Judge, 1901-10-19 · page 12 of 16
Judge — October 19, 1901 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** with one small cartoon joke. The sole cartoon shows two women ("Gladys" and Ethel") discussing a man who is "on the loop" — slang meaning he's obsessed with engagement rings. The joke satirizes men pursuing marriage purely for material reasons or social status, a common turn-of-the-century concern about courtship. The page otherwise contains **period product advertisements**: Cuban Split cigars (15¢), Wilson Whiskey (established 1823), Columbia electric automobiles, Eagle Popular Cocktails, Pears' soap (claiming 100+ years in business), and theatrical promotions for Manhattan Theatre and Miranda. Notable: The automobile ad emphasizes "Electric" and "Gasoline" options—this appears early in automotive history when electric cars were still competitive with gasoline engines. The Lehigh Valley Railroad advertises trips to the Pan-American Exposition (a major 1901 world's fair). The advertisements reflect early 1900s consumer culture and available luxury goods for middle/upper-class readers.
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A SUPERB SHort SMOKE FOR LITTLE MONEY. " IS¢PEREACKAGE Made of the Finest Selections of HAVANA TOBACCO BEST INPORTED CIGARS BEWARE _OF Sold by first-class upon receipt of 35 around packages..< << \< cents. Xe Se Se Ne EQUAL IN QUALITY TO THE dealers every where. — Sample box contain- All genuine Cuban Splits ing 12 cigars mailed bear our name on bands KRAUS & CO., Sole Manufacturers, BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. 0000000000000000000000000000008 AUTOMOBILES so0n smeared Price Tine on pplication. we. ELECTRIC VEHICLE Co., 100 Broadway, New You se; over forty rail rk. area i Rta oe Cnn prompt delivery of “QUALITY” LEHIcH VALLEY RAILROAD Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! THE WILSON DISTILLING CO. Raltimore, Md pens: Giapys —"' Is he badly *hit Ernet—" Yes; he's on the iota of nothing but engagement * rings." ” Encte Poputar | Pears Cocktails They're Popular because in material and mixing no better Cocktail was passed over any Cagle Pula Coches Menten Direct Roure vo me PANPAMERICAN EXPOSITION | $9.00 round trip day coach tickets from New York on sale Tuesday and Thersday of each week good $ days| Jrnan’s Limaanyis full of pare fun. No politics. 10¢, | Every Evening at 8:15, ALWAYS READY. They're handy at home— anywhere. WHISKEY, MANHATTAN, MARTINI, GIN, TOM GIN, VERMOUTH, etc. ASK Axvnopy. Eagle Liqueur Distilleries was the first maker of sticks of soap for shaving. Sticks in 3 sizes; shaving cakes in 3 sizes. Pears’ Soap established ove. 100 years. NEW YORK THEATRES. _ Manhattan Theatre™sr” MIRANDA 238. c8ky Betarday Matinec at #- comicbooks.com FT . < 3 <