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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1919
Page
7
Secret of youth claim uses Haarlem Oil Capsules
An advertisement touts elimination of poisons to preserve youth with claims that kidneys filter blood every three minutes. It promotes OLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules imported from Haarlem Holland as a reliable remedy used for over 200 years, urging readers to buy from their druggist in sealed packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Holland
Notable Exchange Between Men Marks Quiet Moment
A brief dialogue captures a casual exchange where one speaker asks about well being and the other answers cautiously that she is all right. The tone shifts from chirpy to gloom as the conversation hints at underlying tensions.
Cuticura Soothes Baby Flashes Advertisement
An old advertisement touts Cuticura products for infant skin irritations. It claims Cuticura Soap bathes reduce itch and burn, followed by Cuticura Ointment and optional Cuticura Talcum. Sold for 25 cents each nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. E
Boston
Yegg Money and Cops Tangle in Split Offer
In a puzzling exchange, the phrase Fifty Fifty hints at a robber’s deal with lawmen. The first part promises cash while the second warns that police presence undermines the plan. The odd pairing captures a risky bargain in a crime sketch.
Castoria warning note urges mothers to check label
The notice advises mothers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the correct imprint and confirms its long history of use. It emphasizes the product as Fletcher's Castoria and notes children cry for it, highlighting brand recognition and safety guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Japan Plans Peru Colony on Amazon Highlands Land
A Japanese syndicate has acquired 800000 acres near Huanuco Peru on the Amazon watershed with 300000 acres more in negotiation. The land is suited for sugar cotton coffee cocoa and related crops as part of a proposed colonial venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Peru
Huanuco
Amazon
August Flower Promises Relief For Tired Stomachs
In the good old summer time the advertisement touts August Flower as a sovereign remedy for indigestion fermentation sour stomach and constipation. It claims to gently stimulate the liver cleanse the intestines and alimentary canal and improve life. Sold everywhere.adv
Slam at the Gentle Sex
A quirky quip from Uncle Eben compares a show of beauty to mermaids inviting jealousy among women who imitate them in the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eben
Various World News Items From Hoquiam to Washington
The Western Union dispatch reports the Hoquiam church bell sale, large cabbages in Holdenville, a double murder in Omaha, a jailer shooting in Cortland, Nebr., and the death of Nebraska potash magnate John Krause. It notes 75 Japanese picture brides arriving in San Francisco, Italy’s rising credit total, and legislative moves on price controls and war veterans. It also covers repeal of daylight saving, a 24 cylinder Liberty motor, naval appropriations, and Pershing’s return plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoquiam
Wash
Switzer
John Carter
Holdenville
Okla
Fred Billings
Gage
Omaha
Navy
Germany
Navy Department
Thomas Dunn
St. Louis
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Wilson
War Department
Global dispatches report varied postwar events
A wide range of reports includes Honduras suppression claims, Denmark issuing a 120 million crown loan for Schleswig, Prince Charles renouncing Romanian throne rights, Mexican army strength figures, and French findings on German recovery. Other items note ship sinkings, wartime losses, a homicide charge in New York, a Luxembourg protest incident, and price regulation prosecutions in Dallas and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Schleswig
Charles
Romania
Ferdinand
Francisco Luzcano
Casa Blanca
Goliath
Andrea Pervosyan
Petropavlovsk
Bayer Aspirin Ad Emphasizes Bayer Cross Mark
An advertisement urges buyers to seek genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin marked with the Bayer Cross. It promotes unbroken Bayer packages with proper directions for relief of headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain. Tiny tins of 12 tablets are inexpensive at drug stores with larger packages available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Parchmented Leather Promises Strong Yet Elastic Belts
M Felice Gilardini of Turin designs a parched leather belt material that blends strength with elasticity. The hide features a trelliswork pattern with non tanned compressed portions and usual tanning inside the meshes, claiming belts can be much narrower than standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Felice Gilardini
Turin
Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Endorsed In Ad Verse
