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The Daily Colonist, September 18, 1914

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...


The Daily Colonist, September 17, 1914

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


The Daily Colonist, September 16, 1914

News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

News from the European fronts continues to be more of the same. The Germans are in retreat and the Austrians are in disarray. Most of the news is about the German push toward Paris being a failure, but no real details and virtually nothing new since yesterday.

• Austrians drafting younger men
• Canada sending cavalry
• Financial cost of the war
• Irish independence postponed
• Ukrainian interment picking up steam
• Records replacing cylinders


The Daily Colonist, September 15, 1914

News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

• German retreats
• Germans capture trans-Pacific cable relay station
• 1916 Olympics likely to be cancelled
• Ads that caught my eye


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