Judge, 1907-11-09 · page 12 of 16
Judge — November 9, 1907 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with brief humorous filler items typical of early 1900s magazines. The main satirical content is "SELLS SEAT IN HEAVEN"—a brief joke about a Russian peasant literally selling his salvation to another man for fifty rubles. The humor targets both Russian peasant superstition and the commodification of religious faith; it's presented as an actual historical anecdote ("curious deed of transfer") to heighten the absurdity. The remaining items are **short quips and jokes**: a daughter marrying an elderly man (she wants to escape her mother), a farmer claiming his land is "healthy" because it's "full of invalids," and a businessman excited about airships because they'd allow hanging unlimited passengers from them—satirizing corporate greed and dangerous labor practices. The page otherwise showcases period advertisements for whiskey, pianos, medical treatments (including "blood poison" cures), and architectural plans—reflecting both Judge's commercial content and contemporary medical quackery the magazine implicitly endorsed through advertising.
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ATIONAL PURE CUARANTEES, HUNTER ||" BALTIMORE RYE TR Une RYE MTSE Sait grat clans cates aod by Jobtare, Tatending porchasers of a STRICTLY FIRST- (Bs) (AWAN @ BON, Baltisaore, CLASS SebPartil & er Plane and Sal-Player combined, > examine the merits Of the world: PIANOS HMER - CECILIAN” Inside Players, c SOHMER & COMPANY, New York. Warerooms: Cor, Sth Ave. 224 St, HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE ea. 2,44 and oa nlecker Street Branch Warchcave, to eckman sree, New York TLL kiss OF PATER MADE TO ORDER. BLOOD POISON FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS wre have made the core of Blood Poison, leed Polson Permanently Cured be treated at ‘home, ander same guar, anty. Capital $920,000. Fan) It you have exhausted the old methods of treatment. nd pains, Mucous Tarde Pimples, Copper on any part of the King’ out, write for prools of cares. soo-page COOK REMEDY Co. 1480 MASONIC TEMPLE, Chicago, lil, U. S. A- SELLS SEAT IN HEAVEN. Rednoa Dielo, a Russian newspaper, reproduces from the original a curious deed of transfer. The document runs: “I, the undersigned, Nicolai Nicephoro- vitch, peasant, thirty-eight years of age, of the Dogmarovski district of Melitopol, have fallen into evil days. I am at the end of all my resources, and hereby cer- tify that I have sold for the sum of fifty rubles my eternal salvation and place in the kingdom of heaven to Makar Se- lenky.” ‘The signature is attested by one elder of the village council. — Detroit News. 4s the best medicine tr throat and Dr. Ball's Cony S; y ‘calling in a doctor, aye. Jung troables, DOESN’T TAKE WARNING, “Does your son profit by your exam- ple? Does he imitate your successes and avoid your mistakes ?” “Naw. He wants to get married."— Cleveland Leader, UNQUESTIONABLE, The stranger—« This place is consid- ered pretty healthy, isn’t it?” The native—'Ealthy? Lor’ bless yer, yes, sir. Its always ‘fall of invalids.” -me-up, Teaspoonful of Abbott's Bitters in half fruit, after sugar is added, makes delighthal morning tonic. GREAT DIVIDENDS. «The air-ship will be a tremendous im- provement over all other methods of transportation. “You bet you,” responded Mr. Graball with enthusiasm. ‘“ Why, we cannot only place straps in the usual positions, but also suspend ‘em from the bottom and hang an indefinite number of passengers in the ambient air."—Exchange, — ‘The Sohmer Pianos are pronounced superior to all others by leading artists. UP TO DAUGHTER, ; Iam going to marry Mr, Bul- . “Why, he is old enough to be your father !” “T know he is, but, unfortunately, he doesn't seem to care for mother.”— Courier-Fournal, IT HAS NO EQUAL W. A. TAYLOR C0., New York Sole Agents BECAUSE. “ Every one speaks of your benevolence, madam, and that you provide so many needy ones with food.”* es, yes; when one has three daughters learning to cook at the same —RFlegende Blatter. The most liberal offer ever made by a publishing company ie ad ad This if ‘Ieper Co, 25 Avenue, X. Y. City, for Deantifal SEND #1 to-day © HOW TO GET THE BOOK FREE ‘book “American Dwellings,” contain ‘The plans shown tn this book are sold at a very moderate figure, and will save you the cost of an architect's service. Select your plan, send Judge (Co, 285 4th Ave, N. T.. a certified check for tbe cost of plans, after deducting the $1 whieh you pald ferthe beck. If you buy plans shown in. & & for an Architect’s book of plans # % # % & She 1907 EDITION JUST OUT ad book will save you from $100 to $500 on your new house you build after one of Glenn Lyle Saxton’s Original Plans, can Dwellings” your ook will not eost you one cent, and it isa gift ‘that you will be proad to make room for on your li brary table. Send for this famous “American Dwell- tnga”—the only book of plans that has an intrinsic ‘value and will save you money. Published by Glenn L. Saxton, The Practical Architect, whose beantifal and original bouses are bailt in every evantry,even {tn the most remote partacf the world, We have for tale by the same architect, Supplement to“ Amer can Dwellings,” containing house plans, $$ cents, comicbooks.com