Puck, 1878-05-29 · page 15 of 16
Puck — May 29, 1878 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is **primarily advertising and business announcements** rather than satirical content. The main feature is Puck's announcement of a new "General Designing Office" that employs cartoonist **Joseph Keppler** (likely the magazine's founder/editor) to create illustrations for clients, particularly theatrical professionals seeking lithographic portraits. The page contains numerous product advertisements typical of 1870s New York: Friedrichshall Bitterwasser, jewelry, printing inks, and a tailor shop. There is one small cartoon labeled "Puck's Almanac for 1878" showing what appears to be allegorical figures, but it's too small to interpret clearly. This is essentially a **business/classified advertising page** with minimal satirical content—the kind of revenue-generating material common in period magazines.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
PUCK. ' PUCK’S Pictorial Department SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Havinc completed all necessary arrangements, and in compliance with numerous requests, the publishers and proprietors of Puck take pleasure in announcing that they have opened a GENERAL DESIGNING OFFICE, where the services of the best artists in America, including those of the dis- tinguished cartoonist, Mr. JOSEPH KEPPLER, are employed in furnishing all kinds of Illustrations, in the most perfect style, on short notice, and at reason- able rates, The Theatrical Profession will find it to their especial advantage, in arranging for LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS, to apply at this office, where Mr. JoserH Keprrer is in personal charge of the department. Address, Puck Publishing Company, 13 N. WILLIAM ST., NEW YORK. _Friedrichshall owe THE ONLY PURE ANDIRELIABLE, wes its great reputation to the haj roportions of its ii dicnts, which have constituted it an vbsapproachable and india: Pensable remedy for constipation, lodigestion, obstruction, ples, fle, gut, plethors encholy, lass: lotches, ify to ts incon GENTLEMEN'S HATS 174 Rh Ave, 169 Broadway, Barwasx aad 4 o3rd Stazers, ‘Near Comriaxor Sraxer, NEW YORK, ‘Sit Henry testable merits. Dose, one or two wineglassfuls every morning. Particularly appropriate forthe spring of the year. everywhere and by the Agents, BOUCHE FILS & CO., 37 Beaver St., N.Y. PACHTMANN & MOELICH, e 363 CANAL ST,, N. Y., WATCHES, DIAMONDS. JEWELRY, STER- LING SILVER AND TRIPLE PLATED TABLE WARES. WEDDING AND MULIDAY GIFTS Otto Stietz’ New York Glass Letter Co., 611 BROADWAY 611 Estantisnen 1838, THE BLACK AND COLORED PRINTING INKS Usen on rots Para ane MANUPACTURED BY FRED'K H. LEVEY & CO., PRINTING INK MANUFACTURERS, NEW YORK. +2 Beekman Street, _ $3.00 t0 $10.00 $12.00 to 840.00 $12.00 upwards. DIRECTIONS FOR ADJUSTING AND CEMENT ARE SHIPPED WITH EVERY ORDER. As the firm of Auc. Marsuatt & Co. manu- facture and sell Champagne, bearing a label which has been made to closely resemble ours, by using the word “American,’? while our’ brand is ‘‘AMERICA”? Extra Dry, and we have been informed that this firm sells and offers for sale their Champagne as our wine, we desire to notify our customers and the public that it is an entirely different Champagne, and that we have no con- nection with that firm. We do not object to fair competition, but are opposed to an imitation of Se our brand, and the sale of an inferior article which YA would tend to injure the excellent reputation of our “AMERICA” Extra Dry. A. WERNER & CO., 308 Broadway, N. ¥. ALMANAC] &_.ff FOR 1878. D i se. q *: pe rue wost westankand|, AIRE od ConTatninG:— (But why should the con be thus publicly exposed ?) Price, 15 Cents. FOR SALE EVERYWHEREIL PATENT COVERS FOR FILING PUCK. PRICE $1.00 EACH. FOR SALE AT “PUCK” OFFICE, 13 North William Street, New York. BACK NUMBERS OF PUCK CAN BE SUPPLIED ON DEMAND. ADDRESS, or, Publishers “Puck” 13 North. William Street, New York, Willmer & Rogers News Co., 31 Beckman Street, New York. comicbooks.com