Transcriptions of newspaper articles
September 2, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent“The Soldiers Are Human” read an editorial in this day’s Statesman:It isn’t wise to believe all the stories of wanton [...]
September 2014
September 1, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The first month of the war ended along the Western Front with the French and British holding back and [...]
August 2014
August 31, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI CorrespondentA Beta-Tested War or Cognitive Dissonance Avoidance?British casualties, primarily at Mons, for the month of August were 14,409.The French reported [...]
August 30, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Though residing in the United States, one’s citizenship could result in being called up for military service, as this [...]
August 29, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The month drew to an end with German armies threatening French and British forces in the west, while Russian [...]
August 28, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The German breakthrough threatens the French and British forces, while in the east, Russia is seen as “Paris’ Main Hope”: [...]
August 27, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The headlines speak to the growing fears of the war. In the west, Paris prepares for a siege as German [...]
26 August 2014
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent CORPSES HEAPED IN WINDROWS Germans Charge in Face of Hurricane of Shrapnel and Rifle Balls THEIR RECKLESSNESS FAIRLY INCREDIBLE [...]
August 25, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Prohibition was the local issue. The editor, acknowledging that closing taverns and saloons adversely affected the local economy, and [...]
August 24, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The headlines continue to report the growing magnitude of war rapidly becoming worldwide: FIGHT MAY CONTINUE FOR DAYS Advantage Seems [...]