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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
2
A Moscow noblewoman, fearing Bolshevik tyranny, describes looting, murders, and exile in a personal letter forwarded to a New York woman. She recounts losing wealth and family, fleeing to Germany and Finland, and enduring hunger under red rule before escape.
Southwest state items report Chicago race riots looming as events. Arizona fair dates November 3 to 8 1919. Mining valuations rise in Arizona Sandoval opens high school in Bernalillo. statewide updates cover forest receipts Fort Sumner fire fishing stocking efforts and miners wage increases. County reform school appointment and Kiwanis Rotary hygiene project funding. Deportation suit filings top 272 in Tombstone with major damages claimed. Doctor linked to a murder case in Raton national headlines mixed with local reforms and infrastructure plans.
Fourteen killed and seventy six wounded as Chicago endures a night of race riot violence. Blacks in cars fired on whites while street lights were broken and calls for protection flooded police lines. Casualties include Eugene Cappel killed during a confrontation at South State Street as mob violence continued in the black belt. Mayor Thompson and Police Chief Garrity sought state militia as Adjutant General Dickson ordered 3500 troops. Separate note reports Arizona highway department receiving trucks from the government for state construction plans.
Kutztown Pennsylvania Lizzie Hoch daughter of Jefferson Hoch found seed potatoes in her garden producing no vines yet yielding several well formed new potatoes. The seed tubers transferred vitality to the new ones while the original vines failed to emerge.
Mrs. Alice Viola Parsons a Denver beauty expert appears as plaintiff defendant plaintiff attorney and star witness in a suit she filed against Instant Anti-Wrinkle Co. in Judge G W Dunn division. She owns 40 percent of the stock and says the firm stole wrinkle erasing formulas and withheld her salary. She notes she has no funds left to hire counsel.
Judge William H. Sawtelle of Arizona in the United States District Court in San Francisco sustains Rainier Brewing Company demurrer and permits sale of beer containing two and three quarters per cent alcohol, dismissing government action to prohibit.
Dr. Epitacio Pessoa was inaugurated as the tenth president of Brazil in the Senate chamber at Rio Janeiro. The simple, impressive ceremony filled the chamber with senators and deputies while the diplomatic corps including special ambassadors from the United States and several South American nations sat in tribunals.
Washington Chairman Johnston of the House immigration committee proposes a resolution to send the committee to the Pacific coast and the Mexican and Canadian borders to study immigration questions and the smuggling of aliens into the country.
Second Lieut. Stephen B. Johnston of Uvalde Texas was killed and Lieut. Amos Cayne was slightly injured when their airplane fell 200 feet during a landing attempt at Hazelhurst field Mineola N Y.
Counselor Debuchi of the Japanese embassy announced that Japan will withdraw all soldiers from Shantung and restore sovereignty to China over the leased area of Kiao Chow. He said his statement came without official word from Tokyo but aligned with assurances given to the Chinese delegation by allied representatives.
In a vignette from Every body’s Magazine Pat asks his mother how to propose to Mary. He asks his mother to speak for him and finally Mary coyly replies to go home and tell her mother she will come and live with them always.
This household beauty ad promotes Cuticura Ointment Soap and Talcum. It advises touching pimples redness or itching with the ointment then bathing with the soap and hot water Rinse dry gently and dust with talcum for a fragrance. All items priced 25c each.
The Boston Transcript notes strict cleanliness at a new bakeshop where waitstaff wear white gloves. It adds that even ladyfingers are kept separate from other cookies to maintain hygiene.
An old advertising notice claims rheumatism stems from failed poison elimination and urges immediate use of Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to cleanse kidneys and urinary tract. It touts relief for lumbago sciatica gall stones and other kidney liver and bladder affections with all others called imitations.
A brief dialogue hints at a troubled marriage as a bridegroom in the distance throws objects at his wife. The exchange jokes about whether he threw furniture or kisses, signaling tension beneath a casual admission.
A humorous exchange asks if a daughter’s piano execution is good and answers that she simply kills time with her performance, reflecting lighthearted wordplay on music and tempo.
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