100 Years Ago Today

There are undoubtedly a near endless supply of stories out there today about the 100th anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the event the sparked the First World War. But what was going on here in the colonies? News took a while to get way out here. What follows is the lead story from the June 28, 1914 edition of The Daily Colonist published in Victoria, British Columbia:

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Amazing Ads from 100 Years Ago

A selection of advertisements from the June 28, 1914 edition of The Daily Colonist, Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist56y170uvic#page/n0/mode/1up

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Source: http://www.mbarrick.com/blog/140628/amazing-ads-100-years-ago