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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1920
Page
7
Mrs Lester E Warner of Onalaska Wisconsin reports relief from back and stomach pain after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She says she regained ability to do housework and credits the medicine with improving her health and happiness.
A courtroom quip links a pianist’s fees to notes and pounds as a judge jokes about music pricing. The exchange plays on charging by the note versus by the pound, highlighting a humorous dispute over rates.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless quick fix for hard and soft corns and between the toes. It claims instant stoppage of itching, easy removal, and notes a Cincinnati inventor behind the product. A tiny bottle is sold by druggists for a few cents.
A fragment reports on Australians tearing down telegraph wires to fashion bracelets earnings and rings. The remark joked natives viewed electric wiring as the best material for current fashions.
Washington announces the bureau of war risk insurance has nearly removed congestion from the insurance division. Former service men will receive prompt, actual letters and receipts. Mail processing reduced unposted premiums from 88,000 to about 10,000.
A newly discovered Shakespeare volume, containing Passionate Pilgrim and Sonnets first edition 1599, Lucrece third edition 1600, Middleton’s Ghost of Lucrece 1600, and a unique Emaridalfe, was found by Richard Francis Burton at Longner Hall near Shrewsbury. The contents rival the Britwell Court library sale items and include a fragment of Passionate Pilgrim with mixed issues. The find challenges the claim of first edition status for the Britwell plate.
Officials say the 15 year mine fire at Girard Mammouth colliery Raven Run Pa is under control. In coming days the burning area will be opened and hundreds of thousands of tons of anthracite expected to be reclaimed.
Workmen unearthed bones 200 feet south of the Alamo wall in San Antonio that may belong to Texas heroes cremated after the 1836 battle. No removal was conducted and a garage will be built atop the spot. it is unclear if the remains are Texans or Indians used to build the mission.
A famous writer berates a line about John Smith as an intelligent, hardworking man then corrects the text by removing the word unmarried. He dismisses a claim about spending on Miss Blondy and corrects the dialogue with his secretary in a study.
Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota spans 10 899 acres and features a complex system of long narrow passages and irregular chambers. The first division descends from the entrance 360 feet and reaches 830 feet below the surface with stair traverses to upper levels leading to the Garden of Eden. A branch to the northeast connects to the third division and the Pearly Gates, while another path climbs to the Fair Grounds 100 feet higher. The game reserve hosts buffalo elk and deer.
George M. Cohan cross examined actors for parts when a hopeful waited. He asked first if the man could dance and then pressed him on singing. The candidate answered with a dig, prompting Cohan to insist on a direct singing ability.
A Boston Transcript joke centers on a wife who believes the way to a man's heart is through his stomach and a husband who suffers indigestion from her efforts. The quip highlights humorous domestic advice and marital dynamics of the era.
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