Judge, 1898-12-03 · page 14 of 16
Judge — December 3, 1898 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The content includes: **Left side:** A wine advertisement for "American Champagne Gold Seal" by Urbana Wine Co., with decorative illustrations of cherubs and grape vines. Below are humorous illustrations labeled "FORE and AFT" showing golfers in exaggerated poses—apparently making fun of golf etiquette or technique. **Right side:** Multiple product advertisements including Cascarets candy laxative, Barker's shirt collars, and prominently, the **Columbia Graphophone**—an early phonograph/record player. The Graphophone ad emphasizes its ability to both *reproduce* music from cylinders AND *record* sound, claiming superiority over competitors (likely Edison's phonograph) that could only play pre-recorded material. **Bottom:** Montebello Brut champagne advertisement. The page reflects early 1900s consumer culture, showcasing emerging technologies (phonographs) and patent-era competition between manufacturers claiming technical superiority.
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“ Pure as the dew—sparkling as the raindrops.” FORE and REGULATE 6 1 os 10¢ 25¢50¢ ALL DRUGGISTS. hep, H. for live, energetic bustiers in mills, inp Tor | MONEY fcriog Starnes Suse atone ie ie, Po. | SRE ttn NaS Pees wt Seles NOE BOER & CO The firm of Sohmer & Company has grown BARKER'S COLLARS constantly in favor with the public since its BR founding, and this is a natural result on account ANDS xO CUFFS |) of its reliability and trustworthiness. This firm en has shown so much enterprise and real ability Wm. Barker, Troy, _N+Y-1] in the management and “ push" of its business "| tnat even competitors freely acknowledge the Icvor’s Linzanr fe fall of purefan. No politics, 0c. | leading position it occupies in the trade. a He others, The Talking Machine Up to Date. WHEN YOU GET A TALKING MACHINE GET A GRAPHOPHONE. Why the Graphophone? IN THE FIRST PLACE The Graphophone reproduces perfectly and delightfully the music of bands, orchestras, and vocal and instrumental solo- ists. With a Graphophone one can provide at any time a most enjoyable entertainment, having the whole range of melody to draw on for his programme. It is all musical instruments in one. AND THEN On a Graphophone cylinder any one can record easily and instantly music, the human voice, or any sound, and the record can be reproduced immediately and as often as desired. Only on talking machines manufactured under the Grapho- phone patents can sound be recorded, the performances of other so-called talking machines being limited to the repro- duction of records of cut-and-dried subjects made in labora- tories, Graphophones are sold for $10 and up. Write for Catalogue B. A. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH CO., best-t MONTEBELLO BRUT 1880—Finest and oldest Champagne on the market. | NEW YORK, 143 and 145 Broadway. CHICAGO, art State St. RETAIL BRANCH, 1155-1157-1159 Broadway. PARIS, 34 Boulevard des Italiens. ST. LOUIS, 720-722 Olive St. PHILADELPHIA, 1032 Chestnut St. BALTIMORE, 110 E, Baltimore St. WASHINGTON, 919 Pennsylvania Ave. ® BUFFALO, 313 Main St, SAN FRANCISCO, 723 Market St. ta E se comicbooks.com