Transcriptions of newspaper articles
September 22, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Statesman editorial page opined on a variety of issues in the pithy condensed style of the time (somewhat [...]
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September 21, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The day’s headlines from the Capital Journal: BILLION DOLLARS IS RAISED German War Loan of One Billion Dollars Is [...]
September 20, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent An article in the Oregon Statesman observed how the war was being received: WAR AND EFFECTS NOTED IN SALEM [...]
September 19, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent It did not take long for someone to rebut the article of the sixteenth [...]
September 18, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Capital Journal headlines relay the intense battles taking place: TWO GREAT BATTLES IN PROGRESS Russians and Austrians In Death [...]
September 17, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent LOCKED IN EMBRACE OF DEATH Germans Making Titanic Efforts to Break Through the Allies’ Center LOSSES ARE HEAVIEST SINCE [...]
September 16, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “Germans Take Up Position On The Aisne” read the headline in the Daily Oregon Statesman, [...]
September 15, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Capital Journal headlines consisted of reporting rumors and the high expectations of the Entente allies: CZAR, HATING KAISER, WOULD [...]
September 14, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “Line of Retreat Is Strewn With Dead; Cannon Abandoned” headlined an article by William Philip Sims for the United [...]
September 13, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Today’s reports are from the Daily Oregon Statesman. RETIREMENT OF GERMAN RIGHT IS PRONOUNCED Prince of Wurtemburg Alone of [...]