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New England · The wars & local soldiers

The wars & local soldiers, 1903

115 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 6

Mutiny on the High Seas. Second Officer Shot Dead. the Captain Badly Wounded

The Inverell Times · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 4

The story of the mutiny on the ship Leicester Castle on her homeward voyage from San Francisco reached Sydney on Tuesday, and forms one of the…

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Women In War

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 2

Fighting women are no novelty, either in the pages of the mythological legend or In the stiring volumes of history, for they have existed from time…

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The Sacred Armchair. Story of a Soldier's Return

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 7

Captain Carus Bentley of the Eleventh artillery regulars limped down the gangway from the transport and stepped on pier 19 with the vague…

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Women in War

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 6

Fighting women are no novelty, either in the pages of the mythological legent or in the [?] volumes of history, for they have existed from time…

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A Morning --in the LIFE of a-- Soldier's Sweetheart (Copyright.)

The Inverell Times · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 2

A glorious April morning. The sun shone brightly on the rain drops that glittered like diamonds on the tiny blades of grass, which were…

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Cablegrams [Reuter's Service.—copyright.] The War Reservists. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 5

The Canadian Government is sending a mission to England to induce the war reservists to settle in Canada…

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The Samoan War. Cardinal Moran's Deolara Tion. Sydney

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 2

CARDINAL MORAN, speaking at Waverley yesterday, referred to the Samonn war and its causes. He declared that the [?] perp[?]ted at the war lost the Empire…

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The Soldier in Battle

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 2

Mr. Milne has written a very touching analysis of the soldier's temperament in his "Epistles of Atkins." (Fisher Unwin). This is…

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A Morning —in the LIFE of a—Soldier's Sweetheart. by Elinore Perkins Davis

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 2

A glorious April morning. The sun shone brightly on the rain drops that glittered like diamonds on the tiny blades of grass, which were…

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Miscellaneous News. We Are Ready for War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 1

MR. BRODRICK, speaking at Dewbury lately, said our army was never so strong as at the present time. The cavalry were 6000 men above strength, and the artillery, of…

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Soldiers' Memorial

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1903 · page 2

THE contractor (Mr. Thomas Brown, of West Maitland) has commenced operations in regard to the erection of the memorial lamp at the intersection of Grey and Meade Streets. It is expected…

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Occasional Notes. War Notes

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 2

FRIENDS,--There's a flavor of war in the atmosphere--here and abroad. Here, the political forces are getting into line and preparing to take a fall out of each other. The women are polishing their…

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Local and General News. Soldiers' Memorial

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 2

THIS unique testimony of the patriotism of the district is nearly finished in Grey and Meade Streets, and is a decided ornament, being of granite, freestone, and marble,…

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A Prisoner of War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 7

A SOLDIER, who fought in the American Civil War, keeps at home a handsome uniform of a confederate officer which was never worn…

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War Items

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 5

A frost seat—The seat of war. An English general is, so to My, giving the Boers " some lessons in French." It appears that the Boers are paying the…

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After the War

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 2

A correspondent in Cape Colony writes thus to the "Witness": "We hope and pray that it will be [?] in this colony than [?]…

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New Cables. London, Thursday. War Clouds. Uneasiness in Europe

The Inverell Times · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 5

Great uneasiness is felt at Vienna, and it is hoped that Austria aud Russia will take energetic steps to stem the danger in the Balkans. Martial law…

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Real Soldiers

The Inverell Times · Saturday 14 February 1903 · page 7

A provincial theatrical manager, during the rehearsal of a military drama, entered the theatre one day and saw his siage-manager directing the " supers "…

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War Note

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

WAR'S alarms ! They, are ringing in our ears from day to day with no uncertain sound. The vexed Eastern…

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Franco-German War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

THE treaty of peace between Germany and France was concluded at Versailles, the preliminary conditions being signed by the high…

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