Judge, 1920-09-04 · page 13 of 32
Judge — September 4, 1920 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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# Bad Breaks Page Explanation This page from *Judge* magazine features "Bad Breaks"—humorous newspaper clipping errors submitted by readers. The cartoon header shows figures reading and collecting these mistakes. The "Bad Breaks" themselves are absurd or contradictory statements clipped from real newspapers and magazines, highlighting unintentional humor through: - **Logical contradictions** (a man weighing 38 pounds; a father dying "during a spree" while his infant son survived pneumonia) - **Awkward phrasing** ("leave for their cottage WHEREVER IT IS") - **Unintended double meanings** (a judge fining a Black man specifically for not turning right, possibly satirizing discriminatory enforcement) - **Improbable claims** (Japan producing an impossibly large rice harvest) The magazine paid readers $1 for accepted submissions, rewarding them for catching editorial blunders in newspapers and magazines. This satirical feature mocks both the carelessness of professional publications and provides light comedy—a common form of humor in early 20th-century satirical magazines before modern fact-checking existed.
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