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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1916
Page
11
A charming inexpensive children's dress features albatross wool, Venetian lace, and cream net. The design includes a sleeveless waist, plaited skirt panels, lace sleeves, a lace slip over jacket, satin sash, and a rosette bow, all offering a stylish yet affordable option for a child’s party outfit.
A fashion note describes the popularity of colored blouses in organdie voile georgette and wash satin while white blouses grow scarce except for sports wear. Pale pink tan and blue tones predominate with cream lace and georgette costumes featuring pale chiffon interlinings and pink piping.
The article discusses affordable ready made school dresses for little girls in reliable cottons and linens with simple handwork. It highlights plain India linen as a misleading name for cotton fabric, describes decorative stitching on collars hems and sleeves, and notes embroidery elevating everyday frocks while remaining durable and affordable for home or shop sewing.
Vance Waldren leaves New York for Chicago to care for his ailing uncle Peter Bond. He helps modernize the uncle’s abandoned property, wins a billboard contract, and clashes with a railroad’s pressure while forging a relationship with Lorna Bell. The pair marry, uniting wealth and affection as the old man nears happiness.
Popular Mechanics notes builders in large cities are erecting blocks of entirely convertible apartments. One type yields three usable configurations from a single room via pivoted walls. two-room and three-room flats adapt with revolving partitions while kitchens and baths remain fixed. The main rooms include built in bookcases, dressers, and folding beds, with ventilated or windowed closets for stored furnishings.
Prof Charles Henry of the Sorbonne Paris perfected an electric aging method for raw wine now used in Burgundy. Liquor is treated in a tube system with 60 000 to 120 000 volt high tension so bacteria ferments and impurities are drawn off and fermentation stops. The process is rapid and under two cents per hundred gallons. Similar work is in progress with beer and essential oils.
Prices for metals listed with city bases include Spelter Denver at 7.89, Copper casting at 25.00, Lead New York at 6.20, Bar silver at 66.4 cents, Tungsten concentrates Boulder at 20 to 25 per 60 percent unit, Crude ores 60 percent 15 to 22.50, 25 percent 9.40 to 12.00, 10 percent 7.80 to 10.00 per unit.
The idle Benson smelter will be prepared for operation. The Calumet and Arizona Mining Company will shortly start sinking another working shaft. Ore worth 71 dollars per ton in gold was found on the 350 foot level of the Carter mine at Oatman. American Smelting and Refining Company earned 54 million 952 thousand 106 dollars from gold sales in 1915. The Lost Basin Oily Scoundrel near Chloride carries ten feet of 20 dollar gold ore. A 450 foot drift extends the Carter property at Old Trails in the Oatman district on the 350 foot level. Jerome Superior Copper Company organizes to develop 8,000 acres north of Jerome. Tungsten prices likely to rise per Globe engineer Lewis A. Jeffs.
A young doctor jokes about using a painted sun to induce a patient to imagine warmth. The ruse fails as the patient contracts sunstroke, illustrating the profession's perils. An ad for Red Cross Bag Blue pitches clear white clothes.
A blue quartz milling vein forty five feet thick has been struck in the Columbus mine at Durango. The Argentinian district continues heavy shipments while new leases are sought at the Santiago mine and Leadville geologists study the Lackawanna and Half Moon gulches.
The Phelps-Dodge Company employs a hundred men at Organ and the Bennet Stephenson mine there is dewatered. Guadalupe county begins copper prospects at Pintadacasion while a new metals venture nears Tucum Cari. Six thousand acres leased from the state by oil prospectors. Black Cloud Mining Company of Magdalena files with the State Corporation Commission. New Mexico mines show small gold and silver gains and notable copper, lead and zinc increases in early 1916, per Charles W. Henderson.
Midland Oil and Gas Company files articles of incorporation in Wyoming. Goshen county men plan oil drilling on the John Bunn ranch northeast of Torrington. Midwest Refining Company secures an injunction against New York Oil Company to halt operations in Salt Creek field on sections 27 40 and 79 after recent oil strikes in the deeper sand.
A witty aside portrays a volatile bride marrying a respected partner. The quip implies she may lash out in fits, while noting his solid status as a desirable match.
Indian use of lobelia as medicine and the flower grown by settlers for commerce. The plant yields lobelin an alkaloid and is called Indian tobacco. Cultivation involves fall or spring seeding, early germination, and drying the cut flowers. One acre on good soil yields 1,000 to 1,200 pounds of herbs.
A shortened exchange features a rider who mocks social niceties on the road. The remark suggests that excessive politeness can complicate straightforward travel or action and evokes a caustic view of modern manners.
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