Transcriptions of newspaper articles
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 & [...]
July 2014
June 2014
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. [...]
War Comes to Marion County
By Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent “What sort of day was it? A day like all days, filled with those events that alter and illuminate [...]
WWI In Marion County
WWI Memorial Statue, Salem, Oregon. WHC Collections, X2012.016.0587. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the start of WWI. To [...]
April 2014
Casebere Standard Kindergarten
1916 Casebere Standard Kindergarten - WHC image 2014.011.0001 At the 1916 Oregon State Fair, under the sponsorship of the Oregon Congress [...]