Judge, 1899-05-13 · page 3 of 18
Judge — May 13, 1899 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not political satire**. It's a "Deichler's Monthly Reminder" from May 1899 promoting a news, book, and stationery store located at 156 North Queen Street (between Orange and Chestnut Streets, West Side). The advertisement lists merchandise typical of late-19th-century general stores: toilet paper, pocket books, purses, knives, games, office supplies like ink stands and paper weights, twine, and notably, cheap novels priced at 5¢, 10¢, 15¢, and 25¢—popular fiction by "all the popular authors." The store also offered magazine and newspaper delivery service. This reflects how general retailers of the era served as important distribution points for periodicals and affordable popular literature before modern drugstore chains became standard.
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? Deichler's Monthly Reminder MAY, 1899. All the Periodicals and Magazines. TOILET PAPER—We have it in rolls or packages, at 5 and 10c.; 3 or 6 for 25c.—the largest roll in the city. Pocket and Bill Books, Purses and Card Cases, all kinds and all prices. Knives, Tooth-Picks, Balls—rubber and celluloid, Base Balls and Bats, Combs, Key Rings, Tweezers, Shawl Straps, Bag Tags, Cork Screws, Letter Clips and Files, Games, Ink Stands, Pen Racks, Call Bells, Paper Weights, Paper Knives, Merchandise and Shipping Tags, White Cotton and Colored Sea Grass Twine. Have you seen the 5, 10, 15 and 25c. Novels BY ALL THE POPULAR AUTHORS? ‘We have them by the thousands. .....DDEICHLER’S. News, Book and Stationery Store 156 NORTH QUEEN STREET. Between Orange and Chestnut Sts.—West Side. Magazines, News and Story Papers Delivered. comicbooks.com