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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1918
Page
15
A Chicago Tribune item notes a child asking about ancestry after hearing family roots from England Wales Scotland England and Ireland. He queries his grandmother’s name before marriage, and she replies Lyon, prompting a humorous remark about Africa.
An advertisement promotes Red Cross Bag Blue as a superior cleaning product available at grocers. It claims the solid powdered form cleans more effectively and travels farther than standard liquid blue.
A boy and girl in a city Sunday school share a humorous exchange. Gladys explains her family bought a new baby, while the boy notes they get babies for nothing. The tale contrasts two neighborhoods and a lighthearted misunderstanding.
If feelings run high, a freesh supply may help. Ghosts may speak, yet few people understand the dead languages.
The piece urges spring health care noting many feel tired worn and feverish. It promotes Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery a blood purifier and tonic from ingredients like Blood root Golden Seal and Oregon Grape root and recommends weekly purges with Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to prevent auto intoxication.
Canadian infantry Sergeant Major Robert Hanna from Vancouver, B C., awarded the Victoria Cross for single handedly destroying a machine gun nest and bayoneting three Prussians at Hill 70 during the Vimy Ridge battle. He then fought off four more attackers, blew two dugouts with bombs, and continued advancing under heavy fire.
A Canadian sergeant major from British Columbia single handedly staved off a machine gun attack and then led a charge through the entire trench. He saved two battalions, inspired by pluck and quick action, and earned a promotion to lieutenant. The brigade learned of his daring deed back in France.
Denver, Colo. Sergeant George A. Stadler, ranking sergeant of Company F, Third regiment, Colorado National Guard, is described as an alien enemy though he drills four nights weekly. Stadler had not completed citizenship at the war’s start with Germany and previously served four years as an officer of the Austrian army under German instructors.
In Dawson Illinois a jury awarded Miss Myrian Cooper $2.98 for breach of promise from Thomas Peddie after he proved he was not always mentally responsible. Miss Cooper sought $35,000. The Red Cross benefited $70.50 as the court allowed an admission fee from the public.
William Donlevy of Paterson New Jersey answered a draft questionnaire in France. He enlisted before his form arrived, and the questionnaire followed him from camp across the Atlantic to the front about 11 000 miles away.
A dialogue frames gossip as authority and asks if art can surpass nature. The exchange ponders opinion versus evidence with a playful reference to the Easter egg as proof that art may improve on nature. The tone hints at wit and philosophical wordplay.
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