The Daily Colonist, August 7, 1914

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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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