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Tuesday, August 7, 2025

Swat That Fly!: Tigwissel Tuesdays #31: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, August 1912, Part 4

Above, the wrap-around cover from the 1930-published booklet, Health in Pictures, collecting public service comics & cartoons. The government telling people what to do for their health. You know — Socialism! — published during the reign of socialist dictator, uhmm… Herbert Hoover…???

Click on the above picture, to view the cover in more detail.

Below, the government telling us to murder our God-given flies, for totally frivolous, made-up reasons, meant to curtail Americans’ Freedom to enjoy their flies (read it, to learn the ghastly ways Hoover stole our Constitional Rights!).

Next, from the August 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, more Commie “Swat the Fly” Freedom-encroaching Health Cartoons! The Dirty Red cartoonists participating in this conspiracy/”campaign” include H.T. Webster, Robert Satterfield, and Arthur G. Racey.

Though at least Webster slipped in support for American gun rights, right beneath the noses of his goverment controllers!

Click on the above picture, to view the cartoons in detail, and read their captions.

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One Response to “Swat That Fly!: Tigwissel Tuesdays #31: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, August 1912, Part 4”

  1. Super I.T.C.H » Blog Archive » Education & Vaccinations: Tigwissel Tuesdays #39 Says:

    [...] All the images in this posting, are extracted from the 1930 cartoon booklet, Health in Pictures. [...]

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