Judge — January 11, 1896 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "Lost His Head" - Judge Magazine, January 11, 1896 This political cartoon satirizes a judge who has lost composure during financial turmoil. The central figure—a judge holding documents labeled "Judging Policy" and "Hysterical Financial Message"—appears panicked and disheveled, literally losing his head (shown detached above). A smaller figure labeled with what appears to be "Prophecy" stands on law books beside him. The satire criticizes judicial overreaction to financial crisis and alarmist messaging. The caption quotes the judge telling the public to "have a little patience and everything will come out all right"—ironic advice given his own hysteria. This likely references 1890s financial market turmoil and judicial responses to banking crises or economic uncertainty of that era.