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Newspaper
The Daily Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1914
Page
4
A short quotation from Sir T. F. Buxton appears in the Evening Echo reflecting on how energy, invincible determination, and purpose distinguish the strong from the weak. It asserts that once fixed, such resolve leads to victory over death.
The piece argues that Huerta has become a historic international figure, likening him to Napoleon and noting global powers unite against him. It contrasts a prophetic view of destiny with the Mexican leader’s fate, suggesting his eventual history may exceed his merit and predicting a glamorous but precarious life for him. It also questions William J. Bryan’s stance on Brown and Col. McGraw as political positions.
The piece surveys shifts in Democratic and Republican loyalties, highlighting Col. John T. McGraw and Congressman Brown as imperialist advocates within West Virginia. It notes Democratic reversals on imperialist policy, GOP momentum in Fayette and Wetzel counties, and calls for party unity against the incumbent administration.
Mississippi federal court holds a railroad chartering a train for mob use liable for damages in an excursion business setback feared in the state. Other notes mock or question current leaders and figures including Bryan, Huerta, Villa, and Wilson era references amid a chorus of political innuendo.
Edward T Stotesbury of Philadelphia member of the firm Drexel Co has been elected president of the Reading railway to succeed the late George Roderick Baer born in Philadelphia in 1849 and who joined Drexel Co at seventeen.
May 21 at Waldo hotel Delta Kappa Gamma hosts a dance at 8 p.m. May 20 features Fairmont vs Clarksburg in Pennsylvania West Virginia baseball at Union Park. June 10 Merchants Protective Association banquet at Waldo hotel. June 11 baseball Ohio Wesleyan vs West Virginia Wesleyan at Union Park. May 21 22 28 shows The Inside of the White Slave Trade at Robinson Grand theater.
In Rome on May 18 it was decided the Adelaide Ristori monument funded by international subscriptions will be unveiled at Cividale del Friuli on August 30 or September 6. Ristori, Italy’s famed actress who toured the United States with Booth in 1884-85, last appeared in New York in Marie Stuart at the Bowery with a German company.
Readers plan summer vacations and use classified advertising in the Daily Telegram to choose hotels cottages or furnishings. The ad sections are praised as a public service guiding readers to their needs.
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