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The wars & local soldiers, 1918

3,049 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 153

New War Regulation

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 8

A message from London says a new provision of the Defence of the Realm Act has been gazetted. It prohibits any person resident in the United…

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Palestine. Features of the War Theatre

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 6

The country between Jerusalem and the Jordan is so high, and falls so abruptly, and is intersected by so many ravines and wadis that guerilla…

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The War. London, Saturday. Germany and Peace

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 3

Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent says, commenting on the Central Powers' peace reply, the "Rhenischwestfaclische Zeitung," Krupp's organ,…

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America at War. Government Control and Conscription of Labor. Shortage of Fuel

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 4

Government control of coal mines and conscription of labor is predicted in America by the fuel administration. The national shortage of fuel is now…

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Latest War. (Reuter's Telegram). London, Sunday Attack on Railway. In Ypres Neighborhood. Other Raiders Repulsed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 4

Field-Marshal Haig reports:—We repulsed a local attack in the neighborhood of Ypres-Staden railway. We drove off raiders northward of…

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Soldiers' Homes

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 3

It is desired to give the children, during their holidays, some form of entertainment, and this evening will not only give pleasure to the children, but…

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Archbishop Mannix. Soldiers Wise Men and True. Says They Put Australia First

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1918 · page 4

Archbishop Mannix stated yesterday that it was very satisfactory to know that the soldiers by their votes had shown that they were wise men, and…

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Our War Aims

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 6

"The country will go to any length to fight for posterity's security and crush [?]ilitarism. A clear and simple statement of our war aims is necessary. Pre-war…

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China in the War

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 6

"China declared war on Germany and Austria in August. She has already for some time past been sending a large number of laborers to the western front in…

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Guyra War Chest Fund

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 7

Mr. W. B. N. Champ, hon. secretary and treasurer of the above, has received a communication from the Headquarters of the Citizens' War…

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Guyra Red Cross and Women War Workers' Association

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 January 1918 · page 2

The hon. secretary reports as fellows: —Work received during December: Black Mountain Public School, 3 pairs s[?]x and 21 Balaclava…

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Rebuilding Wounded Soldiers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 9

Some at the wonders of physical reconstruction that are being [?] in the treatment of disabled soldiers in France are described by Sir Henry Norman…

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The Boys Come Back. Welcome Home to Private George Lute

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 2

The accommodation at the Public Hall was taxed to its utmost on Monday night last, when Private George Lute, who was severely…

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War Items

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 10

At the Trades Unino Congress in London Mr.[?] warned the Government that a grave food crisis was pending and might [?] out at any moment…

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War Items

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

[?] R. Laurie of Wollomombi returned from the front recently. He enlisted over three years ago from Gluncester where he is now to be…

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Remarkable War Prophecy

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 6

AT one breaking down of a wall in the monastry of live Holy Ghost at Vismar (a city on the island of Gotland in the Baltic) a 200 year-old prophecy which…

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Germany After the War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 9

Dr. August Muller the Socialist Under Secretary of State for German food distribution admits in the "Socialist Monthly" ("Socialistiche…

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Win the War League

Tingha Advocate and North-Western Journal · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 3

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Tingha Win the War League was held in the Public School on Thursday evening of…

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LatestWarNews. [?] London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 4

Telegrams from Petrograd show that German goods are arriving and are lowering the prices. The enemy missions which are replete with…

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Has the War Killed Marriage?

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1918 · page 7

Has the war killed marriage? This seems a foolish sort of conundrum to propound seeing that there have been wars ever since the beginning of the…

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