Transcriptions of newspaper articles
May 20, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the front page of the Capital Journal: GERMANY WILL REFUSE TO CEASE SUBMARINE ATTACK ON VESSELS Kaiser Holds [...]
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May 19, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The business of trade, free speech, and politics was the subject of a column by Miriam Russell: FREE SPEECH [...]
May 19, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The business of trade, free speech, and politics was the subject of a column by Miriam Russell: FREE SPEECH [...]
May 18, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Oregon Statesman reported local residents applying for U.S. citizenship: MANY ASK FOR U.S. CITIZENSHIP Fifty-one in county Since [...]
May 17, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Capital Journal headline reads: AMERICA WANTS ONLY HONORABLE PEACE IS PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Speaking in New York at a [...]
May 15, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The sinking of the Lusitania prompted anti-German sentiments. The Capital Journal, sensitive to the large number of German immigrants [...]
May 13, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Saturday edition of the Oregon Statesman reviewed editorial opinion regarding Wilson’s note to Germany (sent under the signature [...]
May 12, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Former President Theodore Roosevelt responded to President Wilson’s speech in Philadelphia. As the headline in the Statesman illustrates, partisan [...]
May 10, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Contradicting earlier reports that the Lusitania was armed, The Capital Journal reported the results of the coroner’s jury: WILLFUL [...]
May 9, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The Oregon Statesman headline reported: Seventy-Two Americans Are Saved Out of 188; Twelve Hundred Bodies Are Missing The paper [...]