Judge — August 17, 1901 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This appears to be a **humorous domestic sketch**, not political satire. The main cartoon titled "HE TOOK IT INWARDLY" depicts a rural or working-class couple: Mrs. Hayson and her husband Josiah. The joke concerns **folk medicine**: Josiah heard salt water was a tonic, drank a quart of it, and now feels worse. His pained expression and the dialogue ("worser'n I did before") satirize **gullible acceptance of dubious health remedies** — a common target of period humor. The surrounding vignettes and sketches appear to be additional comic sketches or character studies, though details are unclear from the image quality. This reflects early 20th-century American satirical humor mocking rural credulity and folk medicine practices that contradicted emerging medical knowledge.