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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1913
Page
21
Long discussion contrasts flogging in England and Delaware with abolitionist trends in the United States. The piece notes Judge Fawcett's support for revived flogging for violent crime and white slavery, details Delaware’s history of the post, a pillory, and the modern workhouse location where punishments continue.
A speaker argues Delaware uses the whipping post as a strong deterrent against crime. He cites Wilmington’s rail links and population as factors that curb depredations and addresses violence in domestic cases and even white slave traffic.
A speaker recalls the moment she learned the cruelty of gossip when a man mocked a woman at a wedding. She describes shattered ideals of chivalry, the harm caused to the heard or unnamed, and urges parents to curb gossip by example and vigilant supervision of children’s talk.
A plea argues that landmarks clearly marked for a hit should extend the courtesy of speech to all women. It warns that without such extension the speaker risks degenerating into a common man gossip.
Patrolman John Hannifin marked his 35 years with the Milwaukee police by steering a burglar case toward mercy. A woman admitted five robberies but he urged suspended sentence. she later married, raised four children, and has led an upright life since.
Cedar Point Kansas population 183 has awarded a contract to build an electric light plant in the smallest town in the state. The action signals infrastructure improvement for the small community.
The government buffalo herd at Wichita national forest near Lawton Oklahoma has increased to 48 full blooded bison, 27 males and 21 females, after ten calves were born. The herd, donated in 1907 by the American Bison Society, faced Texas fever tick challenges but has since recovered with no further losses.
A New York paper notes that liquor and tobacco revenues covered about half of the government’s ordinary expenses last year. It cites internal revenue from drink and tobacco totaling 209,478,000 dollars, plus duties on imported wines.
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