Judge, 1902-04-26 · page 13 of 16
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This appears to be a **mixed advertising and editorial page** from Judge magazine (early 20th century). The main content is a lengthy advertisement for a memory-training system by one D.F. Urbahns of Fort Wayne, Indiana—a "practical system" promising to improve memory for business and personal success. It relies on testimonials and appeals to readers' regrets about forgotten names, missed appointments, and lost money. The page includes a small **satirical joke** beneath an illustration: defining "captain of industry" as a monopoly head at a banquet, and "robber baron" as the same man in politics—mocking wealthy industrialists' dual reputation as both business titans and corrupt politicians (a common Progressive Era critique). The remaining space is filled with advertisements for **patent medicines** (blood poison treatment), rugs, liquor, and other goods typical of the era. The "Memory Training" feature itself is essentially advertising disguised as editorial content.
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MEMORY TRAINING New Practical System for Developing and Perfecting the Memory! Discovered by an Indiana Student-Business Man. Is Rapidly | | Becoming the Wonder of Twentieth Century Progress. Needed by All, Possessed by So Few, a Good Reliable Memory is the Key to Success. Anywhere, Everywhere, the Person Having the Best Memory Rises fo the Top. PARTICULARS FREE For years the world has been waiting for some cor to discover a system of memory training which might be of actual benefit. Not a theoretical meth od requiring months or years of hard study, but a Smple practical system which accomplishes the nnost io the least time. It has remained for Me. D. Urbahos, a student-business man of Fort Wayne, lodiana, to bring out much a system. It is so easy that even a child cannot fail to understand. It is 80 pltin and attractive that ope can hardly help be- coming interested in it; and, above all, it 18 so in- teovely practical that it helps one over the rough nets of life to aucesa, where without its aid abso- late failure would be the result. Let the reader re- her own experience. Has there ever been ur life when you lost money by forget. ting aset of figures or a business appointinent * Did Jeu eer lose a friend by forgetting a pame or face stich you most wished to remember? Did your feeods ever do you an iojury by forgetting you shen you should have bea remembered ? Did you TO ALL WHO WRITE grer forget anything which. remembered, would | have been valuable to you in any way? These are | ‘questions worthy of careful thought, and when one stops to consider that a system is now Ueing used which will overcome all these serious obstacies to success what bed is there to hesitate? Any bank, business house, or minister of the Gospel in Fort Wayoe will be glad to tell what they koow of Mr. Urbabns. His integrity and hovesty of purpose are unquestioned. He is prepared to furnish plenty of evidence aa to the value of his method among those who have used it, and It does seem that any ove who feels the need of a better memory canot doa wiser thing than to investigate this new system thoroughly, coming as it does from a source entirely trustworthy. Simply send your name and address | to Mr. D. F. Urbahns. 163 Bass Block, Fort Wayne, | Indiana, abd the full information’ and partic: lars ‘will be forwanted to you free by return | Readers are reqursted to write without delay. “What is a captain of industry asked the boy who is going to be very wise some day. It is a term that is applicd to the head of a great monopoly when he is at a banquet.” . nd what is a robber baron?" ame man when he is in politics."—Washington Star. 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