Transcriptions of newspaper articles
June 21, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the front page of the Capital Journal: FRANK’S SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE IN PRISON TODAY Noted Prisoner Will [...]
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June 20, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “No Real Profit In War” reads the lead editorial in today’s Oregon Statesman: The European belligerents, especially the two [...]
June 19, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Oregon Statesman, editorializing with tongue-in-cheek (or Bronx cheer?), comments on “What Submarines Are For:” The news that a [...]
June 18, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Graduates of the class of 1915 from Sacred Heart Academy were treated to the following address by the Reverend [...]
June 17, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent In the second installment of Bryan’s assessment of the war, the paper reports: MIGHT MAKES RIGHT IS PRINCIPLE THAT [...]
June 16, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Capital Journal published the first of a three part statementby former Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan: WAR [...]
June 15, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The day’s headlines from the Capital Journal: GERMANS RESUME OFFENSIVE ALONG FORTY MILE FRONT Mosciska, Near Lemberg, Stormed and [...]
June 14, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the headlines in the Capital Journal: GERMANY WILL REPLY TO WILSON’S NOTE IN SAME FRIENDLY TONE United States [...]
June 12, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the front page of the Capital Journal: OFFICIALS CONSIDER ACUTE CRISIS PASSED Washington Diplomats Relax In Belief That [...]
June 11, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the front pages of the Daily Capital Journal: PEACE WITH GERMANY ASSURED BY TONE OF PRESIDENT’S REJOINER Restoration [...]