Judge, 1901-04-20 · page 12 of 16
Judge — April 20, 1901 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of Judge magazine's revenue model. The central cartoon depicts a cherub or cupid figure sitting beneath a street lamp, captioned "BEEF, WINE AND IRON"—likely promoting tonics or patent medicines promising vigor and vitality. Scattered throughout are brief satirical jokes reflecting early 1900s social attitudes: - A dialogue mocking **immigrant speech patterns** at Ellis Island, expressing anti-immigration sentiment - A joke about a **Black cook** negotiating wages, relying on racial dialect humor - A quip about General Funston (a Spanish-American War hero) that marriage was wise "before he became such a great hero"—suggesting cynicism about military fame The advertisements promote **alcohol** (whiskey, ale), **patent medicines** (Mariani tonic, Angostura bitters), **pianos**, **cigars**, and notably an early **automobile** (the National). The page reflects the era's casual racism, anti-immigrant sentiment, and faith in commercial "tonics" as cure-alls—attitudes that would be considered offensive today but were normalized in early 20th-century American magazines.
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| The Flavor of Baltimore Rye is concentrated from its uniform Quality Purity Age and is always recognized. BattiMorE Rv€ wornco ay WH LaNAHAN SON, iia It is the American Gentleman's | Whiskey At all First-Class Cafés and Jobbers, WM. LANAHAN & SON, Baltimore, Md. A Hot Springs gentleman told his colored cook: ‘* Matilda, if you will bring back the tight change from market every morning I'll give you adollar a month extra." No, sah, | don't keer ter work on a salery in dis line ob business; but I mout be willin’ ter take a per-| centage ef you act on de squar'."—Arkansaw Thos. Cat. Nothing ing as a half wine-glass| of DR. SIE 'S Angostura Bitters before meals, the South American appetizer. Beware of imitation. General Funston was wise enough to get married before he became such a great hero. — Baltimore American. meen the Be ponent 's out of order and you can't enjoy And ¥ith peogs of Indigestion your whole estem is tm- ‘When you feel an eager yearning to possess taternal Take’s 1LLP.A.N.S tn the morning and your sorrows wil soon ceaie. oe First immigrant (at Ellis Island)—"' Dissa flood of immigrationa shoulda be stoppa.” Sec ond immigrant—"* Yah, das is so. Omeryga for Omerygans."—Wew York Weekly. Ability to succeed is limited by your health. Attain your full possibilities by using Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters. the great strength-giver. Ghe name f EVANS on a bottle of Ale or Stout stands for everything that’s best in brewing and bottling Every place red for past 115 years by Co. Evaas'a' Sous, Hoos, 8 ¥ Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. . That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLI Baltimore, Md. <The Sohmer Piano ranks among the best for| excellence of tone, durability and finish. VIN MARIANI World Famous Mariani Tonic Its good effects are immediate] and lasting. It is also very pala- table, agreeable to the taste and acceptable to the most delicate stomach, All Druggists. Refuse Substitutes. and careful Me hie of these goods have} driven from the mar-| ket all importations or imitations. Find out about them. (Your Grocer.) [adequate Roeinsirgm, t Bros 967-969 Martin St, 968-968 . Front St. HE “SOHMER” HEADS THE LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS. SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Building, ech frente’ Sem Sth Ave., cor, 22d m1 EUROPEAN TOUR. land, eign Mine Wel ‘Aivdrena for pros othe Moorings foward, us THE RESORTER. AHandsomely Miustrated Monthly for, Health and Flewureseckers. Four mont ‘eight months, els, Rend two-cen -cimén copy. STOR PLACE. BEEF, WIN MEN OF BRAINS ‘These Cigars are manufactured under the most favorable climatic conditions and from the mildest blends of Havana to- bacco. If we had to pay the imported cigar tax our brands would cost double the money, Send for booklet and particulars, CORTEZ CIGAR CO., KEY WEST. Jovor’s Lipaany ts full of pure tun. NGARS -~MADE AT KEY WEST.— The Search for Work The man who can do something Salary-Raising Education {9 Mechanical, Electrical, Ste Giri or” Sising”’nloeeri ienltrseueiener CGinesteritine tate Internationa) Correspenden Ten o1ssseventons Pan ject ta (py A evince 0 roay chee & toft, beautif Eales are cher. | ‘all’ ladies. You cant nave both by sing the Pures ‘Absolntely harm: fess.’ ‘Sample and Zda—"1 am afraid of this old house. They say skeletons hold high carnival in the nest room.” May —"*But how can they get in here?” Zda—'* They might use skeleton-keys.” —Chicago News. moZ>onicty NEW YORK TRAP—Style E. Price, $1,500. ‘A small dosa-dos designed for two persons. but capable of carrying four. Like all National vehicles it has every modern improvement and device knowa to Automobile makers. A fall description of this and other Yehicles in the handsomest “Auto jook"” ever published, sent for ten cents ia stamps. Titustrated pamphlet mailed freetoany address The National Automobile & Electric Co, 1111 East 22d St., Indianapolis, Ind. vital pric! St. Paul Assodiatior DERARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Valea States Patent Office, | Washington D.C. March 234, 190t. Sealed proposals (in adr plicaie) will be received at this office until 2 o'deck 7. t., May ad, root, and will be immediately opened thereafter, for Producing during the fiscal year end tng June oth, r002, by the photalithographic proces, copies of drawings of the weekly issues of patests, desigas, trade-marks, and pending applications, for the reproduction of ‘exhausted copies of drawings and specifications, for the reproduction of ‘oreity Patents and publications, for producing ¢: drawings on a reduced scale for the library € patents, and for the productionof the Offictal Gazette, Including all indexes thereto by silver print photograp! Specifications and speci photographs of designs ‘with forms of propos willbe furnished on application to the Chief Clerk of the Patent Office. Proposals must be sealed dorsed *F Bedford Avenue, Brookiy2, 8. T+ also, for reproducing» ————— ew