Judge, 1903-02-21 · page 12 of 16
Judge — February 21, 1903 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It features whiskey and typewriter ads alongside minor humorous anecdotes. The one cartoon present shows a man on horseback speaking to pedestrians, captioned "Well Named" — a simple visual joke about a horse always being "near the last" (a pun on the horse's name, "Cabbler"). The Washington anecdote references the famous cherry-tree legend about young George Washington admitting he cut down his father's tree. Here, someone claims he thought he was "telling the truth" about using a hatchet, but it "boomeranged" — a mild joke about political hypocrisy or dishonesty masquerading as honesty. Other brief jokes mock servants, clergy, and doctors who don't follow their own advice about coffee consumption. The advertisements promote whiskey brands (Wilson, Old Crow, Old Overholt), Remington typewriters, and jewelry — standard commercial content for the era. The page reflects early-1900s American consumer culture and light social humor rather than sharp political commentary.
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Washington has just. heard, another A steaight Whiskey version of the cherry-tree episode. “T thought I was telling the truth," he . is a pure Whiskey. muttered, twhen I said I did it with my Established (823. . ittle hatchet; but I guess the blame thing An honest Whiskey, must have been a boomerang.”” i Knowing that misery loves company, | story. —New York Tribune 2 Bitters that benefit mind and body : Abbott's W —The Original Angostura, build up wasted tissue, brighten up the mental, and make new e men and women, RYE In theory an equal force That’s All! Must he used to move or stop a thing.| THE WILSON DISTILLING Co, | But why. when two bells start a car, Baltimore, Ma. i Does it stop for just a single ring is also Hand Made Sour Mash. f gine ring? | —_ — Gold Medal Awarded Paris 1900 TT Exclusively for Gentlemen - Housemaid—''I overheard the missus | Of Delicate Taste. REMOH DIAMONC. tellin’ a caller the other day that I was aes —x 2th Centary Cat Our Scotch Whiskies are also ])‘no good. . FACTORIES AT TAMPA, FLORIDA. Diy kes. Diamond j ‘ Butler—" Well, isn’t that what straight. ers generally hear of themselves ?"—Chi- | H.B.KIRK & CO. |" = Ay . ON EARTH. Our magoificent cata. A CORKER B, $ log tally describing them B= pa r BUT NOT MUCH OP A PASTOR. gndexplat r. rs, N.Y. \ and explaining bow to order, mailed ‘upon request There was an old clergyman in central * \ G0 AGENTS: WANTED. ——| New York State some years ago who was} ¥ naREMON JEWELRY COMPANY, Mr. Bacon—*When all the fools are|a very powerful speaker but whose pri: Soe ST RAET. . ___ Sten toune. a. dead I don’t want to be alive.” |‘ate life was by mo means exemplary. ; “Do you know Mr. Fresco—Mr. Albert Mrs. Bacon—" Well, don't worry; you|Some of the more outspoken of his pa- | F Fresco?” inquired Mrs. Nuritch. won't be."—Yonkers Statesman. rishioncrs were in the habit of remon- : “No,” said her husband.“ Why? - | strating with him regulurlyabout this,and “T've got an invite to Mrs. Bl his reply invariably was, "Don’t do as I hi . = garden-party, and she t do; do as I tell you to do. Office: 126 CHAMBERS ST., New YORK! fy dine al fresco "Philadel phia Pre it is so with great many physicians. | There are hundreds of medical men who fully undezstand the folly of drinking coffee and who tell their patients not | to drink either, yet who use one or the other themselves. But sometimes it knocks even the doctor out and he has to quit Old King Coffee. A physician of | Wasioja, Minn., says: “I was a liberal user of coffee from my youth and my health broke down whilé at college in 1889, at twenty-five years of age, but I Continued to use coffee until. 1898, al- though I was nervous and suffered con- stantly from a condition known as dia- : betes insipidus, a condition that is wel known to he due to nervousness. My In Twenty Years weight was below par and no diet or tonic THE medicines were sufficient to restore my vitality and strength i s “In 1898 I became suspicious of coffee min on and I broke off the habit by taking up Postum. Since that time my nerves have become strong and well, and my TYPEWRITER weight has increased about thirty pounds Well boiled it is a delicious, “healthful | has saved the world enough ener ye ene ond see. labor to build an Empire. | Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. ° Even if your physician dacs drink cof- ‘ i fee, you had better do as he tells you to Remington Typewriter Co., | {5 98.2 "tactum tral ‘Thats the 327 Broadway, New York cary way to shake off coffee and get well an keep well WELL NAMED. “Why do you call your horse‘ Cobbler’ ?"* “ Because he is always near the last.”” Bottled under Government super- vision direct from the barrel at the Distillery with its natural flavor, nothing added to or taken from it. Old Overholt | 7 Rye 7 KTAILS The Act of Congress, March 3, 1897, provides that r - i ee date of making and of bottling whiskey shall be Fr Blatnty printed on the Government Stamp that seals 3 can do it e bottle. It also prohibits bottling whiskey less than y four years old and provides that ll botles must be oe Z just as well measure. Atk your Deater—or write ws Pour over lumps of ice, strain and serve A. OVERHOLT @ CO. SEVEN KINDS BEWARE OF IMITATIONS PITTSBURG, PA. G. EF. HEUBLEIN @ BRO. HARTFORD NEW YORK LONDON comicbooks.com