A complete, restored issue of Judge from 1894-08-25 — all 16 pages of color political cartoons and topical humor, free to page through at comicbooks.com.

On the cover: # "Sugar-Coated" (Judge, August 25, 1894) This cartoon satirizes Dr. Grover—likely **President Grover Cleveland**—who is depicted as a physician presenting a bitter political pill to an anxious patient (representing the American public or a specific constituency). The joke plays on "sugar-coating": Cleveland claims he's made the pill "nice and pleasant" and "heavily coated with sugar," but the patient appears deeply skeptical and uncomfortable. The satire likely references Cleveland's unpopular economic policies during the severe **Panic of 1893**, when his administration's handling of the financial crisis caused widespread suffering. The cartoon suggests Cleveland is trying to make painful policies seem palatable to the public—but the patient clearly isn't fooled by the "sugar-coating."

🖼️ Every page has a plain-English note on what you’re looking at — the figures, the references, the point of the satire.

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