#conestogo

[j-lyn]

Conestogo River, St. Jacobs, Ontario.

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"THREE YEARS AND TEN LASHES," Berlin News Record. July 12, 1913. Page 1 & 7. ---- Henry Trupp, of Conestogo came up this morning before His Honor Judge Chisholm for sentence, he having pleaded guilty to having seduced Frieda Wheelin, a girl under the age of fourteen years, contrary to the criminal code.

E. W. Ciement defended the prisoner and in a lengthy address made an able plea for leniency for his client.

Ward H. Bowlby, K.C., Crown Attorney moved for the sentence of the Court.

His Honor in passing sentence, delivered a seathing rebuke to the prisoner for the crime he had committed, telling him he should rather have been her protector than her seducer. "The deed you have committed was a dastardly one. You are selfish, low, base, vile. I could sentence you to life imprisonment and a flogging besides," said His Honor.

"The law abhors such a crime as you have committed, and has made the punishment severe and rightly for what would a community be if such men as you were allowed to run free. I will not sentence you to life but I hope the sentence I am about to impose will not only act as a deterrent but also as a warning for others. The sentence is 'That you he confined in the Provincial Penitentiary for a term of three years and that one month after you go there you receive a flogging of ten stripes."

[Trupp was 30, a mason, and had previously been in the Central Prison for 9 months on a similar charge in 1907. He was convict #F-622 and worked in the masonry department at Kingston Penitentiary. Like many prisoners of his ilk, he was well behaved, never reported, and though lashed, was released early in 1915.]

[babycharlottecanada]

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Merry Christmas! This is a home that surely must house some of Santa’s elves! Just look at this amazing display!! #babycharlottemama #babycharlotte #conestogo #merrychristmas https://www.instagram.com/p/B6hXNnTgntK/?igshid=1sipjaanokwc7

[babycharlottecanada]

Mama needs a break! Time for some retro Christmas specials! #babycharlotte #babycharlottemama #belmontvillage #kitchener #conestogo https://www.instagram.com/p/B6eGzXfgLox/?igshid=4w4sfjv4a7dc

[teddyoutready-blog]

Exploring trails at Conestogo Lake Conservation Area! 🌿 🌱 #Ontario #Conestogo #park #nature #trails #kid #camping #summer #vacation #trail #walking #walkingtrail #green #trees #grass #explorer #conservation #conservationarea #Canada (at Conestogo Lake Conservation Area) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz52CCNn7HZ/?igshid=g2rjq728it9l

[lauragaederusswurm]

There are so many photos of Laura and her family and friends on or around a single car bridge that I always assumed would be long gone.  

But it seems Mom’s bridge is still there where Glasgow Street crosses the Conestogo River in her home town, Conestogo, Ontario .  Doing a little online research I discover the bridge:

“...is among the oldest metal truss bridges remaining in Canada. Constructed in 1886 by the Hamilton Bridge Company, which at the time was known as the Hamilton Bridge and Tool Company...”

— Conestogo Bridge, HistoricBridges.org

[stratos-queer]

Country roads #conestogo #ontario (at Conestogo, Ontario)

[lauragaederusswurm]

Laura and her Mom in their back yard.