JM-215: Three scenes pertaining to the political barometer in the United States, China, and Russia in 1922

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Editorial cartoon depicting political sentiments set in three different countries. In the top panel, centered in the United States, a group of men stand around a political barometer debating why the nomination of Republican, turned progressive, and then again Republican, Albert J. Beveridge for senator occurred. In the middle panel, centered on China, General Wu chases General Chang south while one of the injured warriors lies on the ground and says that Wu is hell. General Wu may refer to General Wu Pei-Fu, who was a warlord in China, mostly in the northern and central regions; he was rumored to be dead by General Chang in the Sacramento Union paper in May 1922. The bottom panel, centering on Russia, shows Uncle Sam sitting next to a representative of the Kerensky Government while Soviet Russia looks on and claims not to be related. Soviet Russia is the period of Russia after the tsar lost power in 1917 and before the creation of the Soviet Union in 1922; the government in this interim period was at first led by Prime Minister Prince Georgy Lvov and Minister of Justice Aleksandr Kerensky, but Lenin returned to Russia in 1917 and began to work on regaining his political supporters, which resulted in Kerensky and Lenin vying for power and support later in the interim period.

JM-013: The Changing World

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Editorial cartoon depicting three scenes showing contrasting different periods of time. In the top two panels, Wilson is shown first speaking to a cheering crowd in contrast to speaking inside a room with unenthusiastic people listening. In the middle two panels, the Arc de Triomphe is shown first in a barren landscape in contrast with lots of people marching in a procession through the Arc, cheering and waving flags. The final two panels shows a boy reading "A Story of the Plains" while sitting on a haystack in contrast to a boy reading the same story on a comfortable chair.

JM-226: They're off!

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Editorial cartoon depicting the presidential race of 1924, with candidates Robert M. La Follette Sr. with the Progressive Party, John W. Davis of the Democratic Party, and Calvin Coolidge of the Republican Party, who won the election and became the president of the United States that year.