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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1916
Page
2
A collection of brief wits from the Saint Louis Post Dispatch and others. Jests include a child’s schoolyard line about being the teacher and a quip about a doctor’s prescription. Procrastination is labeled as an expensive form of happiness.
Quoted exhortation on steadfast conviction over popular opinion urges alignment with truth God and humanity. It stresses the value of personal certainty and avoiding drift, noting few people hold deep convictions while many follow impulses.
A reflective adage argues humans err by always seeking more and failing to know when to stop. It emphasizes restraint over insatiable pursuit and warns against unbounded desire despite reasonable gains.
A brief exchange notes a husband’s self belief as his spouse calls him credulous. The quip reflects domestic humor and quick wit.
The city passes Ordinance No. 111 regulating sanitary plumbing. It requires a Big Timber license, a local business, bond of $1,000, and detailed standards for traps vents pipes and drainage. The ordinance sets fees, permits, plan approvals, tests, and penalties with immediate effect from December 4, 1916.
Tales from a Kyoto suburb temple tell of a Buddhist image carved by a renowned priest and believed to grant divine favor. An unseen mage reportedly warned a caretaker during a temple fire, saving the building. Other stories claim the image was stolen but the thief met sudden fate, while dust never gathers on its head.
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