Judge, 1907-09-07 · page 14 of 18
Judge — September 7, 1907 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with modest editorial content interspersed. The main items of interest: **"Our Debt to Noah"** (top): A humorous short story explaining why rats exist worldwide—they were the last animals off the ark and have plagued humanity since. The joke plays on the common complaint about rats as pests; the author credits Noah for not catching them before departure. **Comic vignettes** (middle): Brief joke exchanges about worry and theater auditions—light, domestic humor typical of the era. **Advertisements dominate**: Weight-loss products, whiskey, talcum powder, wine, art school, pens, and collar buttons. The **"Don't Be Fat"** ad is notably prominent, reflecting early-20th-century commercial obsession with body image and "scientific" obesity cures—products we'd now recognize as ineffective and medically dubious. The **Waterman fountain pen ad** emphasizes practical benefits for students entering school season. No clear political satire or caricature appears here; this is entertainment and commerce aimed at middle-class readers.
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Squeaking, tumbling over one another in their mad haste, some of them falling off the plank as they crowded down it, they rushed tumultuously ashore and pro- |ceeded to scatter themselves over the whole earth. Their descendants are with us yet. Thanks, Noah !|—Chicago Tribune, —— | WORRY THAT’S REAL. Foakley—“ You're right ; most people worry over what they haven't got, but I know certain people who worry because of what they have.” Coakley — “ That they so? What have Press. HER PLEA. said the manager, “I can’t put You haven't the fig- “But,” |you in the chorus. ure for it.” | “Figure? Mercy sakes ! I can buy a f k Foakley — “ Nothing."— Philadelphia DON’T BE FAT’ them off "as they! My New Obesity Food Quickly Red Your Weight to Normal, Requires No Starvation Process and Is Absolutely Safe. TRIAL PACKAGE MAILED FREE. The Above ltatration Shows the Remarkable Etects of Tole ‘Woadertul Obealty Food—What It Has Dose For Others t Will Do Fee Yea. 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A pen that protects clothes from ink spots be- cause its simple, common sense and workmanlike construction keeps the ink in sufficient amount, where it belongs, at the point of the and not oozing ‘out from joints and crevices, A pen that stays put in a boy's pocket because of the Clip-Cap. A pen that will teach boy or girl neat and orderly habits, There is only one such pen, and that is a te<aee HIS BULLET WAS A HORNET. The passengers on a-Darby-| bound trolley-car from this city, on the line of the Chester Trac- tion Company, were startled to see a well-dressed man, named Hiott, jump out of his seat, clasp his hand to his left breast, and exclaim, “My God, I'm shot !" The man sank back in his seat, pallid, and the passengers clus-| fered around him, thinking some miscreant had fired into the car, although no shot was heard. «I feel my blood slowly ebbing away ; it is way down my arm, said Elliott. He put his hand Jin, placed it on his arm, groan- ed, and pulled it out again cov-| Jered with— perspiration, The conductor, assisted by a sympa- thetic passenger, with great care pulled the man’s coat down over, the shoulder and then exposed] the largest specimen of hornet seen in these parts. He had been stung.—Phila, Record. Cone Krementz Collar Button costs more to manu- facture than any other gold-plate! collar button on the market. The reason? There's more gold in it, Not mere wash or dip, but a layer ¢ gold rolled on the supporting metal... We er than any other button made. T quality is stamped on back and guaranteed. All first-class dealers keep them. ‘Story of Collar Button"? gives all styles and sizes. FREE for asking. EMENTZ & CO. Newark, N. J. CCC CCE COE It may be purchased almost anywhere on earth, It is always the same in price, style, quality and is exchangeable everywhere. Absolute satisfaction guaranteed. Mosquitoes are free from one vice at least. 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