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The wars & local soldiers, 1914

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Captives Illtreated War Prisoners Tortured. Sofia

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 January 1914 · page 2

It is semi-officially stated that the prisons in Salonika are crammed with Bulgarian prisoners, including 60 soldiers, [?]officers, and six priests…

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Mexican Troubles. Hundreds Dead and Wounded. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

The northern division of the Mexican Federal troops have been apparently completely defeated, and fled across the border into Texas…

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Canadian Soldiers. Scheme for Service Abroad

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 7

"The presence of a Canadian regiment in London, Delhi, or Cairo would stir the Imagination not only of the Five Nations themselves, but of the whole outside world."…

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Horrors of War Atrocitles by Servians. Murder and Starvation. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1914 · page 1

Mr. William Willard Howard, of New York, who has been doing much relief work among the Armenians, has completed a 400 mile journey through…

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Affairs in Turkey. New Minister for War. Constantinople

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 3

Izzet Pasha has resigned the position of Minister of War, and Enver Bay succeeds…

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Turkey Reorganising Famous Soldier in Cabinet. Constantinople

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Although the population generally are satisfied with the purchase of the Dreadnought, financial circles are perturbed. Enver Bey's appointment is…

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Duty and Death Russian Soldiers' Untimely Fate. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

The soldiers who guarded the railway line from Moscow to St. Petersburg on the occasion of the Czar's recent journey between those two cities,…

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Turkish Soldiers Arrested VIENNA

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

Two hundred Turkish soldiers and six officers who arrived at Valona with the intention to persuade the population to proclaim Izzet Bey as…

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Industrial Unrest. Strikers War with Sheriff Tacoma

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1914 · page 4

The Austrian strikers entrenched around the smelter fought another battle with a sheriff's posse before the militia arrived. One striker was…

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Italy's Unemployed Alarming Increase Since the War. Rome

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 15 January 1914 · page 3

Official unemployment statistics show that as a result of the Tripoli war, there has been an alarming increase in the number of unemployed…

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Scottish Soldier Shot. Through Misunderstanding with Picket. Johannesburg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 January 1914 · page 2

Ernest Preacher, a private in the Transvaal Scottish Regiment, who died in the hospital, is understood to have been shot by a picket of his…

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The Ulster Question Carson Inspects His Soldiery. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 20 January 1914 · page 3

Lord Carson inspected six b[?]ttalions at Belfast on Saturday. Addressing the assem[?] said, "We [?] for nothing but [?] as citizens united to…

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Extraordinary Murder Civil War Veteran Sentenced. Philadelphia

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1914 · page 4

An extraordinary murder case resulted in a life sentenced on William Eberwein, a civil war veteran, aged 80. Eberwein was accused of the…

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French Twin Soldiers

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 3

Twin brothers who have been called up for service in a Paris regiment are so alike that it-is impossible to distinguish between them. The other day…

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Rural War. Farmers and the A.W.U. Three Thousand As Strike Breakers. Coolamon

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

The largest meeting of farmers over held here took place on Saturday afternoon, under the auspices of the Farmers and Settlers…

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British in India. Bengal Man[?]euvres. Great Popular Welcome. Soldiers Surprised. Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1914 · page 2

The soldiers participating in the Eastern Bengal manoeuvres were astonished at the perfervid popular welcome. Eighty thousand were…

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English Labor Views. the Result of South African War. Difficulty of Intervention. Rights of Self-governing Colonies. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1914 · page 2

Harry Poland, in an interview, said at first sight it makes the blood boil to think of ten respectable members of the Labor party being banished in…

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The Ulster Movement the Verge of Civil War. Troops Drilling and Hospitals Opened

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 31 January 1914 · page 5

Dozens of great country houses in Ulster are being quietly [?] for use as hospitals with full equipment in event of hostilities…

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The Beef War

Irrigation Record · Monday 2 February 1914 · page 10

The operations of the American Meat Packing Companies in the chief meat producing countries of the world and the attention they are directing to Australia…

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The War Devil

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 6 February 1914 · page 4

Dear Sir,—The war devil at the present time is transformed into an angel of light. The nations consider it an honor to be clad in the scarlet of war…

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