Judge, 1908-06-20 · page 24 of 28
Judge — June 20, 1908 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and miscellaneous content** rather than political satire. Key elements: **"Too Rough"** (top left): A racist joke about a Black railroad waiter unable to fry eggs properly—a crude stereotype of the era reflecting Jim Crow attitudes. **"Accurate" and "Two Topers"**: Anecdotes praising Postum (a caffeine-free coffee substitute), reflecting early 1900s health fads and temperance movement sympathies. **Advertisements**: Angostura Bitters, Litholin collars, and Trimble Whiskey dominate the page. The Gund's beer ad emphasizes American agriculture. **Bottom cartoon**: A crude illustration showing a character hit by wagons labeled "WINTER WAGON" and "SUMMER WAGON"—likely commenting on seasonal business cycles or hardship. **Bottom quotes**: Brief quips about gender relations reflecting period misogyny. The page showcases Judge as a vehicle for advertising and light humor rather than sharp political commentary, with content reflecting early 20th-century commercial and social attitudes.
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pNGOSTY Celebrated Appetizer of ExquisiteFlavor ‘The Osly Geesloe BEWARE OF SUBSTITUTES Origlaated UN86 TOO ROUGH. A traveler in the dining-car of a Georgia railroad had ordered fried eggs for breakfast. Can't negro wai want to wait till w * Why, how is that?”” Well, ¢ rough dat e! dey scrambles.” graph, yo! fried aigs, bo ry time he tries to fry wigs Philadelphia — Tele- and All Out-door Sports LITHOLIN. WATERPROOFED LINEN COLLARS and CUFFS THE FIBERLO! co. Dept. 26, 7 Waverly Place, New York ACCORDING TO THE MELODRAMAS. Sewing Girl why, we h the Kitchen Maid, cannot go kK. Gangs of scoundrels, she’s afraid, in the parking lurk. Marguerite, the Pretty Cook, must desert the sink, For upon her trail a‘ dook minions slink. After Housemaid Geraldine vicious ras- cals yelp, ‘That is why, or so I ween, housewives can’t * and his cook he says de road's so * ACCURATE. “ And have you any brothers an ters, my little man?’” asked the ki ."" replied the little ter and one and ma'am; two half-si half-brothers. "Exchange thre t-leather shoe covers a Exchange. Many a pate big hole in a stocking. The ability to properly cook corned f and cabbage has made many women more attractive than all the Marcel waves in creation,—-Scranton Tribune. “TWO TOPERS.” 8 EXPER My friends call me ‘The Postum * writes a Minnesota school- because I preach the gospel of Postum everywhere [ go, and have been the .means of liberating many Tee-pot slaves.” “IT don't care what they call me, so long a8 I can help others to see what they lose by ing to coffee, and can show them the to si ral good th by mbling and went vous prostration, | and had fits of t through a siege of which took me th “Mother coaxed me to use but I thought coffee would strength. So things went, and when I married I found my husband and I were both coffee topers, and I can sympathiz: with adrunkard who tries to leave off his cups. “At last, in sheer desperation, 1 bought a package of Postum, followed directions about boiling it, served it | with good cream and asked my husband how he liked the coffee. each drank thre ta satisfied feeling cups apic pntinue as long as we has made us new —nerves es good, sleep sound and refresh- 4a Reasos given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich, Read “The Road to Wellville,” in packages. Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human DO YOU READ Don't let whiskey get the best of you! Say “ Trimble” and get the best of whiskey. Green Vabel. AT ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS Sots provarzrons WHITE, HERTZ & CO, Phila. and New York hustle and you will not| No man knows what a woman has on, Smile and aidy nerves, need to spend much for patent medicine. | or how much woman he is going to get Serantun Tribune. when he marries. —Dallas News. HARVEST FIELDS OF AMERICA LESS BE i ** JUDGE'S LIBRARY"? comicbooks.com