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#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…

#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…

#dailycolonist1915 #WWI - The news our of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:

In this update: Zeppelins, conspiracy theory (1915 style), propaganda, genocide, fall fashions, exploration and discovery in the far north, a major allied offensive…

#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…

#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…

#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.

#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.]

• Thursday, July 15, 1915
  • The war in the air: French aviators make a…

#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. ]

• Tuesday…