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# "Enufused" - Judge Magazine, October 14, 1899 This political cartoon satirizes the McKinley administration's prosperity rhetoric during the 1899 period. The sign advertises "Prosperity" with promises of work and good prices, but the large cauldron labeled "Full Pail" appears to be a trap or container—likely representing McKinley's policies or claims. The dead animals at the base suggest workers or citizens have been harmed or "enufused" (exhausted/finished off) by these promises. The cartoon mocks the gap between optimistic government messaging about economic booming and actual working-class conditions. The title "Enufused" plays on "confused"—suggesting citizens are both fed up with and bewildered by prosperity claims that don't match their experience.