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This page is primarily **advertising and advice columns** rather than political satire. The main content includes: - Patent medicine ads (Beecham's Pills, Soden Mineral Pastilles, Monte Cristo Whiskey) typical of late 19th/early 20th-century magazines - A "Beauty" column offering skin remedies via Cuticura products - A "Curiosities" section with reader Q&A about Ancient Egypt and theater terminology - An "Arnheim" department store advertisement highlighting their massive inventory and low prices The only satirical element appears to be brief humorous reader questions—one asking if a Mormon is involved, another making a joke about a navy bill. The page reflects **Puck's format**: mixing sharp social commentary with contemporary advertisements for dubious remedies and consumer goods aimed at middle-class readers.

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SO CURE FOR CURES WHERE ALL ELSE ‘Cough 8; tes MORES CRISTO WHISKEY. G., 648 fe S40 10th Ave. N. ¥. Clty, | United States. Orders by mail prompily flied. OBSERVE! eeeeeeeeessooees I AM Tho Spirit of Health, and my message is to the Wise. T crown, with a fadeless wreath, those who obey my laws and avail themselves of my counsels. The flowers that I give do not wither, and the fragrance of my roses is perpetual. 1 bring bloom to the ‘cheek —strength to the body —joy ‘The talisman with which I work never fails. Vast numbers have felt its power, and testified to its virtues. It is BEECHAM'S PILLS, Tue Worto's Mepicine! A perfect remedy for disonters of the liver, stomach, and digestive organs, accompanied by nervous debility. UC ya are in any degree a safere, ft the Sruarr of Meatta inapire you to (ry BEECHAM'S | PILLS. wouTH A GUINEA A BOX. to the heart. Curey (72 the Union Club smoking room ).— What did “ Antony and Cleopatra’? niost re mind you of; Ancient Egypt or old Rome ? Kuvesy.— Neither. Cuusey, — What then? Kuvssy. — Modern Gall.— own Topics. “Aw actor settles a board bill” is the head- | line in a Chicago newspaper. This may be startling and interesting information in the city by the lake; but on the seaboard the board bill usually settles the actor. Hoston Post. Mrs, Mamison-Parxe (who has been feeding | Fivo bonbons until the little beast emits a plain tive gulp ).— Something must be the matter with these candies, for they're making Fido sick, An- ‘ou may take the rest of them to the chil- ‘own Topics, yy wil Poalve the mda fie of charge Sap; | THIS WONDERFUL MEDICINE is the most marvelous An- tidote yet discovered for BILIOUS and NERVOUS DISORDERS; the premier } ‘pecifle for Sick Headache, ders of the Liver, and is ‘found efficacious and reme- dial by female sufferers, These facts are admitted by all classes of society, and one of the best guarantees to the Nervous and Debili- PILES HAVE THE LARGEST SALE OF ANY PATENT MEDI- CINE IN THE WORLD. |Full directions with each box. For sale by druggists generally. B. F. ALLEN |& CO., 365 and 367 Canal | St., New York, Sole Agents |for the United States, who, if YOUR DRUGGIST DOES NOT KEEP THEM, WILL MAIL BEECHAM'S PILLS on RECEIPT OF PRICE, 25 CENTS A BOX, but inquire first. oy Mention PUCK. FOR SALF BY ALL DRUGGIN =, AT 50 CENTS For a quiet, bloodless, harm- less war our navy fills the bill. Let the eagle peep.— Afartha’s Vineyard Herald, Mosr prize-fighters are exceed- ingly long-winded men. ‘They can blow from now till dooms- day.— Merchant Trav This publication is printed with Inks from W. & H. ERDTMANN, 252 & 254 Pearl St., New York. of PUCK'S LIBRARY" Tation of Puck’s Liprany is now The rates are 35 Cents per Line for each insertion. 20% on 6 Months’ Contracts: 25% on 12 Months’ Contracts THE 36,000 Copies. Discounts : | Indiges'ion and Disor- | tated is that BEECHAM'S | ADVERTISING FORMS No. 20(* Hit Art”), will close on Friday, February ast 159% on 3 Months’ Contracts: Beauty Skin & Scalp ipsa, Seth exe of Rai ia, She Deeriter eptod Gab eteeali and or fr oo fula. ped and ge Ponies, Mackhead ? wba Aches, Fates, an am in eaaely Fel leved a \ntiParw Puasten, the only. alae Orvtext Barger, — Mr, De Smith, you have served me faithfully these many years, and on this anniversary of the day you entered my em- ploy I desire to present you this keepsake, De Suurn, accepting a proffered envelope with mingled emotions of reverence and gratitude, breaks the seal and discovers —a photograph of the BANKER, she gasps, very much like 3 Miss Murray Hints. ter’s Four Hundred. suish Tourist.— Is he a Mormon, pray? — Town Topics. ea For complete catalozue of PUCK’S LIBRARY, see page 353 of PUCK of January 16. AB HIVE. When you sce a score or two of cutters chalking out and cutting clothes for hundreds of customers, and a small army of delivery messengers con ‘all Tcan say is that it is Roston Post. I am one of MeAllis- is before you. Arhcim, the Giant of the Tailors, makes everything to order, and makes it well. He would sooner g customer a hundred-dollar bill than see him leave the store with an ill-fitting coat or trousers, Every market of the world has been canvassed by Mr, Arnheim's buyers, and the finest French and English goods are on his spacious counters, In addition to these is a display of home manufactured goods seldom equalled. ‘There is never less than half a n dollars’ worth of stock in the great establishment, and a small idea of the popu: larity of the house can be got from the fact that the yearly sales are al Mark Written guarantees are given if necessary, warranti the quality and fit of the clothes for them. ‘They can tell a) g and you could he high clothes at night, thus secures the to his cutters and other best talent. A visit to Arnheim ment will always be a pleasant event; order or not, you will always be sure of treatment, p loyees, ar beautiful Mammoth Establish and whether ye noes saly tocvote 4 books A SON + A BOX. ‘Tur newspaper which re its politics in the countin, | is a sort of barrel-organ. | chant Traveler. Mer- The cireu- A_ramrop — The shepherd’s crook.— Puck. Is this an ewe’s paper item? — Boston Com't Bulletin, 341-351 Dearborn St, Chicago,