Judge, 1929-07-13 · page 3 of 36
Judge — July 13, 1929 — page 3: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains a satirical humor column titled "Judging the News" with brief commentaries on current events, plus one cartoon illustration. The main cartoon depicts a traffic stop where a police officer on a motorcycle is asking a motorist for their license number, with the caption referencing "Hilldale Street, Parts J." The joke appears to satirize either traffic enforcement practices or dangerous driving conditions of the era (the page is dated July 19, 1928). The text snippets above mock various contemporary issues: prohibition agents, a piano player's marathon performance, baseball taxation, and Edison's search for a rubber substitute. These are light satirical jabs at topical matters of 1928—all presented without requiring specific historical knowledge to function as humor about everyday absurdities.
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= a Jack SuuTTLeworTH, Editor Georce Jexx Naina Jack Chuert, Associate Editor Riciaxo J. Warsi Contributing Editors Pnit Ross, Art Editor Stoxey S. Lenz JUDGING THE NEWS It’s getting so that motorists don’t know whether to stop and be slugged by bandits, or to keep on going and be shot by Prohibi- tion agents. The fellow who recently played the piano for three days without stopping ought to get a job broadcasting. Our neighbor would tune in on him, We are xraduate indebted to a Yale for the says, * Anthem I If they don’t still charge an amusement tax for watehing the Boston ull teams play, they ought to. This isn't ently heard of a golfer who has a caddie sleep in his room with him in case he walks in his sleep. actly news, but we re If Mr. Edison is still hunting for a rubber substitute, he ought to analyze the last set of tires we bought. Cor—Now then, miss, wot's yer number? “Willdale S97, Party J.” ~——_—/ Volume 97, No. 2489, July 15, 19 niry at Jamatca. : 29, by tte the U.S. ai ind Great Particular attention ts called to the fact th + Ma