#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Big map of the Russian front centred around Warsaw on the first page.
• Germans are taxing flour sent from the United States as relief for Belgians, and
• in the same article…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• German prisoners of war held on the Isle of Man riot, serveral are shot. Coroner's jury finds that shooting was justified. 
• An article with a headline about was loans…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

Today it is not the battles in Europe and elsewhere that make the most interesting news. Today is about propaganda, technology, accidents and speculation:

• An article…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Germans are reported to be using some kind of "silent cannon" that makes no noise when fired, that in areas where trenches are very close troops are talking back and…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Italian ministers confer on Italy's position in the war, still no official stance.
• Portugal declares it will stand with France and Britain, if need be.
• Story in German…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• Nothing really new in the European theatre. Heavy fighting continues on both the Western and Eastern fronts. In the west, Germany is still stuck in the vicinity of…

#dailycolonist1914 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• I've decided to start with the weekly Children's section summary, which is always excellent an often includes news I haven't touched on previously such as:
  • Princess…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

• In retaliation for the internment of Austrians in Britain and the British Empire, Austria initiates programme of arrest and internment of British subjects.
• Speech by…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today:

The first headline pretty much sums up the news day, "One Calm Day on Battle Line. French Official Communication Says Nothing Important Occurred Yesterday." Nonetheless…

#dailycolonist1914 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago today.

Nothing quite on the level of underwater knife-fights with octopi today (I doubt that is ever going to be topped) but some interesting and almost as exotic news today…