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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
5
The article explains how icebergs form from Greenland glaciers and drift southward via Arctic currents. It details glacier dynamics, regelation, and the vast sizes of bergs, noting their potential to threaten ships though late-season danger is limited.
A tale describes the California wood rat or trade rat stealing a paste pot from the Silver Queen mine and replacing it with junk. It also recounts a mock tragedy of Jack Browne faking a West Africa deployment to escape debts, only to learn his aunt died and the legal twist ruins his plans.
The czar is below medium height yet an athlete who outdistances the average man in walks. Pedestrianism is his preferred exercise and he can go miles without rest though he now rambles less. He fears no death but avoids unnecessary risks, and tales of daily fear are dismissed as untrue. Nicholas II is a fair car who visited a boat house and hired a rower, and he cycles. He dislikes pomp and would relinquish the throne if free to choose.
A husband accompanies his wife to order a suit from a merchant tailor. They argue over material and tailoring. The wife loses her temper and says she will not wear the clothes, while the husband remarks she will wear the coat and vest.
Mr J D Rockefeller reputed wealthiest man, seen playing golf near Paris at Compiègne. He golfed for health and pleasure, while a French caddy extends a hand for the ball, evoking Murillo beggar boys and a medieval monk in Rockefeller's austere attire.
Naval officers enforce varied penalties beyond regulations. Sailors face deck belting with hammocks, spitting restrictions, or wearing a ridiculed belt. Humiliating devices like a spitting bucket or a spitt kid deter offenses. other punishments include back and forth deck walking with a heavy six inch projectile and forced continuous laughter under the captain's gaze.
Paris reports the guillotine is retired as executions end after the death penalty’s abolition. Land value near Roquette prison prompted removal, with no public executions since the prison’s destruction. Details note the late executioner Deibler’s earnings and perquisites, and odd uses of the former yard and related possessions.
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