Judge, 1906-03-17 · page 12 of 16
Judge — March 17, 1906 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page's main political content is the poem about "An Ohio Man," clearly referring to **William Howard Taft**. The verse satirizes Taft's multiple overlapping roles: he serves as Secretary of War while simultaneously acting as Secretary of State (filling in for deceased John Hay) and effectively running the Roosevelt administration—yet he's still from Ohio. The joke's point: Taft holds too many positions at once, creating an absurdly concentrated power structure. The phrase "he runs the bloomin' craft" suggests he's essentially doing the president's job while Theodore Roosevelt remains nominally in charge. The satire is **critical of power concentration and administrative inefficiency**—one man cannot competently manage all these roles. The Cleveland Plain Dealer byline indicates this reflects genuine contemporary concern about Taft's unusual position in Roosevelt's cabinet during the early 1900s. The remainder of the page contains unrelated advertisements and genteel humor pieces typical of Judge magazine's mixed content format.
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AN OHIO MAN. He's acting secretary In the place of Mister Hay ; He still is secretary Of the war-shop ‘cross the way ; He's also acting president— He runs the bloomin’ craft. Of course he’s from Ohio And his name is Taft! —Cleveland Plain Dealer. That: Al ! In need of something for indigestion? Take s e Abbott’s Angostura Bitters. At all druggists’. Miss Angles —" This new gown of mine doesn’t give me the graceful figure the tailor claimed it would, 1 must have it altered.” Aliss Plumpleigh—* Why don't you take it to Paddem & Company ? Miss Angles—“Are they your tailors Miss Plumpleigh —* Oh, no; they're upholsterers.”"— 7it- Bits. Mothers will find Mrs, Winslow's Sooth= ing Syrup the best remedy tor their children. ase a bottle. > = — | a es s - - ALL THAT MAN, MONEY CLEARER WAY OF PUTTING IT. AND REFINEMENT OF ACE Father asked Mr. Binks out last even- CAN MAKE IT—THE HICH. etiptonerpedctors I thought he didn’t like him.” ENCE — THI cA “He doesn’t. You don't understand. GENTLEMAN'S WHISKEY He asked him to get out."—Ex. CES. az mreces, ba NEAR THE TOP, Knicker— Are they climbing the so- cial ladder 2” Kocker—" Yes; they are among the almost present."—New York Sun, al durabilil mei CNY Il 2 sasaki para koa Wy Scbsin, Piano peculiarly adapted to the use of pup FURTHER SEMBLANCE. WA LANATIAN te BON, Unltimores 3 and teachers in establishments where plano- Her bright teeth had a starry glint—so glittering. so pearly white. playing is taught. Still further the resemblance went—like stars, they all came out at night. AMENITIES. HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS Mrs. Knicker—“1 think my daughter PAPER WAREHOUSE lis too young to marry.” Ei CENTS 3 Heerker treet Airs. Bocker—" What a pity. She just rect 8 gets younger all the time, instead of out- JUDGE'S LIMRARY, A growing OUT OF THE SHADOW. jcatinamianeaeaenaaetmmminis (4 Sherman Barker, a notorious character of the order of * never sweats,” and ought to be in the pen, came on the creek last week d lett witha 1 of sweet six- teen.” It seems that Green Brown hung | AN TA up an old suit of clothes just outside the S cabin door, which created a shadow. CAPSULES When the girl opened the door in stepped Sherman and carried away the prize— Murphy Fork Mirror. a || PFC ee PORTLAND TEE GENSTONES. AND Send ten cents for one of our “Story Pic- .” beautifully printed on heavy coated NORTHWEST paper. Each one is a complete story by itvelf, Lut with no reading matter. The little ones a will spend happy hours weaving their childish fancies into stories about the pictures. These pictures, pasted in an album, with their little stories written out, will make a most beautiful souvenir of a child's early life. For fifty cents Every day to April 7, 1906, Colonist | | we will send seven cuts, not one of them of a Fates to many points in the character to be out of place in a child’s hands. northwest, from Address Judge Company, 225 Fourth Avenue, New York. CHICAGO, $33.00 SHORT ROUTE. FAST TIME FOR MORE THAN TWENTY YEARS SMOOTH ROADBED we have made cure of Blood ona Feces, "bled Paton“ ermancnty Cured i fos can be treated at home under same guar Tourist Sleeping Cars a Specialty anty. Capital $300,000. We solicit the most Obatinate cases. ‘Il you have exhausted the old Inquire of tmethods of treatment and stil have aches nd pains, Mocous Patches in. Mouth, ‘Sore E. L. LOMAX, Gen. Pass. Agent Ppt teg ney ner rag cates Omaha, Neb. falling oot, write for proofs of cares. too-page Picts Boot Free. F COOK REMEDY Co. Fae eyesore tn 1480 MASONIC TEMPLE, — Chicago, IIL, U. S. A. A HARD-LUCK PASSENGER. fin. fron