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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1919
Page
16
Geo L Mee of Willcox and A W Howe of Phelps Dodge Bisbee are in town. Local families shop in Bisbee and Mesa while others travel for business. A Christmas dance at the Auditorium is announced by Santa’s local Spanish American group. Committees plan stockholder meetings and storeowners promote gifts and groceries for holiday cheer.
Rev William Brown leads Sunday school at 10 with Charles C Cash as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 on The Unfolding Purposes of God. Christian Endeavor at 6:30 and evening worship at 7:30 on Twentieth Century Religion. Junior Endeavor at 4 and Bible Study Thursday at 7:30. All invited.
A vintage ad urges shoppers to visit Hi Wo & Co for Christmas groceries dry goods and notions offering a full range of seasonal items for the holiday.
Messrs Shafenburg and Jones announce a demonstration of the Kant Klog Gas Burner in the Mansion Hotel lobby on Monday December 15. The burner is advertised as safe with no ashes wicks coal or wood and claims to cut fuel use by 50 percent. It promises sanitary operation and strong heat for cooking and baking with reasonable prices. Distributors A Shafenburg and J H Jones urge attendees to see for themselves and place orders to ease housework.
Beginning January 1 1920 the barber shop will close at 7 o clock sharp every evening except Saturday. A W Bard.
Want EpD agents for Beason area. No experience needed. Free school of instruction. Address Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Co Accident and Health Department Saginaw Michigan. Capital 1 500 000.
The National Mohair Growers Association annual meeting in Paso del Norte El Paso Texas was postponed to December 15 amid telegrams to the hotel management. A C Gage serves as president and was expected to arrive later in the week. the group met previously in El Paso and Phoenix.
State Engineer Maddock announced an application to the War Department for 694000 pounds of trinitrotoluene. The explosive is stored at Fort Wingate, New Mexico, and would be used by the Arizona State Engineering Department for rock blasting in the state highway construction program.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a blood-borne cure for catarrhal deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube. Claims perpetual deafness if inflammation not reversed and offers $100 for any uncured case, with circulars and druggists contacted.
Many physicians advise complete isolation for anyone with a bad cold to prevent spread to family and associates, noting colds are highly contagious. The piece suggests ridding oneself of a cold quickly and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as an effective aid.
Amt 39.65 80.00 40.00 referenced for Sam Barrow Levi Nelson and James T. Lynch in a financial record.
Permits must be secured from C. L. Rucker Justice of the Peace and presented to merchants before buying high power rifles, pistols, or ammunition for those weapons. Some items may be sold without permit: shotguns and shells with No 6 shot or smaller. twenty two low power rifles or ammunition.
The Wickenburg State Miner reports a Christmas day event at Congress Junction with bull and calf tying broncho busting and roping by Arizona range men, ending with a big dance and a jazzy orchestra. A private letter credits Sarge Moore with starting the reunion and notes it will be a real cowboy show not a movie.
United States Land Office announces Frances Johnson of Pearsall Texas filed intent to prove up a land claim for N%SE4 E%SW Section 36 Township 14 South Range 21 East G and S R Bd and Meridian. Proof to be taken December 27 1919 before U S Commissioner L V McCourt at Willcox Arizona with witnesses Hiram L Johnson James B K Cook Robert L Hayden and George Le Mee all of Willcox Arizona. First pub November 22.
United States Land Office in Phoenix announces Silas W. Kiper of Benson filed intent to make three year proof for a Homestead entry in Township 16 S Range 19 E G and R, with witnesses Joseph Young Marcus Pacheco Francisco Bernal and Robert Crump all of Benson. The proof is set before Edward W. Lind U S Commissioner at Benson on December 27, 1929.
The United States Land Office in Phoenix Arizona issues a notice dated November 6 1919. Details relating to land entry completion or filing deadlines are summarized for eligible claimants and interested parties.
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