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Newspaper

Daily Star

Location

Marion, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 13, 1877

Page

5

Execution by Ax At Prison Described In Detail

A prisoner identified as Wesker awakens to learn his petition is denied and must die. The scene unfolds with attendants, a priest, and guards as the ax falls, ending a tense, orderly exit from the cell to the execution plank. The account notes the timing from dawn to death and the gruesome final act.

Jean Welker M. Roch Welker Ehood Jacob Wesker Crozes Roch Bilboir

A Numerical Curiosity From An Old Arithmetic Rule

An archived snippet explains a multiplication trick using times five and halving remainders. It demonstrates 464 times five equals 2320, dividing sine by two yields 232, and adding zero if no remainder. The text then covers multiplying 859 by five gives 4295 and dividing by two with a remainder producing 1795, noting adding a five at line end for the final result.

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