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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1889
Page
3
A Chambers Journal style account describes Chinese courts at night with bare wooden halls lit by lanterns. It details harsh methods to extract confessions, including kneeling, slaps, bamboo punishments, chaining, and suspensions, all to obtain guilt or innocence before sentencing.
An observer recalls a Persian feast where long haired cats mingled with guests, tails high and manners refined. Cats trotted around the dining space, raptly attentive to every dish, while hosts and officials treated them with notable deference and calm.
A boozy tale recalls Frank Martin once drifting in Alturas Territory with no job or home. After an accident unseated a rock, he found a silver ore vein worth thousands, rising from poverty to wealth. He then married a restaurant waitress and moved across the region, leaving a moral about fortune and luck.
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