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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1914
Page
6
A sensational period ad promotes Prof Moss a trance clairvoyant psychic in Graham Virginia at Hotel Graham. It claims he proves startling powers, offers guidance on marriage, love, finances and lawsuits, with satisfaction guaranteed or no fee.
Washington reports the constitutionalist forces in Vera Cruz state plan to sever rail links from Mexico City to Vera Cruz and to Puerto Mexico to trap Huerta and his cabinet. About 3,000 troops under General Aguillar are poised to block eastern communications, with fears of a federal attack on Vera Cruz amid Niagara Falls conference odds.
In Turtle Creek Valley ten thousand Alleghany Congenial Industrial Union members strike at three Westinghouse plants. Westinghouse President Herr says added watchmen guard property, not strikebreakers. Union leaders caution against outbreaks as crowds remain tense. East Pittsburg extends saloon closures and liquor bans in strike district.
The Veiled Prophets of the Mystic Shrine, meeting in Richmond, selected Buffalo as the 1915 convention city and Ernest L. Volge nau of Buffalo as grand master. They enjoyed a James River excursion to Jamestown Island and the supreme council stayed to complete its final session before adjourning the national convention.
On the 700th anniversary of Roger Bacon’s birth the eminent English scholar was honored at Oxford with the unveiling of a statue in the university museum as the centerpiece of today’s commemorations.
June 10 report that K R Stackable, Hawaii port collector and Republican, received a cablegram from Secretary McAdoo demanding his immediate resignation. Stackable says he will not quit unless he is dismissed and insists he will fight the order.
Charles S. Whitman district attorney of New York delivered the address at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley Mass at the closing exercises of the seventy seventh annual commencement.
Charleston June 10 pres ident Thomas Cairns head of the local miners union with 8000 on strike in the Kanawha field will call a district convention to decide if the miners will arbitrate the differences with operators meetings in the interest of which are now being held
In Washington President Cairns will present the miners' matter to the group and decide the next steps. He is expected to return promptly from the capital to address the situation.
In Lansing a bronze tablet was unveiled during the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society annual meeting to mark the site of Michigan's first capitol building in the city.
The June 10 ceremony marked the fortieth fifth annual commencement as twenty nine graduates received diplomas. This milestone page records Trinity University in Wixahachie Texas celebrating its largest class to date.
An aging reminiscence recalls Harvard's initial structure with ground floor academic and religious functions while upper floors housed students in crude cells. The building lacked weatherproofing and light, with oil paper windows. Dining facilities were primitive. each student carried personal cutlery and cleaned it on the tablecloth.
A reflective line likens a man to a thermometer that endures a drop at night yet rises early next day, underscoring persistence and steadiness in character. The metaphor emphasizes resilience and disciplined effort.
The piece extols a historic route in Mexico, the Cortez road, built by Cortes and his followers. It describes its stone and cobble paving, endurance through centuries, and its role alongside modern railways between Vera Cruz and Mexico City. It notes echoes of Roman roadcraft and continued use by Indians and wagon traffic amid modern upgrades.
A Raleigh ceremony unveils a Capitol Square statue honoring the North Carolina Women of the Confederacy. Ashley Horne funded the statue after his Civil War service, with Dr Daniel Hill delivering the principal address and Governor Locke Craig accepting the memorial.
Former Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson takes part in exercises for the James Wilson Hall foundation at Washington State College in Pullman. The new agricultural hall is valued at $125000 and aims to advance college programs.
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