Judge, 1915-12-18 · page 22 of 28
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This page is primarily advertising, but includes a satirical humor column titled "Hogwallow Locals" presented as news items from a fictional backwoods Kentucky town. The column mocks rural American life through absurdist accounts: a man shooting at a rabbit that escapes; another explaining weak stomachs at an illegal still ("Hog Ford"); a farmer planning to skip crops because ground is too wet; someone attempting suicide over political disappointment. The humor is intentionally absurd and condescending—presenting rural/small-town people as simple, ineffective, and foolish (a mule with a tin roof, a calf wandering neighborhoods, a deputy "solving" mysteries through an almanac). The column reflects early-20th-century urban attitudes toward rural America as backward and amusing. "Hogwallow" itself signals comic contempt for the setting. The page also advertises whiskey, books on sexuality and etiquette, and cedar chests—seemingly unrelated products typical of period magazines.
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