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# The Judge Almanac for February This page is primarily a factual almanac listing historical events for each day in February, rather than political satire. The entries range from scientific inventions (screw propeller, 1838; telephone patents, 1876) to political events (Ohio admitted to Union, 1803; Lincoln's birth, 1809) to cultural moments (first magazine published in America, 1741; Valentine's Day). The small decorative illustrations—cherubs, couples, a man with a plow—are generic period embellishments typical of almanac design, not satirical commentary. While *Judge* magazine was known for sharp political cartooning, this particular page functions as reference material rather than satire, providing readers useful historical context alongside light decorative elements.
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The Judge Almanac for february By Marc Connelly and George S. Kaufman Ist—Screw propellor for steamships invented—by John Ericsson, 1838. Mrs. Hamilton Fish decrees that soup plates should be tipped from the diner, not toward him, 1901. 2nd—Zoos closed in honor of GROUNDHOG DAY, 1938. United States pur- chases Florida for $5,- 000,000, 1819; New Yorker gets room at Palm Beach hotel for half that amount, 1938. Joseph T. Davis, taxi driver, Chicago, IIl,, finds he has change for $5, 1907. tm tied 3rd— Horace Greeley born, 1811. Man living in Hart- man’s Centre, Neb., remembers to buy safety razor blades the day he runs out of them, 1917, 4th—Hinges invented by Cassius J. Hingus, 374 Appian Way, Apt. 1-C, North Rome, 242 B.C. Confederate States of America formed, 1861. Self-leaking fountain pen invented, 1896. 5th—Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, lands in America, 1631. Roger Williams finds Rhode Island, 1639. Five hundred thousandth United Cigar Store robbed, 1924. oth-G) 7th—Long distance telephone opened between New York and Chicago; first conversation begins: “I can hear you just as plainly as though you were in the next room,” 1892. Can of sardines opened with key provided for the purpose, 1911. Aaron Burr born, 1756. Lowney’s Cocoa fails to win Grand Prix at exposition in Quito, Bolivia, 1971. 8th—William Tecumseh Sherman born, 1820; Georgia banks remain open, 1920. Citizen of Valparaiso, Ind., keeps sponge damp in humidor after first week, 1918. Oth—William Henry Harrison, ninth President, born, 1773. amuel Jones Tilden born, 1814. Weather Bureau established Congress; coins phrase “Probably Colder.” 1870. Hat check gitl in New York night club smiles pleasantly when handed dime tip, 1948. 10th—, France cedes Canada to England, 1763; Royal Mounted Police lease it to Jeanette MacDonald and Nel- Student of economics locates trunk store not having special sale, 1912. Enterprising clothing firm begins making vest pockets large enough for vest pocket kodaks, 1946 11th—Daniel Boone born, 1735. Thomas Alva Edison born; completes first day’s sleep in one and a half hours, 1847, In- terpretative dance prologues for motion pictures invented, 1917. 12th—Abraham Lincoln born, 1809. 13th—First magazine in Amer- ica published in -Philadel- phia; Gold Medal Flour takes back page, 1741. Whipped cream first put on bouifion by Elizabeth H. Vantyne, afterwards Mad Bess, 1901. 14th—-ST. VALENTINE’S DAY. Alexander Graham 2 john nela jr Bell patents the telephone, 1876; playwrights’ union gives thanks, 1876-1938, incl. Arizona mitted to Union; an- nual output ot eae postcards showing Grand Canyon increases four million, 1912. 1Sth—fy, Battleship Maine sunk in Havana Harbor, 1898. 192 36 Citizens of Xenia, Ohio, celebrate Better Ink week, 16th—Fort Donelson surrenders to Grant, 1862. Chorus men first wear straw hats and loud ties, 1867. 17th—Ordinary egg laid by Winsted, Conn., hen, 1906. 318th picture magazine published, 1939. 18th. Jefferson Davis becomes Confederate President, 1861. Two good pictures on double feature bill, 1950. 19%th—Ohio admitted to Union, 1803. Edison patents the phonograph ; Watson, the needle, 1878. 20th—Panama Exposition opens in San Francisco, Woman in Harper’s Ferry, W.Va., gives up search for someone to play Mah Jong with, 1930. American newspaper admits :that rival sheet carries more agate lines of advertising, 1922. 21st—3% Washington Monument dedicated; Spalding’s notes increase in baseball business, 1885. United States Steel Corporation incorporated in New J : jersey; Charles M. Schwab predicts era of prosperity, 1928, 22nd—George Washington born, 1732; Good Housekeeping shows how to deco- rate luncheon table with little hatchets, 1918. James Russell Lowell” born, 1819. New York Giants, in training quarters, dis- cover new and phe- nomenal second base- man, 1908-1938, incl. 23rd— First. express company started, 1839; first col- lection at both ends, 1840. Battle of Buena Vista, 1847; Battle of Buena Vista flunks 10,000 high school pupils, 1937. 24th—Japanese apologize profusely for bombing the White House after mistaking it for Chinese hospital, 1940. 25th—Maryland founds first representative government in America (and about the last), 1639. Charles Cotesworth Pinckney born, 1746. The revolver invented; “Didn't know it was loaded” used for first time in newspaper, 1836. 26th—[]_—s- Fifteenth Amendment, giving negro full rights as citizen, adopted, 1869. Negroes still trying to get them, 1938. 27th—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born, 1807; 76 paro- dists of “Hiawatha” retire with independent fortunes, 1888. Citizen of Portsmouth, N.H., actually finds himself with as-many trouser hangers as he has pairs of trousers, 28th—Maryland gives a charter to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, 1827. Total of 27,836,927 persons feel pretty sore at Maryland about it, 1922.” Revolving door supplants elec- tric chair at Sing Sing, 1945. comicbooks.com