Judge, 1905-03-04 · page 12 of 16
Judge — March 4, 1905 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** rather than editorial content. The page contains four distinct advertisements: 1. **Wilson Whiskey** (top right): A simple product advertisement with a illustration showing a man and woman, featuring a joke about currency ("a lie gains currency so easily"). 2. **The Prudential Insurance** (top left): Life insurance pitch listing financial security benefits, framed around the logo of Gibraltar (representing strength/stability). 3. **Leslie's Weekly** (center-left): Promotes a competing magazine, highlighting war news coverage from the Far East and financial advice columns, positioning itself as progressive. 4. **W.L. Douglas Shoes** (bottom right): Shoe manufacturer advertisement claiming superiority over competitors at $3.50 per pair. The page appears to be from an era when Judge relied heavily on paid advertising to fund publication. There is **no political satire or social commentary** evident—it's straightforward commercial promotion typical of early 20th-century magazine advertising.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
WILSON WHISKEY THAT’S ALL! What is Your Wish? To Leave Your Family Well Off? To Secure an Income in Old Age ? To Increase Your Business Credit? | To Invest Your Savings Profitably ? Life Insurance in The Prudential may be made to Provide all These and More. Write for Book Showing Rates. THe PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE CO. OF AMERICA JOHN P. DRYDEN, Pres't Dept. N Home Office: NEWARK, N. 3 There’s Money in Leslie’s Weekly accurate WAR NEWS fat"east Our Own Correspondent on the Field “When I get as hard up as | am now it makes me wish Jasper’s hints to money-makers will make and save | asa lie Why, what do you + Oh, a lie gains curr money and alone are worth ten times the subscription price TOPICS OF THE TIMES FULLY ILLUSTRATED LESLIE'S WEEKLY $4 Per Year 225 FOURTH AVE. $1 For 3 Months NEW YORK «The Oldest and Best... seeegc i RR nnd seite mere . AR W_L. DOU f $3 Men's $3.50 shoes Fearless and Progressive rane IEEE chen any ether f . manufacturer Ia the wert JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fourth Ave., New York. ‘ " $10,000 See rite far Hlastrated Catalans of Sprvwa cas Gisgrove this statement. JGLAS, 148 Spark Street, Brockton, Massachi comicbooks.com