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The wars & local soldiers, 1913

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Settling Up. the Balkan War. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 January 1913 · page 2

The Turks have agreed to the coasion of all territory lying to the west of Adrianople. They have also agreed to the autonomy of…

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Peace or War. Money May Decide. Turkey's Treasury Empty. Constatinople, Tuesday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 6

The fact that the Treasury is empty is likely to influence the decision of tomorrows meeting of the" Grand ' Council" in favor of pease…

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Three Millions a Year Profit. How an Old Soldier Founded the Firm of J. & P. Coats

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 3

One of the most amazing industrial roman is of modern times is recalled by the recent death of Mr. Archibald Coats, who for the last…

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Canada and America. Impossibility of War

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 3

The "Toronto Globe," in an article dealing with the defence of Canada says:—"The notion that Canada is ir[?] need of defences along her 3000 miles…

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Revelations of Italy's Long War. Why the World Is Kept Without News From Tripoli. Mr. M'cullagh's Book

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

The first book on Italy's war with Turkey has been written by Francis McCullagh, tic war correspondent who returned his passes within the…

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Thirty-mile Line of Warships. Air and Sea Attacks in Naval Manoeuvres Give a Notion of War's New Era. Flying Men Show How Easily They Can Foil the Secrecy of Submarines

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

The biggest and most powerful fleet ever concentrated in British waters—and therefore the mightiest known to the world—has been assembled at…

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Wireless Sketches in War-fare

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 February 1913 · page 4

Surprising results are being obtained by means of the new invention of an Italian youth, Francesco di Bernocchi, called the wireless iconograph,…

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How I Train My War Dogs

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 3

Perhaps the article among a galaxy of splendid articles in this month's "Pearson's Magazine" is a paper by Major E. H. Richardson, F.Z.S., on the…

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The Empress Eugenie and the War of 1870

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 4

Eugenia, we are told was all-powerful at the Tuileries; her phlegmtic husband was in constant fear of her turbulent temper. He was willing, it was said, to set…

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Is It War? Germany's Intentions. Paris, Sunday Afternoon

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 2

The motive which has impelled France to such feverish haste in strengthening her forces has now been revealed, and vividly illustrates the tension in the chancellories of…

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A Time-expired Soldier. a Pathetic Incident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

He was the only other [?] of the humble third-class [?] the [?] train. He was an plain clothes, [?]…

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"Bayonet Them!" Soldiers Attack Reporters. Riot in Camp. a Serious Disturbance. Wellington, (N.z.)

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 April 1913 · page 2

Recently the Otago Territorials ducked a reporter who had written a criticism on the ramp doings. Another attempt to wreak vengeance on…

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"Go Slow." England's Position in War. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 June 1913 · page 3

In a leading article the "Standard" counsels Japan to deal with the Californian difficulty as a pure business matter, and not to pay so…

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Soldiers Break in Shoes by Water Treatment

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 3

A simple, although effective, way of "breaking in" shoes is that employed in the United States army. After the shoes have been fitted to their feet the…

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Fresh War a Crime

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 3

His Majesty the King entertained the peace delegates at luncheon on Saturday. He expressed the earnest hope that hostilities would not be renewed, and…

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Plain Speaking. Fresh War a Crime. Russia Warns Bulgars and Serbs. King George and the Peace Delegates. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 June 1913 · page 3

His Majesty entertained the peace delegates at luncheon yesterday. He expressed the earnest hope that hostilities would not be renewed, and warned the…

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The Submarine War Against War

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 3

Brooks Adams, in his "Law of Civilisation .and Decay," developed the interesting thesis that civilisation advances only in those…

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"The War for Freedom."

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 June 1913 · page 6

Elizabeth Davison, the suffragette who intercepted the King's horae in the race for the Derby, and died aa the result of her…

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The Horrors of War

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 3

The "Times" prints a hitherto unpublished letter written by the late Lord Wolseley to Mr. James Baker, author and Journalist in…

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Marvels of Europe's War Machinery. and Clamouring for More

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 4

Thus, by a little calculation we arrive first at the starting fact that every hour throughout the year Europe is spending £28,790 on maintaining her…

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