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[Gothic BC] Power Failure

Wed, 2014/08/27 - 11:38am

So the power went out on Sunday evening thanks to a telephone pole rotting (It's worth noting that Vancouver is, as far as I know, the only major city that still uses above-ground wiring on wooden posts downtown). So what are a couple of crusty old goths to do?


The Daily Colonist, August 27, 1914

Wed, 2014/08/27 - 9:23am

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Lots of drum-beating, flag-waving stories about troops dispatching from Victoria and Vancouver
• Speculation about Turkey [Ottoman Empire] joining the war
• British holding their line, German defeats, Russian and Serbian victories
• Great little article that in summary says "our propaganda is truth, Germany's propaganda is all bizarre lies."
• Some interesting ads...


The Daily Colonist, August 26, 1914

Tue, 2014/08/26 - 8:52am

News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

  • Headlines and pictures of more troops dispatched from Victoria and Vancouver.
  • Japan and Austria officially at war.
  • First reporting of trench warfare...

The Daily Colonist, August 25, 1914

Mon, 2014/08/25 - 8:10am

News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today. Once again, the most interesting stuff is not in the headlines, but in the a couple of tiny "filler" stories...


The Daily Colonist, August 24, 1914

Sun, 2014/08/24 - 11:34am

News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today. Today's paper is the Monday "extra", and today's very slim. The first two pages have new news, but because that only represents one half of a full sheet of newsprint, the last to pages are all filler. Page three is made up completely of reprinted articles and the last page is another reprint of the map of Europe. But that first half-sheet is has a lot of content...


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