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Newspaper
Big Timber Pioneer
Location
Big Timber, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1916
Page
6
The American Magazine recounts Ray Stannard Baker’s note on Japanese classrooms in Hawaii using colored moral instruction pictures. It contrasts with the U.S. approach where religious teaching is barred, leaving moral formation to incidental school work and many children with hazy notions of right and wrong.
The bar committee at Shanghai asked whether a lawyer should defend a prisoner who privately confessed to murder. The London Globe reports Sir Edward Carson and Sir Robert Finlay approved a reply: if the confession occurs before proceedings start it is undesirable for the advocate to defend, but if after or if withdrawal wounds the accused, counsel should protect the client as far as possible. A confession does not bar continued representation nor relieve the lawyer of his duty to act honorably.
Fire units respond to a stiff alarm from QuinCy court in the north end where Ladder 1 and Acting Chief Hines found a baby suffering convulsions due to the whooping cough and an excited mother had summoned the fire department.
A nineteen year old Leavenworth girl and a Leavenworth boy wed in everyday clothes and her first call to her mother revealed the news. The mother’s initial surprised question was about the dress, followed by blessing for the couple.
Popular Mechanics notes a Portland group of six musicians missing a right arm or hand and a seventh with only a right hand. The ensemble uses piano violin cello cornet trombone mandolin and drums and attracts many dance crowds. A second item reports a giant eel trapped in a lamp chimney in Kiamesha Lake.
A House member criticizes Washington snobbery in the capital as he recalls his boy’s remark about renters. He notes clubs bar tradesmen and signs warn “Tradesmen to Rear Entrance,” highlighting class prejudice in the democratic capital.
Roman London lies about eighteen feet below Cheapside level with tessellated pavements tombs lamps coins statues and ornaments unearthed across the city. Deep sewer work in Lombard Street revealed the lowest layer of pavements and ashes from burned buildings. The Exchange construction uncovered a gravel pit of oyster shells bones sandals and pottery. Threadneedle Street and other sites yielded additional pavements as the soil supposedly rose a century per decade. The search aims to reach the earlier Briton London beneath Roman remains.
A somber man with long hair and rubber rimmed glasses passed through a Lambs club gathering at Cain's storehouse in New York. Hlap Ward identified the passer as a playwright who produced three notable failures last season. Cain's favorite author drew curious attention.
The evening paper reduced staff to save money, firing a special writer and two reporters while many workers worry. One art department man remains confident, joking that cuts cannot hit the art desk because many subscribers cannot read.
Estimates indicate the Cuban sugar crop of 1915-16 will reach record exports. One hundred eighty eight centrals have begun grinding compared with 176 last season. The crop is praised for quality with cool weather ripening it and improving saccharine content.
Fifty years ago London had low rents among great capitals. Now it ranks among the highest with Bond Street the dearest street globally. A Bond Street shop with basement rents $6 000 to $7 500 yearly, Regent Street shops cost more due to larger size.
The piece contrasts urban and rural methods of selecting a spouse. Town maidens value a well dressed appearance and fashion signals, while country girls rely on occult signs such as water in a bucket and broken egg throws near a friend for bridegroom visions. An annual rite at Christmas Eve invites a girl to meet the first man she encounters and exchange gifts as a betrothal omen.
Mr. Mackenzie MacBride argues Cockney is not a modern corruption but an ancient English dialect tracing back nearly a thousand years. He notes traditional pronunciations like thet benk and byliff survive in London Kent and Surrey. He urges Londoners to embrace the speech despite critics, noting its persistence in the Bahama islands as well.
A New Republic critic lauds Natsume Soseki's I Am a Cat as a humorous relief to grim history. The nameless feline narrator observes a absent minded professor, a brusque student, and the Tokyo gutter baptism, ending with the cat's death like a Socrates.
A Manchester Guardian report notes a country woman attempted to ascend the descending side of the Embankment station moving staircase. After two bold tries she reached the top and quipped that the old lift is better than the new contraption.
Mrs Louise Hogan writes that a mother will plan and visit kindergarten shops toy shows and places where constructive materials are shown She will select materials suited to her experience and work out plans tailored to her child development in Good fat?ackkeeping.
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