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This page from Judge magazine (circa 1909) contains three main humorous anecdotes satirizing prominent figures: **"After the Battle"** ridicules President William H. Taft, recounting how years earlier he physically fought a Cincinnati editor who slandered his father (Alphonso Taft). The joke's punchline—calling the bruised editor no "American Beauty"—mocks Taft's refined, dignified image. **"A Cannon Shot at the Senate"** features Speaker Joseph Cannon telling a joke at the Gridiron Club (Washington correspondents' club) mocking the Senate as incompetent and blamed for everything, even controlling seasons. **"Bryan's Specialty"** targets William Jennings Bryan, the three-time presidential candidate, depicting him as obsessively focused on converting individual listeners rather than broader audiences during his speaking campaigns. All three anecdotes use humor to critique these political figures' vanity, incompetence, or character flaws—typical Judge magazine satire of the Progressive Era.

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