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The wars & local soldiers, 1910

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Soldiers and Cigarettes. Their Use Forbidden. London, April 29

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1910 · page 2

Soldiers at Aldershot have been stopped from smoking cigarettes while under arms or on fatigue duty, the shooting of many soldiers being…

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Peru and Ecuador. Active Preparations for War. Vancouver, May 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 12 May 1910 · page 3

A message from Limit, Peru, suites that active preparations for a possible war with Wcuador are under way. Volunteers are enlisting daily and the…

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War Imminent Between Peru and Ecuador Vancouver, May 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 2

There is every indication of an early conflict between the armies of Peru and Ecuador. President Alfaro has left the Ecuador capital for the…

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Mr. Roosevelt Venomous Press Attack. "Coarsest Self-advertisement." Deeds in the "Potato" War. London, May 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 3

Mr. Theodore Roosevelt has accompanied the German Emperor to the German military manoeuvres. The "Berlin Post," the subsidised…

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Hydrophobia. Victim Dies Six Months After Dite a Soldier's Fate

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 8

The death from hydrophobia at Hackney infirmary of George Edgar Seaman, aged twenty-four, and ex-soldier of the 2nd Norfolk Regiment,…

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British War Ships' Great Cruise

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1910 · page 2

The official decision was arrived 5 at on May 5, and was kept secret. since that date, to send 200 war ships on a world's cruise, visiting…

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Recalling the Days of Botany Bay. Rousing Address by Representative Riley. Warm Welcome Home to Messrs. Butler and O'Connor

The Worker · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 3

At the Mechanics' Institute, Miller's Point, Sydney, on Friday, Messrs. J. Butler and W. O'Connor were formally welcomed home by their comrades of the Coal…

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Civil War. Hostile Camps in Cork. Serious Faction Fights. London, May 25

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1910 · page 2

Cork is divided into two hostile camps, one consisting of members of Mr. O'Brien's All for Ireland League, and the other of Mr. Redmond's…

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Where Every Man Is at War with His Neighbour

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 May 1910 · page 7

Our sketch represents ai house in the Central Arfak Mountain. Dutch New Guinea. The old traditions of blood feuds arc strong here, and every…

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War Traction Engine Successful Trials. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

Successful trials, under the supervision of the War Office, has been made at Aldershot with a traction engine of the caterpillar type…

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War in Nicaragua. Reported Capture of American Vessel. Insurgents Defeated. Vancouver, May 27

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 2

Reports from Nicaraguan Government sources give a complete defeat of the insurgents at the Bluff, Bluefields, but details are lacking. The…

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Insurgent Victory. 258 Killed and Wounded

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

Although Madriz gained a victory yesterday over Estrade, the troops capturing Bluefields Bluff, Estrade repulsed the enemy this morning with…

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Preparing for War. London, May 30

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

War preparations at Lima (Pera) and Quitto (Ecuador) are being rapidly pushed forward, and a conflict between the two Republics seems…

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South America. a War Inevitable. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 May 1910 · page 2

War preparations between the South American republics of Peru and Ecuador are being rapidly pushed forward at Lima and Quite, the respective capitals…

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A Song of War

The Worker · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 5

A new Flag floats upon the breeze! Beneath, its folds there stand The vassals of the centuries The toiler of our land…

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South American War

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 2

News from Washington states that acting on the assumption that the Governments of Peru and Ecuador intend to carry out in good faith the…

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Volunteers for War

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 June 1910 · page 2

Fifty-six thousand volunteers in the district of Koula, in Turkey, have undertaken to bear arms in the event of war with Greece…

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War to the Knife. Spider Versus Ant

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 4

I was prostrate with malaria in an old Spanish house in Manila at the time. My muchacho had just shu[?]tled out of the room with the remains…

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Soldiers' Extras. Stopped by the Kaiser. London, June 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 2

The German Emperor has ordered that volunteers serving for a year at their own expense are to forego the com[?]rts of hotels and boarding…

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Military Brutality. Soldiers Fall at Drill. Two Die. Vancouver, June 3

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 2

The Baden infantry regiment, stationed at Mulheim, Rhenish prussia, were so severely exercised on the drill ground that fifty of the men fell down…

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