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The Daily Colonist, September 9, 1914

Tue, 2014/09/09 - 8:21am

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

There is a lot of the "usual" vague stories of troop movements and lists of casualties, lacking in detail because of censorship. The propaganda aimed to incense Americans seems to be over for now, although there is one, one paragraph story stating nothing more than the Kaiser has sent a letter to President Wilson without any mention of what might be in the letter.
• More intimations that it will be a long war of attrition
• Vancouver calls for coastal defences
• Interesting ads, and more...


Opening and Installation Shots from Rodney Graham

Mon, 2014/09/08 - 4:02pm

Opening and installation shots from "Rodney Graham: Torqued Chandelier Release and Other Works"


The Daily Colonist, September 8, 1914

Mon, 2014/09/08 - 8:50am

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

• Germans are approaching Paris. A map of Paris is printed on the front page.
• Funding for the Canadian Northern Railway is secured, despite fears that funds might be withheld because of the war
• Germans sink a British ship, killing 242 men.
• A British submarine sinks ships in Bremerhaven Harbour
• The Komagata Maru arrives in Yokohama...


The Daily Colonist, September 6, 1914

Sat, 2014/09/06 - 9:03am

News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today. A slow news day, but as it is the Sunday edition with the magazine section there are still a lot of interesting things. This post also features several lovely illustrations that ran with the ads in the paper.


The Daily Colonist, September 5, 1914

Fri, 2014/09/05 - 1:43pm

News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today, including a new angle on the vilification of the Germans, contributions for B.C. to the war effort, and more...


The Daily Colonist, September 4, 1914

Thu, 2014/09/04 - 4:18pm

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

"Battle Front Quiet for Day" is the lead headline and the triple trend over the last few days of not disguising the horrors, front-page features of German atrocities, and an American spin on stories continues what appears to be a propaganda push aimed directly at the United States...


The Daily Colonist, September 3, 1914

Wed, 2014/09/03 - 4:41pm

News from Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today. 

• Instead of an image of the front page, I'm leading off with an article that a certain Mrs. Goethals will find amusing: "Mrs. Goethals Arrested".
• Fantastic stories of a second Zeppelin attack on Antwerp, dog-fights over Paris, and other aerial conflicts [remembering that most people around here may not have even seen an aeroplane yet].
• Russia has renamed St. Petersburg to Petrograd and asked other cities with German names to Russianize..
• Lots more...


The Daily Colonist, September 2, 1914

Tue, 2014/09/02 - 8:22am

The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today. As much as yesterday was a slow news day, today was a busy one. My selections are not a comprehensive account of what was interesting in today's paper....


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