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The wars & local soldiers, 1898

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The New War Cloud. the United States v. SPAIN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 March 1898 · page 4

The sympathy felt in the United States with the people of Cuba against the grinding and oppressive yoko of Spain can be well under-stood in England and Australia, as they all…

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A Concealed War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 4

MR. FREDERICK GREENWOOD writes a suggestive article in the February Nineteenth Century His point is that the Continental nations are preparing to wage, are in fact already waging,…

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A War Premium

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 3

Lloyd'a quotes 5 per cont. war premiums on [?]travelling between Manila and London…

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America and Spain. War Imminent. London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 3

OWING to the menacing situation between Spain and the United States, Spanish stocks are falling. Lloyds' underwriters quote 5s per…

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America and Spain. War Preparations in America. The President Being Urged to Strike. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 29 March 1898 · page 2

THE report of the committee of inquiry as to the cause of the disaster to the Maine has been received in Washington and is being considered…

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War Premiums

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 5

Many London houses charge five shillings per cent. war premiums…

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War Clouds

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 2

MANY times since the memorable days of the Jamison raid and the Venezuela incident, war clouds have appeared on the horizon of the British empire, only to disappear. They are…

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The British Lion Challenged to War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 30 March 1898 · page 3

Ah ! a young Lochinvar went out to the East, For Treaties and British he care I not the least: He shook a mailed fist, his eye it reached far "Oh John Bull he must fight if I go to war."…

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The War Cloud

The Scone Advocate · Friday 1 April 1898 · page 4

THE following letter, signed " One of Them," from a Scone resident, appeared in n recent issue of the Star:— "Sir.—Will you kindly permit me to…

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War Clouds

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 4

MANY times since the memorable days of the Jamison raid and the Venezuela incident, war clouds have appeared on the horizon of the British empire, only to disappear. They are…

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N. S. Wales Soldier Promoted. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 2 April 1898 · page 2

Lieutenant George Wall, of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the New South Wales Defence Force, and who has been serving for a month with the…

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Probable War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1898 · page 2

A FORECAST of the message of the President of the United States to Congress has been published. If the contents of the document really are, as is stated, that the United States…

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Spain and America War Practically Declared Preparations for War. Wildest Excitement in America. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1898 · page 3

RECTER's correspondent in Madrid reports that the Spanish Minister of the lntcrior, states that as a result of a suggestion by the United States…

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Spain and America. Preparations for War

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 April 1898 · page 2

PRAYERS were offered on Sunday in the churches throughout Madrid for the success of spain in the event of war being declared with America…

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Probable War

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 4

A FORECAST of the message of the President of the United States to Congress was this week published. If the contents of the document really are, as is stated, that the United States…

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The War Scare. Terms of Peace Being Arranged The Trouble Fizzling Out. [BY cABLE.] LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1898 · page 3

THE latest advices from Madrid respecting the difficulty between Spain and the United States over the Cuban question is more reassuning. It is…

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The Soudan War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 11 April 1898 · page 2

A CABLE message elsewhere supplies par-ticulars of the engagement which the Dervish Commander-in-chief has for some time evaded. It has ended in the utter rout of the Dervish…

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Shooting Sensation. Young Man Wounded in the Thigh [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 2

THERE was a sensation at Leichhardt this morning, when it became known that a young man named Gray had been shot in the thigh the previous…

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Latest Cable News. London, Monday. Provision Against an American-spanish War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1898 · page 5

The Leinster Regiment has been ordered to Jamaica, to prevent the belligernets from it as a base or operations. There are complaints that there are no British…

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War. War

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 13 April 1898 · page 2

War has been declared between Bile Beans and disease all over the world. Weak and sickly women need fear but little an invasion of the dread monster sickness. A home fortified with a [?] box…

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