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The wars & local soldiers, 1912

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The Presidential War Mr. Roosevelt's New Party. a Manifesto and a Motto, "A Successful Fraud." London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 June 1912 · page 2

After organiging a new party, Mr. Roosevelt formally withdrew from the convention says a Chicago message. He then issued a manifesto declaring…

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The Outlook a Survey of World Progress the Class War

The Worker · Thursday 27 June 1912 · page 21

Socialists are accused of preaching the class war. They don't. They merely decline to be blind to the fact that the class war exists…

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The Presidential War the Democrat's Convention. Speech by Mr. Bryan. "The Voice of Predatory Wealth. Premature Congratulations Sitting Ends in Uproar. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 June 1912 · page 2

At tho Democratic Convention al Baltimore, U.S.A., in connection with the nominations for the Presidency Mr Bryan, in proposing Mr. Kern as…

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The War of Jenkins's Ear

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 4

In more excitable times we should now have been at war with the Power under whose flag shelter the brigands "wanted" for having, as it is allowed, cut off an…

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General Lee's Surrender. The End of the Confederate War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1912 · page 6

Mr. A. R. H. Ranson, in an article on "General Lee as I Know Him," contributed to "Harper's Magazine," gives an interesting account of the scene in the…

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Women's War. Mr. Asquith Attacked. Attempt to Shake Him. Scene at Reception. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1912 · page 2

The militant suffragettes continue to molest public men, smash windows, and by other means attract attention to themselves and their cause…

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War in Tripoli. Italian Attack. Position Carried by Assault. Turks Lose Heavily. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1912 · page 2

Advices from Tripoli state that the Italians under cover of artillery fire yesterday attacked the Turks, who were entrenched opposite Sidi Said,…

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Mr. Hogue Prophetic. Anglo-german War. Austrlia's Position in the Pacific. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 2

Mr. James Hogue, ex-Minister for Public Instruction in New South Wales, in an article published in the "Nineteenth Century" declares it is…

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Women's War. Disgraceful Scenes. Free Fight at Chancellor's Meeting. the Crowd Infuriated. Woman Roughly Handled London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1912 · page 2

Mr. Lloyd George's Woodford meeting was constantly interrupted by men and women in sympathy with the suffragettes. The interjectors finally…

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A Woman Soldier. Captured in Turkish Lines. Refuses to Reveal Identity. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1912 · page 2

The Italians raptured a European woman in the Turkish lines at Home. She was wounded and carried a rifle and a hundred cartridges. She…

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Airships in War. Powerful Bombs Dropped, In the Turkish Campi Near Tripoli

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 5 July 1912 · page 7

The following account of a reconnaisance carried out by Italian military airships is given in a telegram sent off from Tripoli…

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Struck by Lighting. 40 Soldier Affected. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 July 1912 · page 6

Forty soldiers were struck by lightning while engaged in musketry practice at St. Petersburg. Two were killed and three had to be taken to…

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Motor Omnibuses in War

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1912 · page 7

The German army will possess many interesting features affecting modern warfare. It is anticipated that motor omnibuses will play a…

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The Tripoli War. a Hot Fight. Turks Defeated. Tripoli

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 July 1912 · page 2

The Italians in a hot fight, which on curred at Misralah, inflicted several hundreds of casualties. Several points were carried at the bayonet point…

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A Tale of the Boer War

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 3

Mr. Bennett Burleigh, the war correspondent, tells an amusing story of the Boer war.—Whilst at No'Mell Mountain, 18 miles east of Vryheld, part of General…

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Dockers' Strike. Serious Rioting. Attack on Hotel. Men Armed with Knives and Bottles. Several Persons Wounded. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

There was serious rioting in London in connection with the transport strike. One thousand strikers, armed with knives, bottles, and stones,…

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Britain and Germany the Mediterranean. Discussion in the House. Vital Importance of Foreign Policy. "War with Germany Inconceivable." London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 July 1912 · page 2

In the Commons on the Foreign Office vote Sir Ed. Gray, referring to the Mediterranean, pointed out that it was necessary to have a sufficient…

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Massacre of Russians by Chinese Soldiery. Peking

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 16 July 1912 · page 2

A force of Chinese soldiers surrounded and ignited a building near Khotan, containing 100 Russians Many were massacred. Russia is…

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The Sinews of War. Not Always Money

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 8

Every child is familiar with the dictum that money is the sinews of war, bat in the last number of the "Revue des Deux Mondes" M. Lovy,…

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Miser's Million. Copyright. A Great North Country Mill and Mine Romance. PART 13. Chapter Xxx. Standish Declares War

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1912 · page 3

Half apprehending the feelings that were seething in Catherwood's mind, and being himself in the humour for a straight talk—even a row with his…

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