Judge — August 24, 1918 — page 12: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "A Bull Moose Runs Wild Through Yapp's Crossing" This is a chaotic street scene drawn by John Gueville showing a bull moose stampeding through a village crossroads, causing mayhem among pedestrians, animals, and buildings. The title references the "Bull Moose" Party—Theodore Roosevelt's 1912 Progressive Party splinter movement—suggesting the cartoon satirizes Roosevelt's political disruption as destructive chaos. The moose crashes through storefronts (including "Gordon Valland's Drug Store" and "Abbey Pearl"), scattering people, overturning carriages, and creating general pandemonium. The joke appears to equate Roosevelt's third-party campaign splitting Republican votes with an actual wild animal destroying a town. This reflects Judge magazine's satirical take on Roosevelt's controversial 1912 presidential bid against President Taft and Democrat Wilson.