Transcriptions of newspaper articles
March 10, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent News about the war was light during the first part of March, 1915. The editor of the Capital Journal, [...]
March 2015
March 3, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Oregon Statesman’s front page reports that police foiled a terrorist threat to bomb St. Patrick’s cathedral: DYNAMITE PLOT [...]
February 2015
February 27, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The headline on the front page describes the first reported use of a fire as a weapon of war: LIQUID [...]
February 25, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondence The opposite of a blockade is an embargo. Today’s paper headlines a suggestion that the United States use the threat [...]
February 24, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Truth suffers when righteousness abounds, as this article in the Capital Journal illustrates: EXCERPTS FROM LETTER TELLS GERMAN ATTITUDE Father [...]
February 23, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The front page of the Capital Journal reported the opinion of a British admiral as to Germany’s policies regarding [...]
February 21, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent As the attempt to blockade Great Britain continues, the headline in the Oregon Statesman reads: UNITED STATES NOT TO [...]
February 20, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Following its consideration of the war from yesterday, the following editorial in the Oregon Statesman discusses “Flags and Accidents:” [...]
February 19, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent A growing cynicism regarding the war comes out in a Oregon Statesman editorial: THE FATHER OF LIES We don’t [...]
February 9, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Discussing the effectiveness of artillery, an article by J.W.T. Mason, “German Guns Have Range of Twenty-Six American Miles” addressed [...]