Judge, 1921-05-21 · page 8 of 32
Judge — May 21, 1921 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# "Some Neglected Historical Facts" This Judge magazine page presents humorous pseudo-historical "corrections" about famous historical figures. Each panel offers absurd, made-up "facts" presented as if rectifying overlooked history: - **Napoleon** never wore a van dyke beard (contradicting common depictions) - **Julius Caesar** wasted no time hunting collar buttons (anachronistic humor—collar buttons didn't exist in Caesar's era) - **Columbus** preferred classical music to jazz and cars (anachronistic again) - **Noah** had no middle initial - **Rome's fire department** was "practically a failure" (likely referencing Nero myths) - **Adam** was detained at his office and never shaved - **Shakespeare** hand-wrote all his plays The satire mocks the tendency to invent or misremember historical "facts," presenting deliberately absurd claims with mock-serious authority. It's gentle humor about how historical narratives become distorted or embellished through repetition and popular culture.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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