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The wars & local soldiers, 1890

6 stories in New England's papers

The Little Soldier

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 February 1890 · page 1

I. 'When I'm big I'll be a soldier, That's what I will be; Fight for father, fight for mother…

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The War of the Future

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 July 1890 · page 3

THE speech of Von Moltke on the proposed Bill for adding eighteen thousand men to the German Army was one of those serious--we may even say ominous--utterances which all nations…

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A Twilight Song. for Unknown Buried Soldiers, North and South

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 August 1890 · page 1

As I sit in twilight, late, alone, by the flickering oak-flame, Musing on long-lost war scenes--of the countless buried unknown soldiers,…

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War in the Future

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1890 · page 1

In the August number of the Fortnightly Review Colonel W. W. Knollys writes an article upon 'War in the Future,' which he expects will be more destructive than in the…

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Man Overboard. How He is Picked up by a Man-of-War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 October 1890 · page 1

When the cry 'Man overboard !' is heard on board a man-of-war it acts upon the ship's Company with an instant pressure as does the beat to quarters. Every man has a place…

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The Wreck of a British War Vessel. Two Hundred and Forty-seven Lives Lost

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 December 1890 · page 4

LONDON, November 12.--The British torpedo cruiser Serpent has foundered off the coast of Spain. The Serpent was a twin screw vessel of 1770 tons, and carried six guns. She was lost…

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