Judge, 1903-07-11 · page 13 of 16
Judge — July 11, 1903 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** for whiskey brands (Old Overholt Rye, Fine Old Shu Taylor, Chartreuse) interspersed with short humorous anecdotes—typical Judge magazine content from the early 1900s. The one political cartoon depicts a **Corporation Treasurer and President** discussing a stockholder named Stockson who complained about his July dividend appearing smaller. The joke's punchline: Stockson was married in June, implying his new wife is spending his money, making the dividend seem comparatively smaller. This satirizes the era's anxieties about marriage's financial impact on men and corporate shareholders. The surrounding brief jokes reference topics like rural electrification, deaf beggars, Scottish widows, and graduation essays—period humor emphasizing class differences (city vs. rural folk) and gender dynamics typical of early-20th-century American satire. No major political figures or events appear to be referenced.
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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 Rye The Act of Congress, March 3, 1897, provides that date of making and of bottling whiskey shall be plainly printed on the Government Stamp that seals the bottle, It also prohibits bottling whiskey less than four years old and provides that all bottles must be full measure. Ask your Deater—or write us— A. OVERHOLT @ CO. PITTSBURG, PA. ACCOUNTED FOR. Corroration TreasuRER—'* Stockson has been in here kicking about the July dividend."* Presipenr—"'It is the same as usual.” Corporation TREAsuRER—" Yes; but it looks smaller to Stockson. He was married in June, you know.” “fee oy THE PUREST” “Suu iskeu. whiskies go all over the worldy wherever Dest _Boods are demanded. WRIGHT & TAYLOR, DISTILLERS. LOUISVILLE , KY. “1 suppose,” said the city girl, «that POPPPGIHIIOIO you Rave no acolyies in your church, i hav " admitted the village tater are going to put in elec- tric lights in the fall."—Chicago ai DAINTY News. sie ey DELICIOUS. DIGESTIVE Smith (seeing beggar bearing sign reading “ Deaf and dumb")—« I'd like to help this poor fellow, but I don’t know how to tell whether he is really deaf and dumb.” Beggar (softly)—« Read the sign, mis- ter; read the sign."— /ndianapolis Journal, “THE SUMMER BOARDER,” containing a list of 3,000 summer hotels and boarding-houses on or reached by the New York Central lines, sent on receipt of a two-cent stamp, by G. H. Daniels, General Passenger Agent, New York. A Scot, who had been a long time in the colonies, paid a visit to his “native glen,” and meeting an old. school-fellow, the two sat.down to chat about old times and acquaintances. In the course of the 3 conversation the stranger happened to ask i Cc ha rtre use 7 & | about a certain Gordie McKay. lala talale sl «He's dead long ago,” said his friend, “and I'll never cease regrettin’ him as long as I live.” “Dear me! Had you such respect for him as that?” a,na! It wasna ony respec’ I had for himsel’; but I married his. widow."— Leeds Mercury. THIS PHENOMENAL FRENCH LI- QUucUR FOR 300 YEARS HAS BEEN THE PREFERRED AFTER-DINNER CORDIAL IN THE ROYAL HOUSE- HOLDS OF EUROPE AND ELITE OF THE WORLD'S SOCIETY As trst<lns Wine Merchants, Crees, Hotes af Bute RCo, 45 broadway: New Vor N-Vs 5 ree , ‘Sole Agents for United States. Fortify yourself against sickness by keeping is the stomach in good shape with Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters. At druggists’ and | grocers’, | PID ELPWBIDI PILLH LHSSZHHBF: “Pete,” said Meandering Mike, «did “BRESIDENT your night's lodgin’ in de barn cost you = & anyting 2” SUSPENDERS * Course not,” answered Plodding Pete. Gullo cas “Did you pay fur de clothes you've nore © cere been wearin’ or de handouts you've been “All breaks made good” eatin 2?" “President” on buckle means “ Not a cent.” prenact rust. oredr «Well, what I wants to know is who Any shop or by » started all dis talk about de consumer 7 Be O; Ae Ragarcon Mig. Oc. A ox 37; 272-8 Shirie; ty payin’ de tax ?"—Washington Star. tend eo for Catalogne. “How was Ethelinda’s graduation essay 2" “ Blanche didn’t marry a titled foreigner ~ Beautiful,” answered the proud |atter all, did she ?” said Maud, thother. “We spared no expense in rib-| “No; only a plain American,” replied bons to bind it, and Ihave no hesitation |Cora. “But they say—er—he gets as in saying it was the most becoming essay | drunk as a lord."—New York Mail and in the class."— Washington Star, Express. 1 00090900009 000000000 Fut of Fun and Frolic Judge’s Library Magazine also Sis Hopkins’ Own Book 3: 10c. per copy Buy them At News-stands On Trains Everywhere comicbooks.com