Judge, 1904-07-02 · page 15 of 16
Judge — July 2, 1904 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Judge* contains several short humorous anecdotes targeting common social situations of the era: **"Too Much for Him"** depicts a man complaining that his cottage stay was ruined by "two talking-machines"—which his host misunderstands as phonographs. The joke reveals the man meant his wife's two gossipy neighbors, satirizing domestic annoyance and the prevalence of female social chatter. **Other brief jokes** mock political corruption (a congressman's bad reputation paradoxically makes him more sociable), class pretension (a man bragging about past athletic prowess), military stereotypes (a general obsessed with action even in church), and servant insolence (a maid demanding her day off supersedes her employer's wedding plans). **"She" and "Mrs. Ricker"** target the emerging assertiveness of working-class women, a social anxiety of the period. The page is primarily **advertising**—for whiskeys, tea, coffee, and books—with humor serving to entertain readers between product pitches.
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