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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1918
Page
3
January imports stood at 235,000,000, up 7,000,000 from December, while exports dropped from December’s high to 880,000,000. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce notes seven month totals: imports 1,685,414,000 and exports 3,448,000,000. Silver imports in January were 5,987,455 and exports 6,628,000.
New Orleans February 27 Dominick Tortorich matchmaker for the Athletic Club that starred the Fulton Moran bout telegrahed Jess Willard at Jacksonville an offer of $100000 to be split as agreed for a world heavyweight championship match here between title holder and Fred Fulton The only condition was that the fight run before 20 or more rounds.
A reflective quip contrasts dismissive attitudes toward posterity with the idea of future judgment. The quote challenges readers to consider how their present behavior shapes those who come after.
An old advertising blurb invites readers to mail a cutout with name and address to Foley and Co at 335 Sheffield Ave Chicago for a trial package of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup plus Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets from Mann Drug Co.
Alfred William Furneaux a chief steward in mercantile marine received the Albert Medal in gold for a 1917 act aboard a torpedoed steamship. He amputated one Lascar’s leg with a clasp knife and then aided another scalded man while risking his own life.
Camp Sevier South Carolina reports the remount depot will purchase officers private mounts for overseas use if the price is fair and not above the allowance. Officers cannot take horses to France, prompting many to sell to the government. Horseshoers, packers, and teamsters schools operate with monthly intakes and fixed class sizes.
An article extols housewives conserving food amid wartime shortages. It cites England France and America, praising honor-system waste reduction, with Galveston Texas highlighted for cutting garbage by two thirds. It warns against wheat overuse and suggests substitute flours and a sponge cake recipe using barley flour.
Washington reports applause as Representative John R. Farr, a Pennsylvania Republican, lauds President Wilson’s “single-track mind” and objective focus before troops at Camp Meigs. Farr says Congress backs soldiers and families. cheers rise when he honors American womanhood. Camp Meigs hosts a busy week with a Chey Chase girls glee club concert and films, plus a Bureau of Commercial Economics lecture on war pictures.
Camp Sevier Greenville S C February 28 The War Department limits each man to three pounds of cigarettes and other tobacco to be taken to France The note underscores the limited quantity and the difficulty of transporting such items for soldiers abroad
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