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This page is primarily **advertisements and light humor**, not political satire. The content includes: **Humorous anecdotes** (not cartoons): - Jabs at the Boer War's military leadership (Redvers, Warren, Roberts) - Domestic jokes about wives, servants, and childbirth - A traveling salesman trying to sell mosquito repellent to a mosquito-netting factory owner - Banter between Chicago and New York about train speeds **Major advertisements** for: - Packer's Tar Soap - Evans Ale - Sohmer Pianos - Williams Shaving Stick - Club Cocktails - The Prudential Insurance Company (large display ad) - Yellowstone Park tours - Judge Company's McKinley campaign portrait frame **The satirical point** (modest): Light mockery of American vanity and pretension—Chinese diplomats finding American women's fashions ridiculous, boasting about fast trains, etc. This appears to be from the **early 1900s** (McKinley era), when Judge mixed political commentary with general consumer advertising and genteel humor for middle-class readers.

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London Punch is not a newspaper, but some one will put the news in good verse it willing to print it, letin: sir Redvers devised an impossible plan Which he trusted to Warren, an obstinate man; Lord Roberts sent home some dispatches, and there He freely expressed what he thought of the pair. The war-office published these documents plain, To the joy of their foes and the grief of the sane; And while they were reading them all the world wondered, And promptly concluded that every one blundered. agreeable reading.— Utica Observer. ‘The trata bad started, two friends had parted, One going away for bis health 5 The other stayed home, let traveling alone ; Took K.LP.A.N.3 and plied up bis wealth. “Sometimes,” said Mi prised at my own courag went to war,” answered his wife, Blykins, This is Punch's latest bul- Verse is cheaper than cablegrams and more I'm sur- hy, you never "There are if) ‘The Chinese minister says the costumes is| worn by American women strike him as being in some respects ridiculous,” said Mrs. Biykins. “Yes,” answered Mr. Blykins; ‘* that's owing to his point of view. If he had to pay for a few of them he'd soon learn to take them seri- ously."— Washington Star. Physical and mental depression are hot- weather symptoms. Abbott's, the Original Angostura Bitters, dissipates debility and’ de- pression, **So you've got a little baby, now, Mary?” said the lady to her former servant. “* It must be a great pleasure to you.” ‘*’Twould be a eater one, ma'am, if it didn’t cry so much je husband can’t stand the noise of it.” ** Too bad! What does your husband do, Mary?” “He's a boller-maker, ma'am. ”—Pailadeiphia ress, MARQUETTE, ON LAKE SUPERIOR, is one of the most charming summer resorts reached via the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Its healthful location, beautiful scenery, good hotels, and complete immunity from hay-fever make a summer outing at Marquette, Michi- gan, very attractive from the standpoint of Who tells malicious lies of us Is bad enough, forsooth ; But far more maddening is the cuss ‘Who tells the malicious truth. —Catholie Standard and Times. The tall chap with the mysterious blue vial entered the office of the large factory. ‘* Well, sir?” greeted the clerk nearest the door. “i came in,” responded the tall chap, **to sell you a trial bottle of ‘rough on mosquitoes.’ This is the greatest annihilator the world has ever known, and I guarantee that when this is in- troduced throughout the country there will not be one mosquito in existence.” ** Do you know what this is?” interrupted the clerk. |‘ This is am wito-netting factory. Get out !"—Chi- cago News. YELLOWSTONE PARK AND ALASKA, Extended tours under the management of ‘The American Tourist Association, Reau Camp- bell, general manager, 1423 Marquette build- ing, Chicago. Puliman sleeping and dining cas leave Chicago Tuesday, July roth, at ten p.m., via Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Tickets include all expenses every- where. Address George H. 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No guesswork about them. surprise with one at his dinner. For sale by all Fancy Grocers and. G. F. HEUBLEIN & BRO. 29 Broadway, BLY. Martiord, Cona, The best friend a traveling man can] $ have with him—one that has been tried and proved—is a cake of the all-round Tar Soap. Being pure, it can be used freely with confidence; being antiseptic, it insures against disease; and for scalp and hair cleansing it has no equal. This valuable with you wherever you Ro. Its sparkle, fragrance and goodness make ft the best all around beverage for all occasions. 100000000000 00000000000 THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE LIST OF THE HIGHEST GRADE PIANOS, SOHMER PIANOS _ Ont Somer Bullaine, (Use The Prudential is a dollar invested—an additional guarantee of protection for your family and business interests in the future. The time to se- cure Life Insurance is NOW. Write for particulars, Address Department R, THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA. JOHN F. DRYDEN, President. Home Office: Newark, N. J. STRENGTHOR, &/ IBRALTAR) Juvce’s splendid portrait of McKinley framed in gold and surrounded by the Stars and Stripes. The portrait, frame and five flags complete for $2.50. The back of the frame is fitted"with sockets in which the poles of the flags rest. The size of the new decorative piece,measuring from flag-tip to flag-tip, is 45 x go inches, It is packed complete and will be for- warded by express to any address on receipt of remittance of $2.50. Every Republican household will want oue ot these ; there can be nothing prettier nor more appropriate for this campaign, Address JUDGE COMPANY, 110 Pifth Avenue, NEW YORK CITY. New York to Buffalo, via New York Central—Finest One-Day Railroad Ride in the World, comicbooks.com