Sat, 2014/12/13 - 12:06pm
#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
Even though the usual weekly summary in the Children's section is missing today, there is still a lot of interesting stuff including:
• News of the official attempts to broker a Christmas truce,
• News from and about the Panama Canal,
• Prevention of a smallpox outbreak in California,
• News from the front and the high-seas,
• An article by famous sculptor Auguste Rodin,
• Ads and ad illustrations that caught my including one explaining exactly how many jobs would be generated if people didn't buy imported buttons.
