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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1919
Page
8
The Signal extends warm wishes to its readers and patrons for a joyful Christmas season and a successful, prosperous New Year. The greeting emphasizes goodwill and community spirit from the newspaper.
J W Estill of Tucson and S B Moss return from trips to Benson and Bisbee. Editor J Le Roy Lancaster visits with Dora Patterson and Miss Johnson. Local mining man C W Siglar stays in town as Christmas plans unfold. Ford for sale and other notes include Boat Owl Club dinner and weekend trips by residents.
Beginning January 1 1920 the barber shop will close at seven oclock sharp every evening except Saturday. A W Barb.
Rev. Wm. Frown leads Sunday school at 10 with Chas. C. Cash as superintendent. Morning worship at 11 features a Christmas sermon. No Christian Endeavor due to the Children's Christmas Program at 7:30 titled White Gifts for the King. Children asked to bring gifts for all.
Elder John R. Cosby of Pomerene completed a mission tour for the Mormon church headquartered in Chattanooga Tennessee. His field covered Richmond Virginia and surrounding areas.
Call for charitable giving to aid a single child amid thousands facing death in the Near East. Donors are urged to share life sustaining support and experience personal Christmas joy through compassion.
Physicians advise isolating anyone with a bad cold to prevent spread within families and circles. The article notes colds are highly contagious and urges quick relief, praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as helpful in curing a cold.
Sealed proposals due 2 PM January 19 1920 at the Cochise County Board of Supervisors Tombstone Arizona for Section D of the Benson Vail Highway about four miles east from the west line of Cochise. Work includes about 13000 cubic yards excavation and drainage structures. Proposals to Thomas Maddock State Engineer care Board of Supervisors Tombstone Arizona.
The Plumb brothers of St David thresh grain for farmers for two weeks. Heber Davis harvested over 300 bushels of feterita on fifteen acres. Mrs Bertha Farnsworth gave birth to a ten pound baby boy. Henry Martineau returns from Utah to his home. Mr and Mrs James Jesperson of Provo Utah visit their son Ed this winter. Harman moves drilling outfit to Marion Nagle ranch to drill for water, sixth well in area found water. R L McCall returns from Tucson with a load of Holstein heifers.
If meals are not enjoyed digestion suffers. Eat hot moderately and chew well. Allow five hours between meals and take a Chamberlain's Tablet after supper to make meals a pleasure.
The court decision settles the road commission dispute in the county by fully separating the supervisors from the road commission. The move aims to allow road work to proceed harmoniously on the legislature's intended basis.
James W Skinner of Benson Arizona filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish a claim to land described in Homestead Entry Nos 027105-027298 located in sections 20 and 29 township 16 S range 20 E Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian. He will appear before Edward W Land U S Commissioner at Benson Arizona on December 2 1919. Witnesses named are James Roberts Herbert Armitage William L Patteson and Claude L Rucker all of Benson Arizona.
Frances Johnson widow of Quill Johnson of Pearsall Texas filed notice to prove up a land claim under Home stead Entry 042817 dated September 2 1919 for multiple parcels in sections and townships. Proof to establish claim will be taken December 27 19:9 before U S Commissioner L V McCourt at Willcox Arizona with witnesses Hiram L. Johnson James B. Cook Robert L Hayden and George L Mee all of Willcox Arizona. J L Irvin Register.
Silas W. Kiper of Benson Arizona filed notice of intention to make three year proof for his 1916 Homestead Entry No. 030922 in Section 10 Township 16 S Range 19 E G& 8 R B M. The hearing will be before Edward W. Lind U S Commissioner in Benson on December 27 1919. Witnesses named are Joseph K. Young Marcus F. Pacheco Francisco Bernal and Robert H. Crump all of Benson.
Delinquent notice lists Sam Barrow with 1 share valued $39.65 Levi Nelson with 80 shares totaling 80.00 and James T Lynch with 40.00 in stated amounts. The brief entry records ownership amounts and names in a financial delinquency notice style.
There is widespread catarrh in the region once deemed incurable. Local remedies failed, so a constitutional treatment is proposed. Hall's Catarrh Medicine by F J Cheney & Co Toledo is advertised as a blood acting remedy. A $100 reward is offered for any failure to cure.
Mrs. Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a splendid medicine. She says it relieves her coughs and lung colds after a few doses and she gives it to her children at the first sign of croup.
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