Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #24 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three humorous anecdotes rather than a political cartoon: 1. **Opening joke**: A missing person anecdote (context unclear). 2. **Deacon Kingdom story**: A humor piece about a marksman who hit a bull's-eye on his first shot but had to pay for the bull—satirizing the unintended consequences of skill. 3. **"Pinkham's Home Broo"**: A mock recipe for illegal alcohol disguised as domestic "home brew," listing absurd ingredients (pickle brine, shellac, soap, nitric spirits) and process. This satirizes Prohibition-era bootlegging. 4. **"This Is For Railroaders"**: An anecdote mocking railroad bureaucracy—a section boss uses profanity in reports; the superintendent forces him to write his own after hiring female stenographers, then Casey reports a train accident using stilted language. The satire targets Prohibition, workplace absurdity, and early 20th-century social conventions.