An advertisement extols Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root as a universal kidney liver and bladder cure. It claims quick mild healing from a vegetable compound and urges readers to buy bottles or request a sample by mailing ten cents to Dr Kilmer Co in Binghamton New York and to mention the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Adv
Fowl Airways Rule Sparks Debate on Bird Rights
The director of military aeronautics urges birds have the right of way in airspace. Reports say dead bird showers hit towns along the Atlantic as aviators shoot at flocks. A citizen injured by a stray bird prompts reference to the migratory bird law restricting shooting from airplanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Military Aeronautics
Atlantic Coast
Department of Agriculture
United States
Great Britain
Aged Castle Caretaker Struck Down After Kaiser Tour
An English castle custodian collapsed after a facetious visitor requested a tour of a chamber once occupied by the Kaiser. The incident was noted by the Birmingham Age Herald in a brief item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Birmingham Age- Herald
Fortune Teller Card Reading Echoes Doctor Claim
The Boston Transcript notes a fortune teller telling a client money is coming while noting no illness. The client responds I am the new doctor across the way. The piece ends with a tongue in cheek remark that luck is a sugar coated term for mental laziness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
One Drawback Recounted By A Yard Cleanser
A colored man named Washington, a yard cleanup worker, tells of wrapping a horse fore legs with fly paper to deter flies and catch Mr. Fly. A woman notes success by the many flies on the paper, and Washington adds that occasionally the horse’s legs stick together and he must separate them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fly
Vast Cave Found Beneath Matehuala Mine in Mexico
Workers in a Matehuala mine near San Luis Potosi uncover a giant cave more than 300 feet below the mine level and 15 feet wide. Its length is unknown but crews plan careful surveying. A sulphurous fountain pours blue water, among its grotesque adornments, promising to rival Mammoth Cave when explored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matehuala
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Republic
Kentucky
Mammoth Cave
No Way to Beat the Game of Inflation and Prices
A reader laments the unyielding rise in living costs. The piece notes meat becoming unaffordable and attempts to switch to vegetables fail as prices climb regardless. The narrator warns that the price tag tracks any chosen dish, defeating substitutions.
These Irritating Husbands Quip From Louisville Courier
A witty exchange from the Louisville Courier-Journal features a remark about husbands and clothes. A wife jokes that others cannot tell her husband from his cook, prompting a playful reply about if any lady tried to hire him away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Duel Indefinitely Put Off In Wisconsin History Tale
The June Wisconsin Magazine of History reports the Potter Pryor duel episode from 1860. John Fox Potter of East Troy challenged Virginia Congressman Roger A. Pryor to bowie knife combat at four feet. Pryor refused as vulgar. Potter’s knives and related items are on exhibit at the State Historical Museum in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Potter-Pryor
Wisconsin
History
Roger A. Pryor
Virginia
New York City
John Fox Potter
East Troy
Walworth County
Potter
Pryor
State Historical Museum
Madison
Pa and son joke about the hardest hunt house hunting
A father asks his son what the hardest hunt is and replies that house hunting is the toughest. The exchange frames a light domestic moment about seeking a home.
Eight Hair Old Codger Stirs Bald-Headed Tale
A wry observation notes how an elderly man with eight hairs on his head appears superior to a bald rival, framing a humorous comparison without further detail.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Benedict
Marine Eye Remedy Company
Vanayu, Vu
Western Newspaper Union News Service
John Krause
Nebraska
Alliance
Neb
Krause
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Italy
Treasury Department
Fair Price Committees
Attorney General
Senate Agricultural Committee
Palmer
Roosevelt
Glass
Congress
General Pershing
Baker
Joseph G. Wilholt
France
Paris
Nancy
Strasbourg
Willis E. Davis
Norman E. Brookes
Meadow Club
New York
Hamburg
Keresan
Lacey Murillo
Luxemberg
Chamber of Deputies
Walter Elliott
Kearney
Louisburg
N. C
Louisville and Nashville
Columbia
Middle Tennessee
Dallas
P. H. Spencer
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
W. B. Burrell
United States District Attorney
Detroit
William Baldwin
Standard Oil Company
Spruce Street
Paul J. B. Haverly
Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge
Illinois
Smith L. von Fossen
Beardstown
Irish Republic
American Commission On
Mr. Schleusner
Dean’s
Wm. Schleusner
Wellston
Mr. Schucll
Doan
C. H. Coggeshall
Notary Public
Doanse Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
Eatonio
Texas Oils
Fort Worth
Tex
Ben Ov Smith & Son
Ft. Worth
Texy
Denver
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