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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 11, 1911
Page
3
Philippa negotiates social pressure at Lady Glentworth's New Year shoot as Eleanor presses for high profile guests. Mallinsons from South Africa and a Grand Duke stir etiquette tensions while a supposed aunt’s engagement complicates attendance.
The obituary notes the death of Judge Embden of Lambeth County Court at Crowborough Sussex. Born 1849, he trained at Canterbury and Paris, became a barrister in 1880, and served as Registrar under the Companies Winding-up Acts before his Lambeth judgeship beginning in 1894. Renowned for swift rulings he detested delay and boasted no case carried over. He enjoyed motoring golf and legal reform writing, and survived a motorway collision two years earlier.
An English observer in Boston compares prices in the United States and Britain noting higher costs for clothing and meals, higher street fares, and rising living expenses. He cites examples from New York restaurants and shops, discusses tariff debates, and highlights wage versus price growth concerns.
An OCR fragment presents a tense exchange about a father’s fate. A character recalls past events and a girl’s reaction to a loss, suggesting unresolved guilt and impending consequence. The text is partial and lacks clear names or locations.
The Monte Carlo gambling halls expand with a new grand room and strict dress code promising exclusivity. Analysts note the shift away from old serious gaming toward a spectacle of wealth with risks of rising losses and broader spectator appeal.
Reports from Pekin and St. Petersburg describe the black death sweeping major northern Chinese cities and Amur river towns. Doctors like Dr. Jackson die amid crowded infections while frontier measures close borders. Russia halts Siberian traffic and Japan notes Tsingtau isolation efforts as total deaths in Manchuria reach about 25,000.
Mrs Roberta Menges once dubbed Pearl of Coney Island received three days in Tambs Prison for smuggling finery including a sable coat worth about two thousand pounds. She is the first woman jailed for this offence by Customs authorities after passing them at the border. The 24 year old, twice divorced, was fined 400 and sent to prison following a quarrel with her maid that led to police testimony. She will be released tomorrow morning, reported with her condition described as hysteria and the prison allowing her physician.
The Swiss census shows a German majority with over £59,000 speakers, 794,080 French speakers, and 901,000 Italian speakers. French is rising in western cantons, Italian increasing in Valois, and 35,000 foreigners were counted. A Zug village notes 508 residents share a surname amid language diversity causing confusion.
A vivid portrait of East Street near Walworth Road describes a crowded congested market scene. Vendors hawk cheap goods from fruit to clothing while passersby negotiate in a frantic, hopeful mood amid poverty and crowded storefronts.
M Paul Bourget discusses Theophile Gautier as a struggling journalist. Gautier, an art critic and dramatic critic for La Presse, faced heavy work and low earnings, averaging about £30 a year. He adopted a cynical literary posture and famously rejected so called masterpieces for mere copy at set rates.
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