Judge, 1914-06-27 · page 21 of 25
Judge — June 27, 1914 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains college humor shorts on the left and a substantial **Budweiser advertisement** masquerading as political commentary on the right. The ad invokes Otto von Bismarck and German-American identity to argue *against* Prohibition. It claims that Germans and German-Americans value "Personal Liberty" and that beer itself is innocent—"evil only is in the man who misuses them." The ad then pivots to praising Anheuser-Busch's 57-year history as an honest American institution. **Historical context**: This appears to be from the Prohibition era (1920-1933 or lead-up), when anti-alcohol legislation was actively debated. The ad strategically appeals to German-American pride and constitutional liberty arguments to oppose dry laws, while positioning Budweiser as patriotic and temperate. The college humor pieces are unrelated jokes from various university magazines—typical light satire about romance, trains, and puns. The page is primarily **advertising disguised as editorial content**, using nationalist sentiment and liberty rhetoric to argue a commercial interest in keeping alcohol legal and available.
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