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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1872

8 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers

Romantic Story of the American War

The Yass Courier · Friday 2 February 1872 · page 4

HENRY DILLON, an ex-Union soldier, proprietor of a newspaper stand at Montgomery and Hudson-streets, Jersey City, on Saturday received a cheque for $500 from the daughter…

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Scenes From the Late War in New ZEALAND.—No. Ix. Escape

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1872 · page 7

OF all the passions that flesh is heir to, there is none more silly, extravagant, or outrageous than anger. Other passions solicit and mislead us; but this one runs away with…

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Scenes From the Late War in New ZEALAND.—No. X. Rosa Hicks's Lover

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1872 · page 7

"HERE they come. Look to yourselves."—The The words uttered by the young settler as he sped down the rugged sides of the gully to rejoin us sounded like a knell to our hearts…

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Scenes From the Late War in New ZEALAND.—No. XI

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 17 February 1872 · page 7

THE day was far advanced when I awoke. My kind host, true to his word, had sent a messenger to Hornsby Dell, with an apology for my absence; also requesting that the…

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Romantic Story of the American War

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 24 February 1872 · page 6

Henry Dillon, an ex-Union soldier, proprietor of a newspaper stand at Mont-gemery and Hudson-streets, Jersey City, on Saturday received a cheque for 500 dols. from…

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The New York Fenians on the War Path

The Yass Courier · Friday 17 May 1872 · page 4

THE New York Herald has the following: -- "It will be seen that the Irish element of our population is at work. No nonsense, no long-winded despatches, no high-sounding…

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Threatened New War

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 June 1872 · page 4

THE Telegraph asserts that the relations between France and Germany are in a very critical condition, and it declares, as “a certain and solemn fact,” that upon the decision…

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The Soldier’s Wife

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 15 June 1872 · page 4

SHE heard the summons to the war; She heard the bugle-note afar; She girt his sword upon his thigh, Without a tear, without a sigh…

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