Judge, 1904-03-12 · page 13 of 16
Judge — March 12, 1904 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and filler content** rather than political satire. The main elements are: **"Peace and Ten Acres"** poem: A nostalgic rural verse celebrating agricultural simplicity and isolation from worldly conflict—likely resonating with pre-WWI anxieties about war and modernization. **"On a Ranch"** testimonial: A pseudo-journalistic advertisement for Grape-Nuts cereal, presenting a woman's recovery story through the product. This was typical early 1900s advertorial content. **Small humor items**: Brief jokes about laundry (starching a dog), sabbath hypocrisy, and leap-year romance—generic magazine filler with no specific political content. **Egyptian Deities cigarette ad**: A Turkish tobacco brand advertisement. The page contains **no identifiable political cartoons or caricatures**. Instead, it reflects the era's commercial culture: patent medicines, branded cereals, pianos, and insurance companies competing for readers' attention through Judge's pages. The tone is genteel, domestic, and consumer-focused rather than satirical.
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nvest- jollars actical illiser. O our PEACE AND TEN ACRES, Half the world fightin’, Or raisin’ a row ; But I'm thankful fer peace, An’ ten acres to plow ! ‘The lark’s in the furrow, The ligh t's on the loam, An’ I'm only ten acres— Thank heaven !—from home. Let ‘em fight out their folly ; The bird ’s on the bough, An’ I'm thankful fer peace, An’ ten acres to plow ! — Atlanta Constitution. ¢ up your grocer 1 Dry Champagne. “In the first part of the second act, when the villain’s head was cloven™ 1 missed that. then with his breath cloven."— uston Post. FOR INVALIDS AND CONVALESCENTS. recommended. by phys ngostura Bitters, the oly worth your while to insist upon getting vans when you want the best Ale nd ask for a box of agne wafers and sume Cook's Imperial My husband came|WOMAN FOUND THE FOOD THAT FITTED “ What is the matter with Fido ?" “Oh, isn’t it horrid! I gave him to} the laundress to wash and she starched | him."—New Yorker. Tired brain and nervous tension relax under the potent action of Abbott's Angostura Bitters, Label on bottle tells Abbott's. “Twas cleaning our silver on Sunday when Mrs. Straitlace called on her way from church, Fortunately, though, she {didn’t find it out.” “She's very strict about the sabbath, isn’t she 2” | “Yes. She apologized for calling upon |me on that day, but she thought she ought to tell me that scandalous story she had heard about Mrs. Gidday."—Phila- delphia Press, ON A RANCH HER, A newspaper woman went out to a |Colorado ranch to rest and recuperate and her experience with the food prob- lem is worth recounting. | * The woman at the ranch was pre-em- | |inently the worst housekeeper I have ever \known,—poor soul, and poor me ! “simply had to have food good and plenty of it, for had broken down from overwork, and was so weak I could not sit up over one hour at atime. I knew | could not get well unless I secured food 1 could easily digest and that would sup-) ply the greatest amount of nourishment. | One day I obtained permission to go through the pantry and see what I could | find, "Among other things I came across a package of Grape-Nuts which I had heard of but never tried. I read the description on the package and hecame deeply interested, so then and there I got a saucer and some cream and tried the famous food. | * It tasted delicious to me and seemed to freshen and strengthen me greatly, so I stipulated that Grape-Nuts and cream be provided each day instead of other food and | literally lived on Grape-Nuts THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE) LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS SOHMER PIANOS Sohmer Building, in Ureater New Sth Ave. cor 22d St Oniy mieseoom and cream for two or three months. EGYPTIAN DEITIES No Better Turkish Cigarette can be made CORK TIPS OR PLAIN Look for Signature o& S. ANARGYROS “If you could have seen how fast I got |well it’ would have pleased and prised you. [am now perfectly well and strong again and know exactly how I | got well, and that was on Grape-Nuts that furnished me a powerful food 1 could digest and make use of “It seems to me no brain worker can afford to overlook Grape-Nuts after my experience.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, | ct the miniature hook, * The Road to Wellville,” in each pack IN LEAP YEAR. “+ Nothing can mend a broken heart.” * Except re-pairing.” Horevess winower Horerut wivow- STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR = rlier You th sure Now in ie Prudent lon’ G comicbooks.com