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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1918
Page
3
A reader notes enormous cabbage rows in California yielding talk of a baby sleeping on a giant cabbage plant. The remark highlights rural curiosity about farming scale and regional produce abundance.
London July 31 The circulars on saluting cause confusion in the navy and among the Women's Royal Naval Service Wrens. Officers and men question who to salute and when while Wrens are told to remain at attention and show suitable respect. The dispute extends to Wren officers and male officers in mixed services as orders clash.
At Camp Sheridan competitive cross country runs of three to five miles are a feature of YMCA physical activities at the Montgomery camp.
Private Harold Hamel of the 66th Regiment at Ft. Adams Rhode Island reports a three month cough relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar. He says it gave relief from hay fever asthma and bronchial coughs and will keep it on hand. Mann Drug Co.
British Wireless Service reports Luxemburg is under four years of German military rule. About 3,000 Luxemburg volunteers serve in France's foreign legion. Luft raids by Entente airstrikes hit Luxemberg, yet locals blame the German occupier and reject anti aircraft gun protests from their parliament and government.
New York reports the German corn crop yield has fallen and barely suffices for feeding the population. Privy Councillor Steinert of the Imperial German bureau told the Reichstag food committee that hinterkorn could not be released for fodder, citing past issues and growing tensions as the total yield remains tight.
Washington reports the first bank in Ecuador with foreign capital organized in Quito. The 400 000 acre capital equals about 200 000 dollars, with branches planned across South America. The bank will mainly handle foreign trade and no Ecuadorians own stock, while Spaniards and Latin-Americans hold all shares.
Persons who have used Foley Kidney Pills prefer them to any other medicine. They are relief from kidney and bladder troubles including backache rheumatism stiff joints puffiness under eyes nervousness and fatigue. Mann Drug Co.
Philadelphia August 1 The Hog Island shipbuilding plant runs a school of instruction turning clerks barbers conductors policemen and workers from many trades into shipbuilders. Trainees earn 11 hours pay for ten hours work at 35 cents per hour and rise to 40 to 60 dollars weekly after qualification. About 28 000 employees, including women in office roles, comprise the payroll with weekly payments estimated over 1 000 000 dollars. The first ship of a long line will launch in early August and a presidential visit is hoped for.
General Francisco Murguia has started an agricultural colony on confiscated estates north of Chihuahua City. He brings former revolutionists to farm 100,000 acres along the Mexican Central railway. A large crop is expected if Villa’s forces do not attack the colony.
Washington reports Peru has ordered a population and industries census for the coming year. Officials note South American statistics are often vague and unreliable, and Peru’s 1919 census will be fairly complete, drawing largely on the recent U.S. census though with fewer categories.
Moscow dispatch via Central News reports Czecho Slovak troops overtake a large railroad bridge in the Syzramin Volga region in a surprise attack. The action reportedly secures lines of communication with Siberia for the Czecho Slovak forces.
An advertisement claims Fotey Kidneys Pills aid aging kidneys and bladder by addressing impurities in the blood stream. It portrays middle age as natural for slowed kidney function and promotes relief for overworked and diseased kidneys.
Walter Kellogg Towers reports from France that American soldiers supplying front line troops left a storehouse unguarded and French poilus found and tried chewing gum stored as food. The incident, though not deadly, sparked surprise at American rations and digestive devices.
A humorous verse where a green faced officer ushers the narrator along as she eyes sweet treats and a coveted hat. The poem frames gentle restraint and quirky admiration for the policeman’s steady rule.
8S L Webster of 101 Peachtree Street Charlotte testifies that back pains headaches and dizziness vanished after using two bottles of Dreco He notes weight gain and improved wellbeing and credits the vegetable remedy dispensed by Ring Drug Co and other druggists with removing his suffering and improving digestion.
An order at Fort Oglethorpe declares athletics a branch of military training. Unit training schedules include three hours per week during training periods and during instruction periods. It is advised to place these periods so a bath may follow strenuous effort.
Lieutenant Loomis holds seven world records ten national records and one all western record as listed in the performance record.
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