparkling beverage made from African Sterculia fruit. The ad emphasizes it as a thirst-quenching drink for "everybody of both sexes and all ages," sold through clubs, cafés, hotels, and grocers. The illustration shows a bottle chilling in ice. The descriptive language—"cooling, refreshing, palate-pleasing" and "unique, satisfying, exhilarating"—typifies early 20th-century advertising hyperbole. The distributor was The Brunswick Ph. Co. in New York. This reflects the era's marketing of exotic fruit-based beverages as fashionable modern refreshments.
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