Judge, 1903-02-07 · page 17 of 24
Judge — February 7, 1903 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge (an American satirical magazine) is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The content includes: **Main advertisement**: A medical cure-all claiming consumption (tuberculosis) can be cured by Dr. Venkerman's discovery—a common fraudulent claim of the era before antibiotics. **Humorous dialogues**: Small comic exchanges, including one about General Blazes receiving a reception (appears to be mild political humor about ambiguous statements) and an Irish immigrant joke about poverty. **Commercial ads**: Pinkus Brothers cigarettes (emphasizing custom-made qualities), Ball Check lighting devices, hair-growth products, and The Equitable Life Assurance Society promoting life insurance with references to Washington and Lincoln as protectors. **Context**: This reflects early 20th-century American advertising practices—mixing dubious medical claims with consumer goods and patriotic imagery. The magazine combined satirical commentary with revenue from advertisements, many making exaggerated or false health claims now recognized as fraudulent.
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i “Tsit correct to say that General Blazes | THERE IS CHARACTER TOA CIGARETTE WVs VOVe Consumption received a receptior " 7 "Er—no-cwell, it doesn’t sound just |Also tone and individuality, right. but" —— \A made-to-order_cigarette has just HONEST FLAVOR Can be Cured, "Well, the citizens gave him one,| the tone a purchaser desires— snd perfect partty are didn’t they?" they are made to suit. GREAT ar cious Discovery by the F the Famous Dr. Yonker-| And he reeived i, didn’t he?” A Shop cigarette may please—for 1 of Kalamazoo, Mich.—Stat ial ell, he didn’t refuse it, anyhow; . ; 3 mind Great Medical Men “Pronounce it | but, see here! He was received by the|We are the only firm making cig- WESTERN the Only Cure for Consumption citizens, wasn’t he arettes 10 order. and es i is a differen i NES ae wet could he receive and be receive There is a difference between a cig- CHAMPAG at the same time? | arette made to order and one with gael ee 2 “Yes; but when they gave him the re-| a monogram on. Consumptives Given up to Die and Sent| ception ‘he received them all and shod ok | We Se kethem to order and do the Back From California Hopeless and | hands with them, didn't he?" Sha Helpless are Now Alive and Well "To be sure; and they received him|_ marking without extra charge. ” vi ption at which he received|The cigarette is made to order as Through This Wonderful them and accepted their congratulations| weil as the monogram. f Cure for Consumption. wih a comfal’ reception—oh, hang this| ..——— Re ee Glam of uiher liqueurs st language, anyhow !""—Washington Times. | There is more to this ‘ cigarette theend of te fermenting A Free Package Containing Sulficient to Con-| ’ story ’—a postal card will put you vince the Most Skeptical Sent to The goods we are putting on the mar-|_in touch with all there is good in All Who Write. f said ee manger: ne notas| a cigarette —our cigarettes — Hence the eg ure as those we have been selling oy . Consumption can at last be cured. Marvelous ast |P "they're not?’ exclaimed the manu-|_ Pinkus Brothers’ cigarettes. 3 larity of. Great aay seem after the many failures, a sure, positive and | facturer. Sample, SB Olareiten, #1004 Uamarted ‘Tolgppove old medal imide tertan cure for the deadly consumption has at last been | "No. Competition has been so fierce | % 3 9 road gs that we have had to cut the price, an real Paris Expo- we can't afford to put out the pure ar- PINKUS BROTHERS, ; ticle at the present quotations.” i = PLEASANT VAL+ Horvat mament th manufacturer was] 58 New Street, New York City. | LEY WINE CO. 1. aid, at last, “have * Beware a irene F + : SURE oT anh old by all Reapectable ions’ printed on the labels in| | PBRSWAU WREERS Oe SE ART ICAL Wino Deere larger and blacker type than cver te-||CARBONIC, ARTIFICIAL, VICHY, fore." —Brooklyn Eagle. SELTERS, CLUB SODA, Etc., eases: are also put Up in Lotties for oul ot | | SSO SS OCS VOCS ‘ . : frien | |———- Vigor of mind and strength of body are ate egress ts tay'ben eine Ennea| | Pat—"You say if T use one of those tendant upon the use of Abbott's, the Original ffi ga rethedirry Patent dampe = haifime coal?” druggist ad grocers enTowension: AS CARL H. SCHULTZ, Tel. 102 Madison Sq.___ 430-444 First A An Irishman whose face was so plain that his friends used to tell him it was an offense to the landscape happened also eas poor as he was homely. One day ghbor met him and ask “How are you, Pat?” “Mighty Bad! Sure, ‘tis starvation thot’s shtarin’ me in the fac “Begorral”” exclaimed his neighbor sympathet can't be very please OR. D. P, VONKERMAN, the Discoverer of Tuberculoryee, | ant for cit z."'—London Outlook, the Only Cure for Consumptioa. sncontted by Dr. bert P. Yookerman, a great Michi] "YOU haven't any’ fire-extinguishing reorered by Dr. Derk P. Vonkerman, asreat Michi | apparatus in this town, have you?" ho has mate a Ie stuly of this fal athed the dry-goods drummer. inf rly proven a aure care by state offcals, and| "NO~”, said the village merchant, who as ical men all over the world textifytoits power | WAS looking over his line of samples. raN toll! he dread pero that causes consumption ‘The| WS had to choose between fire-extin- oxy decor makes no secret of the ingredients of his wonder-| Svishers and a band -oncert every Sat- JW ALEXANDER JH HYDE lay night. and we just had to have x; faleare, be Jc people are entited to auch a | Uday Might. and we jst had to have the PRESIDENT Ve j vice paesioinr oy of knowledge of certain: a fesee trom this avin, fatal diverse, Sich embent | “How's your rheumatiz?" asked the scists as Rec Pastcar and all the great | NCIgHDOr Seieal aol gete specuilicts and chemats have already |" Rheumatiz, is doin’ fine," answered : . repeatedly declared that the consumptive germ cannot | the village invatid he feller that's WASHINGTON AND track sce of the igretentsot this |Rettin’ the worst of it."—Washington {day iat eases an Siam defended and protected their country sepeua from he ver | while they lived e Building, Kala. = inns chau Dk The Father of a family should defend and ‘ante, every coasump = aly candle caret . ‘ : : protect his family.not only while he lives \ges of clim | BB erful new light that ss : if hes bce ‘ wil enable you to get \ This can best be accomplished by Life t delay —there is not better light with less con sumption of gan. 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