Judge, 1932-01-02 · page 4 of 36
Judge — January 2, 1932 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis This page contains two cartoons and a "Home Town Items" gossip column. The top cartoon depicts a courtroom scene with the caption "And den I plugged him, semicolon—" This appears to satirize criminal defendants' poor grammar or malapropisms during testimony, mocking how uneducated criminals speak in court. The bottom cartoon shows a police officer confronting a small figure with the caption "Beg pardon, sir, but you haven't been putting bridge prizes in the incinerator, have you?" This references a contemporary scandal or concern about disposing of bridge tournament prizes improperly—likely satirizing social pretension around card games and petty theft. The "Home Town Items" section provides small-town gossip about local figures, typical of Judge's humorous small-town commentary popular in early 20th-century American satire.
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JUDGE “And den I plugged him, semicolon——" HOME TOWN ITEMS pleased to report that Uncle Joe Tatum, who down with his back, is able to get out to his mail-box for his circulars. The fire in Shep Tatum’s store “ was very dis- astrous, causi e Chief Hawkins to jump his own king in the midst of the excitement. When folks says that Jimtown hasn't changed a bit in forty years the rm to forget that the old + s Hotel is now the Hotel Skaggs. Chris Lucas claims he is doing some better with his ice fishing. He admits he hasn't exactly ght one yet, hut he's found a couple of minnows that seem interested in his proposition, Young Fergus is in a jam on the marriage question. He spent so much money try to win his girl that he hasn't enough left to marry ora whole year Miss Zella Sipes has kept the Sewing Circle from knowing she was deaf by always answering, “Yes, ain't that scandalous?" Constable Tim Hay had his tonsils removed Friday morning by liquor seized in a recent raid. Tim Foley aims to make a trip to New York as soon as his brother Ryan gets back from Swampbogg with the “Beg pardon, sir, but you haven't been putting valise. bridge prizes in the incinerator, have you?” —Bannie Payye comicbooks.com