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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1918
Page
8
Local items list meetings visits and moves in Benson Arizona. The Ladies Aid Society plans a May 10 meeting with Mrs. Titus. Residents and visitors include publishers Theodore Hoy and C E Trichel, Nogales and Los Angeles guests, and professionals around town.
For sale lease on school lands hear Benson Lease runs to 1921 apply to Mrs M B Shilliam Lowell Arizona Mining Property for Sale Fluorspar Feldspar Fluorine Manganese Tungsten Zinc Lead Molybenite Copper Silver and Gold Correspondence and Inspection Invited F M Gatien Benson Arizona Cochise County The treasure vault of America
Mrs. S N Finch of Batavia New York reports Chamberlains Ointment relieves chest pains and rheumatic lameness. First Presbyterian Church announces Sunday School at 10, worship 11 with theme Man's Quest for Reality and hymns 6 118 586 193. Evening service 7 30 theme People we all know 2nd A Man in a Crisis with hymns 498 496 698 692. Bible Study Wednesday 7 30 PM.
A public appeal urges residents to subscribe to Liberty Loan bonds to fund the war effort. The list names numerous supporters and donors including Sam Wilson Arthur Carey Emile Langholm J N Curtis Sr Ida O'Brien Anna Kempf Eddye Johnson Rev Wm Brown Hi Wo CL Rucker and many others across local families businesses and organizations.
W D Martinez announces a fresh stock of summer hats for men and boys including straw felt and Panama hats. Visit in person to ensure fit and quality before buying rather than ordering by mail. Also offers prompt boot and shoe repair at Benson Saddle and Harness Shop with moderate prices.
A note directs readers seeking information about the 640 acre homestead law to contact the law firm Hampton Arnold Land Attorneys located in Phoenix Arizona for guidance and records.
The text recalls early gas warfare beginning April 22 1915 near Ypres with German clouds that caused heavy destruction and demoralization. It notes how England planned retaliation and describes improvised gas masks used by Allied troops, emphasizing limited protection and life-saving intent.
The division of pictures of the committee on public information issues a catalogue listing about 1 000 official war photographs and stereopticon slides from the signal corps navy marine corps and French and Belgian photographers. Prints and slides may be bought for a small price by sending five cents to Washington D C. Meanwhile about twenty English garden- ers head to France to tend graves of British soldiers. The Mexican service badge will be issued to officers and enlisted men who served in Mexico or on the border and may be bought by those honorably separated from the service with authority from the adjutant general. In Antwerp a suburb mayor is ordered to deliver to the Germans forty fat cats.
An old saying about nature curing with doctor fees is used to promote Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Advertisements list poultry and eggs for hatching from prize stock in Pomerene and Tucson markets, with prices per 15 eggs, and a note that Old Pueblo Market pays top prices for poultry and fresh eggs.
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