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# Judge Magazine, July 3, 1926 - Analysis The main cartoon depicts a small airplane flying near the North Pole with the caption "STOWAWAY—Dern it! If I'd known this wuz a North Pole aeroplane I wouldn't 'a' hooked a ride!" The joke satirizes Arctic exploration expeditions popular in the 1920s. A stowaway has accidentally hitched a ride on a polar expedition aircraft, discovering too late his dangerous mistake. The humor derives from the contrast between naive opportunism (hopping aboard for free travel) and the harsh, life-threatening reality of polar aviation—an extremely hazardous undertaking at that time. The cartoon reflects contemporary fascination with Arctic exploration while mocking both the foolishness of stowaways and the absurdity of early aviation ventures to Earth's most inhospitable regions.
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] 4920 © 18707551 LIFE LIBERTY THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS AND JUDGE NORTH POLE NUMBER 20 DEGREES COOLER INSIDE THE WORLD'S WITTIEST WEEKLY Coolidge Plastered "Taree times in the past month ling plaster has President Coolidge. endangered Something will have to be done soon to make Senator Borah shout more quietly. I" Is estimated that millions of dollars will be spent this summer to discover that there is no land to discover at the North Pole. Rare Specimens at Harvard O's Pout, a rare sheep brought to America from the uplands of Asia, was sent to Harvard for the reunions. Many rare specimens arrived in crimson blazers class other from all over the country. SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1926 oorn TARKINGTON predicts that in fifty years women will have ceased sar skirts. This un- doubtedly accounts for all the recent interest taken in life extension Milk Graft Disclosure Te recent New York milk scandal shows that $1 a can was the graft received by the former health The milk may have come from contented cows but the complaints came from discontented consumers. commissioner. r 1s said that the inhabitants of the Polar regions live almost tirely on whale oil and blubber. Congressmen live almost entirely on en- banana oil and do the same thing. Stowaway—Dern it! Barking Dogs Scare Burglar A recent dog show the barking of the prize winning dogs was broadcast over the radio. Several opportunists left their switched on all night to scare bur- glars. “A to an insane asylum by his son when machines LTHY New Jersey doctor was rushed seventy six-year-old it was. learned that he was contem- plating matrimony. We make no comment. Radio to Control Weather pe Patnieveé. French Minister of War, predicts that in the future the weather will be controlled by radio, Heaven help the sailors on a night like that. If I'd known this wuz a North Pole eroplane I wouldn’t a’ hooked a ride! comicbooks.com