Judge, 1917-03-10 · page 22 of 28
Judge — March 10, 1917 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page contains primarily **advertisements and humorous anecdotes** rather than political satire. The main content is "Telephone Troubles," a lighthearted article about phone service complaints. It features an interview with "Tom Talbott," a telephone exchange wire chief, explaining that **over half of telephone problems stem from user carelessness**—wet umbrellas on cords, receivers left off hooks, phones in rain. The piece gently satirizes impatient customers, particularly women callers demanding immediate repairs, while revealing that phone company employees also struggle with equipment failures. The other brief humor pieces ("Fate Inevitable" and "In the Past Tense") use period-typical racial stereotypes and marital discord jokes, respectively—common comedic tropes of the era but reflecting attitudes modern readers would find offensive. The **advertisements** (Luden's cough drops, Evans Stout, Dunlop golf balls, patent services) dominate the layout, which was typical for Judge's revenue model.
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