Judge, 1902-05-03 · page 15 of 16
Judge — May 3, 1902 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and contests**, not political satire. The main content is Judge's "4th Contest Series 1: Judge's Puzzle Pictures"—a visual puzzle where readers identify six photographs of well-known actors of the era, competing for $250 in prizes distributed among the top ten solvers. The instructions explain contestants should mail in their answers. The page also contains period advertisements (Beeman's Gum, Bordeaux Wines, Harper Rye, etc.) and several brief humorous items: a poem titled "A Lock of Hair" (sentimental); two short jokes about novel-writing and a farmer's complaint about someone crossing his cornfield; and a quip about losing one's wig. The only potentially political reference is a joke asking "has General Uribe-[something] lost his hyphen?"—suggesting a contemporary figure, likely Latin American, but the context is too fragmentary to identify clearly. Overall, this page reflects Judge's mix of advertising revenue, reader engagement contests, and light humor rather than sustained political commentary.
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