Judge, 1909-06-12 · page 15 of 16
Judge — June 12, 1909 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page primarily consists of **humorous reader suggestions** for where the "Association of American Press Humorists" should hold their convention—a satirical premise itself. The joke structure is consistent: each letter writer suggests a city with a pun-based insult to that location. For example: - **Salt River Valley, Arizona**: A place to "salt down" fresh jokes (implying Arizona humorists are bland) - **Tombstone, Arizona**: Their old jokes belong buried there - **"Judge, Kentucky"**: Where bad jokes should go "before its birth is actually recorded" - **Coldwater, Michigan** with side trip to **Devil's Lake**: Sarcastic suggestions - **Sleepy Hollow**: For those producing "perfect dreams" (implying dreamlike/nonsensical humor) - **Battle Creek, Michigan**: "More chaff comes from there than any other city" The satire mocks both regional American stereotypes and the pretensions of the humorists themselves. The page also contains period advertisements (whiskey, firearms, corn starch) typical of the era. **This is essentially early 20th-century "roasting" humor**—gentle geographic mockery presented as convention advice.
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