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 2014
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 [...]
August 22, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent With the outbreak of war and bold headlines dominating the pages, the paper’s font changed to a bolder style. [...]
August 21, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The headlines from Europe describe the rapid start to the war as each side maneuvered for advantage: LEAVE BELGIANS [...]
August 20, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Front page headlines: ROME FORGETS WAR ON DEATH OF POPE TURNS TO PRAYER Announcement of Death Not Made Public [...]
August 19, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Less than three weeks into the war, consumers in Salem were feeling the effects in terms of higher prices: [...]
August 18, 1914
The headlines report nothing but news of war with advances on one front, defeat on another, and pleas for neutrality from President Wilson: AUSTRIAN ARMY INVADING [...]
August 17, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent In the chaos of war, rumor spread faster than fact. Karl Von Wiegand, Berlin correspondent for the United Press [...]
August 16, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Opening of the Panama Canal with the Steamer SS Ancon at the Pedro Miguel Locks. [...]