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Vancouver World readers awoke on Oct. 1, 1912 to find the startling headline, “WAR EXPECTED TODAY”.

“Christian Nations May Strike Unspeakable Turk and Involve All Europe,” read a second headline. “Servia, Bulgaria, Greece and Montenegro Band Together to Break Power of Moslems in Western World.”

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There were indeed skirmishes between Turkey and aforementioned countries that week, but the war that would drag in the rest of Europe (and eventually the world) wouldn’t break out for another two years.

Another story on the World’s front had a much less alarming headline: “Committee Concludes Negotiations with C.N.R.”

The story that followed detailed one of the biggest geographic changes in Vancouver history — the draining of the eastern end of False Creek to create railway land.

In Vancouver’s early days, False Creek came up to Clark Drive at high tide. There was a bridge across at Main Street, which was originally called Westminster Avenue.