Antique Clippings

Antique humor and clippings, randomly discovered ephemera and interesting things! A lot of the things here are from before 1950, maybe way before. There will be things not politically correct today, ethnic humor, and enemies called names. The past is very messy.

Showing posts with label punishment. Show all posts

Showing posts with label punishment. Show all posts

Friday, May 16, 2008

Sins of Alexander III

1895 In his zeal to stamp out disaffection Alexander III reintroduced the knout, discontinued in a previous reign, and practically abolished...

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Saved by a Cat

1900 Sir Edward Osborne, Lord Mayor of London in his time, bought an ancient house in Yorkshire, and sent his wife and children thither. The...

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Advantages of the Spanking Machine

1905 "I see," said the mother of five, "that out in Peoria, Ill., they've invented a machine for spanking children. She c...

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Pilloried and Flogged, Some of the Gruesome Details

1878 Pilloried and Flogged A recent dispatch from Wilmington, Delaware, says: This morning, at a few minutes past ten o'clock, in a cold...

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