Here's an Astro-Phrenological chart from The mystic test book; or, The magic of the cards. Giving the mystic meaning of these wonderful and ancient emblems in their relationship to the heavenly bodies, under all conditions; with rules and processes for reading or delineating the emblems by Olney H. Richmond, 1919.

Here's a precursor to Gary Larson: an illustration from a 1918 issue of Life magazine.  The caption reads: "Fra Ignatius has a God-given gift for caricature."

"Always remember that a house of merriment is better than a house of mourning."
—A Manual of Fire Department Equipment and Practice

Pictured below: "Bringing in the Lump of Coal," from a 1918 issue of Life magazine.

If you got a lump of coal for Christmas, here's how to change it — one letter at a time — into the "Jelly of the Month Club" (the gift that keeps on giving):

COAL, COWL, COWS, CAWS, JAWS, JAMS

An illustration from a 1917 issue of Good Housekeeping magazine.  The caption reads: "Shirts jumped out of my dreams with hoots resembling ghosts."