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Broken Hill & the Far West · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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The Prevention of War. London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 4

The International Syndicalist Congress met in London yesterday. Mr. Torn Mann presiding. A feature of the congress will be a discussion on…

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Druc-crazed Necroes. Run Amok and Kill. Seven Dead Twenty Wounded the Murderers Lynched. [Reuter's Message.] Harrison (Missouri)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 30 September 1913 · page 2

Two drug[?]d negroes ran amok here yesterday and shot dead three white men, three negroes, and one negress and wounded 20 others…

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In Time of War. Payment of Policies for Loss Sustained. [Reuter's Mesaage.] Madrid

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 October 1913 · page 4

The International [?]w Association Conference has discussed the effect of war on private contracts, and an interesting point was raised on Sir Edward…

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A Determined Duellist. Fights on Though Severely Wounded. [Reuter's Message.] Paris

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 October 1913 · page 4

M. Dorcieres a journalist, in exposing in "Le Matin" the drug habit of the French navy, attacked certain officers, and M. Rapue, formerly an army…

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War on Sparrows. Tennis Racouets As Weapons

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 October 1913 · page 1

Lawn tennis re[?] are the weapons [?] at [?] ([?]) to exter[?][?] sparrows. In the evening two members of the local club, carriying…

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At the Close of the War. a Vivid Picture

Western Grazier · Saturday 11 October 1913 · page 4

We had come to the end of May, when the even of the whole American continent turned towards Richmond. On the 31st Johnston assaulted the…

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His [?]Iment's [?]. Story of a Sunstruck Soldier

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 October 1913 · page 7

It was not the fault of Private Patrick Crick (says the London "Daily Telegraph") that fortune gave him only a humble opportunity the other…

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Troop Train Smasned. Twenty Soldiers Killed, 100 INJURED. [Reuter's Message.] Meridan (Miss)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 October 1913 · page 2

Twenty soldiers were killed and 100 injured to-day through a special troop train crashing through a trestlebridge on the Mobile—Ohio railway. It is…

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The Mexican Civil War. Mexico City

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 October 1913 · page 8

The revolutionists have massacred the entire population of the village of Cherau Atzi[?], in the State of Michoasen. The villagers defended…

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A Strikers' War. Machine Guns in Action. Like Actual Warfare. [Reuter's Message.] Trinidad (Colorado)

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 October 1913 · page 2

The strike war throughout the district is still proceeding despite the authorities' activity. The strikers stopped a train near Walsonburg and…

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Troubled Mexico. United States Ultimatum. May Lead to War. [Reuter's Messages.] Mexico City

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 4

An ultimatum has been, received from Washington ordering General Huerta to resign the Presidency immediately, and not to allow General Blauquot to…

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Riots in Wellington. a Battle in the Streets. Crowd Attacks Mounted Specials. Sixteen Troopers Wounded. Specials Charge the Mob. Use Their Batons Freely. Sickening Damage Done. Wellington (N.Z.)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 2

The strike situation is unchanged, except that every day brings nearer that now seems inevitable, namely, the re-opening of the ports of the…

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Strike War Resumed. Denver (Colorado)

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 November 1913 · page 4

The strike war has been resumed, and fights, assaults, and dynamitings are of frequent occurrences. Five nonunionists have been killed and four…

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On the Verge of War. Mexico City

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 4

A conference took place yesterday between Mr. Lind, Hie American special envoy, and the British Minister regarding the situation in Mexico…

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Mexican Crisis. War Fever Increasing. Rebel Leaper Gaining Headway. [Reuter's Message.] Vera Cruz

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 November 1913 · page 4

There has been a great increases in the war fever here since the American battleship Rhode Island anchored inside, the harbor commanding the…

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"War Cry" Christmas Number

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 November 1913 · page 5

The Salvation Army's official organ. "The War Cry," has issued its Christmas number, and it is in every way a most creditable production. The…

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Cheek Atrocities. Bulgarian Soldiers Killed. [Reuter's Message.] Sofia

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 November 1913 · page 2

It has been semi-officially announced that the Greeks at Salonkia embarked 80 Bulgarian soldiers on a steamship bound for the Island of Pelops, on the…

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Battle with River Pirates. Number of Detectives Wounded. Surrender of the Thieves. [Reuter's Message.] New York

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 6

An extraordinary bettle took place to-day between the detectives and a gang of river pirates under the Brooklyn Bridge…

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Now They Brought the News. Journalists and the Turkish War. an Australian's Story

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 November 1913 · page 3

Mr. M. H. Donohue, the journalist whose brilliant dispatches during the Balkan campaign gained him worldwide renown, and who, with Mr…

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United States and Japan No Fear of War. Only an Idle Dream. [Reuter's Message.] Washington

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 November 1913 · page 2

Mr. Taft, addressing the National Geographical Society to-day, asserted that the Japanese Government had faithfully upheld its treaties and kept…

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