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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
4
A brief excerpt pairs Carlyle’s maxim with a reflective line on labor and creation, attributed to Thomas Gibbons, contrasting the notion of lasting influence with the emptiness of a life that takes but gives nothing.
War financing shows nations relying on credit bonds to fund battles while cash reserves vary. Germany had a larger war chest, but long campaigns demand continued loans. The piece notes Panama Department food efforts, editor opinions, business investments, and assorted anecdotes about society and industry.
The Supreme Court of the United States yesterday resolved the long standing quarrel between Virginia and West Virginia over border and share issues that sparked the Civil War era conflicts. The ruling ends decades of contention and vests the final settlement in the national tribunal at Washington.
Washington June 16 The government appeals a loss in district court over a Sherman act trust case. The suit involves Prince of South America and other New York steamship lines challenging trust laws and service agreements to Southern Europe.
United States factories operate overtime as war orders multiply. Italy spends millions through Bridgeport plant creating projectiles. Lehigh Valley contracts top 200 million while Bethlehem steel and others mass produce shrapnel and shells. Canadian firms push munitions valued at 156 million as output climbs to tens of thousands of shells daily. In Bristol a man lies near death after a timber blow from a young brother of a noted local figure.
The Turkish war office states artillery destroyed the enemy position at Darda with bombs and machine guns. An aviator near Ari Burnu dropped bombs into the enemy camp. Allies respond as bombs fall. June 15 wire report notes June 16 update.
The French torpedo boat No. 831 collided with the British steamer Arleya and sank today off Cherbourg. Six crew members drowned while the remaining crew were rescued by torpedo boat No. 37. The incident follows a June 15 report via Paris.
In a playful confession, a woman details how she manipulated multiple suitors to win Harry's proposal. She describes lessons from Aunt Carrie and a staged imaginary admirer, ending with an engagement to Harry while boasting of her stratagems and a re-enactment of Ohio history at Ohio University in Athens.
A lone sentry on a Civil War post encounters a wandering mother with her dead infant. He helps bury the child under fire as Grant and Lee clash near the woods, reflecting on war’s supposed glory versus its grim toll. The scene ends with the troops marching forward after a grave dug by bayonets.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam reports Count Zeppelin, famed German dirigible inventor, is seriously ill with bronchitis and confined to his home in Stuttgart.
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