Judge — May 23, 1903 — page 2: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis This Judge magazine page contains several satirical articles and a comic strip titled "The Doubting Professor and the Gibbering Ghost; or, He Nearly Believed." **The Articles:** The editorials discuss contemporary issues including labor disputes ("The Battle in Kansas"), Russian politics and character stereotypes, and Egyptian cigarette manufacturing. These reflect early 20th-century American concerns about labor unrest, international affairs, and industrial competition. **The Comic Strip:** The six-panel narrative shows a professor encountering what appears to be a ghost, with escalating supernatural chaos. The humor relies on visual slapstick and the professor's skepticism gradually being overwhelmed by increasingly absurd ghostly phenomena, culminating in his admission "Well, I might have known it!"—a common Judge comedic formula combining rationalist doubt with irrational supernatural consequences.