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Judge — June 20, 1908 — page 22: Judge, 1908-06-20

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This page is primarily **advertising**, with several anecdotal humor pieces interspersed. The main cartoons/jokes are brief and ethnic in character—typical of early 20th-century American humor. One features a German farmer character ("Dot's so, my frent") who remarried, his comedic motivation being practical convenience (an oven at convenient height, a stove). Another involves an Irish boatman speaking in dialect. These relied on ethnic stereotype humor common to the period. The page is dominated by product advertisements: Philip Morris cigarettes, Club Cocktails, a New Perfection Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove (marketed for kitchen convenience), and a Pennsylvania Railroad "Pennsylvania Special" train service bulletin promoting its 18-hour schedule reliability between New York and Chicago. The humor and advertising reflect turn-of-the-century American consumer culture and period-typical reliance on ethnic caricature for comedic effect.

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WHY HE MARRIED AGAIN. An Ohio lawy a German plain, blunt man long out to express hi tells of a client of his farmer, a hard-working, who lost his wife not wyer had sought him but to his onically ob- Convenience ‘Think of an oven atcen- venient height to be used without stoopin: consternation th plies y Think of a stove that cooks the roast with a heat Their reputation stands behind them. ‘They stand behind their reputation, ORIGINAL LONDON CIGARETTES maintain today the same high standard of quality they established half a century ago. Sold Everywhere 5c. Is A Bottled Delight HY go to the inconvenience of Preparing your own rinkewhen. | a bottle of CLUB COCKTAILS saves all the fuss and trouble. CLUB | COCKTAILS are perfect cocktails—al- ways ready for use. Their fine old | jiquors,_measure-mixed, give them a uniformity o} drink can possibly possess. At all good dealers. Man= Th an (wl (Gin base) are universal favorites. GFHeublernEBro. HARTFORD — NEW YORK LONDON flavor no chance-made | “Why, it has been but a you buried your wife.”” ; but she is as legal light. or two sinc “Dot's so, my. fi dead as effer she vill be. MISTAKEN, While a small boy was fishing one Sun day morning, he accidentally lost his foothold and tumbled into the creck. Asan old man on the bank was help- | ing him out, he said, “How did you come river, my little man?” “Tdidn’t come to fall in the river. I] came to fish,” replied the boy.—Vhila- delphia Ledger. to fall in the REASSURING. Passenger ter bail the bout out? water.” Irish boatman Sure, she full, niver im er when shi “Och, they started on their long tri rs to have improved every thing livers of the navy critics. Omaha Kee, | * automobile of excitement. owned by the local under! int for some of the yetord an an * would not destroy the cow to Kill the jovernor should take care. demned as a hireling of sin this a four-year job shington, would it not be advi or him to find out whether he likes ywn?--Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch, | vr often has a smooth | A rough cha tongue. He at end of fish such a fish in my life She—"* No. gf story) —* My word, t believe you ever did !* it was a monster! "Pon my soul, I never saw ‘Punch, either moderate or intense, as you wish it! ‘Think of a kitchen as cool when the roast is done as when you began it! Think howthe New Per- fection Wick Blue Flame k-Stove does all id much more! ‘Then—last but not least —ihink whether you can afford to pass the coming summer without this comfort- iving stove in your kitchen. Although the NEW PERFECTION Wick Blue Flame Oil Cook-Stove h suffocatin New Perfection domestic work requ very litle affected by hours of cooking. Made in three sizes. If not with your dealer, write our nearest agency. The Rayo La yrs Pee Lamps ic A steady, powerful i dealer, write uur ne STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Incorporated) Washington Post. - | sores text ¢ sme se PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD trust 2 he Bulletin. A REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE. The " Pennsylvania Special” is not only scheduled to make the run between New York and Chicago in eight- een hours, but it actually performs the deed with a pre- on that is phenomenal. During the fifty-three days from March 21 to May 12, inclusive, it arrived in both Chicago and New York exactly on the minute every day but three in each direc- tion, On those dates it was late only two, four, five, ten, thirteen, and thirty-nine minutes respectively. Such a record means that experienced and skillful en- ginemen drive the train, that dispatchers and signalmen are ever alert, and that well-trained maintenance-of-way men are keeping the nine hundred and eight miles of track in It means that the passenger between "Pennsylvania Special” is practically sure of reaching his destination on time. Reg- ularity of schedule is a most important consideration. It enables business men to keep their engagements in either and to yet the benefit of an eighteen-hour schedule. perfect condition. New York and Chicago on the city If you want to get to Chicago in eighteen hours take the " Pennsylvania Special,” which leaves New York at 5 P. M. and arrives Chicago 8.55 A. M. comicbooks.com