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 - 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
Tue, 2014/09/23 - 8:48am
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...
Mon, 2014/09/22 - 8:45am
News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:
• British troops dispatched to China,
• Demonstrations in Italy,
• Nietzsche blamed for everything,
• More...
Sat, 2014/09/20 - 9:46am
#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:
Fri, 2014/09/19 - 8:30am
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.
Thu, 2014/09/18 - 11:18am
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...
Pages
