Judge, 1903-05-16 · page 13 of 16
Judge — May 16, 1903 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, dominated by liquor and consumer product ads typical of early 1900s Judge magazine. The satirical content is minimal. The few short humor pieces are standard domestic comedy: - A joke about a man losing his mother-in-law (punching-bag figure of the era) - A aunt critiquing a landscape painting, mistaking the artist's signature for a grapevine (mild absurdist humor) - A lawyer's six marriages as proof of legal expertise in wills (wordplay on "wills") The large **Schlitz Beer advertisement** boasts of outselling competitors in 1902, claiming superior brewing methods and purity—notable given this preceded pure food regulation concerns of the era. The cartoons and ads reflect **pre-Prohibition attitudes** toward alcohol as a legitimate consumer good, with whiskey, beer, and bitters presented as everyday products. There is no political satire visible on this page—it's purely commercial and light domestic humor typical of Judge's formula.
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UNDOCTORED WHISKEY 1S A WECESSITY Bad Whiskeyis a dangerous element OLD CROW RYE Is a Straight Whiskey It is the best in the World OUR SCOTCH WHISKIES SOUVENIR OF SCOTLAND (Old) and BONNIE BRIER BUSH (Very Old), riggins—"I hear that poor old Wag- et heartbroken over the loss of fh | mother-in-l Wigeins kiddin” me. Figgins—" Fact! Go ‘way, man! You're They have no one now with whom t! can lave the chil- dren when they v go to the theatre.” 1 philadelphia Telegeaph, Ethel—""What do you think of this landscape, aunty?” Aunt) Hannah—"Well, er—I don't think so much of the trees, but that grape- vine is pret Ethel— Srdpevine? Why, dear! that is the artist's signature.” —Phsladel phia | Record. They may preach on riches’ dangers, But the fact is with us still— Fewer germs are on the fift Than the humble dollar- ill. “Twas just telling m bon apa Mrs. Noosens, “that it’s reall for her to lay the piano on “Why did you mention Sunday’ p ticalanip?™ asked Mra. Bepprey.— Philo- = [delphi press, said | e H are also straight, and the only W cree tabtcoamnry, tat we trot afatat are sraghee nda PLENTY OF PRACTICE. ‘Is that lawyer an ‘ authority’ on ‘ wills’? “He ought to be—he's had six wives.” | More and More People are Demanding Pure Beer During 1902 the saies of Schlitz Beer exceeded the year before by 132,916 barrels. ‘That's the largest increase shown by any brewery in the world. This Year We Want You We will give you a beer made from the best materials grown. We will brew it in absolute cleanliness We will get our water from six wells, bored to rock. We will filter all the air that touches it, We will age it for months so it cannot cause biliousness. We will sterilize every bottle after it is sealed, We will double, in these ways, the necessary cost of our brewing. Yet Schlitz Beer shall cost you just what the common -, beer costs. Will you try it? THE BEER THAT MADE |MILWAUKEE Ask for the Brewery Bottling. We'd thank the self-made man if he Would only sometimes stop And curb his wild desire to be Forever talking shop. hiladelphia Press. Borem—""Do you believe that suicide n)—" Here, is a sin?" my boy, where ¢: Miss Caustic—" Well, in your case 1 1824 A.D t_22 GOLD MEDALS DR.SIEGERT'S ANGOSTURA BITTERS The Worldy best Tonic Imported from Trinidad B.W1 THE ONLY GENUINE CnC PCa Announce a Complete Assortment of Axminster and Wilton Carpetings. Manufactured in Europe and America exclu- sively for this establishment. Broadway K igth ae NEW YORK. “I is always sorry,” said Uncle Eben, to sce a man hoatdin’ his pennies Wi in’ squanderin’ opportuni- | a millionaire.”—-Washington Boy—"In the pig: know ‘im by ‘is brown “at! You'll think it would be permissible." —Chicago '—Punch. . yo 4 “DRINK ONLY THE PUREST” pret 7] yl | ape L nEeee, WRIGHT & TAYLOR, F DISTILLERS, LOUISVILLE, _KY. The WHITE ROCK high ball fis a smack of its own. The WHITE ROCK high ball has a smack of its own,