Judge, 1916-08-19 · page 26 of 28
Judge — August 19, 1916 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor content**, not political satire requiring historical context. **Left side:** A full-page advertisement for Munn & Co., a patent and trademark law firm. It promotes their services securing Letters Patent and trade-mark registration, claiming successful inventor clients and offering free patentability opinions. This is straightforward commercial advertising. **Right side:** A collection of brief joke fillers typical of *Judge* magazine's humor pages: - **"They Gave Him Up"**: A doctor joke playing on the phrase "gave him up"—doctors abandoned treating a patient who turned out fine, implying he was worthless/unprofitable. - **"What He Was Charged With"**: Wordplay on "dynamite" (the explosive vs. slang for something exciting). - **"Plenty," "Too Long," "Sequestered"**: Domestic/social humor with mild romantic and marital themes. These are lighthearted, throwaway jokes requiring no specific historical knowledge—just period-appropriate humor about doctors, courtship, and social situations.
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Patents E take this opportunity to call attention to the fact that our com- prehensive practice includes not only the securing of the registration of trade-marks, but embraces as well the obtaining of Letters Patent in the United States, and all countries foreign thereto. Numbered among our clients are some of the most successful inventors in the United States. Our en- deavors are always directed to the securing of Letters Patent which will protect the inventions of our clients as broadly and adequately as possible. A copy of our Hand Book on Patents, in which this phase of our practice is fully discussed, will be mailed to any address, on application. We shall be pleased to give our unbiased, free opinion as to the probable patentability of any in- vention, provided a sketch and a description dis- closing the same are sent to us. A distinct advantage possessed by our clients is found in the notice which each patent taken out through our office receives in the Scientific American. MUNN & CO. Solicitors of Patents and Trade Marks 678 WOOLWORTH BUILDING, 233 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 625 F ST., WASHINGTON, D. C. Shear Steal] They Gave Him Up—“Do you that strong, healthy-looking man on there?” ~ \ “I was just admiring his physique.” | “The doctors gave him up years ago” | “You surprise me.” . “Yes; they found out they couldn't anything out of him.”—Birmingham 4 Herald. * | What He Was Charged With- | “What is this man charged with?” asked ite!” was the unanimous reply ix policemen who had made th arrest. —Tit-Bits. Plenty—“Do you take plenty of activ: exercise? “Well. the street where I live is a favorite one for auto speeders.”"—Baltimore Americas, Too Long—Edith—Haven't you ad een engaged long enough to gt ethel—Too long! He hasn't got acest | left. —Boston Transcript. Sequestered—‘ My dear, I don’t thik | the guests liked your caviar sandwiches” “Why, they are all gone from the table” . 1 found most of "em inside th grand piano.”—Kanses City Journal An Easy Way to Make Money for Churcl or Charities « Vol. LXXI