Judge, 1903-03-28 · page 15 of 16
Judge — March 28, 1903 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains multiple short jokes and advertisements rather than a single political cartoon. The humor pieces reference early 1900s concerns: **The jokes** mock various social pretenses: a clergyman's drunkenness, insincere flattery about unread articles, women's economic wastefulness regarding wedding dresses, and a man embarrassed by his own published obituary. **The main advertisement** is for Harper Rye whiskey, marketed as "scientifically distilled" and "naturally aged"—typical early-1900s liquor marketing before Prohibition. **The "Wonderland 1903" section** advertises a Northern Pacific Railway travel book describing Western American attractions (Yellowstone, Mount Hood, Native American sites), reflecting the era's growing tourism industry. **The Sulphume ads** promote a patent medicine claiming to cure skin conditions—characteristic of the period's largely unregulated and often fraudulent medical products. The page reflects turn-of-the-century American middle-class anxieties about authenticity, propriety, and consumer culture.
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Burgess—" What _a humbug Dolver is‘, When I asked him if he had read my arti- cle about ‘The Epochal Era,’ he said he had, and that it was the finest thing he had seen for years; but when I came to jquestion him I found he didn't know the first thing about the article. What do | you think of that?” Yerrow—"I think it should be a lesson to you to et well enough alone next time.” —Boston Transcript. An Episcopal clergyman of Cincinnati was being sha @| | addicted to occasional sprees. ‘The razor manipulator cut the parson’s face quite considerably. | “You sec, Jackson, what comes from taking too much drink,” said the man of replied Jackson; “it do It do * Well, if you don’t call a woman es her wedding-dress for a possible second marriage I'd like to know what you think economy is. Philadelphia Inquirer. AND GOING. “Did you hear mother sing ‘ Home, sweet home’ at the musicale?" “Yes? and it was very effective. Everybody began thinking of home at once.” Harper Rye “On Every Tongue.” Sclentifically distilled; naturally aged; best and safest for all uses. Famous all over the world, and sold by leading dealers everywhere. BERNHEIM BROS., Distillers, - - Louisville, Ky. by a barber who was| { of American flour will produce as much] and all bread as so many of those over here in scarch of American ‘dough.’ —Yonkers Statesman, ” “Wonderland 1903 ill be Reedy abeet ARCH FRET Inttne Notes ce aes Priest and Explorer Relates the travels and captivity of Father Hennepin, the Franciscan Priest, among the Undaas tn the Minnesosa Country is's0bo" Hieasepin rote the first description of Niagara falls and discovered St. Anthony fall The Last of the Mandans Describes a visit to the tribe of Mandan Indians, memorable in the annals of Lewis & Clark, and some of whom still live on the upper Missouri river. Nature's Masterpiece -Which is Yellowstone Park, is newly described and illustrate, iment is spending large sums in improving the roads in thi Irrigation in the Northwest Shows the great progress made in irrigation in the far Northucst, and its adaptability to this region * One Hundred and Fifty Miles with a Pack Train Recounts an experience in the rough mountains of the Clearwater country, Idaho, with a pack train, while engaged in exploration. In the Shadow of the Olympics Deacribes that part of the Puget Sound region lying west of the Sound and in the vicinity of Port Townsend—an ideal health resort, Columbia River and Mount Hood Tells of the finest river and river scenery in the United States and one of its grandest snow capped mountains. new rien of tien ol te Nortowest, ‘The Govern- CTE Boos 1s arrnorarariuy tutusraavio, 4430 04s Mars avo cles roURIET RATES TO ALL POINTS IN THE NORTHWEST. Send Si CENTS for the Book 10 CHAS. S. FEE, Gen'l Passenger ‘Saint Poul, Minnesore. Bacon—"'It is said that seven pounds| “They thought he was dead, you know, the ‘papers printed” obituary English flour.”’| notices.” t accounts for| ‘And then?" nglishmen coming| “Why, then he turned up, and since he's read those notices he’s too proud te speak to any one."—Chicago Post ght pounds of Egberi—"1 suppose th SULPHUME SOAP SULPHUME SHAVING SOAP fs J | Impure Blood, Pimples, So Tetter, Eczemaand Acne are permanently cured by SULPHUME Price, $1.00, express paid is pure sulphur in Ane SULPHUME | jiquid form—a new SULPHUME chemical discovery. Sulphur heretofore was considered insoluble. Sulphume when taken internally, and applied as a lotion, will cure any skin disease. can be taken at home, having all the advantages (and SULPHUME BATHS | incre) of the most famous Sulphur Springs. One bottle of Sulphume makes ten strong sulphur baths, org is the only soap in the world made with liquefied sulphur. That is why it is a Genuine Sulphur Soap. It stops itching. and all skin irritations, softens and whitens the skin, and has no equal for the toilet or bath. Prices: Perfumed soap, asc. a cake; Unperfumed, 15c. a cake. Will mail trial cake upon receipt of price. is the perfection of soaps for shaving. Itisa perfect antiseptic, prevents rash breaking out, cures and prevents all contagious skin diseases, gives a creamy lather and is soothing tothe skin. ; SULPHUME LITTLE LIVER PILLS act directly on the liver, kidneys and bowels, but do not gripe or nauseate, Price, asc. SULPHUME BOOK FREE—In it you will find solid facts about the care of the skin and blood. Be sure this signature P7Z-C2eA—-9- otherwise it is not genuine. Your druggist can procure Sulphume Preparations from his jobber, without extra charge to you. SULPHUME CHEMICAL CO., Suite 106, 337 Broadway, New York LYMAN, SONS & CO., Montreal, Canadian Agents, ‘on each package of Sulphume Preparations, books.com