Michael R. Barrick's blog
Thu, 2014/10/02 - 10:19am
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
Antwerp is the big news today. The Germans have been attacking the outer defences for days now. Refugees from surrounding villages have been streaming into the city and also trying to escape north to the Netherlands. My maternal grandparents are living through this, my grandmother would have been 10 and my grandfather 14 at the time.
Wed, 2014/10/01 - 8:57am
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
A lousy scan today. No big developments in the war that I could see, anyway, but a couple of interesting tidbits nonetheless:
Tue, 2014/09/30 - 3:18pm
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
Mon, 2014/09/29 - 8:24am
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:
Sat, 2014/09/27 - 1:46pm
News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
Quite a big update today, lots of interesting things...
Fri, 2014/09/26 - 8:38pm
News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:
• Three British cruisers sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea, 1,460 dead.
• German use of electric searchlights detailed
• [The "Evil subhuman Huns" propaganda machine is in full swing]
• Genuine signs that things are serious...
• Ads that caught my eye.
Fri, 2014/09/26 - 8:52am
#dailycolonist1914 - Let's pretend the paper got rained on this morning. The wife has it in the oven to dry out and I'll read it after dinner tonight...
Thu, 2014/09/25 - 1:14pm
So the "exodus" to Ello is the big deal du jour. Right now, it all bears a striking resemblance to the initial scramble to Google+ that still hasn't really gained traction. There's no real way of knowing at this point.
Thu, 2014/09/25 - 11:38am
News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
• [Airplanes you just don't ever see in the movies about WWI]
• Germans faking surrender
• Details of life on the front
Wed, 2014/09/24 - 3:44pm
News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today
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