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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1918
Page
3
A matron’s gingham house dress remains popular amid a wartime shift to practical service outfits. Gingham and blends lead in fashion while percale cottons chambrays and voiles join the lineup. Designs feature one piece ease with jacket fronts, pockets, rickrack trim, and versatile use for home marketing and outdoor tasks.
A quick instruction explains fastening a belt with a double knot and loops. It advises pulling tight and tucking ends to prevent loosening during wear.
Designers forecast fall looks in large shops with early July displays, guiding mothers on ready made versus home sewing. Home sewing can save money on better fabrics like cotton wool or silk, with an eight to thirteen year old dress featuring box plaits pockets a jacket style bodice tabs belt embroidery and silk buttons.
The article describes fresh American troops marching from sheltering woods to frontline trenches in Alsace Lorraine. They are disciplined, confident, and ready to fight, believing their training supplies strength even without combat experience. A brigadier general notes their readiness and resolve to defeat the Germans.
William J D Knickerbocker of Degden North Dakota swapped his prairie dog nickname for devil dog after joining the United States marine recruiting station in St Paul Minnesota. He passed a near perfect physical test and heads to Paris Island South Carolina for training.
Dan Tarantola and Angelo Tarantola of St. Louis reconciled after two years of silence by both joining the Marine Corps. Dan, twenty, and Angelo, eighteen, reunited at the train before Angelo departed, then Dan followed two days later. They now train together at Paris Island, S. C.
George W. Nicholson, 30, was rejected by Dr. John H. Bailey of Philadelphia draft board No. 22 after a medical exam revealed his heart is on the right side, despite his desire to serve. He had previously been rejected for being underweight during an earlier draft attempt.
Knoxville report highlights Mrs. A. P. White of Powell Station Knox county as the mother of five servicemen all volunteers. Captain Roy D. White Lieutenant John H. White Private William Homer White Cook Marvin B. White and Private Edgar White are listed among the armed forces.
Random metal rates listed for tungsten as 60 percent 20.00 22.50 per unit with 25 percent 12.00 12.50 and 10 percent 9.40 12.20. New York reports Lead at 8.05 and Spelter at 8.80 8.87. Copper at 25.62 percent and Bar Silver at 1.01 percent.
Chicago market notes show butter creamery extras unchanged with various grades and finishes. Potatoes list Minnesota Ohio Wisconsin prices for bulk and sacks with Minnesota Ohio Wisconsin white varieties. Poultry quotes include broilers and fowls with cents per pound.
New York sugar prices listed for centrifugal, cube, powdered and granulated varieties with quotes from No 1 to confectioners A. Chicago grain prices show No 2 yellow corn $1.91 to $1.85, No 4 yellow $1.70 to $1.71, oats No 3 white 72 to 73 cents, rye No 2 $1.76 to $1.79, barley $1.07 to $1.13, timothy $6.00 to $8.75, lard $26.62 to 26.75, ribs $24.00 to 25.00.
Kansas City dairy and poultry rates show Butter Creamery firsts at 43 cents with seconds at 42 and packing at 40. Eggs Firsts at 39 cents with seconds at 38. Poultry Hlens lists roosters at 23/26 cents, springs 24, broilers 28.
Fragmentary entries list various hides and pelts with prices per pound and per item. Mentions green salted hides and dry flint pelts with irregular figures and item numbers.
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