Judge, 1900-05-05 · page 14 of 16
Judge — May 5, 1900 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising**, typical of late 19th/early 20th-century magazines. The notable content includes: **The Main Cartoon** (center): A small child named Sambo struggles to push a large melon off a road, saying "Say, you bird! git off'n dis melon. I fought de darn ting wuz gittin' heavy." This employs racist dialect humor common to the era, depicting a Black child in a struggle with an oversized object—the "joke" relying on stereotypical speech patterns and physical comedy. **Advertisements** dominate the page: W.W.W. Rye Whiskey, Columbia bicycles, Beeman's Pensin Gum, Monarch bicycles, playing cards, and various patent medicines (Angostura Bitters, Bregcham's Pills). **Minor jokes** scattered throughout use period-appropriate puns and wordplay unrelated to politics or social commentary. The page reflects advertising-heavy magazine economics of the era and casual acceptance of racial caricature in mainstream publications.
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