Judge, 1901-06-29 · page 20 of 21
Judge — June 29, 1901 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **commercial advertisement**, not satire. It promotes Cuban Splits cigars manufactured by Kraus & Co. in Baltimore, Maryland, priced at 15¢ per package of five cigars. The ad features a romanticized illustration of a woman in Spanish/Cuban costume (fan, elaborate dress) sitting on a cigar—a common marketing trope of the era that exoticized Cuban products. The text emphasizes the product's authenticity ("Genuine All Havana," "Imported Cigar Grade") and affordability for working-class smokers ("a superb short smoke for little money"). A notable element: the warning against imitations, suggesting counterfeit Cuban cigars were a commercial problem. The ad offers mail-order options, indicating distribution challenges outside major cities in 1901. This reflects the cigar industry's boom in early 20th-century America and the prestige associated with Cuban tobacco.
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— COPYRIGHT.|901.8Y KRAUS & CO BALTIMORE, MD REG.INUS. PATENT OFFICE == I5¢PER PACKAGE (22229 Eau & CO.,SOLE MANUFACTURERS BALTIMORE,MD. (Fac-simile o 3 mae SN — "GENUINE IMPORTED { i ALL CIGAR | 5) Havana Grape i MADE OF THE FINEST SELECTIONS OF ¥ HAVANA TOBACCO ¥ EQUAL IN QUALITY TO THE BEST IMPORTED CIGARS SOLD BY FIRST-CLASS DEALERS EVERYWHERE If you cannot obtain them from your dealer, send us $5.00 and we will have 100 Cuban Splits sent, express prepaid, from our near: est distributer. Correspondence solicited from distributers in terri+ tory not yet covered. . Sample Box containing 12 Cigars mailed upon receipt of 35 Cents. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS CNG Maatact jole ua All genuine Cuban Splits KRAUS @ co., —E—E—E—ESE OE bear our name on bands around Papkades: vwe ww # BALTIMORE, MD., U.S.A. # ww iGbooks!eom