Mechanical Soldiers
A Danish engineer has invented an automatic soldier, which he claims will do away with most of the dangers of war for the army employing his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1914
78 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 1 of 4
French Twin Soldiers
Twin brothers who have been called up for service in a Paris regiment are so alike that it is impossible to distinguish between them. The other day…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Canoe As Wool Carrier
"Times change and we with time" might be writ as a motto on what is surely one of the remarkable vessels of the world, and once the doughty…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ready for War
In the Julius Tower of Spandau, Prussian fortress eight miles from Berlin, a vast quantity of specie and £6,000,000 in gold are stored and held…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fireworks in War
They do sot celebrate Guy Fawkes' Day in the Army, but it is probable that the next big war will provide a pyrotechnic display second to none…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Laughed at Soldiers. Young German Arrested
An echo of the Zubern court-martial dictum, that a civilian may not laugh at a soldier, was heard at Strasburg, when a young man was arrested by soldiers for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The American War with Mexico
Presiden Huerta has issued a proclamation forbidding commerce with the United States. He announces that all cargoes from the United States will be confiseated on arrival…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →What War Means
What shall we say of the Balkan atrocities? (asks Professor Starr Jordan). Are they in fact unheard of, "inoui," as affirmed by the Congress at The Hague, or are they just part…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cost of War. World-wide Losses. the Slowing Down of Trade
What shall we say of the "Slowing Down of Trade" in America? asks Professor Starr Jordan. What of the "Slowing Down of Trade" In Europe? Don't believe that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl with the Bulgars. Shot in the Trenches. Geim Relics of Adventures. War-infested Land
To know the grim terrors of war falls to the lot of few of our women. There is one English lady at least who can claim to be the exception, and she is Miss Jessica…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Mexican War
The Peace Conference has arranged so trasfer executive power in Mexico from Huerta to a provisional President acting with four Cabinet Ministers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death-ride of Soldier. Awful Fate on Way Home. After Absence Abroad
Impatient to see his parents from whom he had been so long exiled, and full of delighted expectation at the prospect of a happy reunion, James Duncan, aged 29, a soldier on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ernest Vizetelly. War Correspondent's Life
"In a book which deals with the 'People's War' in France after the defeat at Sedan, and the downfall of the Second Empire, Mr. Alfred Ernest Vizetelly relates some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →If Ireland had Civil War
The "Review of Reviews" quotes from the "Irish Homestead," a nonparty organ of the co operative movement in Ireland, which has always…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman's Career As a Soldier
"Albert Cashier," an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Quincy, Illinois, who had been masquerading as a man for sixty years, and who served as a soldier…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in Europe. Austria Against (Sydney Morning "Herald" Cables.)
Austria has formally declared war on Servia. It is positively stated that Russia will enter the field the moment Austria crosses…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Latest War News
It is officially announced that Britain and Germany are at war. In a Royal message received by the Governor General it is stated that the king has been reluctantly compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War in Europe
Following the announcement of war between Austria and Servian, Russia at once about a scheme of mobilisation, which [?]any ordered to be discontinued…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The European War. Thursday, August 6th
The French fleet at Algiers have captured the German cruiser'S Goeben and Breslau, and have sunk the Panther cruiser that bombarded Bona. The Deliver was captured by the British fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Grant Us Peace O God." a United Service of Intercession for the Cessation of War
On Sunday afternoon (August 9, 1914,) this vastly important gathering of Citizens was held in the Macarthur Park, Camden. The Rev. H. A. C. Rowsell, the acting Rector…
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