Wed, 2015/11/11 - 12:47pm
#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.
I am, at last, caught up to exactly 100 years ago. The beginning of November 1915 has the British using gas for the first time, fighting in Bulgaria, King George V recovering from an accident at the front, the defeat of women's suffrage in the United States, new innovations in aerial warfare, and a new Japanese emperor, among other news.
Sat, 2015/11/07 - 2:39pm
#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 few of the things I've picked out from October 1915.
Wed, 2015/10/14 - 12:13pm
#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 to just one article per day.
Sun, 2015/09/13 - 11:58am
#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.
German savagery and terrorism, the anniversary of the British Empire declaring war, fall of Warsaw, American occupation of Haiti, and the creation of the Revelstoke internment camp. [I planned to cover more days in this installment, but the Internet Archive is down for maintenance today.]
Sat, 2015/09/05 - 11:53am
#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.
Honours for the Canadian Prime Minister, genocide in Syria, new and horrible war technologies, a famous electric chair execution, legal haggling over Kits Point, progress on the world's largest telescope, news of a good whaling season, Victoria man's body killed in the sinking of the Lusitania recovered in Ireland, and amazing entertainment at the Pantages.
Thu, 2015/08/27 - 2:31pm
#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.
A big update as I try to catch up, ending on the anniversary of the event the started the war.
Sat, 2015/08/08 - 9:15am
#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.
Thu, 2015/08/06 - 10:43am
#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:
There are several interesting things this week including, terrorists in New York, a renewed German offensive, the fall of German Southwest Africa, the reply to the American note on the sinking of the Lusitania and the expansion of Canadian forces as the casualty list rises.
Sun, 2015/06/21 - 1:32pm
#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 fronts and also in the Dardanelles continues, the news of it is repetitive and not particularly enlightening. The most interesting and remarkable things, however, are outside that realm: Zeppelin raids, submarine pirates, the (bizarre when seen with modern eyes) casual racism of 1915, and more.
Sun, 2015/06/07 - 9:18pm
#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 in Asia Minor, Zeppelins bombing London, the king's birthday, and earls being knighted. We also have the beginnings of forced labour in Canadian concentration camps and the Armenian Genocide in Turkey. But we wrap up the week with good news from Denmark.
