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Judge — August 18, 1923 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is primarily a **product advertisement** for Nujol, a mineral oil laxative, rather than political satire. The narrative ("He Lived and Learned") features a character named Bob Currier recounting his experience with constipation and intestinal blockage. He describes failed home remedies (salts) before a doctor recommended Nujol, which he credits with resolving his condition. The advertisement emphasizes Nujol's distinction as "a lubricant—not a laxative," arguing it works naturally by mimicking the body's own digestive processes rather than forcefully purging the system. The illustration shows two men in conversation, likely representing the patient and doctor, though neither appears to be a recognizable public figure or political caricature. This is straightforward commercial messaging disguised as personal testimonial—a common advertising strategy of the 1920s era.
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: j He Lived and Learned “IDOB CURRIER! By all that’s sacred! Where have you concealed yourself these many moons?” “Hospital, Billy. And say, it certainly is good to be out and around again.” “What was the trouble?” “Oh, the doctors called it some name with nine syllables and a sneeze, but it was nothing more than a clogging of the intestines. The stuff wouldn’t pass along and it was poisoning me—breed- ing disease.” “What did they do to you?” “Why, they were all set to operate for This is the way my doctor explained it— | appendicitis. The food waste had ac- when you are in perfect health a nate cumulated in the large intestine where lubricating liquid keeps the food was / ' the appendix is. I had bad pains soft, and so it is easily eliminated. But Tried BR Gare them withvealts:. ‘Phat when you are constipated, there is not only shook my tei Aiaied ii aed enough of Nature’s lubricant to keep the \y —but the poisonous waste returned food waste soft and moving. Leading | 2 scientists of medicine, after ye of J dryer and harder than ever. Taking a purgative when you're like that is about the same as driving.a car up a hill to clean the carbon out of the cylinders; you only make a bad matter worse.” “You said something.” “Finally the doctor said, ‘We’ll see “if we can’t move that obstruction natu- rally before we operate. I don’t want to operate unless it’s absolutely neces- sary.’ “He put me to bed and tried me out on Nujol. Believe me, there was cer- tainly an anxious period of waiting for ‘yours truly.’ But Nujol proved the For Constipation goods. It softened that dry mass, moved and after a while | began to be “Great work, any “By the so-called lubricating method. research, discovered that Nujol, which is a gentle lubricant, acts like this natural lubricant and thus secures regular bowel movements by Nature’s own method— lubrication. And as Nujol is not a laxative it cannot gripe. It is not a medicine in any sense of the word and like pure water, it is harmless.” “Say—that’s just what I’ve been needing. I have been taking pills and salts and such things for months and getting more constipated all the time. Jump in and we’ll run down to the drug store for a bottle of Nujol right now. Me for that, beginning tonight.” —, Uj O | REG. U.S. PAT. OFF, | A Lubricant—not a Laxative ; Guaranteed by ' Nujol Laboratories, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) rs 181, August 18,1923. ighied 1923 by Levlic use Matter, October 21, 1881, at t en, Pres: Douglas H: Cooke, V 1879, $5.00 a year. 15 West 434 Street, New Y Office at New York City: N. ¥.:_ under Act of Mar E, J. McDonnell, Treas.: W. D. Green, Secretar comicbooks.com