Judge, 1901-03-16 · page 12 of 16
Judge — March 16, 1901 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and humor fillers**, typical of Judge magazine's format. The centerpiece is a gentle cartoon showing an adult (likely a mother) and child in period dress, with the child asking "Auntie dear, where do these fossil shells come from?" — a setup for a joke about the child's innocence asking if shells predate even the elderly aunt. The surrounding material consists of **product advertisements** (Boston Garter suspenders, Wilson Whiskey, Hartford Tires, Laughlin Fountain Pens) and brief **humorous anecdotes** on various topics—insurance agents turning down elderly clients, Mark Twain's travels, politics, and a child's dark school joke conflating "India" with "famine." The jokes reflect **turn-of-century American humor**: wordplay, gentle mockery of politicians (Grover Cleveland), and observations about wealth and class. Nothing here indicates sophisticated political satire; it's entertainment and advertising mixed for a middlebrow audience. The lack of bylines and the brief format suggest these were standard filler material rather than commissioned works.
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Statistics will tell you that fewer men die at _ninety-four than at any other uge."—London Ttd-Bits, Gotham —'* 1 see Grover Cleveland has de- ates again.” Church —"* Where did you see that?” “Gotham —* Why, he made a speech, the other night, in which he said the country could never be the same again.” — Yonkers it isa respectable distance from Boston.— Statesman, | 7 I The Hartford Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. THE WILSON DISTILLING CO. Balttmore, Md. That's All! SAPS GPS A SRL TAS EN UE Hartford Tires: Represent everything that can be desired in a perfectly comfortable, practical, honest tire. Rubber Works Cotmend ean, acca Di alttnalty Resmi BROTHER DICKEY'S SUNDAY SAYINGS. Ef hit wuzn't fer de hope what's ahead er us some folks would be ten dollars behind time er’ day in de week.—De worl’ is doin’ de bes’ hit kin wid de material on han’. 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