Search Strategies & Selected Articles

The links below provide access to a sampling of articles from historic newspapers that can be found in Chronicling America You can further explore the topic of the "assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand" using the following search strategies:

Use the following terms in combination, proximity, or as a phrase:
Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austro-Hungarian, Austria-Hungary, Bosnia, Duchess of Hohenberg, Emperor Franz Josef, Francis Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip, Hapsburg, Nedjelko, Cabrinovic,Sarajevo, Servia.
It is important to use a specific date range if looking for articles for a particular event in order to narrow your results.
The names of people are often spelled differently in different publications, because of different transliterations from the Cyrillic alphabet. For instance, Cabrinovitch and Gabrinovic are alternate spellings of Cabrinovic, just as Zerajevo, Serajevo, and Sarayevo are for Sarajevo, and Gavrio Prinzip is an alternate form for Gavrilo Princip.

Selected Articles from Chronicling America

"Heir to Austrian Throne Assassinated; Wife by His Side Also Shot to Death; Earlier Attempt on Their Lives Failed"
New-York Tribune (New York, NY), June 29, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 7.
"Durch Mörderhand"
Tägliches Cincinnatier Volksblatt (Cincinnati, OH), June 29, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 3.
"Austrian Heir and His Wife Shot to Death Aeter Escaping Bomb"
The Washington Herald (Washington, DC) , June 29, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 1.
"Austria is to Sift Plot in Duke's Death"
Rock Island Argus (Rock Island, IL), June 29, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 1.
"Condolences From All Points Pour into Austrian Capital"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden, UT), June 29, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 1.
"Assassination Will Promote Peace, Says English Statesman"
East Oregonian (Pendelton, OR), June 29, 1914, Daily Evening Edition, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 7.
"Victims of Assassin's Bullets"
The Democratic Banner (Mt. Vernon, OH), June 30, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 1.
"Austria Demands The Punishment of Prince's Assassins"
Daily Capital Journal (Salem, OR), July 24, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 1.
"Servia's Reply is Not Satisfactory and Plans for War are Commenced"
Honolulu Star-Bulletin (Oahu, HI), July 25, 1914, 3:30 Edition, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 6.
"Nightmare of War Kept All Europe Awake"
The Daily Gate City (Keokuk, IA), July 26, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 6.
"Austria's and Servia's War Excuse After Twenty-Five Years of Jealous Hatred"
The Sun (New York, NY), July 26, 1914, Page 5, Image 25, Col. 1.
"Austro-Hungarian Government Has Declared War on Servia"
The Ogden Standard (Ogden, UT), July 28, 1914, 4 P.M. City Edition, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 1.
"Prinzip's Bullet Started the War"
The Washington Times (Washington, DC), September 23, 1914, Home Edition, Page 3, Image 3, Col. 2.
"Found Guilty of Treason for Slaying of Archduke"
The Star-Independent (Harrisburg, PA), October 27, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 1.
"Assassins Who Set Europe Afire with War Face Execution"
The Hawaiian Gazette (Honolulu, HI), October 27, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 1.
"Sentence Passed on Assassins of Ferdinand"
The Bennington Evening Banner (Bennington, VT), October 29, 1914, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 5.
"Assassin Who Precipitated War Dies of Tuberculosis"
The Tulsa Star (Tulsa, OK), May 4, 1918, Weekly Mail Edition, Page 1, Image 1, Col. 6.

Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand: Topics in Chronicling America

Search Strategies & Selected Articles

Selected Articles from Chronicling America