Judge, 1901-01-05 · page 13 of 16
Judge — January 5, 1901 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of Judge magazine's revenue model. The content includes: **Main Advertisement Focus:** - Mariani Wine (cocaine-laced tonic wine, legal then) - Abbey's Salt (fever treatment) - Opium/morphine addiction cures - Collar/shirt manufacturer - Transportation and shipping lines **The Satire:** The small cartoon at top shows two moths discussing a "camphor ball"—a pun playing on the double meaning (a dance vs. the insect repellent). This is mild wordplay humor. **Historical Context Modern Readers Need:** These ads reveal what's shocking to us: unregulated patent medicines containing cocaine, opium, and morphine were openly advertised as cure-alls for "overworked men, delicate women, sickly children." The page also features a poem by James Whitcomb Riley (credited), suggesting the magazine balanced crude advertisements with literary content. The page shows pre-FDA America where dangerous substances were marketed without regulation or warning labels.
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yox do drink, drink Tr; MbiIe » “Animosities hence done away, Brightcommerceenliv'ningthe shore, Let this be the toast of the day Good fellowsbipall the world o'er.”” Green Label. ‘AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. OVERWORKED MEN, DELICATE WOMEN SICKLY CHILDREN, TAKE QIARIANI WINE) ‘9 other preparation has ever received 80 many vol- ary vesttinoniaie from eminent people as the w famous Marian! Wive. wee ener Mariani Wine] WORKS WONDERS. Sold by all dragetsta, Refuse Substitutes. nllgtlant & Co. 82 3. 15th st. New York, pubah ook ot endorsements of Emperor ardinals, Arehbianops and otter astiog aces. It fs'sent gratis abd postpaid to all whu write for It 's Lingany fs full of pure fan, No polities, 10c. Only Direct Water Route from BOSTON, PROVIDENCE and NEW YORK to CHARLESTON and JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA Fast Modern Steamships and Ex- cellent Servico § Three Sailings a Week from New York, Affording Rail Connections to all Southern Resorts. WM. P. CLYDE & CO., Gen’ Agta, THEO. G. BGER, G. M. 19 State Street, New York ¥ te fall of pure fun. No politics. 10c, EL MANDARINA CO: Two YAN-KEE. CORN "CURE, Does it every ume. Tenierksons tt or sennl Ga.cante t G wisi: PANY, HOSTOS, Statesman, PUBLISHERS, PRINTERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS First moth—"*Are you going to the ball this Second moth—"* What ball?" First Why, the camphor ball." Second No, not this evening."— Yonkers (COAG i WAKES EE SieAIGRNSTIE GHEE ii RULE THER RAIN | Lackawanna falroad OUR BOYHOOD HAUNTS. Ho! I'm going back to where We were youngsters. Meet me there, Dear old barefoot chum, and we Will be as we used to be— Lawless rangers up and down The old creck beyond the town— Little sunburnt gods at play, fasts in that faraway; Water-nymphs, all unafraid, Shall smile at us from the brink Of the old millrace and wade Tow'rd us as we kneeling drink At the spring our boyhood knew, Pure and clear as morning dew ; And as we are rising there, Doubly dow’rd to hear and see, We shall thus be made aware Of an eerie piping, heard High above the happy bird In the hazel. And then we, just across the creek, shall see Hah! the goaty rascal!) Pan Hoof it o'er the sloping green, Mad with his own melody— Aye, and (bless the beasty man !) Stamping from the grassy soil Bruised scents of fleur-de-lis, Boneset, mint and pennyroyal. -B. James Whitcomb Riley, ILLIAMS'stice’ oo) ii arrenreuity WILLIAMS.CO. + ORESOEN ~SYONEY “THE ‘SALT’ OP SALTS" BBEY'S — SALT The Salt Extracted from the duices of Fresh Frits. FOR FEVERS-- Half a teaspoonful in half a tumbler of cold water three times a day. William B, Mann, M.D.,Evanston, IIL, says: “Your Effervescent Salt is an ex: cellent article in feverish constitution Being gently laxative and cooling, an agreeable at the same time. Tconsider it alsoanexcellentadjunct in thetreatment of nervous affections om account of its soothing qualities."* Sold by most druggists, or sent by mail. 25c., 60¢., $1.00 per bottle. THE ABBEY EFFERVESCENT SALT CO., Room 3,11 Murray Street, New York. Booklet free on request. ino “ee and life with- out the bite. Paris Exposition Judges’ opinion: “Perfect.” OPIUM MORPHINEand ZAUDANUM, (i sufficent to convince you it WILL, CUR! sent FREE, with book of testimonials (sealed). OPA SPECIALTY CO., Dept. U. Chicago. DEAFNESS Sou5° OF No,FAY ROWAN, MILWAUKEE, - i EARL & WILSONS | JCOLLARS CUFFS &.SHIRTS BEST IN THE WORLD. Wise: A GREATEST FOR THE F A MIL Y se NEWSPAPER Leslie's Illustrated Weekly It tells the atory of contemporaneous events and illustrates it with the most artistic pictures. Its correspondents and writers cover every important field tho world over. | | Dagar es WEEKLY is a paper to keep on the library table, and to read and re-read, and to file away for useful reference. It is ruad by more families of culture and refinement among the masscs than any other paper of its class in the world. It is the greatest, best, most attractive and cheapest of all American educators. Its special features are worth your time and money. They include Jasper's Weckly Hints to Money-Makers, answering, without charge, questions regarding Stock and Bond Investments ; Hermit’s Life Insurance Suggestions, answer- ing, without charge, questions concerning Life Insurance. Send One Dollar to the publishers’ address below and Leslie's will be mailed to you regularly each week for a period of four months, LeEs.ie’s WEEKLY HO Fifth Avenue NEW YORK Desiring paper of superior excellence and uniformity can secure it of the makers of the papers used in the various publications of THE JUDGE PUBLISHING COMPANY. comicbooks.com