In an earlier postcard story, we met Daisy Pickel who lived in the Susquehanna River town of Safe Harbor, PA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safe_Harbor,_Pennsylvania
Sometime around 1910, Daisy was given a postcard illustrating one of the Ten Commandments.
A large number of these postcard sets were printed, this one is in a stye that I have not seen before now.
Most Protestant children would recite the Ten Commandments in the language of the King James Version, and would have learned, “Thou Shalt Not Kill”.
The Hebrew text is more nearly related to this postcard translation, “Thou Shalt Do No Murder”.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thou_shalt_not_kill
On the face of the postcard, a well-dressed man (still holding a smoking pistol) walks hurriedly from a man lying prostrate on the ground.
The fleeing villain carries a money purse or bag -suggesting that he had violated another commandment related to stealing.
The postcard image has an aura of threat or menace about it.
This well-colored drawing was printed in Germany.
On the reverse, we read that the postcard was given to Daisy by her friend, Ada E. Doesrstler.
We have seen postcards with Biblical themes given as prizes in schools or Sunday Schools, but here the reminder of the Ten Commandments seems to have been shared by a friend.
Like many other postcards belonging to her, Daisy preserved this one in excellent condition.