Judge, 1912-04-06 · page 27 of 28
Judge — April 6, 1912 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content features a large Hartman Furniture & Carpet Co. advertisement promoting a complete dining set for $1 "on credit." The page's left column contains brief humorous pieces unrelated to the ads: 1. **"The South Pole"** — A light joke about explorers Amundsen and Peary, playing on the idea that if they "found" the South Pole, the Earth's axis must have physically shifted downward. 2. **"His Way of Preaching"** — A dialect joke about an elderly Black preacher's repetitive sermon style ("First I tell 'em what I'm gonna tell 'em, then I tell 'em, then I tell 'em what I told 'em"). 3. **Brief editorial snippets** on women's suffrage and political reform. The advertisements emphasize easy credit terms and "no security" required—reflecting early 20th-century consumer financing. The page represents Judge's mix of light humor and commercial content typical of the era.
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