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The Daily Colonist, December 25, 1914

The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today puts as bright a spin as possible on the day.

• Celebration of the a century of peace between Britain and the United States,
• Christmas announcements from the King and the provincial government,
• News of Christmas being celebrated in London and Berlin,
• Christmas dinner for Canadian troops in England,
• Some local news from Vancouver that is unintentionally comical,
• Many, many advertisers wishing people Merry Christmas, and
• Notice that there will be no paper tomorrow due to the holiday.


The Daily Colonist, December 24, 1914

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

• How the various kings and emperors are planning to spend Christmas, [which]
• [debunks the myth of the spontaneous Christmas Truce of 1914]
• Some rather silly local news from Victoria, and
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyles conspiracy theory about the Komagata Maru.


The Daily Colonist, December 23, 1914

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

• A summary of the state of all fronts,
• Invention of a bullet designed to down Zeppelins [by the perpetrator of the most famous anthropological hoax of all time],
• Outraged Protestants,
• German-American terrorists, and
• A suspicious train collision in Poland.


The Daily Colonist, December 20, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

• A conference of kings.
• Canadians deployed,
• News from all fronts,
• News from Duncan and the Cowichan Valley,
• An insight in the persecutions of "enemy aliens", and
• Editorials and in-depth articles recapping the causes of the war and the predicament and valour of Belgium.
• ...plus some ads that I liked...


The Daily Colonist, December 19, 1914

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

The freaking-out over the German shelling of three English coastal cities is now over, and the news has returned to "normal". The news from the western front is the same—fighting near Ypres, British ships shelling the coast, all with gains and losses measured in yards. Meanwhile on the eastern fronts the news from Germany, Austria, Russia and Serbia is full of contradictions, with both sides claiming victories. The interesting news from abroad is what was exotic in 1914: technology, the Ottoman Empire and the Middle East, Africa, and the Far East. There are also some local stories "today" that are interesting.


The Daily Colonist, December 18, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

News of the shelling of the English coast dominates the front page again, but not as entirely as yesterday. Other news includes news from the Russian Front, details on the recent naval battle off the Falkland Islands, news about Egypt, and some local war-related news. There are also a couple conservative editorials from this day in 1914 that are completely relevant today that put what the Conservative Party of Canada and Tea Party Republicans try to pass off these days as "conservative" to shame.


The Daily Colonist, December 17, 1914

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

BIG deal today: "For the first time in centuries, England has been stuck by a foe." German ships shelled the English ports of Scarborough, Whitby and Hartlepool yesterday. The entire front page is devoted to it, with pictures of the three towns, including the famous Whitby Abbey that was the inspiration for Carfax Abbery in Bram Stoker's novel Dracula.

Other news includes: Liberia breaching neutrality, news from the front, Ottoman outrages, and local business promotion that is even more relevant today than it was a century ago.


The Daily Colonist, December 16, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

A quick skim over the headlines would have you thinking the war was going extremely well for the Allies, but the details of the articles paint a more complicated picture...


The Daily Colonist, December 15, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today with the threat of Zeppelins and submarines attacking England, Newfoundlanders' patriotism, "film plays", bank failures and annual reports, and more...


The Daily Colonist, December 13, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

Even though the usual weekly summary in the Children's section is missing today, there is still a lot of interesting stuff including:

• News of the official attempts to broker a Christmas truce,
• News from and about the Panama Canal,
• Prevention of a smallpox outbreak in California,
• News from the front and the high-seas,
• An article by famous sculptor Auguste Rodin,
• Ads and ad illustrations that caught my including one explaining exactly how many jobs would be generated if people didn't buy imported buttons.


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