#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:

Drug runners, whalers, pirates, propaganda, protests, Zeppelin attacks, giant telescopes, darkest Africa, Hallowe'en haunted houses, murder and atrocities are just a…

#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:

[In an effort to catch up to being exactly one hundred years ago, this update covers just over a month. There is a lot in this update even though I restricted myself…

#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.

#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:

[In a mere two days we have genocide, secret agents, conspiracy, awards from the king, real technology that reads like steampunk fiction and a new university. ]

• Tuesday…

#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:

• Wednesday, July 7, 1915
  • The news of the human cost of the Gallipoli Penninsula landings is finally revealed, "In several instances half of the landing parties were killed…

#dailycolonst1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:

[I have fallen behind in my "news" from the last century, so I am going to change the way I've been doing this. Instead of week-at-a-time updates, I am going to do as much…

#dailycolonist1915 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.

[The bulk of the war lurches on. The Anglo-French push in the Dardanelles continues, German and Austrian forces make a little headway in repelling the Russians in Galacia, all…

#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago. 

[This instalment covers two weeks to make up for missing my usual post last week. While the Italians are in the war now, and while horrific fighting on both European…

#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:

[You'd almost think this week's news was a steampunk fanfic and not the actual news from 100 years ago. We've got submarine and Zeppelin pirates, a secret submarine base…

#dailycolonist1915 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:

• Tuesday, May 18, 1915
  • Three columns of casualties with pictures of local men "Who Have Fallen in Battle" on the front page.
    
  • While not official yet, the Italian government is…