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This page is primarily **advertising and humor vignettes**, not political cartoons. The content consists of: **Brief Jokes**: Short anecdotes about spelling failures, a sultan's survival attributed to "bad marksmanship," and a woman demanding marriage rather than cash compensation for breach of promise. These are generic humor pieces typical of the era. **Product Advertisements**: The page heavily features ads for Sohmer Pianos, Packer's Tar Soap, Iver Johnson Revolvers, and notably a lengthy testimonial about Postum (caffeine-free coffee substitute) curing a woman's 25-year headache affliction. **Social Context**: The Postum ad reflects early 20th-century anxieties about coffee's health effects and the marketing of "patent" remedies as cure-alls—a common advertising strategy of the period. **No Clear Satire**: Unlike typical Judge content, this page lacks identifiable political figures or sharp social commentary. It appears to be a standard magazine page mixing light humor with revenue-generating advertisements.

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Noggs—« My little girl is. two years old and cannot talk yet. Boggs—* Don't be at all alarmed. My wife was three years old before she could saya word, and now !"—,—Stray Stories. Abbott's Angostura Bitters has the call wher- ever an effective tonic for a run-down system is needed. Builds up flesh and nerve tissue. Druggists. Teacher (in spelling class)—* Johnny, spell « fail. Foknny—" I can't.” Teacher — You can't spell that simple word? Why not ?” ‘Foknny—“'Cause you told me there was no such word as fail."—Vew Yorker. The universal favor with which the Sohmer Piano is meeting is the result of its tone and structure, which are not excelled by any in the world, “To what do you attribute the sultan’s long life, despite his illness?” asked the | prominent Turk. “Bad marksmanship, principally,” an- swered the court physician brusquely. Washington Star. “You may become bald, but baldness will not become you.’” Systematic Shampooing with} Packer's Tar Soap Pure as the Pines | means healthy hair and scalp end prevents premature baldness ‘The Packer Mig. Co. New York. | THE “SOHMER” HEADS THE | LIST OF THE HIGHEST | GRADE PIANOS SOHMER PIANOS Only ealesroom fn Creaer New York. Sohmer Building, 5th Aves cor 22d St. Attorney—" Don't you think twenty- five thousand dollars cash would be punishment enough for his breach of promise 2” The aggrieved—" No, indeed ; I want him to marry me."—Zutte Inter-Moun- tain, Returned traveler —“ What has be- come of Catchem & Cheatem, the rich lawyers? Retired, I presume. Resident —“ Yes, retired. They are both in the poor-house.” Returned. traveler — happened ?” Kesident—“ They had a quarrel and sued each other." —New York Weekly. “Phew! What] of CAN DRINK TROUBLE. THAT'S ONE WAY TO GET IT. Although they won't admit it, many people who suffer from sick headaches and other ails get them straight from the coffee they drink, and it is easily proved if they are not afraid to leave it to a test, as in the case of a lady in Connelisville. “Thad been a sufferer from sick head- aches for twenty-five years, and any one who has ever had a bad sick headache knows what I suffered. Sometimes three days in the week I would have to remain in bed ; at other times I couldn't lie down, the pain would be so great. My life was a torture, and if 1 went away from home for a day I always came back more dead than alive, “One day I was telling a woman my troubles and she told me she knew that it was probably coffee caused it. She said she had been cured by stopping coffee and using Postum Food Coffee and urged me to try this food drink. “That's how I came to send out and get some Postum, and from that time I've never been without it, for it suits my taste and has entirely cured all of my old trouble: All I did was to leave off the coffee and tea and drink well-made Postum in its place. This change has done me more good than everything else put together. “Our house was like a drug-store, for my husband bought everything he heard of to help me, without doing any good but when I began on the Postum my head- aches ceased and the other troubles quickly disappeared, I have a friend who had an experience just like mine, and Postum cured her just as it did me. “ Postum not only cured the headaches, but my general health has been improved and I am much stronger than betore. now enjoy delicious Postum more than I ever did coffee.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. “There's a reason " and it's worth find- ing out. don't care if the meat strike never ends,” said Mrs. Shooter. to have all the meat we wan «How so?" asked Mrs . “My husband has gone deer hunting, and he’s sure to kill a few cows."—Cieve- land Leader, While visiting in New York city, a lady asked the little son of her friend, « Johnny, do you like going to school ?” “Yes, ma'am,” answered the truthful urchin ; “and I like coming home, too, but I don’t like staying there between times." —Philadelphia Ledger. 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