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This page contains several brief satirical humor pieces typical of early-20th-century Judge magazine: **"Just Conversation"** mocks New England rural life through a novelist's encounter with a farmer who exaggerates absurdly (shooting seeds from a shotgun), then dismisses his own tall tale as mere "conversation." **"Justice Demanded"** satirizes a petty dispute where a man demands a streetcar conductor match a small silk swatch torn from his wife's dress—reducing genuine grievance procedures to absurdity. **"The Lowest Office"** plays on racial stereotypes, featuring an African American employee ("Ras Lightfoot") joining a lodge where "sublime king" is the *lowest* position—humor based on inverting hierarchy and dialect. **"That Broad Expanse"** jokes about an Arctic explorer's claims of indescribable vastness, undercut when someone compares it to wearing a dress shirt in public for the first time. The right page advertises **NUJOL**, a constipation remedy, using pseudo-medical language about digestive health.

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