Judge, 1900-02-24 · page 14 of 16
Judge — February 24, 1900 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page is predominantly **advertisements** with several short humorous anecdotes rather than political cartoons. The central satirical cartoon, "The Rubber-Plant," depicts exaggerated human heads sprouting from a plant's branches—likely mocking the era's fascination with pseudo-scientific ideas about heredity and human "breeding" or eugenics, popular pseudoscience in the early 1900s. The brief jokes scattered throughout reflect period attitudes: one mocks a mother's pride in her son's "mechanical genius" (making a fiddle from scrap wood), another satirizes broken engagements and romantic jealousy at country dances, and a third jokes about a man marrying his stenographer to save money—only for expenses to increase. The advertisements—for whiskey, Dr. Sanden's electric belts (dubious "male vigor" treatments), pianos, and seed catalogs—represent typical Judge content, mixing legitimate products with patent medicines and fraudulent health devices targeting men's insecurities, common in publications of this era.
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3 Mrs, Hayrix—" My son Jerry is gittin’ to be a reg'lar mechanical genius.” Ars. Con- tasel— "Dew tell! What's he been a-doin’ now?" Mfrs. Hayrix—* Why, he’s gone an’ made a fiddle out of his own’ head—an’ he's got enough wood left for another one."—CAi- cago News, eg! Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup 1s still in the lead. The people seem to like this old reliable cough-medi- cine,and we don't blame them, It is the best remedy. for 2 deep-seated cough or cold, and will effect a cure in one day. POO OCOCOCO OSES: ED ee ‘Are you engaged?” said a gentleman to a young lady at a country dance. ‘*I was,” she lied with flashing eyes; ‘but if that Pete Thompson thinks I'm going to sit here and see HH him squeeze that freckle-faced Wilkins girl's hand all evening he'll be mistaken, diamond or no diamond."—Ohio State Journal. When a man makes love to a woman he feels about the same as when he was a boy and use *ANGELO MYERS: to slide on the thinnest part of the pond. What by A PAA | makes it so interesting is knowing that he is eis Mattceeallae) | bound to gst in sooner oF later.— Troy Press. | Zoessesesceeeweeseeees eee: OVERHOLT We have had great suc- cess with our * Bottled in Bond" Whiskey. It en- ables us to place our whiskey direct to the con- sumer in its natural con- dition. “Bulger married his stenographer to se expenses.” ‘* How did it work?" ** It didst work. Neither did she."— Cleveland Pls Dealer THE “SOHMER” HEADS TH LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS. SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Building, $8.5 Bee cera RE? Be Grose ee FOR MEN. My tle. Sook, “Three Classes of Men,” sent free in request. It embodies the I have learned from | __ my 90 years’ experience as a = specialist. It tells all about (zs “2 Ss SS my famous DR. SANDEN 7 ELECTRIC BELT, with . home self-treatment for weak men, This Belt is worn at ier: RHEINSTROM BROS., all resoltsof Youthful Errors, Lack of Viger, Manly : Strength, ete. Over 7,000 gave testimony in 1890. 1 Dp Eagle Liqueurs Eagle Maraschino Cherries Pe anuwer ail letters peronaly.or Belt may be examined UH} : Eagle Bitters Eagle Crystallized Liquors Dr. H. E. SANDEN, 8% Broadway, New York, N.Y. iY 6 Esa Frat Par erates Popoler els iY > Lead all, housands of successful garde ’ eo NOVENA RYE Hrrnniaealonet teeny oust y Bayers ary, serhed fo sila Po Our Beautiful New an uneested ipape nny ery and } treba Boise Catalogue Free ‘Write for bandsomel gatalogve, toallwho apply for it, It contains every” thing good, old or new. in vegetable, Howe, and farm seeds, summer flowering alts, etc, etc. Tt has hundreds of ill ustratioos, jastrated It advocates Inebriate Rescue Work, and is the fs i inted tn colors free established medium of \ for the oskleg- 300,000 Keeley Cure Graduates pee EAGLE LIQUEUR DISTILLERIES, It utilizes al reform forces, : RHEINSTRON BROS.,Clacasal U.S. A Subscription Fifty Cents. Sample Copy Fuzz 400 BOYLSTON BLDG., OHIOAGO, ILL B 1.00 P.M. Leave New York: 2.30 Next Afternoon Reach Ch comicbooks.com