Word: lampooned
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Following close upon the suppression of the Lampoon comes the news of the pestal suppression of the "Dial" parody number of the Advocate for alleged obscenity...
...incident started on Friday, April 17, the day the Lampoon was suppressed when two ununiformed policemen approached the Advocate offices, pleading for a copy to investigate. They had been all but baffled when, on receiving complaints, they set out to investigate the matter, only to discover the whole of the first two editions had been sold...
...Lampoon suppressed itself, but the issue was the Movie number and the date was March 9, 1917, the editors of the Lampoon revealed last night. The circumstances surrounding this event were in such direct contrast to the recent events that the editors enjoyed telling of another board's discomfiture...
...president of the Lampoon at the time was a friend of a movie actress, and the trouble arose from that acquaintanceship. The actress was as anxious for publicity as was the president...
...Wottadamshame By me auld mither. I'll ! Ha! Fwhat's this." (Points to picture in Lampoon Reads:) If this be trasin, make the most uv it.. It's trasin enough, by Sint Patrick, an' it's we're the boys to make the most uv it. Away me min! Confisheate the shlanderous rubbish. Don't leave a single copy to pollute the minds uv dacent people...