Judge, 1904-06-11 · page 12 of 16
Judge — June 11, 1904 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, with several brief humorous items interspersed. The main content consists of period advertisements for railroads (Union Pacific), talcum powder, Leslie's Weekly magazine, motor boats, bicycles, tea, and other products typical of early 20th-century American commerce. The small humor pieces are brief social jokes, including one about a couple arguing over why their automobile has stopped (the joke being the wife doesn't know—she just knows it has), and exchanges mocking affectation (a woman expecting to marry a rich man so she needn't learn spelling, and another about women who chew gum being unsuitable for literary clubs). These represent light, accessible humor about courtship, class aspiration, and emerging automobile culture. The page primarily serves Judge's business function: selling advertising space while maintaining reader interest with genteel satire about American social pretensions.
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CALIFORNIA UNION PACIFIC AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC VASTEST TIME HORTEST LINE SMOOTHEST TRACK e been spent inthe Improvement ‘aif buraan ingenuity bas TOURIST SLEEPERS A SPECIALTY E. L. LOMAX,G.P.&T.A. UNION PACIFIC Omaha, Neb. BORATED TALCUM Ferry—* This is the last half-dollar we have in the world.” Fosie— Well, I'll go to the matinée wiih it and get my spirits raised; then Tl come home and raise your spirits."— Cincinnati Tribune. “Has your son benefited by his stay abroad ?” “Yes,” replied Mrs. Cumrox; “ where he used to say the weather was bad he now says ‘the climate is beastly.’”. Washington Star. Strong and better men and women are those who use Abbott's Angostura Bitters. At drug- gists’. “see that the Russian soldiers assert that they do not get enough to eat.” “That's too bad. The Russian offi- cers ought to know that their men run well on an empty stomach."—C/ev land Plain Dealer. “Does your little girl know how to spell ?” Oh, dear, no, That's so plebeian, and | we expect her to marry a man who is rich | enough to let her have an amanuensis.” —Chicago Post. Clara—* Our club bars out gum-chew- ing and slang.” Bertha—* it does 2" Clara—* Yes; women who chew gum | and talk slang oughtn't to cut any ice in a literary club."—Cincinnati Tribune. Vou will get more prompt attention and better service | vy mentioning Jeoce when answering advertisements LESLIE’S WEEKLY Oldest and illustrated paper in America Every part of the paper of human interest Jasper’s hints to money- makers alone are worth ten times the subscription price Sy per Year Paar AVE. LE S L I E’S WEEKLY PUBLISHERS, TERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS yet youngest $1 for 3 Months WILSON WHISKEY THAT’S ALL! MOTOR BOATS| 4a Es mp Oar e4-page ratalog gives the truth in detai and sbearertiicaid at Agencies in all principal itce “Write foday. Address RACINE BOAT MFG. CO., (Box J}, MUSKEGON, MICH. Mrs. Jones (as the auto stops)—"* Well, what are you stopping for?"" Mrs. Jones— Merely because | don't care to go on without the auto, my dear. Why the auto is stopping I don’t know.” 25c. COFFEE breberrer he sary WR. COOK, care ot THE GREAT AMERICAN TEA C0. 81 £ BE Verey Street, P.O. Rox 289, New York. -" ‘The Rational Vehicles of Health and Pleasure {Bicycles Equipped with Two-Speed Gear and Coaster Brake The return of bicycling finds our Americ roads greatly improved and the bicycle itself p fected in design and construction and equip with new and marvelous devices. ‘To learn all about modern bicycles, get ¢2")- logues free from our 10,000 dealers, or s¢-d stamp for any one of them, Reasted COVFEES, 'e Th: | goods at less than cost. For fall particalars and prompt attention, address, PAPER WAREHOUSE HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS Pope Manufacturing Co. EASTeRN, DErARTACENT | WESTERN DEPAETHEST jon. and Hench Sree artcrds Conn. in Branch Warehouse, rect, New York SLL HIMbe OF PAPEE MADE TO ORDER nd Liquor Habit coedin 19 cured: OPIUM:::= on Cer Ona Desiring paper of superior excellence and uniformity can secure it of the makers of the papers used in the various publications of THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO: ANY. t comicbooks.com