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Judge — November 4, 1916 — page 23: Judge, 1916-11-04

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This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. The dominant content consists of three major advertisements: 1. **L. Basch & Co. diamonds** - selling "perfect cut diamonds" at $97.50 per carat, claiming "world's lowest price" with a money-back guarantee and free examination offer. 2. **Fountain pen advertisement** - promoting "Greatest Fountain Pen Value Ever Offered" for $1.00, with gold-inlaid trim. 3. **Hotel Marie Antoinette** - a New York City hotel advertisement listing room rates ($1.50-$4.00 per day). The left column contains a **literary piece** by J.A. Waldron describing a banquet and fox hunt in Nashville/Columbia, Tennessee, attended by members of the "Humorists" association (appears to be a professional organization of humor writers/editors). The text discusses hospitality, food, and organizational business rather than satire. This appears to be a typical Judge magazine page mixing editorial content with period advertisements rather than featuring political cartoons or satire.

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On Thurs- uy evening the Humorists held their an- mal banquet, as guests of the Tennesseean ood American at the Hotel Hermitage, J. H. son, manager of that journal, being host. Daring the day the association held its an- cal meeting, at which Dixon Merritt, editor (the Tennesseean and long a ‘*column” con: wxtor on the Banner, was elected President, anes A. Waldron, of New York, Secret asurer, and S. E. Kiser, of Chicago, At the banquet Dixon Mert nted with a watch by his fellow cembers, and the medal presented to the Humorists last year in San Francisco, this ten being intended to pass sequently from resident to president of the association, Taks were made by Mr. Merritt, S. E. &ser, James Johnson, Ed. Faircloth, Ted fobinson, E. W. Miller, Mrs. Elizabeth Fry fige, William Donahey and C. A. Leedy. On Friday the association visited Knapp fim, an educational enterprise of the Pea- ‘ody College, and afterward visited the col- ‘ buildings, enjoyed a luncheon in the Smnasium, and ined their hos A ‘st to Fiske Univ was made later, and among the guests of Nashville that wreable to keep up the pace still found en- “ainment on every hand. At the busines: ion of the Humorists, a Merritt, E. W. Miller and Fred “meer were appointed a committee on Stertainment at future meetings, and al- ‘ough there was originally a strong senti- “att for Chicago as the next place of meet- *&. New York was finally fixed upon unani- 'y, the date to be fixed by the Secretary- "asurer after consultation with members. U believe,” said a prominent member, ete £004 cocktall should Insist that Abbott's egns, it ,iamares your getting the very Co. Baltimore, Ma. 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