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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
3
A narrator in Wyand Parish recounts a village wedding day with gossip about guests and etiquette. The tale details the bride Emily Dodds, Barah Dodds, and families in comic misadventure, including attire, gifts, and the chaotic breakfast afterward.
The official taster to the War Office Mr F H Gevinell, a veteran wine and brandy merchant, explains his palate based method for judging brandy. He asserts analysis cannot reveal taste and explains blind tasting, nose first, and timing. His method detects adulteration and origin, and he recounts a wine stock valuation near 115 000 pounds with close agreement to another expert.
The narrator argues experience surpasses theory in matters of pets, recounts how a first Aberdeen terrier transforms his view of animals and humanity, and asserts that a dog makes man feel older than science, with a night by the fire revealing primal bonds. The piece contrasts cruelty and kindness and ends noting the prehistoric bond of man and dog.
Mr Cc B Fry denounced long races at a St George's Harpenden prize distribution. He called Marathon events ridiculous and absurd, urging restraint on 2 to 3 mile races and praising traditional events that build manliness.
A Snow Maiden costume caught fire during a St Patrick's Day celebration at East Ham Town Hall. Miss Lily Lewington, a local resident, was severely burned on face arms and legs as crowds watched. A spectator tore curtains to wrap the burning dancer. Initial cause linked to a lighted match dropped by a smoker.
A Times editorial argues for universal discipline, proposing military drill for unemployed and capable nonworkers to increase productivity. It suggests those with money but no useful work should face similar discipline and a state stance on employment.
A British Museum display of Greek and Roman daily life features an Athenian urn with calcined bones and a mouth coin for Charon the ferryman. The piece discusses burial practices, later adaptations in Christian times, and echoes in rural France where coins or flowers accompany the dead.
A limping man in crutches told Mr Plowden at Marylebone Police Court he was barred from his own home by his wife. Plowden advised him to ring the bell and insist, noting he could reclaim his property if it is in his house and urging focus on the house facts rather than the wife.
A General Federation of Trade Unions report urges consideration of soldier trade training amid fears of partially trained workers entering the labor market. It warns unions may demand probation or exclude partial trainees, aiming to avoid anti-union sentiment while allowing capable veterans to join after proving skill and discipline.
Florence Rooney, daughter of a insurance official, sued Frank Baunders for damages after a broken engagement in Birmin gham. The court heard how Baunders lingered as her suitor, then ended the relationship, and Rooney, once an assistant in a stationers shop, was sent to Halton Asylum after distress over the engagement’s end. The jury awarded her damages of L100.
The Daily Mail reports that 189 million pounds of goods were exported from Colin last year with England taking 70 million, America 47 million, and other nations following. Tobacco trade shows Cuba exporting 30 million pounds while Great Britain took about 105 thousand pounds, yet total tobacco imports and domestic consumption in Britain topped 80 million pounds, averaging over 41b per head of male population. In Maryland the average was over 7 pounds per person.
Prince Henry of Prussia detailed the first public account of a Zeppelin voyage at Kiel. He described the six hour October trip, crew changes midship, and the airship’s sensitivity to trim. He warned dirigibles may not yet serve as regular transport or war machines.
A juror recounts a case where a man walked with a girl to Daytated plans to marry Bell and paid weekly allowances since Christmas. The jury found the girl committed suicide but found no evidence of her state of mind. The foreman urged coroner reprisal for the young man, others opposed noting his limited means.
Ellen Bell a 30 year old laundry maid of Templeton Road Tottenham died in Holloway Prison after a probable suicide by spirits of salt while on remand for an alleged assault. At the inquest her daughter testified of late nights and a confrontation with her lover Ernest Day a nineteen year old pastry cook who asked her to marry rather than return home. The witness described the final scene as Day found her with the bottle in hand and she cried out that she had done it and thanked God.
The article cites Maurice Delafonne on sorcerers who claim to detect thefts by magical means. A village fiasco centers on a wizard who disperses brown powder packets and names suspects, revealing money through clues but sparking disbelief about thaumaturgy and police usefulness.
Frederick Jones, in a Birmingham report, drank heavily, argued with his wife on March 20, allowed a man and woman to take his infant to be cared for while he reconciled with his spouse. He traced false leads to Henley on Arden and New Street, later learned the baby was with a plasterer at Burchley near Birmingham, and recovered the child at Stitch Ivy.
At Marylebone Police Court Italian waiter Joseph Bertholia of Pimns, charged with taking money from offertory boxes at St Mark's Church. He is found guilty on addit ional charges and sentenced to three months hard labor, six months in total across all counts.
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