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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1919
Page
7
A Yonkers Statesman quip has Mrs. Flatbush and Mrs. Bensonhurst discussing a new cook. The exchange notes the monthly pay of fifty dollars and humorously questions whether she burns anything, implying the joke rests on the fee and cooking mishaps.
Napoleon wore a sword with a large diamond in its hilt at his wedding to Josephine. He believed the gem would bring good fortune and faith to his fortunes.
A wide array of brief items covers a parachute death near Fresno, Idaho mine deaths, a Lincoln log cabin replica in Richmond, and a deadly Idaho interurban collision. Other notes include a Lincoln Neb. bench warrant for electrocution, a Sioux City robbery shootout, Oregon suffrage session denial, and a San Diego arrest. Also listed are France and Allies credits, jail escapes, ocean liner ambitions, War Department surplus sales, and a large Pacific fleet buildup.
Reports say France may go on bread rations in September due to possible wheat shortages. Also noted are Allied and domestic war news including demobilization plans, naval incidents, and political developments across Europe and the United States.
An old advertisement extols August Flower as a universal remedy for tired overworked stomachs. It claims to ease indigestion fermentation sour stomach and constipation by stimulating the liver and cleansing the intestines. Sold everywhere.
As Korea expands cotton farming, Japan aims to use it as a main supply for spinning and weaving, seeking foreign-output independence. Plans target 250,000 acres of American cotton and 85,000 acres of native cotton by end of 1928.
An old advertisement notes that genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin must bear the Bayer Cross and come in unbroken packages with proper directions. It highlights common uses for relief of headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain and mentions handy 12 tablet tins priced cheaply at drug stores with larger packages also available.
A magnate urges quicker action with the line Better not keep that man waiting any longer. He notes the man has waited so long he has befriended the stenographer, a friendship that could lead to romance and possibly marriage.
For years druggists note Swamp-Root’s record as a kidney liver and bladder remedy. It is a physician’s prescription strengthening medicine and helps organs perform nature’s work. Sold by all druggists on merit, it has many friends. Send ten cents for a sample and mention this paper.
A lighthearted note claims the wireless invention could someday transmit affection but jokes that no one can guarantee reception of a message like "Ten thousand kisses." The piece pokes fun at early wireless limits and romantic misfires.
A reflective aphorism suggests greater joy lies in the quest for happiness than in its sudden attainment, framing fulfillment as a process rather than a single achievement.
In Pittsburgh a woman reports backache headaches and weakness eased after her husband bought three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She urges other women with similar symptoms to try the remedy and notes its forty years of use.
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