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This page is primarily **advertisements and short humorous anecdotes** rather than political cartoons. The featured content includes: **"The Ignorant Repeater"** — A joke about a man arrested for voting twice, claiming he expected "to be paid for it," mocking voter fraud and political corruption. **"Wanted — A Servant"** — Humorous difficulty hiring domestic help, reflecting early 20th-century labor market tensions. **"The Chauffeur"** — A judge's quip about a speeding chauffeur claiming he wasn't going fast, satirizing traffic law enforcement. **Advertisements** dominate: Mennen's Talc Powder, Lea & Perrins Sauce, Scandinavian Fur & Leather Co., and notably **"I am John Mackintosh the Toffee King"** — promoting an English candy brand. The page reflects **everyday social humor** about servants, voting, and automobiles rather than specific political satire.

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DRE: xd horses are a necessity—Why not arriage? French car are rd of excellence, ‘The proof— »y have been in constant use by the est people in this country and abroad r over forty years, ay we send oar ilusteated catalog 1 THE FRENCH CARRIAGE CO. Feroiwann F. Frencot rs, Builders, Distributers Si BOSTON, MASS. Carriages BORATED TALCUM Lea & Perrins’ Sauce THE ORIGINAL WORCESTERSHIRE The Peerless Scasoning. The housewife who knows the delicious- ness of a well-cooked place of Coil Meats, has a revelation in store In LEA & PERRINS’ SAUCE. Iteives un- usual relish to_ Cold Roast Beef, Mutton, Lamb, or Beef Tongue, Baked Beans, Mac- aronl and Cheese, Chops, Salads, etc, a's Sons, Agents, New York, —|when he was arrested |" 1 then charge yo! | The Ignoraat Repeater. eae : _ | discussing at a dinner the voting frauds of IX Philadelphia, J. G. the told a repeater, “He was an ignorant chap, this repeater,” said Judge Gordon, “He had the stolid and [unmoved look of an animal “When they arrested him he Jerime lay at his door. “*You are charged,’ jhaving voted twice.” ““Charged, am 1?" muttered the “That's odd. 1 expected to be paid for it! y York Tribune. Wanted—A Servant. OOD servants are ch in Washington Mrs. R. had se: Gordon, Mayor's counsel, a story of asked what said the policeman, ‘with prisoner. demand in as well as in other cities ched long and vainly for a fairly good general servant. a colored one, and at last despair she stopped an elderly colored woman who looked as if she might have been one of the sants, and therefore wn her wants. “IT want a girl who is trusty cook. I am willing to put « laundry work and to give far I ha able to engage one, | Mrs. R. “Don't you know of someone whom jl can get?” “"Deed, no, lady, I don’t,” was the answer. “Oh, dear,” sighed Mrs. R., “what shall I ante-bellum house ser: a reliable one, and made most of our but so said ir wages, t been { dunno fuh shaw, lady, less'n you does as I kas to—hire a white woman.”—September Lippincott’s. HE chauffeur who always tells the court how slowly he was running his: machine for going about forty san hi met his match at a municipal court at Norwich, Conn. that at the time of his arrest the machine wa’ not traveling faster than three miles an hour. “ Very well,” replied the judge, rather than be beaten by the sed, he with obstructing the traffic." York Tribune. Disparagement. O you mean to tell me you offered that played out ward heeler a thousand dol- lars for his influence?” hum, said the willing but ines worker. ‘I was afraid you would call it polit- ical corruption.” “My friend, that isn't political corruption That's frenzied finance.”—IVashington Star, Rebuked. ATHER,” said a boy of tw: tell me who Shylock w “What!” exclaimed the father in an ag grieved tone, “have I sent you to Sunday school for the past six or seven years only tc have you ask me who Shylock was? Shame on you, boy! Get your Bible and find out —September Lippincott’s. lve, The chauffeur swore | asked Senator Sorg- | | and a good | “can you | Fall and Winter Styles AUTOMOBILE and OUTING APPAREL for men and women. Be sure to send for our new catalog, 200 illustrations. SCANDINAVIAN Fur & Leather Co. West orf-Astoria Tirery- Tag NEW ts for the Pacific Coa us., loe., San Francis p Street YORK rq and 16 p. Wall A BEAUTIFUL ASSORTME NT. New Fall importa i latest styles and colors. New kid gloves weekly from our face tory, Grenoble, France, $1.00, 1.50 the pair, 3r years on Broadway. 3) CENTEMERI 911 Broadw: Telephone, 1335 Gramercy. MACKINTOSH’S TOFFEE A_CANDY, originated in Yorxsuine, England. Made {rom pire butter, cream and sugar, and other good things. The purest candy made. Nota butter-scotch, or a chewing cand delicious old English sweetmeat, that every one will ‘You break off a pirco and let it dimotve in the moath, and seigen, ser one find it wore li—tne more you eat of Ve, be Jour dealer to oapiy yon. Scethat my name nnd face every package. or weaid we 10 cents for a trial packso7e, JOHN MACKINTOSH 78 HUDSON ST., Depr. 24, New YORK comicbooks.com