The Zwicker Family and the Fluff Rug Industry
Recycling was just a part of good business at the Zwicker Family's Salem Fluff Rug and Mattress Factory Advertisement for the Salem Fluff Rug [...]
April 2017
September 2016
President Taft Comes to Salem
This article about President Taft’s visit to Salem in 1911 was originally published in the Statesman Journal in August 2016. It is reproduced here with [...]
June 2015
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 [...]
May 2015
May 31, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the pages of The Daily Capital Journal: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GERMANY MAY BE SEVERED BY PRESIDENT Notes On [...]
May 31, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the pages of The Daily Capital Journal: DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GERMANY MAY BE SEVERED BY PRESIDENT Notes On [...]
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 [...]
November 2014
November 23, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent From the Monday edition of The Daily Capital Journal: RUSSIANS CLAIM GREAT VICTORY ON BANKS OF VISTULA Say Kaiser’s [...]
October 2014
October 28, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Locally the eight-hour day prompted the Oregon Statesman to publish the following political cartoon on its front page: Editorially, [...]