Puck, 1877-05 · page 15 of 16
Puck — May 1877 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** from a late 19th-century Puck magazine (page 15). The left side features various commercial ads for French china, pianos (Steinway & Sons), restaurants, and other goods typical of the era. The right side contains two advertisements rather than political cartoons: one for "Café International" and one for "Bond of St. Jago" (appears to be a medicinal product sold by druggists, with the tagline "This Will Give You All Relief"). The Steinway piano advertisement uses decorative imagery with cherubs and classical motifs—standard advertising design of the period. No clear political satire or social commentary is evident on this particular page; it functions primarily as commercial space in the magazine.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
PUCK. A 15 Established since 1835. FRENCH CHINA DINNER AND TEA SETS, Crystal Table and Fancy Glassware, Sevres, Royal Dresden and Imperial Berlin Fine Porcelain. In Majolica, Faiences, Palissy and similar wares an immense collection of Jugs, Flower-holders and Baskets, Flagoos, Tankards, Pilgrim Bowles, &c., exact reproductions of Antique propmate as presents for omnanseating Pastor: Dining goom or all PNew articles received daily from our houses lat Paris and Li PRICES VERY MODERATE, N. B.—Some articles left over from our last year's importations at Great BARoats, HERMAN TROST & CO., Nos. 48, 50, 52 & 54 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK. L. SOMBORN & CO., No. 12 Vesey St., adjoining the Astor House, New York. IMPORTERS OF FOREIGN WINES, BRANDIES, &c. ents for the APOLLINIS NATURAL SELTZER. ES from L. Somnorx, Frankfurt a. M. 003 P OF MAAGBITTER from H. Unpexnexc-Atanecur, Rheinberg. BACK NUMBERS OF PUCK CAN BE SUPPLIED ON DEMAND. ADDRESS, ‘WILLMER & ROGERS NEWS COMPANY, 3t Beckman Street, New York, on, Publishers PUCK, 13 North William St., New York. HOCK & MOSEL! Many Romans who have toted coal from the cellar all winter, will hear with no small degree of exasperation that a divorce can be secured for $5 in Nebraska, The-past cannot be reme- died, but it may be well to keep this item pasted in your hat until next fall.—ome Sentinel. How some traits run in a family. Mrs, Stonewall Jackson charges $100 a column for sketches to a Philadelphia paper. In charging a column Stonewall himself was no slouch.— San Antonio Herald. To decide a bet, please insert in your paper which is correct, Wes done it, or, Wes did it, and oblige, A READER. “Don’t know. Haven't saw a grammer since we seen it at school; but we would say, ‘We done it,’ or, «It is did'."— Cincinnati Enguirer. Burcuers speak of their customers as, ‘‘Peo- ple we meat.”— Fat Contributor. Is the man who recently bought the water ! power privilege at Niagara Falls going to take it away with him? Niagara Falls would lose | half its attractiveness as a summer resort if de- prived of its water power.—Cincinnati Satur- day Night. ‘THe sympathy for “a poor old broken man” is not quite as fashionable as it was in New York before Tweed published his confession. He is rapidly alienating his best friends by his frankness.—San Antonio Sweet. Messrs. Strup, Heinbockle, Kucharoki and Pfannkuchen live in the same neighborhood in Brooklyn. ‘These are doubtless the unscrupu- lous desperadoes who are making current.war- maps.— Cincinnati Inguirer. Caré INTERNATIONAL, No, 699 BROADWAY, First Class Restaurant & Beer Tunnel. CHESS, BILLIARD & READING ROOMS. ‘Tuc leading European papers io all languages on file. The finest Wines, Liquors ‘and Sega, Kulmbacher, Erlanger; Bohemian and other Imported beers, also Guo, Exnir’s celebrated Lager always on draught. S. LIEPERS, rantror. PARISER’S CRYSTAL PALACE, 252 BOWERY, Between Prince & Houston Sts., RESTAURANT ‘AUACARTE AT ALL HOURS. CHESS, REALING AND BILLIARD ROOMS. Enropean Papers in all ‘The finest Wines, Liquors, Beer, Ale and Fespecttully invited to visit NEW YORK, PERFECTION. BOKER’S BITTERS. L. FUNKE, Jr., Sole Agent, No. 78 Jony Street, N. ¥. P.O Pox 1029. PATENT COVERS FOR FILING PUCK. PRICE $1.00 EACH. For Sale at “Puck’’ Office, 13 North William St., N. Y. WARE ROOMS: 109 & 111 East 14% Street, NEW YORK.