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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1918
Page
11
A US Department of Agriculture inspired design describes a manageable A shaped movable hog shelter. It weighs eight by six feet with a three runner base and 1 inch floor. Ventilation is possible by top apex slots and openable front window. Lanterns can heat during farrowing in severe weather.
Proper housing boosts hog production by reducing feed use and losses from exposure, especially during early spring litters. Circular 102 from the office of the secretary of agriculture explains two inexpensive designs: box shaped and the A shaped movable hog houses.
Market brief notes a late shipment titled Iour from Hungary weighing 98 pounds in sacks. Pricing to be discounted with terms noted as 4-85. The item appears in a commodities list without further context or identifying details.
New York Bar silver at 92 percent, copper at 24.50, lead at 7.25. St Louis spelter at 7.45. Boulder reports tungsten concentrates at 60 percent 20.00 to 22.50 per unit, crude ores 60 percent 22.00 to 25.00, 25 percent 12.00 to 12.50, and 10 percent 9.40 to 12.20.
Butter Creamery sells ordinary first eggs at 34 percent, 34 and 34 and a half cents per dozen, with cases included. Potatoes from Wisconsin Michigan and Minnesota offered bulk 85 to 100 cents per sack 90 to 105 cents. Roosters steady at 28 cents each.
A Duluth Minnesota linseed note shows quotes of $4.15 on April 23 and $4.18 asked in May, with July at $4.16 and October at $3.60 asked.
Kansas City Produce Kansas City Creamery 40c firsts 7c seconds 36c packing 81c Eggs Firsts 32c Poultry Roosters 20c broilers 25c
Chicago prices show corn at No 2 yellow 1.90 and No 3 yellow 1.65 to 1.70 with No 4 yellow 1.58 to 1.70. Oats No 3 white 93 to 95 cents standard 94 1 4 95 cents. Rye No 2 2.92 percent. Barley 1.60 to 1.97. Timothy 5.00 to 8.25. Clover 28.00 to 31.00. Lard 25.97. Ribs 23.87 to 24.37.
Minneapolis grain market figures show Rye at $3.01, Barley $1.40, Bran $33.14, Corn No. 3 yellow $1.70 to $1.75, Oats No. 3 white 92 to 94 and a half cents, Flax $4.13 to $4.15.
A fiery appeal urging subscriptions to Liberty Loans and thrift stamps, urging clothing donations and food conservation. The piece condemns waste and indifference among women, calling for immediate action to aid soldiers abroad and orphans, with Biblical allusions and a call to rise now.
A Viridian-era reflection on teamwork and national purpose cites Franklin and Wilson. The piece contrasts democracy with autocracy, condemns forced labor and German efficiency, and argues individuals must serve the common good in their chosen roles.
The excerpt explains that Chinese beckoning uses a hand with fingers curled downward and a vigorous back and forth sweeping motion, unlike the Western palm-up beckon with the index finger gesture. The description contrasts two cultural styles of signal with emphasis on finger position and motion.
The text suggests that politeness was invented to allow people who might naturally fall out to coexist more harmoniously. It presents politeness as a social lubrication fostering peaceful living among differing individuals.
Western mining and oil news reports metal prices in New York and mining activity nationwide. Old Silver Butte samples wire silver. Inspiration Copper declares a $2 quarterly dividend. Calumet and Arizona posts 1917 gross earnings of over 20 million with 6.6 million net. Cripple Creek outputs and new leases at Red Mountain and Ajax Battle Mountain signal ongoing mining expansion.
The Anaconda Copper Company announced its regular quarterly dividend of two dollars per share. Copper mining and smelting head the West's mineral development, with oil production also listed among key industries. March dividends from copper mining firms totaled about $20 million, below December and last year. First quarter copper share dividends reached roughly $37.7 million, compared with prior quarters and years showing varied totals.
Ore found on the Bearup property in Mogollon widens to several feet in width. Oscuro oil field development moves ahead by a new company capitalized at 250000. McWhorter Oil Refinery buys six acre lot south of Hagerman and breaks ground for a 25 barrel plant. Chino Copper's quarterly output totals 20266715 pounds versus 21287000 last quarter. Mogollon Mines reports a March tonnage record and now restricts milling to its own ore. Tucumcari Oil & Gas Company files articles with the State Corporation Commission for 75000 dollars in shares.
Forty wells have been contracted for in the Fossil field and all companies are pushing operations. The new well of the Producers and Refiners' Corporation on its Hudson property in the Lander field keeps up steady production. Sand containing glass sand deposits east of Lovell has been filed on with plans to erect a glass factory.
Mrs Lizzie Courtney of Oskaloosa Iowa credits Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound with quick relief from years of weakness and pain. The letter urges women suffering from displacements irregularities or the change of life to try the root and herb remedy and seek advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Buffalo adopts measures to prevent ophthalmia neonatorum blindness, following Illinois law and citing Chicago practices as a model for city health actions.
An advertisement extols Boschee's German Syrup as a proven cough and lung remedy used for fifty one years across the United States. It promises restful nights, easy morning expectoration, and natural healing support, noting American-made production and long sale history.
A terse exchange suggests Jack appears sad and asks if he has loved and lost. The reply implies he loved and won, reframing the mood from loss to a triumph within a private conversation.
Pimply rashy skins soothed and healed by Cuticura. Soap cleanses and purifies the skin, ointment soothes and heals. Free samples available from Cuticura Dept X Boston, at druggists or by mail. Soap 25, ointments 25 and 50.
Mrs. Brawl-Oh and Mr. Brawl-Oh clash in London Answers over early rising roars.
A 19th century style testimonial ad offers $100 for an incurable catarrh case. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures by internal action on blood and mucous membranes, sold by druggists for over forty years at 75 cents. Published by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio with free testimonials.
A compact exchange features proverbs about debt and poverty. The phrase Who breaks, pays contrasts with That shows you don't know any thing about being broke, highlighting common financial street wisdom.
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