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The Daily Colonist, August 18, 1914

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...

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The Daily Colonist, August 17, 1914

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...

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