Printed 109 years ago today in The Seattle Star. Image brightness/contrast and sharpness slightly modified; see the original.
Found on the Library of Congress site.
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"you skin into the house" is a new one for me
Also, that looks less like a switch and more like a fucking cane. Mr. True went easy on this fella
I dunno, a shovel to the back of the head could easily kill someone.
I thought this was an interesting cartoon because Everett isn't objecting to the corporal punishment, but to the hypocrisy of the neighbor.
Back then, hitting your kid with a stick was considered good parenting. Nowadays, hitting your kid is illegal in much of Europe and Latin America.
Really? What came is shorter than someone's legs and ends in a point?
Looks like a whippin' stick to me
You know, "go find me a stick"?
Cane as in, like, bamboo. Not a walking cane