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This page is primarily **advertising content** rather than political satire. The dominant feature is a large Nujol laxative advertisement emphasizing digestive health during travel—a common concern for early 20th-century vacationers. The left side contains product advertisements for leather goods ("Good Puttees," "The RidAu") and a brief article titled "An Embarrassment of Crime" referencing post-WWI concerns about German art repatriation and prisoners of war. A small cartoon labeled "Sauce for the Goose" appears at bottom, though its specific satirical meaning is unclear from this image alone. A teaser advertisement promises revelation of "What a PICKLED FRINF is" in the next week's issue—a marketing device to encourage repeat readership.

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+ Good Puttees will be none too plentifu! this year. Protect yours :f when purchasing by in ing on these two famous “standard” brands: The “RidAu” Riding and auto style, Ip fin~ h-avy grain leather. Pigskin finish, Ruwet or black. $5.00 “The Iron Ox” Military style. Heavy graia leather Smo'th bobh. Rowet only. Vey durable. $8.00 Canvas Puttees and Leggings 00 n't supply, you, send jance direct to ur Be sore to state size of shoe and calf measurement also whether Fustet ot Based Teather Wiley -Bickford-Sweet Company Harthord, Cone... Woreeter, Mass. An Embarrassment of Crime Hazenbrouck, France, June 15. Abbe Lemire, Mayor of Hazenbrouck and deputy from the Department of the North, has learned from a re- ble source that the Germans are 4) the interesting Lille Mu- of such objects of art as previ- ously had not been sent to Germany. —Correspondence of the Associated Press. ard things to work out = of the of restitution by the Is every Ger- is the detai Germans of their loot. man, every German home, museum and factory to be searched after the war? Are the jails to he searched for prison- ers who don't belong in them? \ hig job! And first of all, of course, there are the survivors of the deported people and prisoners of war to fetch hack. A criminal of the size of Germany is a novelty in this world, and stumps the whole apparatus of the criminal law SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE Puzzling Wine Pop, what are ancestors? Well, I'm one of yours—and | your granddad is another. ] Witaie: Oh, br why is it tha Drax about them?—Everybody's. JGGAGE INFORMATION let—tt gives ’ Farner folks | HE first thing Robinson Crusoe did, after his rescue from the is- land, inquire whether Mrs. Crusoe had kept up the family sub- scription to Lire and preserved the numbers published during his absence. YOU DON’T KNOW What a PINKLED FRINFT [s, Do You? Watch This Advertisement Next Week was to Don’t Let Indigestion Spoil Your Vacation Change of water, change of climate, hotel and dining car food, the inconvenience of traveling —all combine to upset digestion and spoil the good time youareexpecting. You can’t carry your ownprovisionsand drinking water. But youcanbesuretotake a bottle of Nujol on your vacation. It’s the surest and safest preventive of digestive troubles. Nujol helps to remove decaying waste matterfromtheintestinesbeforeit has a chance topoisonthesystem. Inthis wayit preventstheheadaches, weariness and depression as well asother more seriousdiseasescaused by intestinal poisoning. Nujol is particularly good for young children. It is excellent forthe mother with a nursing infant, as it in no way affects the baby’s feeding. The infant will enjoy it and it will do as much for him as it does for the mother. Nujol is not habit forming; the longer you take it, the less you need it. Nujol does not gripe, relieves you of straining, does not weaken (even when taken in large quantities), it is not absorbed into the system, does not upset the stomach, is absolutely pure and harmless and is pleasant to take. Nujol is sold only in pint bottles bearing Nujol trademark—never in bulk. The Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) has used its world-wide resources ia producing Nujol, and its reputation is behind the product. Nujol is absolutely distinctive and individual. There is no other product on the market like it. Write today to Dept. 15 on coupon and margin below for instructive booklet on Nujol and its uses. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (New Jersey) Bayonne, N. J. Please send ee booklet on Nupl and 1 wes Woe your name and addr plainly below. Dept 15, comicbooks.com