Judge, 1906-07-07 · page 6 of 16
Judge — July 7, 1906 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with brief humorous filler content typical of early 1900s magazines. The three short jokes ("Seventy Shingles," "Didn't Describe Him," "Poetry vs. Prose") are mild social commentary: the first puns on doctors' office building resembling shingled roofs; the second jokes about a woman calling a man "a crank"; the third contrasts romantic poetry with women's practical "noes." The page's real content is **liquor and commercial advertising**: Sunny Brook Whiskey prominently advertises compliance with the 1897 U.S. law requiring bonded whiskey purity; I.W. Harper Rye touts its aged quality and "Kentucky hospitality"; Abbott's Angostura Bitters advertises to businessmen; and the New York Central Lines promotes Thousand Islands tourism. The "Liquid Pistol" (apparently a spray device) and Cadillac inquiry also appear. This reflects the page's primary purpose: carrying paid advertisements interspersed with light entertainment for readers.
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SEVENTY SHINGLES. Church— | see an apartment-house at Madison avenue and Fifty-eighth street, | New York city, is occupied exclusively by physicians. Seventy doctors have offices under its roof.” Gotham—* | suppose it must look as if, it were built of shingles.” — Yonkers Statesman, DIDN’T DESCRIBE HIM. * Cholly— Really, y'know, L cawn’t un= derstand Miss Brown at all, Actually, she called me a crank, don't y° know” Miss Pepprey —* Indeed? How ful- some she is!) Why, a crank is a man with one idea."— Exchange. With men of affairs, Abbott's Angostura Bit- ters are the great tonic and aid to digestion. ‘They are recommended by leading physicians. All dreggists. POETRY VS. PROSE. “If you love me, darling, tell me with your eyes,” That's the way the old song goes. But we find the darlings, when they make replies, Very often answer with their“ noes.” | —The Catholic Standard. YES! ope, girl with beautiful eyes has mere Man ata tremendous disadvantage.— | | Somerville Fournal. FoR or BRAINS | oS AGARS “MADE AT KEY WEST—! fer to buy a ISLANDS. that all Whiskies bottled in bond according to ~ the law passed by U. S. Con- A Sress and signed mm» by the Presi- tine dent (March 3d, 1897) are fippure and un- —— adulterated. - We obey this law to he letter—therefore ‘Gola ‘ SUNNY BROOK DISTILLERY, CO., sara Soa Wizard Repeating LIQUID PISTOL Mi stay the meat von dat Perfectiy sate’ carry ‘Seath St, Dene ew Work aqot|| THE THOUSAND a Ae WOULD like to correspond wit owners of 1905 30h. p. Cadilla who can give some information how t satisfactorily make ordinary hills wit are more attractive than ever this season. The New this car, $100 will be paid for this in York Central Lines’ Four-Track Series No. 10, formation. “ The St. Lawrence River from the Thousand Islands to the Saguenay,” contains the finest map ever made ofthis region. Copy will be sent free, postpaid, on receipt of a two-cent stamp by George H. Daniels, ger, General Advertising Department, Room 24A, Grand Central Station, New York. Tue Gro. A. Jostyx, Omaha, Neb. ‘ “America’s Greatist Railroad” REACH THE. THOUSAND 7-7 wna FVERY AGED AND RESPECTED With character and merit. The spirit of Kentucky hospitality; the essence of good cheer. The Hse § ena