July 4, 1914
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent News from Europe dropped out of the paper for a period of days. Local issues and news predominated, of [...]
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July 3, 1914
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent By Friday following the assassination the Journal reports that war may ensue and that the shock of the murders [...]
July 2, 1914
Harvesting Clover on Howell Prairie in 1912. WHC Collections, 85.14.30. By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “We Feed World, It [...]
July 1, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent As news of the assassination faded, the local headline reported a fire at the Fremont Hotel and Rees & [...]
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June 30, 1914
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “Russia Will Not Permit Austria to Oppress Serbians”read the headline. The Balkans came to be called the tinderbox of [...]
June 29, 1914
By Richard Van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The lead headline read “Assassin’s Bullet Strikes Down Archduke Ferdinand of Austria” Assassin jumps on Running Board of auto [...]
The Protagonists: Part II
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Protagonists – Great Britain Source: Wikipedia On July 27th, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of [...]
The Protagonists: Part I
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Protagonists: Austria-Hungary & Serbia “The tragedy that has befallen the ill-fated house of Hapsburg, according to news reaching [...]
The Roots of War
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The assassination of the Archduke led to a crisis that within a month resulted in a continent-wide war. By [...]
Some Slight Friction
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “How’s the weather, Jeeves?” “Exceptionally clement, sir.” “Anything in the papers?” “Some slight friction threatening in the Balkans, sir. [...]