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Article : 244 words"Recruiting Sergeant: 'Why haven't you joined?" "Weedy Person: 'Cos I'm on war service.' ...
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Article : 52 words"Now, after five centuries and a half, the storm has come again. A new Kossovo, like that for which for half a thousand years the Serb of the Black Mountain has worn a ...
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Article : 49 words"Responsible citizens of both parties, whatever their previous views, must prepare themselves for the probability that within a short period from now German supplies of all kinds ...
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Article : 57 words"The whole war is now dominated by the fact that the enemy cannot in the West recover equality with the Allies."—"Land and Water." ...
Article : 29 words"'I shall always remember Miss Cavell by her eyes,' said Miss Bennet Burleigh. "I can recall, as vividly as if I had seen them, how fearlessly they looked out at the world.'" ...
Article : 41 words"There is a higher thing in the world to-day than there has been for many years. It is spiritual. It is the fueling 'We're all one. We may go under, but we won't have ...
Article : 50 words"Gone is the traditional question of your hostess, 'How many pieces?' It has been replaced by a 'How many spoonfuls, please?' which is really a much more awkward thing to ...
Article : 72 words"When recruits me urgently needed in this country it seems strange that we do not act as all the other belligerent countries are, I believe, acting, and call to the colours active ...
Article : 47 wordsThe death of Booker Washington, at the age of 56, is a grievous blow to tho negro community throughout America (says "The Times"). The loss of his influence and his ...
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Article : 42 words"Soldier, after trying hard to get slacker to join: 'Well, if I get them to fight with bladders will you go?'"—"Daily Sketch." ...
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Article : 48 words"The men of the British Fleet have had their Toulon; and if the Potsdam pirates can muster a tithe of the courage which Inspired the Admiral of France, a second and more ...
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Article : 44 words"The tactful girl will soon realise that an endless stock of good humour and a smiling face will do infinitely more than the affectation of masculine clothes and manners. To ...
Article : 62 words"Mary Jane 'Yes, mum, you may well sniff, it's, the lodgers that's started smokin' thick, twist. The war's comin' 'ome to ns now, ain't it!' "—"Passing Show." ...
Article : 33 words"What makes you think we'll have better times when the war is over?' "'Well, for one thing, all these men who do nothing but stand around discussing the ...
Article : 46 words"There is no doing this thing 'rather more or less.' Either we win out-and-out or our candlestick as a great and free nation will be removed from its place for ...
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Western Age (Dubbo, NSW : 1914 - 1932), Fri 18 Feb 1916, Page 3
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