Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, February 1922 · page 2 of 68
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What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **direct-mail advertisement**, not a political cartoon. It promotes *Whiz Bang's Winter Annual: Pedigreed Follies of 1921-22*, a 256-page humor collection containing jokes, stories, and poetry. The pitch uses urgency marketing typical of early 1920s mail-order campaigns: claiming rapid sellouts, emphasizing scarcity ("First Come will be First Served"), and referencing last year's edition selling out nationwide within days. Readers could order by mailing a dollar bill to the Whiz Bang Farm in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. The language reflects period sensibilities—"Smokehouse poetry" suggests rustic/rural humor; "pot pourri" (miscellany) was standard magazine jargon. The tone is colloquial ("Remember, Folk"), targeting working-class readers accustomed to purchasing humor magazines. There's no identifiable political satire here—this is straightforward commercial promotion using scarcity-based sales psychology.
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They're Going Fast! Whiz Bang's greatest book—The Winter An- nual Pedigreed Follies of 1921-22—hot off the press. Orders are now being mailed. There will be no delay as long as the supply lasts. If your news stand's quota is sold out— PIN A DOLLAR BILL Or your check, money order or stamps To the coupon on the back page. And receive our 256-page bound volume of jokes, jests, jingles, stories, pot pourri, mail bag and Smokehouse poetry. The best collection ever put in print. REMEMBER, FOLK Last year our Annual (which was only one- fourth as large as the 1921-22 book) was sold out on the Pacific Coast within three or four days, and not a copy could be bought anywhere in the United States within ten days. So hurry up! First Come will be First Served! Pin your dollar bill to the coupon and mail to the Whiz Bang Farm, Robbinsdale, Minn. Don't write for early back copies of our regular issues. We haven't any left.