Captain Billy's Whiz Bang #3 — page 58: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is the opening of an article in *Whiz Bang*, a satirical magazine. The text criticizes a Minneapolis apartment building raid where police caught a man involved in illegal activities (the "hydrant head of teetotalism" appears to be sarcasm—possibly referring to prohibition-era violations). Captain Bill uses this as a springboard to satirize urban apartment living, claiming such buildings commonly harbor prostitutes and "kept women." He mocks the anonymity of city life, suggesting pilots and other professionals enable immoral conditions by enabling vice to flourish unchecked in apartment buildings. The article launches into commentary about the flu epidemic, though that section is cut off here. The satire targets both urban vice and those who enable it through indifference.