Judge, 1924-09-20 · page 12 of 37
Judge — September 20, 1924 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page from *Judge* satirizes American political and social absurdities through brief humorous items and cartoons. **"Little Items the Newspapers Never Seem to Publish"** presents three satirical news-briefs mocking public figures: 1. **Los Angeles item**: Parents of a boy nearly hit by boxer Jack Dempsey's car refuse to sue—satirizing the era's litigation culture and celebrity privilege. 2. **New York item**: A congressman returning from Europe claims he found nothing wrong there and has no recommendations for Congress—mocking political obstruction and the uselessness of some legislators. 3. **Milwaukee item**: Senator Robert LaFollette (a Progressive/third-party figure) declares Republicans and Democrats have solved all vital national issues—satirizing partisan gridlock and the false claim of political progress. The bottom cartoon shows a "springboard" for crowded street crossings—absurdist visual humor. Other brief jokes mock gender relations typical of 1920s humor: women's slowness, bobbing haircuts, and marital dynamics. The page dates approximately to the early 1920s based on references to Dempsey and bobbing hairstyles.
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Little Items the Newspapers Never Seem to Publish Los Angeles, Cal.—Parents of seven-year-old Willie Jones, who was frightened when Jack Dempsey’s car almost struck him, announced to- ght they had no intention of filing a damage suit against either the diampionor his manager: New York City.—A member of the House of Representatives, return- ing to-day on the steamer Hydro- phobia from a tour of the continent, told newspapermen that he had been unable to find anything wrong with Europe and had no recommendations to make to Congress. “Mammy!” Milwaukee, Wis.—During a speech at a third party meeting to-day, Senator Robert M. LaFollette de- clared that the Republican and Democratic parties had met and solved for the best interests of the common people ‘every issue of vital importance that has come before the nation during the last twenty or thirty years, Funnybones ; It isn’t what a man says that ( counts—it's his wife's reply. Teadge will pay 85 for each one printed A Little Delay Miss Paul—Why couldn't: Jack elope with Miss Wry yesterday? Miss Pry—Her father was too sick to drive them to the station. ey A drunkard, rehabilitated by the Salvation Army, has broadcasted his story over the radio. The Army does a world of good work, but occasionally — ceed Woman's mind works too slowly. She should have thought of bobbing in the days when man dragged her around by the hair. For crowded crossings—a springboard. comicbooks.com