Judge, 1917-02-10 · page 15 of 28
Judge — February 10, 1917 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The OCR text is too corrupted to read. However, the cartoon itself is clear: it depicts a military battle scene with soldiers, explosions (shown as large cloud bursts), cavalry, artillery, and chaos across a battlefield viewed from above. The caption reads: "HOW ABOUT A PEPPER GRENADE?—MAKE 'EM SNEEZE!" This is wartime satire, likely from World War I or II era *Judge* magazine. The joke proposes using "pepper grenades" as a humorous alternative weapon—the pun being that pepper makes people sneeze rather than causing serious harm. It's a lighthearted commentary on warfare, using absurdist humor to mock the brutality and chaos of combat by suggesting an ineffectual, almost comical weapon instead.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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