Judge, 1926-09-04 · page 2 of 36
Judge — September 4, 1926 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# "Lucky One Dollar Bills" - Judge Magazine Advertisement This is a promotional advertisement rather than a political cartoon. Judge magazine is soliciting readers to send in "lucky" one dollar bills—specifically those featuring: - A portrait of the first U.S. President (George Washington) - The word "Washington" containing exactly ten letters - A green back In exchange for mailing in a qualifying bill with a completed coupon, readers would receive ten weeks of Judge magazine ("The World's Wittiest Weekly"). The ad promises discretion—no publication of names or photographs. This appears to be a straightforward circulation-building promotion rather than satire, using the appeal of collecting rare currency variants as an incentive for magazine subscriptions. The humor lies mainly in treating mundane dollar bill variations as "lucky" finds worthy of exchange.
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Have You One of the Lucky One Dollar Bills IXAMINE your one dollar bills and see if you have one of the lucky ones. Have you one that has a likeness of the first President of the United States? Does the name “Washington” on it contain ten letters? Has it a green back? If you can answer Yes to these questions, you have one of the lucky dollar bills. We won't ask you where or how you got the dollar, nor shall we publish your photograph. Just fill in the coupon below and send it in with your lucky one dollar bill and you will receive ten weeks of JuDGE— The World's Wittiest Weekly.” 527 West 43d Street, New York Here's my lucky buck. Slip me Jupce for ten weeks JUDGE, Volume 91, No. 2340, September 4. 1926, Entered as Second-Class Matter. October 2 H : few York City, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. $5.00 a year Published Weekly and copyrighted 1926 by Leslie-Judge Co., in the U. S. and Great Britain \ 00 : Kendall Banning, Norman Anthony, Vice-President: Ass't Treasurer and Ass't Secretary; William Morris Hou, Secretary; 627 West 434 St vork, N.Y lar attention is called to the fact that every article and is protected und of the ight Law of the U.S. For advertising rates address E. R. Crowe & Company New York: 25 Vanderbilt Avenue. Chicago: 22S North Michigan Avenue. comicbooks.com