Judge, 1900-08-11 · page 17 of 20
Judge — August 11, 1900 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial or satirical content. However, it opens with two brief comic exchanges that illustrate period humor: 1. **The novel-writing joke** (top left): A woman wants to write a novel but keeps rewriting the first chapter because her husband's behavior keeps changing her mind about whether he's a hero or villain—commentary on marital domestic disputes. 2. **The coffee joke** (right): A man complains his wife's coffee isn't like his mother's; the humor suggests his wife has a toothache, implying his tactlessness. 3. **The missionary joke** (center): A "grass widow" (separated woman) is eaten by "civilized" cannibals she's been teaching vegetarianism—dark satire about missionary work and social pretension. The remainder is **period advertisements** for products now recognizable as dubious or harmful: opium remedies, "blood poison" cures, tapeworm treatments, and wines with cocaine derivatives (Mariani Wine). These reveal contemporary attitudes toward patent medicine and unregulated pharmaceutical sales.
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