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Shows & fairs, 1901

284 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 15

If Women Went to War the Fair Soldiers Who Might Commend

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 14 December 1901 · page 3

Women do not nowadays go to war, but there are many noted women in the world today who are nominally soldiers. Military enthusiasm is very marked in the German…

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Educational Exhibition, Dominican Convent

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 December 1901 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon at 4.30 an assembly of invited guests met in the Concert Hall of the Dominican Convent, Albert-street, to witness an exhibition of the musical and literary attainments of the pupils of…

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The Lost Lady. Chapter Xvi. As Good As She Is Fair

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 December 1901 · page 4

Goodness outweighs beauty, As gold weighs down drops. Before many minutes had passed, the master of Haddon knew the whole story of the Charltons of…

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A Marvellous Puppet-show. Dolls Worked by Electricity Perform Stage Plays

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 December 1901 · page 3

The average child, girl or boy, would find the Paris Exhibition to his or her taste. A thrilling ride of 1,000 feet up in the air to the top of the Eiffel tower, or even the less…

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