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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...

The Daily Colonist, August 19, 1914

Tue, 2014/08/19 - 8:21am

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

  • Fighting in nearby Waterloo forces Belgian government to abandon Brussels and move to Antwerp [where my maternal grandparents are living at the time, children of 10 and 14].
  • ...

The Daily Colonist, August 18, 1914

Mon, 2014/08/18 - 8:12am

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

  • Dire news! Canadian tea supply down to a mere 3-week supply.
  • Story of French aviators from yesterday's paper reprinted. Reported altitudes are different.
  • Man loses four fingers on his right hand in construction of Hudson's Bay store on Douglas Street.
  • Not-so-subtle vilification of Germans continues...

The Daily Colonist, August 17, 1914

Sun, 2014/08/17 - 11:42am

The news from Victoria 100 years ago today:

  • Great story on French aerial bombing of German Zeppelin shed.
  • Analysis of the role of torpedoes and submarines as the most dangerous weapons of modern war...

The Daily Colonist, August 16, 1914

Sat, 2014/08/16 - 3:37pm

News out of Victoria 100 years ago today:

  • Panama Canal officially open (dateline Aug. 15)
  • Full-page retrospective on the War of 1812 in the Sunday pull-out
  • Great illustration of "A Garden-Party Frock" in the women's section Sunday pull-out
  • ...

The Daily Colonist, August 15, 1914

Fri, 2014/08/15 - 8:16am

News out of Victoria 100 years ago today:

  • Germany now fighting on two fronts.
  • Both Japan and Turkey expected to make formal declarations of war soon (the latter against Britain and the former with Britain).
  • "L.O.L. Public Meeting" - in 1914 L.O.L. meant "Loyal Orange Lodge"...

    The Daily Colonist, August 14, 1914

    Thu, 2014/08/14 - 12:05pm

    News from Victoria 100 years ago today:

    • A little reminder that some things have changed in a century: a German spy is caught releasing a carrier pigeon on a train from Antwerp.
    • The "500 young men" mentioned in Great Big Sea's 1997 song "The Recruiting Sergeant" sign up in Newfoundland. 
    • ...

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