Judge, 1911-05-20 · page 2 of 24
Judge — May 20, 1911 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satirical content. The dominant feature is a Budweiser beer advertisement featuring an eagle ("The Old Reliable") with text emphasizing the brand's fifty-year heritage of "Quality and Purity." On the right side is a small comic strip titled "The Dog Came Down," a domestic humor sequence showing a man discovering his dog has escaped through an upper window. The three panels depict the man's reaction and the dog's safe return—typical early-20th-century light family comedy with no political satire. The page also advertises Judge's "June Number" at ten cents. The content reflects early-1900s commercial publishing, mixing advertising with light entertainment rather than sharp political commentary.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
THE DOG CAME DOWN. 4 UPON THE STRONG WINGS of Quality and Purity over fifty years ago ‘<The Qld Reliable’’| - Budweiser mounted to the top of the world’s bottled beers and never ending fidelity to| Quality and Purity has kept it at the top—its mild and exquisite flavor also | helped to build its popularity. Bottled only at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery St. Louis, Mo. 10c. Judge’s Library 10c. June Number NOW READY AT ALL NEWSDEALERS In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com