Revival Sparks Hope in Victorian Mining Town Clunes
In Clunes Victoria once depopulated by gold decline, a cotton knitting mill revived industry and drew young workers back. The revival reversed decades of drift, with new houses and families returning, signaling a broader industrial resurgence in the region.
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Australia
Chinos
Victoria
Malbourne
Clunes
Austalia
Old Town
Byon Eels
Cope Resolta
Gougenia
Country towns urged to revive industry league formation
Victoria and New South Wales see a push to build a Country Towns People’s League to revive local industry. Delegates from Mildura, Ararat, Castlemaine, Wodonga, and other towns advocate subsidies, co operation, and new mills and factories to curb outmigration and sustain rural communities. Government support is debated amid calls for regional ownership and development.
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Clunes
Ee Bell
Victoria
Mildura St. Armand
Castlemaine
Eaglehawk
Ararat
Stawell
Maryborough
Dayleaford
Talbot Beechwood
Wodonga
Wangaratta Colee
Wonthaggi
Taralgon
Bale
Eee
Rf Basia
Shepparton
Commonwealth
Australis
New South Wales
Newcastle
Ons
Wales
Australia
Kaibba
New Benth Wales
Milla
Knibba
New South Wales Pomensea
New South Walesa
Tt Ia
Tn England
Benco
People League
Roosevelt backs strong army and navy disarmament stance
Theodora Roosevelt advocates a robust military posture while urging disarmament for all nations. He argues that universal disarmament will be feasible only if other countries join the effort and emphasizes the need for combined security in global affairs.
Airship LZ125 concept eyed for transatlantic cargo run
Negotiations for a German built airship to carry heavy loads across the Atlantic were explored by the United States Air Service after the Versailles Treaty limited pursuit of such craft. The proposed LZ125 would be 774 feet long, 98 feet wide, 10 feet high with a 3.53 million cubic foot gas capacity and a 69 ton cargo lift, capable of 91 mph and 12 000 mile range, but US Germany relations blocked the deal.
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Ihmerica
Germany
United State Air Series
London
Daily Chronicle
United States
D Owniing
Frasee
Zeppelima Airahip Company
Zeppelin Company
Sultan of Lubang Bequeaths Harem to US Government
A story recalls how United States sergeant McGlain saved the life of the Sultan of Lubang in the Philippines. After the sultan died he was notified that he had a royal inheritance including a pearl fishery and a two acre palace grove of coconut palms. McGlain, now a married man living in Massachusetts, claimed the inheritance but surrendered the harem to the US Government.
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Lubang
United States
McGlain
War Department
Masaschonetts
Washington Sinks Merchant Vessel Off Pacific Coast
The United States ship Woolsey was sunk in a collision with a merchantman off the Pacific Coast of Panama. One crew member is dead and 15 are missing. The Rockefeller family has donated 600000 dollars for famine relief in China.
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United States
Woolsey
Pacific
Panama
Rockfellar
China
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