Transcriptions of newspaper articles
April 24, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The maw of war was quiet today, unless you happened to be Canadian. Canadian forces bent, but did not [...]
April 2015
April 24, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The maw of war was quiet today, unless you happened to be Canadian. Canadian forces bent, but did not [...]
April 23, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The editorial page of the Oregon Statesman reported on what it termed “The British Labor Mutiny:” A British statesman [...]
April 22, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent At the outbreak of the war the workforce was overwhelmingly male. In all sectors of the economy employing “breadwinners” [...]
April 21, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent As much as the United States sought to remain on the sidelines, our status as a neutral left us [...]
April 20, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “Is Frank Victim of Mob Violence” headlined the Capital Journal’s lead editorial. The hallmark of American justice lies in [...]
April 19, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Infrastructure was cheap in 1915. The Capital Journal headline read “Paving Plant for Penitentiary Now Practically Sure.” The paper [...]
April 16, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The transition from peace to war is a matter of – logistics. How do you go from being a [...]
April 15, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The dislocations of war altered the relationship of women to the world beyond home and hearth. For the first [...]
April 13, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent As reported in the Capital Journal trash talk is not limited to sports: Von Hindenberg Laughs At British Army [...]