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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1919
Page
3
Blouses and smocks surge to rival evening frocks with daring trims and colors. Georgette crepe chiffon and net in gold lace create gowns with peplum and apron designs. Emerald greens copper crepe and champagne black embroidery decorate with beadlike paint motifs and rich girdles.
The piece notes a rise in velvet gowns alongside satin frocks as a nationwide trend. It highlights supple fabrics like chiffon velvets and velveteen for afternoon and evening wear, with velvet dresses designed simply to emphasize fabric and cut. It also describes a marine blue velveteen afternoon dress with plaits and a beaded bodice and a contrasting satin gown featuring an Aztec inspired sunburst pattern and tasselled girdle.
Patrons will see ash colored batik motifs in autumn blouses overblouses and negligees, with high colorful effects emphasized across multiple garment types.
A historical price sheet lists butchers rates for hides and pelts by weight and type. Items include dry salt hides at 6c per lb, green salted hides with discounts, heavy cured hides over 25 per cent, and assorted calf, kip, and bull hides with varied prices. Also notes ponies and glue at several dollar amounts.
Colorado settlement prices list bar silver at 1.32 percent, copies per pound 21 22e, lead $6.75, spelter $7.75, tungsten per unit $7.50 to $12.00.
Chicago markets show bid ranges for hogs cattle sheep with various quality categories. Prices span hogs from about 13.25 to 18.75 per hundredweight and cattle from roughly 5.75 to 20.50, with veal calves and sheep also listed in varied grades and weights.
Butter Creamery prices: 54 66c. Poultry alive on foot 24c fowls 13 25c. Bees firsts 59 60c ordinary firsts 43 55c at mark. cases included 53 59c storage packed firsts 61 64c. Potatoes Northern whites sacked $2.50 2.60 early Ohios $3 Western Russets $3.00 3.15 rurals $2.90 3.00.
The Chicago market notes list corn and yellow varieties with No. 2 and No. 3 white prices around $1.53 to $1.76 per bushel. Rye and barley show modest figures, Timothy and Clover seed cited with prices, and pork products with lard and rib quotes around $18 to $25.50.
King Albert of Belgium visits the U S Capitol to express Belgium’s gratitude for American aid in the Great War. He is greeted by Senate leader and House officers, with Leopold and Queen Elizabeth present as crowds cheer the historic belated homage.
The War Department plans to enlist 1000 men for rapid concentration at Lakehurst proving grounds. White recruits only. Lakehurst chosen after nationwide site search for ordnance and chemical warfare testing. Mustard gas tests at Lakehurst reportedly produced a tenfold strength and deadly contact kill.
Dr William Darrach of Columbia notes American troops averaged a ten pound gain from mobilization to demobilization. He credits preventive medicine and hygiene advances for broader health gains despite wartime hardships. The 4 million strong army shaped a healthier generation ahead.
A National Industrial Council survey shows rapid rise of works councils in American industry. From 1904 to 1918 few existed, but the last 20 months brought 225 councils in 176 firms, mainly in metal trades and biteyuild.ag industry, concentrated east of the Mississippi.
Lucy Foreman of Kansas City writes that after years of illness and a diagnosed inflammation she recovered fully using Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical Discovery. She credits the medicines with restoring her health and curing all ailments.
In Atchison Kansas Ida Tickner recounts using Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription for displacement and feminine weakness about twenty years ago. She reports relief after the first six doses and full strength after one bottle, noting continued use when feeling run-down or nervous. The testimonial calls Favorite Prescription a woman's real friend.
A judge questions the amount charged after a man was held up in a taxi. The case centers on the chauffeur's fare and whether it reflected reasonable payment for the incident.
The advertisement promotes Bayer tablets as genuine Aspirin with proper directions for colds pain headaches neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It notes the Bayer name signifies genuine Aspirin used by physicians for nineteen years and lists a 12 tablet tin costing a few cents. It also mentions an inventor earning a patent for an adjustable ladder foot to stabilize on uneven surfaces.
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