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Judge — October 6, 1917 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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The left page features "How an American Fights," illustrating combat techniques with a soldier using a bayonet against an enemy. The accompanying text describes brutal hand-to-hand combat during what appears to be a skirmish involving Mexican forces ("five thousand Mexicans") and references a character named "Davy Crockett." The right page is a contents listing for Judge magazine's latest issue, which claims the "Largest Circulation of any Humorous Publication in America." It advertises various illustrated articles and cartoons on war-related topics, soldier life in France, and general humor content. The overall context reflects America's 1917 involvement in World War I, with content focused on military action, patriotism, and contemporary combat scenarios for a American readership.
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How an American Fights Twenty Greasers bit the dust before this lone American— sole survivor of one hundred and eighty who for eleven days held at bay five thou- sand Mexicans led by the treacherous, bloodthirsty Santa Anna. Backed against a wall, using the keen, death dealing “Betsy”? as an iron warclub, the okl frontiers hurls defiance at his enemi they swarm about him leaping like hounds upon a great stag. But numbers tell. ‘They pull him down, bury. their bayonets in his great heart sparn him, spit upon him Crock of American fighters in the human liberty whose so splen didly told by Cyrus Town. send Brady’ inv this Nr Edition of AMERICAN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS Patriot's Edition AMERICAN HISTORY FROM THE AGE OF DISCOVERY The Thrilling Adventures of He do de Soto; Gentle he Flag: Under the ‘Jolly Roger”; Black beard: The French Indian War; The War of the Rev a; Washing: ton’s Greatest Campaigns; ‘Sea Fights of the Revelu The War with Fi The War with The Second War with England; The Ameri can Wasps and their Victims; The Creck War; The Seminole War; Te h, Greatest of the Indians; Sa d Freedom; The Rough Chiet Joseph's, Own ‘am and hundreds of stories of thrilling adventure and hair breadth escape. ONLY $1.00 NOW ‘on. bring to your door, charges printed on ype, each ed full of just can prowess and hem is tomiss some that the whol Brunewick bat aioe feu Building Occupation. . GIVEN TO PROMPT SUBSCRIBERS \ Copy of the Greatest Fighting Docu ment Ever Per by Man THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Certified by Nad lose. tory Hay, Seei mile in Color, nated by ats of Arms of the United States and of the. Original Thirteen States Size 32x 22 in. ARTISTS WHO. HAVE ILLUSTRATED AN FIGHTS AND FIGHTERS emi n, Schreyvogel, Blumen schein, Crawiord, Aylward, Marchand, Schoonover, Reproductions “THIRTY: seeker {Shasr THREE Let not the Hun an flattering he ‘Three Thou at Piney Island, the nd overwhelming fudge Vol. ‘UNM October 6, 1917 No. 187] a Now Has the Largest Circulation of | any Humorous Publication in America Judge Cc oO N T E N T Ss ORSON LOWELL Drawn by R. B. FULLER =a Cover Design: Khaki the Universal - The Coming Storm: (Full-page Cartoon) - For Cur Soldiers in France — Sixes and Sevens Advised to Claim Exemption - . - - Drawn by HENKEL The Notion Counter - DOUGLAS MALLCG: Work - = “ < ARTHUR CHAPMA\ Nobody Wants It Drawn by GRANT E. HAMILTO\ A Song of Seasons - 2 = - A. WALTER UTTING How to Make Others Listen - CHESTERTON TODO} Queries = - 2 - KATE B. BURTON Don't You Care WALTER G. DOTY) To the Reader - HAROLD SETON WALT MASON MAX MERRYMAN A Pioneer in Orthography - - EUGENE C. DOLSON!, The Horse's Idea ~~ - Drawn by J. CONACHER BENJAMIN De CASSERES LAWTON MACKALL& Editorials: (Full-pog: Cartoon) Mountait. Climbing - A Sense of Humor - - A Great Benefit Performance The West Wind - - : Why - - - 2 AW A Fable of Funds - - DIXON MERRITT When Hell Freezes Over Drawn by C. W. KAHLES Between Curtains - CYRIL ANDREW The Modern Woman: 1 ANNA CADOGAN ETZ} - IDA HUSTED HARPER § W. KEE MAXWELL Suffrage Facts and Fancies Suffrage Snapshots Celluloid Sonnets: Douglas Fairbanks @ War Cartoons from Abroad, Foreign Humor, With the College Wits, Stones ¥ with Smiles, In New York Theatres. Notes of Books, Passing the Mer | tard, and Verse and Jests by JUDGE'S Humorists. Other Illustrations by Zim, Westmacott, Nelson White. H. Paddock, Bark dale Rogers, Miller, Lauren Stout, M. Greiner, Flohri, P. L. Crosby. Walter de Maris, R. B. Fuller. Jadge ts printed by the Sebwe comicbooks.com XUM