Judge, 1912-01-13 · page 22 of 24
Judge — January 13, 1912 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising** for hotels and resorts, with a sidebar containing humorous anecdotes about state governors. The main satirical content concerns **Governors' conventions** (likely early 1900s). The jokes mock governors' exaggerated tall tales: North Dakota's governor claims Minnesota potatoes grow so large they "explode like dynamite" and replace blasting powder. Nevada's governor allegedly delays joining the group due to signing divorce papers, satirizing Reno's notoriously lax divorce laws. The humor targets **gubernatorial pomposity and dishonesty**—the governors are portrayed as tired, fraught men fabricating stories while secretly sneaking away to entertainment venues rather than attending official functions. One supposedly ill governor abandons his hospital ruse once away from peers to visit the Hippodrome theater. The satire suggests these state executives are self-important liars more interested in leisure than governance—a common *Judge* magazine theme mocking political hypocrisy and vanity.
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