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This page contains **primarily advertisements** interspersed with brief humorous anecdotes. The main content is a large **Schlitz beer advertisement** featuring a hut illustration and a brown bottle. The ad emphasizes that brown bottles protect beer from light spoilage during distribution—a practical sales pitch framed around "civilization advances." It claims over a million barrels sold annually. The left column contains short comedic sketches typical of Judge's humor: - A letter from "Horace Saphead" about a false diamond and hair lock, satirizing upper-class gentlemen's gullibility - A racial dialect joke featuring "Steve," a Southern Black man who only says "Yahs, sah"—reflecting the era's offensive stereotyping - Rural humor about potatoes and crops The remaining advertisements include "Strong Arms" exercise instruction and Allen's Foot-Ease powder. The satire and offensive racial content reflect early-1900s Judge magazine conventions, targeting Victorian pretension and regional stereotypes rather than specific political events.

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VI. (alr. Horace Saphead to Miss Amanda | 5 Beer was first Breweel Pilkington.) | A ace Hyperion Club, June 21st, 1912. il ¢ nl Now Dear madam—I must, of course, ac- im a ri = x eept your word for it, though you were A f tha the | ander no obligation, let me assure you, eCneles Tor (Cg hat | to make the confession. Frankly, I am 2 an | surprised, for [had thought it was real, : yp B ROWN BOTTLE re- | it was such a superb match, The knowl- / nair | edge that it is false, let me say in con- . b e day hea, renders the loss of the lock of ; dot the Earth hair less poignant than it otherwise be 2. would have been, and, in return’ for the comfort afforded me by your frank nda | avowal, permit me to say that I shall regard the information thereby conveyed 2. to me as strictly confidential. : Grateflly yours, ti ae As civilization advances—so See: orace Saphead. p “ ; tum | P.S. Do not bother t> return the 2 do the sales of “Schlitz add ] ring. The diamond in it isno more real | $4, Brown" Béliles.” with | than the lock of hair. 5 a He Could. Over a million A Northern visitor in the South tells barrels sold annually. the following story to illustrate the . d. taciturnity of the Southern negro. The public demands He had asked Steve, a typical darky a pure beer that will not race | of the region, numerous: questions con- exuse bi iousHiess. cerning acertain plantation, and to each 2. | thenegro gave the invariable reply of n ake ii fn TREES ESE © The Brown Bottle protects the} “Steve,” asked the somewhat exas Schlitz from the brewery to yes | perated Northerner, ‘don’t you s: | your glass. ps.a8 | thing but ‘Yahs, sah’? Can’t you say, snot | No, sir?" be i 1 po: s . The negro blinked his eyes indolently Light spoils even pure beer mn. fora moment and replied, ‘* Yahs, sa ise Had To Dig. Farmer Rootdigger was digging out 12, his potatoes when fourteen-year-old Sarah Deal came along on the way home t the J from school. erty} Mr. Rootdigger asked her how their must, J potatoes were turning out. ry fer} The bright-eyed little miss replied, ve! | “Our potatoes didn’t turn out. Dad had Seethat rows Seta tens eS eae tbdig them out.”” : “| ABomccon That Made Milwaukee Famous. orate] Uncle Hiram came through his neigh- a ee anya a Hee fe Ayn I will send as long as they lat my 25e. book When Your Feet Ache state § Fere good. STRONG ARMS | From Corns, Bunions, Sore or Callous Spots, Blisters, ab Wares, sab, war thi awe, “we For 10 cents in stamps or coin. | New or tight shoes, Allen's Foot=Ease, the antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes, will give instant f relief. It is the greatest comfort discovery of the Mustrated with 20 full page half-tone | 20° sold everywhere, 25. Don't accept any sab- hd so much dat we put what we could tof-doors and the rest we put in de cuts showing exercises that will quickl call Gee wv teres comers at wal weil | | gn For FREE sample, addres Allen S, Olmsted, Fay) iit was at a ten and fifteen cent vande- | in your shoulders, arms and hands with- | << —O2 > ST tille ticket window. A country villager | Pm OO ny SPparaten. see ( VAULEY GEMS Syd et] wproached. PROF. ANTHONY BARKER WM see Them GEFORE PAYING! ida] Menasha saked the d sheet Gyiinasios Dy Praseiisreinentay aerate i or fifteen?’’ asked the ticket 1043 Barker Bailding, f é fire diamond tes Y zor bod er. 10 WEST 420d STREET NEW YORK fancy guaranteed 25 y: i ” geld dlamond mountings. Willeen: < one,"” said the villager, ‘I hy tnetivédwal tions for teuande eit terme arcraccernes ut ; mnastum. | Inadvance. joday for free ilastrated bookies, pecial prices in't got the fam'ly along. 19 psibtibchicd 96 pears ta New Year ‘ring measure. WHITE VALLEY GEM CO, F773 Saks Bide indianapels. toa In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be enpreciated. comicbooks.com