Judge, 1918-12-07 · page 27 of 32
Judge — December 7, 1918 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with minor satirical content**. The main items are: **"The Notion Counter"** is a brief humor column offering aphorisms about marriage, plagiarism, and card games—typical lightweight satirical observations common to the magazine. **Notable advertisements:** - A bride-focused product ad (top) - Nujol laxative (center/bottom), a Standard Oil constipation remedy with a medical coupon - Coffez Cigars and Landon School of Illustrating ads **Historical context:** The Nujol ad is notable as a period example of patent medicine marketing, claiming to cure 90% of human illness through intestinal treatment—a common (and largely bogus) medical claim of the 1910s-20s era. The McAdoo reference in "Some Job" likely alludes to William G. McAdoo, Treasury Secretary under Wilson, possibly a joke about tax collection. The page reflects post-WWI American consumer culture and the prevalence of medicinal pseudoscience advertising in mainstream publications.
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December 7, 1918 The Notion Counter | One man may control the thoughts of millions, but no man ever has been able | By Dovcias Mauiocu to control his own. The bride-to-be, dreams of the happy We would do better in the pursuit of when she will be cooking dainty happiness if we didn’t stop to pick off the things for him, but her dreams are nothing | burrs. compared to those he will have | Perhaps the most celebrated date in ~Ni-asesaa I go slow talking about plagiarism. 1 history was that one of Anthony with | Send Your Name and Well} hs. many, minds thore are in the Cleopatra ng Send You aLachnite _|i| world, and how few idea Life is a game, and often we wish we (woes Lachrate tor fre A woman is always saying she ‘just had back what we threw into the dis- ith loves” something, unless it happens tobe | card. something she loves. or exchange: 14 beautiful steins for the When the last trump is sounded there ; what have you or almost anything. will be a lot of s500-players who won't The first thing a baby does after it is ris. know what the trump is. | born is to ery, and no wonder. ley rat ive ni- Do You Know? Do you know that over 90% of human illness has its origin in the intestinal canal? io How and why is explained in the following literature which repre- sents the opinions of medical au- thorities the, world over. Write today for your copy. Nujol Laboratories STANDARD OIL CO. (NEW JERSEY) 50 Broadway, New York Nujol For Constipation REG. US. PAT. OFF. Moruer Is Atways Morner Some Job Income Tax Inspector—I want to examine your books and check up your tax bill Hatterson—All right, old Chap, but my wife keeps all the books. Better send for McAdoo. Exit the Proverb Thank goodness, clothes don’t make a man!” COUPON: Please send me+ Mark X in the square opposite your choice, ancy and nursing period. f) The Days That Go ‘ ‘onstipation in pt ‘As The Twig is Ben! —constipation in infar copy THIS SKETCH =, | and childhood. Lo constipation ane toxication in adults. ) “As Shadows I constipation i | “MADE AT al GARS comicbooks.com