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The wars & local soldiers, 1908

134 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 7

A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea

Guyra Argus · Thursday 2 January 1908 · page 2

The Treat in Store for Lovers of a Thrilling and Romantic Narrative of Tender devotion, dramatic situation, valorous adventure,…

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A Holy War

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

The recently proclaimed [?] of [?] has [?] that he in [?] a holy war…

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Gruesome Experience of a Wounded Soldier

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 3

A SOLDIER who served against; the Spaniards in Cuba says;—"Among the terrors of campaigning in Cuba, the 'land-drab' takes honourable rank…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter I.

Guyra Argus · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 2

"Be just in all you say and all you do; Whatever be your birth, you're sure to be A peer of the first magnitude to me." —Dryden…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter I.—Continued

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 2

"Leave me, pray, leave me," he murmured; "the recollection of his affection and goodness is the only solace left me now."…

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Chapter Xxvii. Open War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 2

Ned waited, as it seemed to him a very long time, but at length his patience was rewarded. He heard footsteps on the gravel of the…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Iii. (Continued)

Guyra Argus · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 2

Brief was the repose which diaries Vavasseur, probably for years, and possibly for ever, enjoyed under the roof of his father. At an early hour he left his…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter IV.—Continued

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 2

"To discover the proofs of his father's marriage, or some such sensible project, as if my lawyers, Quibble and Scratchet, could not have saved him the trouble,…

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The Deadly Motor. a Woman Killed. Driver Attempts Suicide. Crowd Restrained by Soldiers

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 8

A fatal motor-car accident had an extraordinary sequel in the Riviera di Cheaia yesterday (wrote the correspondent of the London " Daily…

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For Soldiers' Widows

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 February 1908 · page 7

BY a Royal Warrant recently issued, the period is exteuded from two to seven years, within which the death of a soldier from wounds or injuries…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter V.—(Continued.)

Guyra Argus · Thursday 27 February 1908 · page 2

"I could have told you that, booby," exclaimed the old gentleman, in a tone, of irritation, for the events of the day had greatly excited him…

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Industrial War

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 March 1908 · page 2

ARE we on the eve of a great industrial conflict in New South Wales! The question suggests itself from…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Vii

Guyra Argus · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 2

In the catalogue ye pass for men, As hounds and greyhounds, mongrels, spaniels, curs, Shaughs, water-rugs, and demi-wolves…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter Viii

Guyra Argus · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 2

A mighty mass of brick, and smoke, and skipping, Dirty and dusky; but as wide as eye Could reach; and here and there a sail…

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Empire's Unreadiness for War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 3

ENGLAND is not alone in being unprepared for war. A good many of the Colonies are pretty well as backward, and one day they may find out their…

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Enlistment by Kinemato Graph

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 3

THE enlistments in the United States army have so greatly fallon bellow the [?]verage in the past year that New Methods of recruiting have been adopted. The recruit…

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Boer War Romance

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 7

Lily Whiterose, a smart-looking woman of 39 years, who fell into the hands of the Bradford police recently, has had a wonderful career, if her…

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A Soldier of Fortune. a Tale of the Crimea. Chapter IX.—Continued

Guyra Argus · Thursday 19 March 1908 · page 2

The two gentlemen followed him into the stable, Jack Curlin, the very picture of misery, was sitting on a truss of hay, smoking a short pipe with a most…

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Germany's War Fund. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 5

The German Government refuses to use for the Empire's current necessities, five and a quarter million -pounds kept qs war treasure…

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Enlistment by Cinematograph

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 4

The enlistments in the United States army have so greatly fallen below the average in the past year that now methods of recruiting have been…

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