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Judge — November 10, 1906 — page 14: Judge, 1906-11-10

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This page is primarily **advertising** for alcoholic beverages and related products, typical of early 1900s Judge magazine. The satire is light and scattered rather than focused on a single cartoon. **Key content:** 1. **"Tombstone Ad"** — A humorous historical note about a 1799 English gravestone advertising a patent medicine ("Vegetable Balsam"), satirizing how shameless commercial promotion was even then. 2. **Multiple liquor ads** — Péres Chartreux liqueur, Great Western Champagne, Club Cocktails, Sunny Brook Whiskey, and Trimble Whiskey dominate the page. The government notice about counterfeit whiskey suggests this was a real enforcement concern. 3. **Scattered humor pieces** — Brief jokes about marriage, poverty, and extravagance fill space between ads, typical of Judge's format. **The satire:** These ads implicitly mock Americans' drinking culture and advertising's aggressive marketing tactics—even for patent medicines. The "government protects against counterfeit whiskey" notice adds irony: whiskey was so profitable, counterfeiting was a problem worth federal notice.

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A TOMBSTONE AD. Here is an advertising tombstone which shows that the art of pushing one’s wares was not unknown a century ago. It is found in a churchyard in Sur- rey, England, and runs thus : Sacred To the Memory of NaTHantel. GopBoLp, Esq., Inventor and Proprietor Of that excellent medicine, The Vegetable Balsam, For the cure of Consumption and Asthmas. He departed this life The 17th day of Decer. 1799. Age 69 ye Hic cineres, ubique fama. ¢ ARABBARRIRIISIIIISSERR IRE QUALITY UNEQUALED EXCELLENCE UNSURPASSED The Soler Pianos are recommended to the public for their power, purity, richness and quality of tone, and are considered the most durable and reliable pianos ever made. HER KIND HEART. * Before we were married,” complained his beautiful young wife,“ you said you, would be willing to die for i * Yes, dearie,” the trembling old_man | replied, having missed the point of her remark ; and I meant every word of it. Why, L only live for you, my little girl.” Not having the heart to let him know, she locked herself in her room before permitting her tears to flow,— Chicago Record-Herald, TWO COUNSELORS. A cobweb on lite’s alpine slope Man’s sunward path appears ; Youth cries, Take counsel of hope Age whispers, “ Heed your fears —Lippincott's Magazin LIQUEUR PERES CHARTREUX your OOOO OOOO OOOO ONO ORE OR AA AAARARAOORONNNNEEKS PULULELVVELErirerrerreler errr rererveteeerererere rest ertettrttet Ter eary THE BLESSINGS OF POVERTY. “The Blessings of Poverty” is the tite of anew book. We're real glad to get a printed schedule of ‘em, Suspected they were lying around some- where, Exchange IS KBOTTLED DrLicHT AClub-Cocktail A, IN LOVE'S LAND. In the world’s bleak weather Love a pathway knows Where the lilies linger And winter wears a rose. Atlanta Constitution, The Truth Can be told about Great Western Champagne Most Americans are connoisseurs in Cock tails —and ao taste demands uniformity in the flavor, strength, and mixing of his favorite drink. nly one kind of uniformly goot cocktail —CLUB COCK. TAILS. Bar cocktails are slap-dash guesswork nod by accident, bad by rule—but never n to a cultivated taste. CLUB e scientifically blended from aged mellowed to de- aroma. Insist on CLUB. Seven Varieties—Each Ove Perfect. ‘OF All Good Grocers and Dealers. G. FL HEURLEIN & BRO, Sole Props. Hartlord jew York London wisseur’s There is nothing to Sonera in arc. fons Itis Pure Jy tormented and aged to exact pertece tion or bealthfulness, possessing. the bos Roe and favor that Connoisseurs’ desire. licious flavor Paris exposition of A few copies of the first edi 1900, the GREAT w THIS AND THAT ABOUT CARICATURE Zis, are still availa Upon rece +f $1.50, this clever little book will be s tw any address, postage prepai JUDGE COMPANY, New York Sole Makers, Rete, N.Y. Geld by reupretabie wtae re scalore everywhere, Macon, Georgia ostura Tiitters for |; We half To Our Patrons! "You are excellent and true judges upon cause: ‘and reason; not use you thnk 0, but because you! know so, out of use and experience." Sen Jonson. Groen Bhat AT ALL FIRST-CLA! DEALER HER EXTRAVAGANCE. * Some people,” remarked the man who walks in the country when he has a chance, * have peculiar ideas of extrava- gance. While out in the country the other day I stopped at a farm-house to get a drink of water, and got into a con- versation with an old negro, in the course | of which he became somewhat confiden- | til, «My wife,” said he, +is powerful stravagant. She's askin’ me for money. She wants fifty cents for this and a dollar for that, and there s no end to it.” * What does she do with the money ?° asked, “Why, id he, How's that 2° Why, | don't give plied in the most matrer- Exchange she don't do anything with asked in surprise to her,’ he re- f-fact_ way.’ — HARD TO SAY. Ain’t it hard to sav ** good-bye !" Tears come prowlin’ round your eye An’ your heart it seems to pause, Listenin’ fur a minute, ‘cause It’s afraid that from to- ‘Twon't beat quite the same old w ‘Tain’t at all the thrill it knew When old friends said + howdy do ' Washington Star. QUITE OBVIOUS. Magistrate— Why did you steal this gentleman’s watch ?” Pick-pocket. was late fer me grand- opery engagement and I wanted to gain time.""—Baltimore American. Even the living skeleton has a thin chance of getting stout.—Excha “Government rotects its citizens against counterfeit money— naecounterfeit G hiskey. \ STRAIGHT iskey BOTTLED IN BOND Complies with this law and Is bottled under direct supervision of Gov't Officials and is sealed by U. S. Treasury Dept’s “GREEN STAMP.” Sunny Brook was the only Whiskey awarded Grand Prize and Gold Medal at St. Lou's World's Fair. a ieee ee | SUNNY BROOK DISTILLERY C0, Jefferson County, Ky. @ BEST LINE TO CINCINNATI AND ST. LoUS—NEW YORK CENTRAL LINES comicbooks.com