Judge, 1916-09-09 · page 25 of 32
Judge — September 9, 1916 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **humor/joke page** from Judge magazine featuring brief anecdotes rather than editorial cartoons. The page collects short, punchy jokes organized under humorous headings, mostly playing on wordplay and domestic situations typical of early 20th-century American humor. The jokes satirize common social types: incompetent professionals (the lawyer who loses cases, the young doctor performing his first operation), marital dynamics (husbands avoiding pledges, wives managing household finances), and gender relations (the woman skeptical about suffrage fearing women will learn "trickery" from men's politics). The dominant advertisement is for **Wilson Whiskey**, marketing itself to "the moderate man" as embodying American balance and virtue—ironic given Prohibition-era concerns about alcohol. The **Glen Springs resort ad** offers a mineral springs health resort, reflecting era-specific wellness trends. Overall, the page reflects early 1900s concerns: temperance debates, women's political participation, class anxiety, and emerging consumer culture.
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