Judge, 1902-10-04 · page 19 of 20
Judge — October 4, 1902 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertisements** with minimal editorial cartoon content. The notable comic element is a brief dialogue joke titled "Phoxy" in the upper right, depicting a domestic humor scenario where a man thanks his friend for coming to dinner, only to learn the friend telephoned the wife to arrange it—a gentle mockery of social pretense. The page's main content consists of **product advertisements**: bank safes, diamonds on credit, and automobiles. There is also a **Lackawanna Railroad promotional feature** with six small illustrated vignettes depicting scenes of travelers on the "Road of Anthracite" (a coal-region railway line), emphasizing the comfort and safety of rail travel. These images romanticize the railroad journey. The advertisements include dubious medical claims (a "Blood Poison" cure), reflecting early 20th-century publishing standards that permitted unregulated medical advertising. No significant political satire or social commentary appears on this page beyond the mild domestic humor in "Phoxy."
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