Puck, 1879-05-07 · page 13 of 16
Puck — May 7, 1879 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and commercial content** rather than political satire. The top half features ads for "Puck" cigarettes by B. Pollak, "Fragrant Vanity Fair" cigarettes and tobacco, dental products (Sozodont), and paint supplies—typical late 19th-century commercial notices. The bottom half contains two illustrated satirical sections titled "Four-in-Hands": "The Ornamental Declines" and "And the Useful Flourishes." These appear to contrast fancy, decorative horse-drawn carriages with practical, utilitarian vehicles. The cartoons likely satirize contemporary debates about function versus ornamentation in design or transportation—a common Puck theme—though specific political references aren't clearly evident in the visible text.
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Arter all, Parole’s victories are nothing but one-horse affairs.— Phila. Kronikle- Herald, Isy’T it about time for the gentlemen who handle revolvers so carelessly in the presence of kings and actors, to practice on a baseball phyer. He should not be allowed to enjoy the glory of fame without some of the attendant Ficonveniences.—New Haven Register, Extract from a young lady's letter: —“And do you know, Maud and I are quite sure that Captain Popple had taken far too much cham- ne at the ball, for he took out his watch and Jooked hard at the back of it and then muttered: «Blesh my shoul! I hadn’t any idea it was that time o’ night.’”—Syracuse Standard, without credit, At an early hour yesterday morning the police found the dead body of a man near the foot of Division street. he man had been shot in five places, his head had been broken with a club or axe, and other evidences of vio- lence were visible on his person. Papers found on the body indicated that the man was a stranger in Burlington and had come here for the purpose of organizing a pedestrian tourna- ment. No inquest was held, and the body was buried by the police in a lonely spot in the woods, where four roads meet, with a stake thrust through its heart.—Burlington Hawkeye. Vichy from the Springs: Havrenive, Caresting, Granoe Gants and Horrrat—the only genuin —_ THE PRIEORIC! ts maz ONLY RELIABLE ano BE! $777 HALE ‘oF Ati. Berrexwarens. te. Outfit Free. A YRAR and expenses to uguata, Malne. ‘Adar.es P.O. VICKERY, 141 fh The finest and mest popul POND'S EXTRACT DENTIFRICE. Thoroughly ctawses the Teeth, STRENGTHENS tender gums, STOFS BLREDING therefrom. As a mouth wash it is DELIGHTFUL. Price so Ceats per bottle. Oa sale by all respectable Druggists, “PUCK” CIGARETTES ARE FASHIONABLE AT PRESENT. ‘Their quality and make-up outshines all those heretofore used. They are made on a new system by ‘Rare Old Perique and Virginia. THESE FRAGRANT TOBA To preserve the teeth and keep them pure and white, to prevent their decay, there is no preparation in the market equal to SOZODONT To preserve the gums in a natur- ally hard and healthy coadition, there is no superior to SOZO- DONT. To purify and sweeten the breath there is no rival to SOZODONT. For a perfect mouth there is no recipe like the use of SOZODONT. Consequently it is no wonder that the populanty of SOZUDONT as a dentifrice has no bounds. All Druggists keep it. GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES. Ready Mixed Patnt English Rubber Koof Pai Liquid Slate Paint for | Boiled Oil Raw Oil... MAcuinery Oits cheaper than at any store in the city, NEW YORK CITY OIL CO., Sole Agents, 124 MALDEN LANE. to $1 per gallon, ut FOUR-IN-HANDS. comicbooks.com