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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1888
Page
8
Trustees clerks treasurers and constables must maintain full record sets including trustee road poor and general township records plus clerk warrant books civil and criminal dockets and blanks. Road overseers require acts books and multiple blanks. Payments due from township funds.
A sweeping survey traces capital punishment from torture and burning to the guillotine, garrote, gallows, and electric chair. The piece recalls public executions, contrasts swift death by electricity with older brutal methods, and notes the moral and practical aims of humane, modern methods. It includes vivid, albeit dated, depictions of execution scenes and reflects 19th century attitudes toward punishment.
A 19th century style reflection traces how knowledge of the heavens expanded from the 1600s to the 1800s and beyond. It notes the solar system grew from seven planets and several satellites to a vast, complex cosmos with hundreds of bodies, comets, meteoroids, and planetary motions, emphasizing the mystery and ongoing inquiry shaping astronomy.
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