Judge, 1925-07-11 · page 15 of 36
Judge — July 11, 1925 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This is a humor page from *Judge* magazine featuring mock product testimonials and workplace jokes. **Top cartoon**: A cowboy on horseback encounters two men at a "Post Office" sign. The caption jokes that the commotion is "just a herd of flivvers stampeding"—*flivver* being slang for the cheap Model T Ford. The humor plays on the disruption of rural life by automobiles. **Testimonials section**: Fake endorsements for absurd products ("Sour Biscuits for Strong Breaths," "Rabbies Rectifier," "Carpet Remover") written in exaggerated immigrant dialects and broken English. These mock both patent medicine advertising (common in the era) and ethnic stereotypes. **Bottom cartoons**: Office humor—one shows typists at desks; dialogue jokes that the new boss is so miserable his crying sounds like laughter. The page satirizes advertising culture, ethnic caricatures, and workplace tedium through absurdist humor typical of early 20th-century American satirical magazines.
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