Independence Day

July 2014

July 4, 1914

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:19-07:00July 4th, 2014|Categories: World War I in Marion County|Tags: Austrian Americans, Dave Drager, Fourth of July, Great Northern Express Company, Independence Day, Motorcycle, Oregon State Prision, Prohibition, R.V. Sefton, Racism|

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 [...]

July 3, 1914

Heritage Center2016-10-20T14:56:19-07:00July 3rd, 2014|Categories: World War I in Marion County|Tags: Antitrust Act, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Prohibition, WWI|

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 [...]