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.
#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...
News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
The articles and ads that caught my eye today:
• Canadians keen to be dispatched to front
• Serbian army captures Sarajevo
• Italian saber-rattling
• [Meanwhile, on the moon]
• Smart shoes, sweaters for fall, and good advice in today's ads...
#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:
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.
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
