Judge, 1903-05-16 · page 12 of 16
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This page is primarily **advertising** for whiskey and other products, interspersed with light humor content typical of *Judge* magazine. ## Key Elements: **Main Cartoons/Jokes:** - A dialogue about a woman reading unhappily—the punchline being her husband is relieved she's sad because he's "just an ordinary plug of a fellow" (ordinary man), not a genius whose wife would suffer - A farmer's anecdote about a college student who's forgotten practical skills and won't eat pie without a fork—mocking pretentious education - A landlord refusing to rent to a man with children but accepting monkeys and parrots—satirizing arbitrary rental discrimination **Advertisements:** The page features whiskey ads (Hunter Baltimore Rye, Wilson Whiskey, Natural Old Overholt Rye) and confectionery ads, reflecting early-1900s *Judge* revenue model. **Context:** The humor is gentle domestic/social satire—poking fun at intellectuals, modernization, and class pretension—typical of the era's middlebrow comedy. The advertisements reflect that alcohol advertising was legal and commonplace in American magazines.
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