Judge, 1926-02-27 · page 26 of 36
Judge — February 27, 1926 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Judge magazine page contains satirical advertisements mocking patent medicine and self-help scams of the early 20th century. **"Our Headache Corner"** (left): A mock advice column edited by "Henry Headache" that humorously promises relief through "Kohler-Antidot," playing on the era's proliferation of dubious headache remedies. **"Four for One"** (right): A fake advertisement for "Professor Addle Pate's Great Forget-it Fluid"—a satirical jab at memory-improvement courses and fraudulent tonics. The joke escalates absurdly, mixing obviously fake historical claims (Napoleon discovering America in 1776) with the promise that the product contains "absolutely no wood alcohol, creosote... or anything." **The satire's point**: These advertisements parody real mail-order scams and patent medicines that exploited Americans during this period, often making impossible claims or containing harmful ingredients. The cartoon exposes how consumers desperately sought solutions to everyday problems through unreliable, sometimes dangerous products. The secondary cartoons (skiing scene, radiator illustration) are unrelated illustrations.
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Our Headache Corner Edited exclusively for those who are occasionally afilict- ed with headaches. 7 They are our best Edited by people, the ones with the superiority HENRYHEADACHE — complex. It is none of our business, how you got that latest headache. * + 6 We said “latest,” because it won't be the “last But, however you got it—and will get the next one — it’s a safe bet you'd like to know of a reasonable remedy One that doesn’t leave you hollow- eyed, exhausted, an easy mark tor another headache or what have you * * «# R atten trick, isn’t it, to string you along like this? Well, the answer, if you must know, is Kohler-Antidot: * * + It banishes the headache but doesn’t punish the headachee. Be prepared. Look around 1 find the nearest exit. Run, do walk, to your favorite drugstore. They all have it. The positive relief for SEA, TRAIN AND CAR Sickness, Stops the nausea at once. 25 years in use. 756. $1.50 at Drug Stores lire? on receipt of Price “The Mothorsill Remedy Co,. N. Y. City Glass of Soda with Bitters a good toni ple, Bitters by in stamps. >. W. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. At Leading Dealers FOUR FOR ONE Safe and sane skiing. He Couldn’t Recall the Face But He'd Forgotten the Name! We" kind of a memory have ? Do you? you forget people immediately? You're lucky! Our great Anti-mnemonics course has made hundreds of people forget what any poor fool would remember. If you remember to write for our free course on forgettery you're dumb enough to deserve it. One bottle of Professor Addle Pate’s Great Forget-it Fluid will make you happy, if not blind. Professor Pate’s wonderful cure for good memory contains absolutely no wood alcohol, creosote, nide of potas- sium, bichloride of mercury, varnish, brown paint, or anything. It is not carried by bootleggers and sold at a free from taxation with- out representation, nominal f cover charges, hush money or surreptitious winks over the counters of our leading Hundreds of professors everywhere use this potent fluid after correcting examination papers. They say if it were not for Addle Pate’s wonderful Forget-it Drink they'd all think that Napoleon discovered America in 1776 while crossing the Delaware with Menelaus to rescue Helen from Paris where she went to have Christmas dinner with Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosser, of Ger- many, now connected with the At- lantic & Pacific Tea Co., in charge of their Dutch trade. Do you remember to pay. bills? You need Professor Pate’s Invaluable Fluid for Phenomenal Memories. Do you forget that people owe you school supplies stores. 24 comicbooks.com