January 10, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent An op-ed piece in the Oregon Statesman by W. H. Alburn describes the state of France and of the [...]
January 2015
January 7, 1915
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent With Europe in the sixth month of war, readers in Marion County, were they to have paused and considered [...]
November 2014
November 1, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent Unitarian Church, Salem. Photo Source: Salem Public Library. Sunday. Tuesday is election day. The [...]
October 2014
October 22, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The day’s headlines from The Daily Capital Journal: ALLIES ARE MAKING STEADY ADVANCE IS TODAY’S WAR STORY THREE BATTLES ARE [...]
October 14, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent The export of prunes to England also made the front page of the Capital Journal: FIRST SHIPMENT OF PRUNES [...]
October 4, 1914
by Richard van Pelt, WWI Correspondent 1914 was an even numbered year, it is October, and that means elections are in the offing. In 1914 [...]