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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1920
Page
3
An advertisement touts Milks Emulsion as a cure for chronic stomach trouble and constipation, claiming rapid relief and permanent benefit. The pitch emphasizes its nourishing, tasting form, guarantees refund, and lists Terre Haute as the origin with prices 60c and 1.20.
Mrs. M Theall Bessey of Lowell Massachusetts says three years of pain and weakness ended after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports doubled work capacity and urges other women to try the remedy. The ad touts the product as a standard female health treatment for displacements inflammation ulcers irregularities and related ailments and offers confidential advice from the company to readers.
In a wooden tale, Reynard is forced by his wife Mrs. Fox to clean carpets or starve. He clashes with Billy Goat who steals the goatskin rug and the tale ends with Reynard punished for his laziness while Billy Goat reveals the goat's revenge.
A speaker explains a neighbor moved away leaving an unfamiliar tom cat behind. He muses on keeping the cat, fearing its behavior and noise, suspecting the animal's nightlife involves multiple females and possible conflict with other cats. He asks what to do.
Alice Joyce remains among the favorites on the movie screen with success after success. She excels at playing double roles and has won a warm place in patrons’ hearts in the silent drama. The rest of the piece mentions a line from a film and a few light in-text remarks.
The article extols the benefits of long eyelashes for eye protection and aesthetics. It advises trimming lashes with fine scissors, clipping both upper and lower lids, and using Vaseline as a tonic to stimulate growth over several months.
A satirical piece mocks homesickness and travel fatigue, contemplating the lure of the road and the claim that what one has is best. It then shifts to a humorous anecdote about crossing a glow-worm with a skunk yielding a heatless oil stove and the odd sensory note of a kerosene heater in a cold room.
A brief dialogue notes Young Jobbles buying a rakish roadster with money supposedly meant for a bungalow. The speaker worries it’s spite work and suggests it may indicate no intent to propose again.
An advertisement claims backache and kidney discomfort stem from excess meat. It urges using four ounces of Jad Salts daily in water, describing its grape lemon lithia formula as a “life saver” to flush sluggish kidneys and ease bladder irritation.
A homely man returns to his native Southern town after 15 years away. An old acquaintance, a former slave named Pomp, greets him with surprised recognition, saying he could never forget his face as Hammond remarks on the reunion. The exchange underscores memory and root ties in a wartime era setting.
A brief dialogue describes a plant with red flowers that hang down, identified by Cand y Damsel as wandering Jew, with uncertainty over its English name, relayed by Mrs. Sib in the Chicago Tribune.
After a man makes his mark he often gains a wife who tames him and makes him toe the line, a common belief echoed in social commentary of the era.
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