JM-203: Big Bills

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Editorial cartoon depicting three scenes showing the reparations against Germany preventing the country from holding civilization again, the crime wave hitting Chicago even when one man believes he has ended it, and the G.O.P. elephant looking for a candidate but finding Taft being friendly with Wilson.

JM-043: Wilson expanding the Monroe Doctrine while Uncle Sam worries about America

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Editorial cartoon depicting President Wilson standing on a globe and acting as a policeman of the world. Uncle Sam grabs his arm and says, "America first!" All over the globe, signs depict new orders and laws based on Wilson's expansion of the Monroe Doctrine. Wilson is credited with expanding the Doctrine to allow for "Missionary Diplomacy" in locations such as Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.

JM-210: Some angles of the threatened railway strike

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Editorial cartoon split in to three panels, each one showing a possible consequence of the impending railroad strike. In the top panel, Uncle Same driving a truck labeled "U.S. Business Conditions" and a truck labeled "Winter" stopped on the road by detour signs with the railroad strike causing the disruption and need for a detour. In the middle panel, a man representing the United States is in bed sick and resting while the doctor tells him he should be fine as long as no complications set in; running towards the house is a boy with a newspaper proclaiming the railroad strike. In the bottom panel, striking railroad workers stand around a train which is carrying relief for workers suffering from armament competitions.

JM-206: Three scenes of hypocrisy

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Editorial cartoon depicting three panels, each panel with its own scene of hypocrisy. In the top panel, a man upset by socialists and unemployment then posts a notice for his apartment complex advancing the rent for his tenants to get their money while he can. In the middle panel, a man is being bribed but refuses to testify against the one bribing him. In the bottom panel, a man is shocked by the spread of lawlessness, but then he buys two cases of bourbon during a potential prohibition-era cartoon.