Transcriptions of newspaper articles
March 23, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent An editorial in the Oregon Statesman discusses the problems with the blockade and embargo policies of Germany and Great [...]
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March 22, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Britain’s blockade of Germany severely restricted the ability of American shipping to trade with Germany in non-contraband goods. The [...]
March 21, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Oregon Statesman followed up its editorial of yesterday addressing the prospects for socialism with a discussion of “Cheap [...]
March 20, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent An editorial in the Oregon Statesman discussed war as promoting socialism. Prior to the war’s outbreak governments looked at [...]
March 19, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The war news presented the appearance of a lull in the fighting (a bitter irony to those at the [...]
March 16, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Capital Journal headlines for the day reported allied setbacks in the Dardanelles: TURKISH FORTS REPLYING WITH FURIOUS GUN [...]
March 15, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the front page of the Capital Journal readers learned that the British have imposed their own blockade of [...]
March 13, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The editor of the Oregon Statesman commented on the power of the major banks over the export trade: BANKS [...]
March 12, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The headlines from the end of February until January of the next year would report events on the Turkish [...]
March 11, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The the Oregon Statesman’s headlines we read of an American ship destroyed by a German raider and of the [...]