Judge, 1923-04-28 · page 2 of 36
Judge — April 28, 1923 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Page Analysis This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content**, not a political cartoon. It advertises "A History of the American Legion" by Marquis James, the former National Director of Publicity for The American Legion. The text describes the book as a comprehensive history of the Legion's formation after WWI and its activities since then. A signature appears to be from the National Commander endorsing the work. The promotional copy emphasizes this is "one of the great books of the year" and notes that James, as the Legion's publicist for three years, has been collecting material "since 1919" to document the organization's history. There is no political satire or cartoon content visible on this page—it functions as a straightforward book advertisement within the Judge magazine.
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A History of the American Legion by Marquis James Former National Director of Publicity of The American Legion Le AMERICAN Lecion, which is the great representative of thi organized veterans of the organized American veterans of the late war, was born in the minds of the soldiers of this country even before the Armistice that terminated that war. It was created in actuality, directly after the Armistice. [It has won for itself a high place in the consciousness of the nation. The story of what it has done already is told in this book. It is a story worth reading; written by an able and honorable man of the highest journalistic standing. It is the first installment of a great serial, a great history of patriotic achievement whose final chapter will be read only by the men of a new generation. As time passes, this history will become more and more clearly the history of the United States of America, for this era. irge pages (6’" x 9") including 32 pages of photographs and a complete index; — handsomely ° bound in crimson cloth, stamped in gold postpaid on receipt of - price, 50. Outside con- tinental U. S. $2.75. Send no money now. Just write your name and address in the space below and mail to) WieuaM NATIONAL COMMANDER Green, Publisher, 625 West 43d Street, New York City. Pay postman on delivery of books. PS This is one of the great books of the year, one of those books that you will want to own and read. For three years the Legion’s foremost publicist, who has been behind the scenes in Legion affairs since 1919, and as intimately associated as any other man with the outstanding figures and events that have made Legion history, has been filling 1inst the day when he could tell notebooks and storing them away ag the Legion’s story as it happened. That day has come.- In every word it is absorbing, informative, true; the one book that every Legionnaire will read this year. comicbooks.com