Judge, 1904-08-06 · page 11 of 20
Judge — August 6, 1904 — page 11: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements**, not political satire. The main content consists of: 1. **Postum coffee substitute ad** (largest): A testimonial from a Kansas woman describing how switching from regular coffee to Postum cured her rheumatism, heart trouble, and nervousness. This reflects early 20th-century health anxieties about caffeine's supposed toxic effects. 2. **Miller Brewing Company ad**: Promoting Milwaukee Beer's quality, emphasizing "fifty years of experience" and purity. 3. **Smaller ads**: Evans' Ale, Glenn's Sulphur Soap (for dandruff), The Prudential Insurance, and a Lake Shore Limited train schedule. The page also includes brief **humorous quotations** at top (about "Make Believe" and coffee's cumulative effects) rather than full political cartoons. **For modern readers**: These ads reveal period anxieties about food/beverage safety and health, plus advertising strategies relying on personal testimonials and pseudo-medical claims—practices now heavily regulated.
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Within the land of Make Believe “Gadsby told me he stopped a week at I lived in days of old, the fair.” ‘And by its wondrous alchemy “And he told me he kept a-going every ‘Turned all the dross to gold. minute."— Cleveland Plain Dealer. ‘A wider land of Make Believe Now claims attention close ; ‘The grown-up children in it count ‘The fairy gold as dross. —New York Sun. BUNCH TOGETHER COFFEE HAS A CURIOUS WAY OF FINALLY ATTACKING SOME ORGAN. Ails that come from coffee are cumu- ver no tonic made equals Ab. ative, that is, unless the coffee is taken Bitters. Druggists und gros /@Way new troubles are continually appear- ing and the old ones get wors To begin with,” says a Kansan, “1 “Doctor, Lam suffering terribly from aj Was a slave to coffee just as thousands of others to-day; thought I could not live without drinking strong coffee every wc You'll have to come up to the house ;| Morning for breakfast, and I had. sick jt’son my mother-in-law.” — Houston Post, | headaches that kept me in bed several Y days every month. Could hardly keep my food on my stomach, but would vomit as long as I could throw anything up, and when I could get hot coffee to stay on my stomach I thought I was better. “ Well, two years ago this spring I was that sick with rheumatism I could not use my right arm to do anything, had heart All Dealers trouble, was nervous. My nerves were all unstrung, and my finger nails and and tips were blue as if I had a chill all the time, and my face and hands yellow Restaurants as a pumpkin, My doctor said 1 was heart disease and rheumatism, and my sell neighbors said I had Bright's disease and ’ Evans’ Ale Asa healt bott's Angostui cen. was going to die. Well, I did not know what on earth was the matter, and every morning would drag myself out of bed and go to break- fast, not to eat anything, but to force down some more coffee. Then ina little while TL would be so nervous, my heart would beat like everything. “Finally one morning I told m Gril— You may spurn me, cruel one, | band I believed coffee was the cau: vt remember, 1 shall not always be a] this trouble, and that I thought I would lerk at nine dollars a week ! try Postum, which I had seen advertised. Marie—“ That's just the trouble. You| He said, ‘All right,'so we got Postum, and may lose your job at any tims Chicago| aithough 1 did’ not like it at first I got é right down to business and made it ac- cording to directions; then it was fine and the whole family got to using it, and I tell you it has worked wonders for me. ‘Thanks to Postum in place of the poison, coffee, | now enjoy good health, have not been in bed with sick headache for two years, although [had it for thirty years before I began Postum, and my nerves are now strong, and I have no trouble from my heart or from the rheumatism, “TL consider Postum a necessary article of food on my table. My friends who come here and taste my Postum say it is delicious.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Get the book, # The Road to Wellville,” in each package. Menonce a week, women oncein two weeks, should wash the head with a copious lather of warm water and Glenn's Sulphur Soap. It will remove and keep out dandruff, Be sure and get Glenn’s Sulphur Soap 2. scake at all drug stores, or matled for Soc. by THE AURLES 8. CRITTENTON CO, 113 Patton 8t., New York. AU's Hair and Whisker Dye, Islack or Brown, to eta, The wild hawk to the wind-swept sky, The red deer to the lea The thin girl to the mountains high— The other kind to the sea. ‘The Sohmer Piano ranks excellence of tone, durabilit shouted the suddenly-rich man from the west to a waiter in the highest-priced hotel on the beach, * bring me another knife.” | “Yes, sah.” “Understand, after this, that I never eat mashed potatoes and boiled cabbage || rae tedepeudence Cos Dept, “Pct Detretag Mich, with the same knife."—Detroit Free Press. | ~MABE LLp. "HAVANA CIGARS 4RE Te pearecrion oF BLENDS —Augusta Chronicle. ong. the best for Made In aloe sizes trom the finest tobacco || Tey the FAMABELLA, « Puritanos” size, ‘Ten Cent Strat, “Conchas™ alee, th It pet on sale te yo The names of th from Waal contained In we will wend you PILEE reat, Why “THE BEST” Milwaukee Beer Because they purchaso the best materials obtain- able in the world’s market. Because they employ the most capable and skilled asters in the art of brewing. Because their plant is fitted out with all the latest improvements and machinery known to. the brewing world. Because of their unexcelled method of cleanliness their beer is noted for its absolute purity. Fifty Years of Experience. Why not secure a sample and have your physician pass on the quality? We invite comparison, because we want you to know that | Miller Brews “The best” Milwaukee Beer MILLER BREWING CO., Milwaukee, U.S.A. Will YOU be too late? An applicant for a hundred thousand dollars was recently rejected by the medical direct- ors. He had waited to make application, till it was too late. Better fix up your application today. THE PRUDENTIAL Insurance Co. of America JOHN F. DRYDEN, Home Office: NEWARK, NJ. Write for Application Blank—No Charge Dept. N. PRUDENTIAL'S EXHIBIT, PALACE OF EDUCATION, WORLD'S PAIR, ST. LOUIS.” ote a PRUDENT! pg AHAS THE AA «- STRENGTH OF GIBRALTAR “LA KE S H 0 R E Li M ITE D 35. Leaves New York 5.30 every afternoon via NEW YORK CENTRAL. | ® Arrives Chicago 4.00 next afternoon via LAKE SHORE. ' comicbooks.com