Judge, 1902-03-01 · page 15 of 20
Judge — March 1, 1902 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire or political commentary. It contains multiple commercial advertisements typical of early 20th-century magazines: **Major Ads:** - **Lifebuoy Soap**: Emphasizes purity with a $5,000 guarantee against adulteration—reflecting contemporary concerns about food and product safety - **Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway**: Promotes daily service to Mexico City, appealing to travelers and tourists - **Pabst Beer**: Markets itself as "always pure," again capitalizing on purity messaging - **Opium**: Shockingly, advertises opium as medicine with a "free trial," legal before regulation - **Cascarets**: Bowel medication sold as candy - Various patent medicines **The One Cartoon** (bottom left): A domestic humor sketch where a wife questions a washboard's quality to her husband, suggesting it tears clothes—a small joke about household products. The page reflects the **unregulated advertising landscape of the era**, when patent medicines, opium, and dubious health products were openly advertised without FDA oversight.
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THE SOAP THAT IS GUARANTEED PERFECTLY PURE WILL BE PAID TO ANY PERSON WHO CAN PROVE THAT THIS SOAP IS NOT PERFECTLY PURE AND §) GENUINE OR CONTAINS ANY FORM OF ADULTERANT. THE ABOVE GUARANTEE APPEARS ON EVERY LIFEBUOY SOAP PACKAGE. ie _ Send for a copy of that most valuable booklet, ‘The Friend of Health,” sent free to any address if you will only mention this publication. Do i! Postal will answer. CARTON CONTAINING TWO CAKES OF JOY SOAP, SENT BY MAIL, POSTAGE PAID, ON RECEIPT OF 10 CENTS, STAMPS OR COIN, IF YOUR DEALER DOES NOT SELL IT. ADDRESS LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, NEW YORK OFFICE: 111 FIFTH AVE. EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR AND SUNDAYS, TOO. MS a NOT THE FIRST, NOT THE sul, BUT THE ONLY. THE MISSOURI, KANSAS SN & TEXAS RY, CO. aN Operates First Class Drawing Roo! J eeping Cars between Orbis and the City of Mexico without change either of cars or train attendants. HOY ||| TRAIN LEAVES ST.LOVIS DAILY a AND SUNDAY, T00. AT 8.32 P.M. \ im } Tirst day ovt it passes through | the Beautiful Indian Territory: Hl ! MN) the Second morning itis a} PAN ity i i \\ | Anrtonto Texas, the of Missions. ‘ls “Ai f Inthe evening if crosses the Rio i \ TARAS Grande at Eagle Pass (the Mexican ay) ¢ \ ! Frontier } Thetealter the route is via the most picturesque portion ost alold Mexico. Ho For a Charming little book on this Picturesque country, and a souvenir Mexican coin free,Address: If GRATED ON THEM Ss Mouse Say. Henry, there must be something wrong with this washboard JAMES BARKER, ovls; 0, that you found in the pantry ; it tears the clothes.” GP. ET.Aqt. AK ET.Ry. ST.LOUIS, NB. These are not Tourist Cars, but the finest equipment of the Pullman Company: BEST FOR THE __ BOWELS haven't a regular, healthy movement of the iorwill be. euslent, mont perfect way of keepl “enslest, moat perfect way of keeping clear aud clean Ia to take Brewed from carefully selected barley and hops —never permitted to leave the brewery until properly aged, to Inch. Co., Homer City, Pa, BEST and MOST be Little a pickle at Good Coffere 126. a ‘i . EAT EM LIKE CANDY dinner. 4 warned that it was Sood Teas 30¢. and :)meret, Cine remedy vse Tor fe Potent, Taato Good. Do | very sour, sh thastily. The result FREE TRIALS i. crersean cic | go was that she puckered up her mouth and cloth "335 pp. 2 of aria ord. Guindeatta d eeipts | DHUG C0..23 Pere bn Sterling Remedy Company, ‘The Great American Tea Co., 31.4 33 Vesey St.. NewYork : as Chicago or New York. | - ss! ‘At pickle made my mouth tioning JUDGE when answering ad in'?"—Ohiv State Fournai comicbooks.com