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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1917
Page
2
Letters from Greenville indicate Company M of the First North Carolina regiment trains at Camp Sevier. Soldiers report hard work to prepare the camp site, good health, and satisfaction with camp life, noting the site is superior to last year’s Texas camp and that the post is rapidly filling.
New York reports the 30 mile Hudson race slated for tomorrow promises a premier endurance challenge. Boston star Charles Toth holds the US record for continuous swimming in 15 hours 47 minutes, while Nig Clarke has joined the Marines after a career with the San Francisco Seals. The feature also surveys Herbert Hoover's rise from poverty in West Branch Iowa to a career in mining engineering and public service.
Rome reports poet and playwright Gabriel D Annunzio is fighting the Carso trenches and may choose suicide if capture seems likely. He allegedly abandons luxury life, performs brave acts, and is sought by international business leaders. Detroit reports Henry Ford II born to Edsel Ford and wife.
Raleigh reports that Catawba county has set five Community Fairs during the week of September 15 marking the formal start of the North Carolina fair season. Statewide fairs will emphasize sober wholesome exhibits and agricultural teaching through demonstrations and contests led by the Extension Service.
Speaking on fairs this year G Rubinow condemns the carnival as dirty and unwholesome and urges the exposition to reflect the people, industries, vocations, and problems of the community. He praises the extension service of the state department of agriculture and the N C A and EF college in cooperation with the federal department for educational and uplifting impact.
Non commissioned officers from the regular army began instruction for more than 1000 drafted men who arrived at Camp Jackson. Training focused on manual of arms and squad drills. Numbers show 511 from South Carolina, 412 from North Carolina, and 180 from Florida with regimental assignments made for NC and Florida units.
Boat making and brush manufacturing in Italy have expanded since the war. Italy bought 300000 pairs of boots from America for its soldiers in the first year of the conflict, now imports are down to 60000 pairs.
A wartime report details how soldiers sustain boot repairs through a homegrown system of mending and remaking. Brush costs have plummeted from 600 to 10 dollars monthly as soldiers repurpose dried plant roots to replace bristles, using packing-string remnants from parcel shipments.
Mrs A 46 of Wells R R Rocky Mount North Carolina reports strong relief and benefit from Foley Kidney Pills, stating the medicine gave wonderful help in addressing kidney strain and its aging effects.
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