Judge, 1931-11-07 · page 10 of 36
Judge — November 7, 1931 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Explanation for Modern Readers This page from *Judge* magazine contains two types of satirical content: **Top Section: "Home-Town Items"** — A series of humorous small-town gossip pieces mocking local characters. Examples include a judge who's biased despite claims of fairness; a cautious man who spent forty years deciding on a career before retiring; and a politician (Zeke Peavy) elected to the Legislature who now wears an absurdly high collar and demands to be called "Senator," becoming insufferable. These are gentle, provincial jokes about small-town pretension and human folly. **Bottom Cartoon** — Shows a political candidate on a platform pledging to "stop all drinking—in this, our glorious state!" while the audience sarcastically shouts "Bravo!—it's 'bout time you quit!" This is clearly Prohibition-era satire (likely 1920s-early 1930s), mocking politicians who made grand temperance pledges while audiences knew such promises were hollow and unenforceable. The joke: the candidate's obvious hypocrisy and the public's cynical recognition of it.
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JUDGE HOME-TOWN ITEMS Dore Hankins goes to town every night now on account of the radio his wife bought to keep him at home. Judge Huffic deserves great credit for the way he hs the Bumgardner trial, The Judge i r and never allows himself to be prejudiced by the evidence in the case. Ned Potect is a very cautious man. After spending forty years deciding on a carcer he finally decided he was too old to start one, so has retired. “No collisions in. twenty The Goose Ankle Railroad, which has only one train. Shep Talking docs so much sleep-walking that a city ordinance has been passed requiring him to sleep with his pants on, Claude Poteet bought himself a new suit yesterday. He has left the tags on so folks will know Being elected to the Legislature just about ruined Ze Peavy. He wears a collar so high that he can’t see the until noon and he won't speak to folks unless they call him “Senator.” They say Turtle Track sure is a rough town these days. They'll shoot a man over there just to try Our high school dramatic club ga he Comedy of Errors” last Friday night. Shakespeare furnished the comedy, our high school the errors. Young Ned Sykes tried to sport a in disgust. He says he got tired of h how he got hurt. Joe Strakatt is still working hard on his extemporancous speech for The Maccabec Convention. Bob Criddle says he has lost his trunk with the foreign labels on it and now he’s got to tour Europe all over again. —Barne Payxe is the new sh new. ta new gun, : but gave it up people ask him ) ) i yi H Canpiwate—And what's more, fellow citizens, I hereby pledge m’self to stop all Hi drinking—in this, our glorious state! hs Avpience—Bravo!—it's "bout time you quit! ‘| 8 "i comicbooks.com