September 25, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent In 1914 the opinions of the people mattered to the Oregon Statesman and there was no word limit on [...]
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September 24, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent An editorial in the Statesman addresses how nationalism and jingoism have begun to infect public opinion: London has boycotted [...]
September 23, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The banner headline in the Oregon Statesman read “Right Flank of Germans Is Turned By The Allied Armies.” The [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]