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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1917
Page
6
Sybil contemplates her fragile marriage to Landry a doctor as his career drives a wedge between them. He emphasizes work over home while she seeks meaning and affection, reflecting jealousy, longing, and unresolved tension during a social lawn party invitation and domestic strain.
Bangor Maine Sept 20 Hunters have begun to arrive in northern Maine for the 1917 hunting season which opens next Monday. Guides report good sport likely though weather could alter results. Partridges are scarce and deer are plentiful in some areas with conditions affecting wildlife.
At the United States Military Academy West Point courts martial proceed in hazing cases involving fourth classmen. Victims forced to stand on tiptoe stripped to the waist with elbows and heads back for 45 minutes until fainting. Named charged include Stuart Bevins Clarente Rosenthal John Wadetick Hugh Wadell John Niles Eugene Vidal with Midal noted as star quarterback.
China could supply millions of laborers for the war, with Premier Tuan-Chi-jui urging a large expeditionary force. About 500,000 under arms, possibly 250,000 fit for modern army, exist but lack transport and equipment. Raw materials and labor could clothe allied troops under foreign supervision, if factories were built in China.
London September 28 The first standardized merchant steamer built for government orders to replace ships lost to German submarines is completed and in commission in under seven months from keel laying. More vessels of six cargo types are being constructed, with engines designed for easy fitting and rapid repairs. State ships are managed under the Shipping Controller.
New York reports Succoth, the Feast of Tabernacles, will start at sunset tomorrow with brief synagogue services. The eight day festival commemorates the Israelites dwelling in booths during their desert exodus from Egypt.
Mrs T J Backnell ofardly Neb writes she is recovering from lumbago with Foley Kidney Pills and says they surely help me. The note appears in a rural newspaper ad for Mano Drug Co.
New York reports the 1920 season opens with Harvard Yale and Princeton fielding freshmen teams as elites skip varsity play. Many smaller colleges cancel schedules as war pressures ease into continued athletics and broader access with revised rules and stricter penalties.
Operating daily between High Point and Winston Salem and High Point to Greensboro. Timetable shows 12 00 and 5 00 pm services with red star cars for seating. Local fares 7e per mile. cars stop anywhere and one free suitcase under 20 pounds. Special trips by sober drivers. phone 58 for rides from Winston Zinzendort.
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