Judge, 1929-04-06 · page 5 of 36
Judge — April 6, 1929 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis (April 3, 1929) This page presents editorial commentary titled "Judging the News," offering satirical takes on contemporary topics: 1. **A new combination lighter/cigarette device** — Judge mocks this gadget as unnecessary complexity. 2. **Chicago police and Valentine murders** — References the recent St. Valentine's Day Massacre (February 1929), where police attempted solving gang violence through questionnaires sent to gangsters—an absurdly ineffective approach Judge ridicules. 3. **Mail delivery innovation** — Proposes tossing mail sacks between cities as a humorous alternative to standard postal service. The bottom cartoon depicts a **farmer with a plow**, with the caption "Them Hazzies don't seem to realize that I'm a married man!"—likely a rural/domestic humor gag, though the specific reference is unclear.
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A new device that is now on the market should go a long way toward taking the sting out of the Jones Law; it’s a flask and cigarette the same liquid in both. combination lighter, using A recent headline in the Her- ald Tribune say lories Van- Childs’ Menu, Se Do i And. if you're not careful, so will your hat and evat. ish oon Jo4CS That 6a Fo SP Farurr JUDGING Chicago police are attempting to solve the recent Valentine mur ders by mailing a questionnaire to ster in the city: but. so far. all the answers have written on paper. every: gar anonyinous or both sides of the At last we have really found out something detinite ut Mr. Coolidge: he'd rather write be President than THE NEWS ‘Tossing off sacks of mail at the latest: devel opment proposed for the air mail various cities is the service. Personally, we'll hide down cellar when they start deliv ering our Saturday Evening Post And right in the face of all this advertising about Reach for a Lucky Instead Sweet, friend of ours claims that walk a mile for a caramel, Them Huzzies don't seem to realize that I'ma married man! JUDGE, Volume 96, No 1879." Additional entry at Jai $5.00 a year, t Hritain: Pred L. Rogan, Presdeat: Ralph P, Campbell, Vice Particular attention ts called to the fact that every article and picture appearing 1n JUDGE 1s protected under Kotered as Seeond-Class Matter, October 21, 1881, at the Post Omice at New York City, N. Published Weekly by Judge Publishing Co. Ine Se a copy ‘of Section 3 of the Copyright Law of the U. 8. President ity, N.Y., under act of Mari Uy Kast 48th Street, New York, N Vernal W. Hates, Treasurer: Joseph a: the provisions comicbooks.com