Judge, 1916-09-02 · page 23 of 28
Judge — September 2, 1916 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **short humorous anecdotes** (left column) and **advertisements** (right side), typical of Judge's satirical format. The anecdotes are brief joke-stories about everyday situations—a couple discussing a frog's croak, a mother's whereabouts, summer plans, a minister meeting a Swedish congregant. They rely on wordplay and mild domestic humor rather than political satire. The **dominant advertisement** is for **Budweiser beer**, which references World War I. The copy boasts of stockpiling German-imported Saazer hops before the war embargo, claiming foresight to profit consumers through 1917. This is significant: the ad tacitly acknowledges the war and German suppliers while marketing American beer patriotically. Below is an ad for drawing instruction and a diamonds-on-credit advertisement. The page demonstrates how wartime economics infiltrated even consumer advertising—breweries publicly justified their product quality by referencing their pre-embargo purchasing strategy, making commerce itself part of the war narrative.
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