Judge, 1928-11-10 · page 3 of 36
Judge — November 10, 1928 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# "Judging the News" - Analysis This satirical section critiques recent news reports with humorous commentary. The main cartoon depicts a college student confronting his father about a returned check marked "Insufficient Funds"—a joke about financial irresponsibility during the Jazz Age, when college students were notorious for excessive spending. The "Judging the News" section above mocks various reports: English scientists sending messages to Mars, motorists using shatterproof glass, workmen discovering old pottery in Guatemala, and a phonograph returned to Edison after eight years. The satire suggests these news items range from absurd to trivial, poking fun at both scientific ambition and everyday consumer culture of the 1920s.
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If English scientists are going to. send y more messages to Mars, they could do a lot toward cheering up that planet by telling it about their Government's secret negotiations with France. A well-known New York chem- ist says that bootlegging is now largely a battle of skill between the bootleg chemists and the Gov- ernment chemists. And appar- ently, they are going to fight it out to the last imbiber. JUDGING THE NEWS Now that motorists are using windshields made of shatter-proof glass, pedestrians would do well to carry flasks of the same ma- Workmen in the Province of Peten, Guatemala, have dug up a pottery vessel containing brass coins and buttons, which scien- tists believe was buried before the discovery of America, One theory is that it is an old collec- tion plate. According the to? The returned a eight years take it, | Cortese Stupent—What is the meaning of this outrage, Father? “Insufficient Funds.” JUDGE, Volume 95, No. 2454, November 10, 1028, Entered as Second 1879, Additional e ‘OY. $5 aod copyright New York, N ¥ at Jamise: x by ted. 19: ae Da year. 9 tin t nd Great Britain, Particular attention is called to the fact This last thousand-dollar check was returned stamped at Joseph T. Co Jose hat every article and picture appearing 1a JUDGE is protected under the pro Law of the U 1 s re —Jack Suvrtrewortit Ipe., 627 West British Clam Matter, October 21, 1881, at the Post Omce at New York Cit “ihe a copy, Published Weekly by Judge Wiblishing Co. rred‘ts ftowan, President: Norman Aathony. Vice Pres vis to y 43rd joey, See 01 W. W fe ation Government phonograph to Mr. Edison which he gave them forty- Ramor ed Engla N.Y., under a Street, New Secretary: 62 ins of Section 3 o' 0. Geehan's column, a member of Yale football squad severely injured himself by chair while stuc this younger gen alling ct of Mare 3, ork, N.Y, 7 West 43rd St Me- | x off a Phat is | coming has na, nd. we f the Copyright comicbooks.com