Judge, 1897-12-04 · page 12 of 16
Judge — December 4, 1897 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** rather than satirical content. The notable elements: **Main Advertisements:** - **Vigoral** (Armour & Company): A beef extract marketed as fatigue-fighting, "nourishing" nutrition - **Mount Vernon Pure Rye Whiskey**: Marketed as premium, "for medicinal use" with physician endorsement—reflecting the era when alcohol was legitimately promoted for health benefits - **Autoharp**: A stringed instrument advertised as an ideal Christmas gift - **Barney & Berry Skates**: Ice skates claiming "Highest Award World's Fair" - **Vin Mariani**: A French "tonic for body and brain" for indigestion - **Ball-Pointed Pens**: Writing instruments emphasizing durability **Minor Content:** A small rural humor panel about roads, typical of period magazines. **Historical Context:** The medicinal claims (whiskey, wine tonics) and the emphasis on "purity" and "no adulteration" reflect early 1900s advertising before strict FDA regulations. These ads reveal contemporary health beliefs and consumer anxieties about product quality.
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A Foe to Fatigue —nourishing, strength-giving, ae Mount Vernon PURE RYE Owing to its fine, full, mellow flavor, this whiskey commands the highest Price in barrels (to wholesale dealers) of any brand now on the market, and is the basis of most of the bottled blended whiskies now so extensively advertised. Bottled at the Distillery with an absolute Guaranty of Purity and Original Condition. The consumer buying this—the only distillery bottling of MOUNT VERNON (in SQUARE jottles, each bearing the Numbered Guaranty Label)— secures the highest grade of Pure Rye Whiskey in its natural condition, en- Urely free from adulteration with cheap spirits and flavorings. FOR MEDICINAL USE it has the indorsement of the most prominent physicians throughout the United States. For Sale by All Reliable Dealers. The concentrated nutriment of prime lean beef, deli spiced and seasoned. Prepared in a minute, with cold or hot water. At druggists and grocers. | Armour & Company, Chicago. “Various Views on Vigoral” mailed free. re A UTOHARP iChristmas Gift..... ghow sana Heels ! : To other skaters wear the ! BASY Barney & Berry Skates, O PLAY. | aitceadoige & Son. | Highest Award World’s Pair, EASY ‘Onrr. x, —_———_ Catalogue Free. TO BUY. 110-112 EAST 137m 8T., BARNEY & DERRY, Springfield, Mase NEW YORK. INFORMATION, Fair cyciist—‘* Where do these roads lead to?” Native—"* One on ‘em leads to my ‘ome, an’ t’other goes straight on.” —Pick-me-up. ‘4 Christma Judge Indigestion 2 = will be published PANE WINE? The Ideal French Tonic | “ FOR BODY AND BRAIN | December 10th, ‘Since 1863, Endorsed by Medical Faculty immediate lasting _ efficacious agreeable Finest of the Ball = Poi nted Pen Ss Boliday Publications. ™ 5 Hoek your Newadealer to secure a Ravcarlous:WHINET, sass feewridlog in avec pecllics haes rene Copy for you. Paper; never scratch nor spurt. Made of the finest Shemeld rolled steel, BaLt-PotntED pens are durable, and are abead of all others FOR EASY WRITING. 91.20 per tox of 1 ress. Assorted sample bes of 24 pens for a, post free from all stations wholesale of £ &.Co. 9 Willan St: Eowano Krwrroy, Jobe ‘RR MANUPACTERING Broadway, Ne Epes Markee wee Puasa” PoE ec Cou 8 A ©. Cuene &'Co.s ttt Wabash Ave,, Chicago. Brown Baoruins, Lim. 6 King Sts Toronto, Bd comicbooks.com