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

• Saturday, February 27, 1915
  • Britain producing dummy/decoy warships for undisclosed (but speculated upon) purposes.
     
• Sunday, February 28, 1915
  • Anglo-French fleet is bombarding…

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

• Saturday, February 20, 1915
  • [On the build-up to WWII] Japanese territorial demands alarm the Chinese government.
  • A couple of rental ads for homes in Victoria and farm-land…

#dailycolonist1915 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:

• Saturday, February 6, 1915
  • [Some heavy-handed partisan politics showing that there is nothing new under the sun.] Conservative British Columbia Premier Sir Richard McBride…

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

• Germans enter Brussels unopposed, with Belgian army retreating to defend Antwerp.
• Japanese demand that Germans vacate Tsing-Tau. Germany has two more days to reply to…