Judge, 1903-09-12 · page 15 of 16
Judge — September 12, 1903 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, with a few minor satirical cartoons interspersed. The main cartoon ("Handy Comforters") depicts an Irish immigrant woman and child in stereotypical dialect, joking that children are comforting when one "feels out of sorts"—a dark humor reference to corporal punishment as stress relief. Other brief jokes mock social types: a laundryman's absence due to a wife in China; neighbors' boys stealing apples; street pencil-vendors appearing desperate; a man regretting Niagara Falls before paying his hotel bill. The **bulk of the page** comprises period product advertisements: Trimble Whiskey, Pears' Soap, Ball-Pointed Pens, and notably extensive ads for **Sulphume**, a patent medicine claiming to cure blood impurities, skin diseases, and acne through liquid sulfur—reflecting the era's unregulated medical claims. The ads also promote New Jersey resorts and vacations, typical of Judge's commercial content. The stereotypical Irish and working-class humor reflects common early-20th-century casual prejudices in American satirical publications.
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