Judge, 1906-09-29 · page 15 of 16
Judge — September 29, 1906 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content** rather than political satire, though it includes several humor items. ## The Humor Sections: **"Straight from the Founts of Knowledge"** satirizes children's faulty logic and misunderstandings about farm animals—a common early-1900s trope mocking rural ignorance. Examples include confusing "ox" with "cow" and calling male bulls "heifers." **"Non-Partisan Corn"** is gentle political humor about keeping agricultural issues out of Kansas politics, referencing an unusually large corn ear as proof of wisdom. Other brief items joke about morality ("high morals you will grow up a bank wrecker"), postal bureaucracy, and a woman operating machinery—the last item ("Her Future") gently satirizes gender roles by suggesting a woman *might* become an engineer. ## Main Content: The bulk of the page comprises **advertisements** for Hunter Baltimore Rye whiskey and Sunny Brook Whiskey, plus notices about Judge's 25th-anniversary Silver Edition (October 1906) and trade schools. The page demonstrates Judge's identity as a humor weekly mixing satirical commentary with commercial interests.
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STRAIGHT FROM THE FOUNTS OF KNOWLEDGE. The school children have been contrib- uting to the world’s stock of knowledge : “The pig is a very useful animal to a, @& .* ie Ane HOD | woman.” “A young cow is sometimes | called an ox.” “One of the stomachs of the cow is shaped like the leaves of the Bible.” The cow's Gather is called a :, : : bullock.” “Everything that lives on a that, all Whiskies bottled in bond according to farm are called cattle.” ** When a cow is Pathe law passed by U. S. Con- alive it is used for to get milk, but when it is dead it is use! for to get mutton.” “Some cows have horns and are called bulls; the male bulls are called heifers.” “The flesh of the lamb is called veal."— Exchange. Wash at DANGER. bth i. . Le Npipure and un- Vashington had just announced that ‘ * Alas !" moaned his father, + with such high morals you will grow up a bank ~s wrecker.” Covering his face with his hands, the strong man wept.—New York Sun. NON-PARTISAN CORN. An ear of corn was recently taken from a Kansas field which had one thou- sand one hundred and seventy-six ker- nels, proving again the wisdom of keep- e ing the crops out of politics, in Kansas. —Kansas City Star. A Lost SUBSCRIBER, tet oust b Ot LED IN BOND - The Keilah post-office authorities have BALTIMORE a somewhat blunt way of putting things. Copies of a Penang paper posted to a sub- scriber were the other day returned marked “ Addressee hanged for Murder.” | —Bangkok Times. 18 THE WHISKEY —— OF REFINED TASTE. . HER FUTURE. THE CONNOISSEUR'S Miss Pearl Smith has been running an FIRST CHOICE. engine in her father’s machine-shop a|~7> ror » MEN few days last week and it's to her credit pLumacns, PLASTERE ext at ant rvtctane cafen and by jobbers that she catches on quickly. It is not at [| PALANAN Settee : h i all impossible that she will become an RADE SCHOOLS, engineeress.— Crystal River News. “MADE AT KEY WEST— . New York 259 10th Ave. America’s Best Humorous Cartoon Weekly SZIHE first number of JupGE was dated October 29th, 1881, and it is the intention of the publishers to fittingly celebrate its quarter-century mark by issuing a handsome double number, combining this Silver Anniversary number with our regular annual Hotel and Club number, under date of October 27th, 1906. It is a matter of great pride to the publishers that JUDGE, one of the pioncers of cartoon journalism, is to-day more prosperous than at any time since its foundation, and is recognized the world over as the best American humorous weekly. We earnestly request the co-operation of our friends to make our Silver Anniversary number the best ever published. It will be an issue that will be kept for many years. We can recommend this number to all advertisers. Copy should be in our hands by October 13th at the latest. We want you represented. JUDGE COMPANY 225 Fourth Ave. New York City comicbooks.com