Floods at Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania, yesterday caused damage to the extent of 2,000,000 dollars (about £400,000), and rendered 20,000 ...
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Article : 1,006 wordsIn the French Senate yesterday M. Viviani, Minister for Labour, acknowledged that it was impossible for the State to contribute above £4,000,000 a ...
Article : 137 wordsRussia's determination to secure a prompt settlement of the Turko-Persian frontier question and to compel the withdrawal of Turkish troops from ...
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Article : 115 wordsThe "Berliner Tageblatt" publishes a London despatch stating that Great Britain is trying to come to an agreement with Germany in regard to the ...
Article : 624 wordsFollowing are the results of the musical knowledge examination held on December 7, 1907, in the Hibernian Hall. The list of those who have ...
Article : 877 wordsTwenty-three suffragettes paraded New York yesterday amid jeers from the spectators. ...
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Article : 40 wordsMr. Keir Hardie, M.P., addressing private meetings at Johannesburg yesterday, advocated equal wages for whites and natives. He hoped that ...
Article : 65 wordsThe bursting of a boiler tube on board the French cruiser Descartes on the Moroccan coast yesterday resulted in tenmen being killed and 30 others ...
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Article : 240 wordsThe Government has appointed Lord James of Hereford chairman of a Commission appointed to inquire whether or not it is desirable to place ...
Article : 51 wordsQueen Amelie, widow of the late King Carlos of Portugal, has received letters advising that her son, King Manuel, should leave the country as ...
Article : 39 wordsMr. William H. Kelly, one of the New South Wales members of the Commonwealth House of Representatives, was recently married to Miss ...
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Article : 96 wordsRepresentatives of the Council of Churches, the Master Undertakers' Association, and the Undertakers' Union, to-day asked the Chief Secretary to ...
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The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), Thu 20 Feb 1908, Page 5
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