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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1918
Page
7
Subtle reasoning from a Chicago Tribune item about a child asking his grandmother for her name before marriage. He interprets lineage and surnames with humorous misreading, connecting England Wales Scotland to Africa through a playful inference.
An advertisement promotes Red Cross Bag Blue as a superior stain remover that outperforms liquid blue, claiming broad reach through any grocer. The copy emphasizes effectiveness and accessibility for shoppers.
A boy from a poor district and a girl from a wealthier area sit in Sunday school. Gladys reveals her family bought a new baby, while the boy quips that they get babies for nothing.
If feelings rise order a freesh supply as ghosts may speak though few people grasp the dead languages.
The piece promotes Doctor Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic and blood purifier to combat spring fatigue anemia and pale skin. It notes a weekly purge with Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets and describes ingredients like blood root Golden Seal Stone root Queen's root Oregon Grape and May-apple based pills. It touts ready-to-use tablet and liquid forms and suggests aging practice for auto intoxication prevention.
Sergeant Major Robert Hanna of Vancouver British Columbia earned the Victoria Cross for single handedly silencing a heavy machine gun and bayonetting three Prussians at Hill 70 during the Vimy Ridge assault. He crawled through wire and led a party to capture a strong point after officers fell. Hanna then fought off four attackers and destroyed two German dugouts with bombs, continuing through No Man's Land despite severe casualties around him.
A lone Canadian sergeant major Hanna halted a Prussian machine gun and led a charge through the trench after stalling fire with a bomb. He then took command of nearby troops, earning a lieutenant promotion. He hails from British Columbia and says he will strive to add to Canada’s glory.
Denver, Colo. Sergeant George A. Stadler, ranking sergeant of Company F, Third regiment, Colorado National Guard, drills four nights weekly. He is described as an alien enemy due to incomplete citizenship at the war start with Germany. Stadler previously served four years as an officer in the Austrian army.
In Dawson Illinois a jury awarded Miss Myrian Cooper $2.98 in a breach of promise suit against Thomas Peddie after five minutes of deliberation. The plaintiff sought $35,000 and the Red Cross was allowed to collect $70.50 from public admission to the trial.
Paterson draft records report a questionnaire duly answered by William Donlevy. He enlisted before receiving it and followed the document from the United States to France and the firing line, a journey of about 11 000 miles.
A dialogue contrasts gossip as authority with the claim that art can improve on nature. The speaker argues that what gossips say gains weight and that art might outdo nature, using an Easter egg as a provocative example.
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