#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago.
This instalment covers two weeks to make up for missing my usual post last week. While the Italians are in the war now, and while horrific fighting on both European fronts and also in the Dardanelles continues, the news of it is repetitive and not particularly enlightening. The most interesting and remarkable things, however, are outside that realm: Zeppelin raids, submarine pirates, the (bizarre when seen with modern eyes) casual racism of 1915, and more.
If you have been waiting for this week's news from 100 years ago, I apologise for being late with it. Some other things came up this weekend in the this century that I had to attend to. I will catch up as soon as I can.
How can you know if something is good manners or not in the absence of anyone to tell you? It is simple, really. Ask yourself, “What if everyone else were doing this at the same time?” and imagine the consequence.
#dailycolonist1915 - The news out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:
You'd almost think this week's news was a steampunk fanfic and not the actual news from 100 years ago. We've got submarine and Zeppelin pirates, a secret submarine base in Asia Minor, Zeppelins bombing London, the king's birthday, and earls being knighted. We also have the beginnings of forced labour in Canadian concentration camps and the Armenian Genocide in Turkey. But we wrap up the week with good news from Denmark.
#dailycolonist1915 - News out of Victoria, British Columbia, 100 years ago:
Italy enters the war. Germans make more gas attacks and the gas being used is identified for the first time. Mine explosion in Nanaimo. Not to mention a fair bit of weird local news...
