August 19, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Less than three weeks into the war, consumers in Salem were feeling the effects in terms of higher prices: [...]
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August 18, 1914
The headlines report nothing but news of war with advances on one front, defeat on another, and pleas for neutrality from President Wilson: AUSTRIAN ARMY INVADING [...]
August 17, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent In the chaos of war, rumor spread faster than fact. Karl Von Wiegand, Berlin correspondent for the United Press [...]
August 16, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Opening of the Panama Canal with the Steamer SS Ancon at the Pedro Miguel Locks. [...]
August 15, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Capital Journal, concerned that reporting the news was secondary to interests of the belligerents notified their readers: Even [...]
August 13, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The headlines: One Great Battle Rages Over Front of Fully 300 Miles “The Germans still strove today to force [...]
August 12, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “Home Looks Good To the Returning Globe Trotters” read the day’s headline describing the return of several hundred Americans [...]
August 11, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “Salem People Speak Minds On War Cause” was the headline for an article in the Statesman reporting local opinion [...]
August 10, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent War dominated the front page. Names and geography new to readers had to be [...]
Then and Now: Mill and Liberty Streets SE
The view from the Vern Miller Civic Center sure has changed through its history, here seen about 1970. Photo Source: Willamette Heritage Center: X2012.16.207. [...]