The Daily Colonist, August 7, 1914
Thu, 2014/08/07 - 7:30am
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"Today's" news out of Victoria 100 years ago has some interesting tidbits:
- Belgians down one of Germany's largest Zeppelins using "an especially designed gun for aircraft."
- The dehumanization and villifacation of the Germans continues with a story about the summary execution of two French teenagers.
- Proof positive that the fall of the Empire is nigh: all organized cricket matches in Victoria are suspended.
- The Daughters of the Empire take out a full-page ad for a fund-raiser to outfit a hospital ship.
- A truely bizarre article in the women's section about how "the Indian tribes of the province" are really good, law-abiding citizens as long as they are not given alcohol, illustrating the casual and commonplace racism of the time.
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