Judge, 1903-07-04 · page 13 of 16
Judge — July 4, 1903 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** with brief satirical jokes interspersed. The main content includes: **Satirical Jokes:** Short, domestic humor pieces mocking middle-class pretensions—a man with inflated self-image, a daughter viewing marriage pragmatically, a husband wearing an automobile cap without owning an automobile, and a wife taking a vacation from her maid. **Advertisements:** - Schlitz Beer dominates the right side, emphasizing quality control and purity ("filter all," "sterilize every bottle") - Allen's Foot-Ease, Deerfield Water, and other patent medicines/products - Judge's Library Magazine and Sis Hopkins' Own Book (10¢ publications) - A Lackawanna Railroad booklet promoting leisure tourism to upstate New York resorts The satire reflects early 20th-century American anxieties: status-seeking through consumer goods, emerging automobile culture, and middle-class aspirations. The page captures a moment when advertising and humor coexisted in magazines to attract readers through entertainment.
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40 Sizes, 102. to 0c. cach. ABANTAELLA & CO., Makers. TAMPA, Fla, ‘Sold by First Class Dealers Everywhere. Ayorder to be shaken into the shoes, mands et ted amigo ‘cot-Exse. Ease |headed ‘tourist to any point that ‘such a person would reach, and these spots and | their various beauties are beautifully and td shoe st: tor asc. T | Be SO! It is pure, soft and satisfying, and its superi- ority for table use is instantly recognized. Sparkling Deerfield for blen ag with wines and liquors has no equal. Carbonated, in splits, pints and quarts, Still, in half gallons and five-gallon carboys. «YOU REMEMBER THE TASTE” Write for Booklet. THE DEERFIELD WATER Co. DEERFIELD, OHIO USE ALLEN'S FOGS-EASE, Your feet feel feet or tight slices, try Allen's ‘Relsves corms and bunions of all pain and gives Try it today. Sold by all druggists package FREE. Address, pa Raed onion weds Le Roy. 8. Vs ‘You will get more prompt attention and better service ty ention DGE when answering advertisements. “Yes, whenever I inspect myself I teel that I am much better looking than the average man. Do you call this conceit ?” “No. I call it distorted vision."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. “ Wealth and good looks, Millie,” coun- seled Mr. Hunnyar, “are desirable in a husband, of course, but they are not the essentials. Amiability is far more neces. sary than either.” “know it, papa,” responded his daugh- ter, “but I never expect to find a hus- band I can manage as easily as mamma manages you."—Chicago Tribune. Tom—*\ say, Jack, what reason have you for wearing an automobile cap? You never ride in an automobile.” Jack—" Oh, I suppose the reason is similar to the one you have for carrying a pocket-book."— Chicago News. Ars, Subbubs—*I'm going tolet Bridget off fora couple of weeks.” Mr, Subbubs— What | Why she’s not entitled toa vacation.” Mrs. Subbubs—* No; Philadelphia Press. but I am."— “The old man doesn’t speak any foreign languag-, does he ?” “No. "He's just a plain, downright, honest, no-style, hard-workin’, mon makin’, family-supportin’ American.” Atlanta Constitution. People who are in doubt as to where they should go for a brief outing and a new lease of life, should not fail to consult the airy pages of No. 162 of the Four- Track series, entitled “Two to Fifteen Days Pleasure Tours on the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad.” This booklet contains many maps and illustrations, together with no end of descriptive matter and rates, so that any man of ordinary intelligence cannot fail to grasp and interpret ail its subtle mean- ing. He can ascertain, for instance, how far it is to Saratoga, how long it takes to reach that spot from New York City, and how much the ticket costs, and what there is to be seen, at this old yet ever-new resort. It gives all sorts of hotel informa- tion, as regards rates, golf, sulphur springs, Arondack water, and everything else that a prospective tourist is anxious to know. The « Empire State Express," the “ Twentieth Centu Limited,” will take the faithfully set forth in this little guid For turther particulars apply to ( H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, New York Central railroad, Grand Central Station, New York City. For Reasons of State |\ackawanng ' Railroad resortsin the East. cover postage. A vivid little love story, beautifully {Mlustrated; told simply but with appealing interest. book which describes some of the most delightful mountain and lake Sent free on receipt of 5 cents in stamps to Address, The story ts contained in a 128-page T. W. Lee, General Passenger Agent, Lackawanna Railroad, New York City. We Go to Bohemia for Hops We send our own buyers there every year to get the best that are grown, and we pay for them twice what common hops cost. A parmer in our business buys our barley, and selects the best from all. ‘We get our water from six wells, bored to rock, Our yeast is all developed from the original mother cells which helped make Schlitz Beer famous. We even filter aiz All the air that touches Schlitz Beercomes to it through air filters. And the beer itself is filtered through white wood pulp. ‘Then we age it for months, until it cannot cause biliousness. We sterilize every bottle. Yet Schlitz Beer costs only common beer prices THE BEER THAT MADE MILWAUKEE FAMOUS. Ash for the brewery bottling. Faull of Fun and Frolic Judge’s Library Magazine also Sis Hopkins’ Own Book 10c. per copy Buy them At News-stands On Trains Everywhere 9900000400000000000040000000000000000000000000000000004 comicbooks.com