January 7, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent With Europe in the sixth month of war, readers in Marion County, were they to have paused and considered [...]
January 2015
January 6, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Oregon Statesman editorialized on the subject of “Chivalry In Warfare,” suggesting the Japanese needed to learn about the [...]
January 5, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Two front page headlines in the Capital Journal appear to indicate Germany has suffered setbacks: “ON TO THE RHINE’ [...]
January 4, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Capital Journal reports that the Belgian relief fund is growing. It appears that county residents are of the consensus [...]
January 3, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Oregon Statesman, in an editorial, “Fletcherizing the Belgians” comments on one of the more bizarre aspects of this [...]
January 2, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent HMS Formidable. Source: Wikimedia Commons. The headlines in the Capital Journal addressed the sinking [...]
January 1, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent End of Year Summary The purpose of this chronicle is not to tell the story of the Great War. [...]
December 2014
December 31, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The final edition of the Capital Journal for 1914 assessed the first five months of the war: THE WAR SITUATION [...]
December 30, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent As the year drew to a close, this is what readers would have noted in the Capital Journal: RUSSIANS TELL [...]
December 29, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the Oregon Statesman: A Synopsis of the War Situation A violent storm has temporarily stopped important military operations [...]