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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1911
Page
2
Winston Churchill framed London's solitude during a David's day guest night at the Trocadero. A ship captain recalls a salt water sailor who pretended to know everything, narrating a foggy lake lead prank on Superior. The piece blends urban fin de siècle mood with sea lore and public banter.
Albingia customs mouthpiece complains of Port au Prince and other island cities being in a six week crisis Terrible conditions prevail with a city population of about 90 000 He notes noise filth and stray pigs The account mentions hurried trials and victims buried unsafely Soldiers underpaid and foraging Drilling by a general and sale of a sword for a dollar.
Wage rates in US dollars held in Shanghai district range from 15 to 75 cents hourly for machinists and masons, with carpenters at 25 cents and laborers at 20. Local foods cost per pound include fresh pork 15 cents, pork 10, ham 20, flour 24, sugar 4, tea 16, rice 3. Native fabrics vary by type from 6 to 25 cents per yard, with cloth shoes around 40 cents a pair.
Mrs. Lucy Chase Glover of Rutherford argues that colonial women faced similar to today’s lifecosts and family burdens. She notes that lighting fires and preparing wood were hard tasks, yet mothers with large families endured more stress but kept temper about the same as modern women.
A quirky exchange shows a student humorously claiming credit for writing a very large ebook. The college crowd jokes about the extent of their literary output, highlighting the playful banter around authorship.
Edison tried to build a fool-proof storage battery but failed to anticipate all misuse methods. Scientific American notes a discussion by the West of Scotland branch of the Association of Mining Electrical Engineers. One speaker argued against making devices fool-proof, proposing education over prevention of user error.
Jack London lauds industry at a New York publishers dinner while contrasting the hopeful bottom rung worker with Lawson who is praised for diligence yet punished with a single month’s pay. The tale portrays harsh business realities and sharp employer satire.
The passage notes a 13 year population rise of 33 million in the empire, surpassing the United States' twenty year gain by 3.008 million. The 1909 census lists 160.1 million in the empire including Siberia, with 116.5 million in European Russia, and cites notable cultural progress.
American and German American schoolteachers will travel abroad next summer in large numbers with 300 reservations already made on steamers. The trips will be conducted under the auspices of the National German American Teachers' association.
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