A War Stamp
War is responsible for some strange developments, as we ("S.M. Herald") see from the news published in our columns that Spain, as a result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New England · The wars & local soldiers
The wars & local soldiers, 1899
257 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 13
Correspondence. the Recent Tug-of-war, More Plain Speaking. a Challenge. [To the Editor.]
Sin,—The Black Mountain teams do not feel inclined to yield, without a protest, all the credit claimed for the Armidale team by their captain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest Engine of War
THE New York correspondent of the London MAIL telegraphs details of Nicolo Tesla's electrical machine for destroying warships. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Preparations. Tolstoi's Advice to Russia
An interview has taken piece between the Czar end Connt Lyoff Tolstoi, the eminent Russian litteratenr, by command of the Caar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strength or Skill? Sampson Pulls Seven Men. Another Tug-of-war Arranged
Five thousand people attended the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Saturday night, end witnessed an electric-lighted arena below them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War in Samoa. a Serious Rising. Victory for Mataafa After a Short Engagement
News has been received by steamer of a serious rising at Samoa. It appers that Chief Justice W. L. Chambers has decided that Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swedish Soldiers
The Swedish Government proposes to carry out an experimental mobilisation of the Army…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War Indemnities
THE practice of exacting money from a conquered foe is, in its present form, somewhat modern. In ancient times the victor despoiled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Waste of War
IN our resentment at the attempt of a foreign power to take from us that which belonged to us before its existence, probably, was known to that…
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It in officially stated in Madrid that eighty thousand Spanish soldiers died during the Cuban war chiefly from disease…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tug-of-War. Challenge Accepted
In reference to the challenge from Wm. Youman, secretary of the Black Mountain tug-of-war team, which appeared in your issue of 18 th January, on behalf of the…
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IN the interests of efficiency, it is hoped that the whole of the volunteer regiments will soon be following the excellent example set by the Australian. Rifles. Instead of the goose-step, with variation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Romance of the Cuban War
It was breakfast time at Avondale, and Gen. Higgerson, for the fifth time, wondered what kept his daughter as be fidgeted with his paper and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cablegrams London, Monday. War. Americans and Filippinos
Hostilities have broken out in the Philippines. An American sentry fired upon a few Filippinos who disregarded the warning not in approach the out posts. A general attack…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Humorous Side of War
At the battle of Kingston, N. C. the confederate general, N. E. Evans, posted a body of raw re[?] at the crossing of a creek, but the federals poured a severe fire into them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War in West Ward. To-Day's Election. Makin for Reform! A Brilliant Victory Assured That "Opinion" Doomed
To-day the election of one alderman to represent the West Ward in the Municipal Council takes place, and the fight promises to be one ever memorable in the snnals of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War in West Ward. To-day's Election. a Foregone Conclusion, Makin, Walks In. Mugwumpery Annihilated. A Majority of 30
As the doors of the polling booth were leisurely opened at the appointed hour of 8 o'clcok this morning, scarcely a soul in the streets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Philippine War. Bombarbent of Lho Lho
News from Manila states that the Americans bombarded and captured Ilo Ilo, the capital of the Island of Palmy, on the 11th instant, The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Tug-of-war. The "Champions" Back Down. A White Feather Crowd. COCK-A-DOODLE-DON'T
Some few weeks ago, when in the midst of great excitement occasioned by the competition for the Tug-of-War at the local Highland Sports, Thomas Smith, the captain of the…
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