Thu, 2014/10/02 - 10:19am
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
Antwerp is the big news today. The Germans have been attacking the outer defences for days now. Refugees from surrounding villages have been streaming into the city and also trying to escape north to the Netherlands. My maternal grandparents are living through this, my grandmother would have been 10 and my grandfather 14 at the time.
Wed, 2014/10/01 - 8:57am
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
A lousy scan today. No big developments in the war that I could see, anyway, but a couple of interesting tidbits nonetheless:
Tue, 2014/09/30 - 3:18pm
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.
Mon, 2014/09/29 - 8:24am
#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:
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.
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...
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