Judge, 1901-09-28 · page 20 of 20
Judge — September 28, 1901 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **cigar advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes "Cuban Splits"—inexpensive cigars manufactured by Kraus & Co. in Baltimore, Maryland, priced at 15 cents per five-cigar package. The ad uses period imagery: a woman in Spanish/Cuban dress holding a fan, presented as exotic appeal for the product. The marketing emphasizes "Genuine All Havana" tobacco and claims quality "equal to the best imported cigars" while underselling them. Notable details for modern readers: the price point (15 cents in what appears to be early 1900s), the warning against counterfeits (suggesting a popular branded product), and the mail-order option ($3 for 100 cigars express-delivered). The advertisement ran in *Judge*, a satirical magazine, but this particular page is straightforward commercial content, not satire—typical of magazines' advertising revenue model.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
COPYRIGHT, (90187 KRAUS & CO BALTIMORE,AD.REB.INUS. PATENT OFFICE a= PER PACKAGE eu) KRAUS & CO.,SOLE MANUFACTURERS BALTIMORE,MD. Fac-simile of Package. CLEAN GENUINE iMPORTED SAN ALL CIGAR f| HAVANA GRADE MADE OF THE FINEST SELECTIONS OF Snopes ¥” HAVANA TOBACCO ¥ EQUAL IN QUALITY TO THE BEST IMPORTED CIGARS SOLD BY FIRST-CLASS DEALERS EVERYWHERE If you cannot obtain them from your dealer, sentl us $3.00 and we will have 100 Cuban Splits sent, express prepaid, from our near- est distributer. Correspondence solicited from distributers i: terris tory not yet covered. . Sample Box containing 12 Cigars mailed upon receipt ‘of 35 Cents. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS All genuine Cuban Splits KRAUS @ CO., Sole Manufacturers » bear our name on bands around packages. oe @ | #0 @ BALTIMORE, MD. U.S.A. 6 #