Letters from Soldier Boys at the Front

by Randy Evans, as reported in the Sarnia Canadian Observer from 1914-18 Mail has always been considered, respected and treated by the parties thereto as private and confidential. In peacetime it would be inconceivable that even newsworthy correspondence between parties would be forwarded to the local press for sharing on [...]

2015-10-11T00:42:04-04:00July 28th, 2015|Comments Off on Letters from Soldier Boys at the Front

Sarnia Marks the End of the Great War

by Dan McCaffery for the Sarnia Observer (2003) Humanity Saved! That’s how The Observer greeted the news that Germany had tossed in the towel, putting an end to the First World War on Nov. 11, 1918. The screaming headline, in the largest type size ever used by the newspaper up [...]

2015-07-25T02:27:26-04:00July 2nd, 2015|Comments Off on Sarnia Marks the End of the Great War

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