Judge, 1901-07-06 · page 15 of 16
Judge — July 6, 1901 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page primarily contains **advertisements and light humor** rather than political satire. The main content is: **"When 'N. Pac.' Went to a Thousand"** — a verse about Northern Pacific Railroad stock spiking dramatically in May 1901. The poem satirizes the **stock market's volatility and social inequality**: while wealthy speculators profit from margin trading and price swings, ordinary working people ("the poor man") lose their savings. The "rich man's gain" comes directly from common investors being "crowded out." The accompanying cartoon **"The Beggar and the Deaf Man"** shows a deaf man who cannot hear a beggar's plea—a straightforward sight gag about communication failure, not political commentary. The rest of the page is typical early-1900s advertising: Kodak cameras, European travel, blood poison cures, Cascaret laxatives, whiskey, and brandy. The ads reflect period medical quackery and consumerism typical of Judge's revenue model. **Context: Northern Pacific's 1901 stock surge was a real financial event**, making the satire timely for contemporary readers.
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MAZAMAS, Tuly (4-19 e chance: Oo ORE BINCCTI ER, CzrImBIne MMa- RAINIER. Pecie WHEN "'N, PAC." WENT TOA THOUSAND ‘The stock market opened one cool day in May, (Hark to the stock tape’s song) Seno Six Cenrs Tn an uncertain, feverish sort of a way, “, ‘And the bulls went short and the bears Wer ‘gaerlatd 1901 ‘went long, CHAS. 5 FEE. While men tore their hair and wondered why dwiaes ivan ge caleisloe North Pac jumped up, while vou and I 0 try. when. died were at” call,” market's fall When “KODAK” Stands for all that is Best in Photography To the perfection of Kodak construction, to the perfece tion of the Kodak mechan- ism, to the perfection of the Kodak lens: Griumph of Kodakery All Kedaks Load ia Daylight with our Trassparest Files Cartridges. Several styles use elther fms or plates. Siaty-four page catalogue, describing them a deta, free at the Kodak dealers or by mail, EASTMAN KODAK CO. THE BEGGAR AND THE DEAF MAN, Beccar—'*Hey! Please —He can't hear me. —Hey! help a poor man ?—— Till make him !— poor man! Put itin tube.” EUROPEAN TRAVEL. Miss Weldon will take stx young ladies abroad. HIGHEST REFERENCES, Addreas, for prospectus of the trip, Mise Weldon, ~The’ Moorings,” Howard, I's. HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS, PAPER WARHDHOUSH, fon, $2, 4, and $8 Bleecker Street, Branch Warcicune, 9 icekinon Stree Now York, ALL KINDS OF PAPER MADE TO CRDEE. LooD ab O!SON or Tertiary Blood Poison an be treated at home under rored 8 ASypart ot the fhe Soret 8 Were Pars out write COOK REMEDY CO. We Mute Temple, Chicago, I for proots of cures. Gaottal Tan,ao. "We soliett the inort obauinate eases. HEnyeccured ibe worst cance t09 days WOPags Cure Colds Lost = millions we'd made, if we'd dared Pac” went to a thousand, “ Now what do they mean by * cried, As she looked to the Exchange below, Where most firms struggled and some ‘firms Pure Rye Whiskey In the space of an hour or so, For“ N. Pac" jumped like an acrobat From 170 to a thousand flat, While the rest of us wondered where When ‘* N, Pac" went to a thousand. “They mean just this,” he tried to explain (While the stock tape’s song was low), ‘That the poor man's loss is the rich man’s gain, (We've been crowded out, you know), For I played the margin and lost it all To the men who were able to ‘cover and The reckoning that came with the stock | CAHN, BRLT & CO., BALTIMORE, MD. Pac’ went to a thousand.” —Philadelphia Enquirer. ‘You wil get more prompt attention and better service by mentioning Jubex when answering advertisements, “A Genuine Old Brandy made from Wine.” Medical Press (London), Aug. 189 MARTELL'S THREE STAR BRANDY AT ALL BARS and RESTAURANTS. Increase Your Wo aro Sane the world. js thedr apare’ tn tonitien. “oa method of oe in HY MALL enatien oar ale Engineer! ‘Architecture, ng or Arcl SALARIED PostTions ‘W™ BARKER CO. es ND LINFOLL ARS FFs ARE THE BEST by keeping your bowels open. CASCARETS will do it without grip or gripe and drive the cold right out of you. BUY THEM. as you feel like taking cold” take a CASCARET— there is NOTHING SO GOOD. WORK WHILE YOU SLEEP Juvor’s Linuany Is full of pure fua. No polities. 16e, THE RESORTER. A Handsomely Hastrated Pe for Health re. a Weta, Bend two-cent, CANDY CATHARTIC A sweet bit of candy medicine, purely vegetable, absolutely Je harmless, never grip nor gripe. a year—10c, 25c, S0c— proves ir great merit. MISSION by gettin orders for our TK, sale of over 5,000,000 boxes and BAKING POWDER. get CASCARETS, the only original, genuine Candy Cathartic, Best for the Bowels car get more prompt atzenton and better service Restioniag Jobe when ane Special Presents ot Checks. Great American Tea Co., . pt. J. 31 and 33 Vesey St., New York. prompt q ter service jonlng Jupex when answering advertisements PRESS OF FLESS & RIDGE PRINTING Co., FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com