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The Daily Colonist, September 27, 1914

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

Quite a big update today, lots of interesting things...


The Daily Colonist, September 25, 1914

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


The Daily Colonist, September 24, 1914

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


The Daily Colonist, September 22, 1914

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

• British troops dispatched to China,
• Demonstrations in Italy,
• Nietzsche blamed for everything,
• More...


The Daily Colonist, September 20, 1914

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

It's Sunday in 1914, and there are some interesting things in the paper and the magazine section today, both from a 1914 point of view and a 2014 point of view:


The Daily Colonist, September 19, 1914

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

• Aeroplane over Antwerp, "escaped in the direction of Wilryck"
• Government of Britain decides to cancel pension to cousin of Queen Victoria living in Germany.
• Mention that "German's Trenches Are Formidable"
• Notices for Germans and Austrio-Hungarians to register are multiplying.
• Ads that caught my eye.


140417 Repossession, 2014
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140412 Sin City, 2014
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The Daily Colonist, September 18, 1914

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

• Tensions rising between Germany and Italy
• Chinese immigration curtailed
• more news and some advertising excerpts...


The Daily Colonist, September 17, 1914

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

• Rheims retaken, Germans pushed well back from Paris
• 40,000 Canadians to fight overseas
• Black-out regulations for London questioned
• Cowichan Fall Fair
• Hilarious attempt to market American beer


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