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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1918
Page
2
In this domestic scene Janet and Landry navigate trust and tension as Homer Carleton’s presence and past affections complicate the evening. Janet debates loyalties while Landry stays focused on his patients, delaying romance for duty until a looming summons interrupts the night.
Lieutenant Commander David Worth Bagley of the torpedoed USS Jacob Jones displayed bravery as men jumped into the water and depth bombs exploded. After being rescued by a disabled dory he proposed that if the submarine were to tow them he would surrender, but the rafts and outboard boats preferred to continue in the open.
The turnip needs rich soil and can be grown as early or late crop. For early harvests sow in drills 12 to 18 inches apart. thinning to 3 inches allows roots to form. A half ounce seeds covers a 10 foot row. late crops are broadcast after removing an early crop and store well for winter in banks pits or cellars. The crop is hardy and interplants well between rows of late corn or beans.
A verse by Warren Elliott Carelton of The Vigilantes recalls an older sailor-turned-cook who cannot go to war. He longs for action against Germany yet laments age, rheumatic limits, and four years baking hardtack without firing a gun. The piece blends nostalgia with wartime humor and old-fashioned seafaring voice.
Major Pearce Baily argues insanity rates differ by population with civilians at about 1 per 1000 annually, soldiers at 3 per 1000 in peace and up to 6 or more during war. Recovery runs 70 percent in the army versus 20 to 25 percent civilians. Measures include special hospitals and strict screening to minimize front loss. The piece includes a reflective verse on age and enlistment.
War Trade Board revokes prior rule on coupon collections for foreign accounts and requires new Federal Reserve Board certificates and declarations from foreign correspondents to curb enemy use. Typhoid fever deaths in North Carolina fell from 839 in 1914 to around 600 in 1917, with cases peaking in late summer and dropping sharply as flies and sanitation improve and vaccination campaigns expand.
Amsterdam reports the German government has ordered 200 million iron 5 pfennig coins amid long running complaints about small coin shortages. A second item notes a customer letter praising Foley Kidney Pills for kidney trouble and rheumatic symptoms after use at home.
London reports a state driven scheme to plant 1,770,000 acres of forest in ten years at a cost of 3,500,000 pounds. The Forests committee on reconstruction says the first forty years would cost about 15,000,000 pounds, after which the project would be self supporting.
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