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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...


The Daily Colonist, August 23, 1914

Sat, 2014/08/23 - 11:16am

News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today. August 23 was a Sunday, so this is the big Sunday paper with a pull-out section, but the really interesting stuff today is not the top headlines or the pull-out magazine articles, but several of the minor articles....


The Daily Colonist, August 22, 1914

Fri, 2014/08/22 - 10:48am

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

  • Germans advance in Belgium, demand $40,000,000 "tax" from Belgium.
  • Belgian refugees reaching London, tales of long columns of German wounded.
  • List of Belgian cities involved in the war, with populations and fortification status.
  • Russian troops advancing in Austria
  • More anti-German propaganda...

The Daily Colonist, August 21, 1914

Thu, 2014/08/21 - 8:17am

News from Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

  • Germans enter Brussels unopposed, with Belgian army retreating to defend Antwerp.
  • Japanese demand that Germans vacate Tsing-Tau. Germany has two more days to reply to Japanese ultimatums.
  • Editorial on the Japanese ultimatum and German territory in China
  • ...

The Daily Colonist, August 20, 1914

Wed, 2014/08/20 - 10:03am

The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

  • Unanimous vote in parliament to support Imperial war effort
  • Pope Pious X dies, apparently "greif-stricken" by the war
  • Cowichan farmers allowed to sell "second rate" fruit...

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