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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1918
Page
5
Harry Blacklidge son of Mrs. Laura Blacklidge of this place and a companion were badly hurt when a car hit them while fixing a tire beside a street in Tucson. Blacklidge suffered two broken ribs and bruises and will be laid up for some time under a nurse’s care.
In a Camp Funston letter to his parents, Sergeant Orrick Robertson laments remaining in Kansas instead of sailing for France. He resigned as infantry sergeant seeking transfer to combat, but moved to ordnance and again promoted. He now runs a large army storehouse and has been recommended for promotion.
The Arizona State Teachers Association will meet December 26 and 27, 1918, in the Administration Building Phoenix at 331 North First Avenue. Topics include Arizona School Law and legislative recommendations, influenza interruption solutions for a full year’s work, and exchange of membership with the National Educational Association.
The Pomerene Liberty Club with fifty four members across projects such as canning gardening and sewing reports strong work under high bottle and fruit prices. Eleven young canners aged 10 to 17 produced a net value of 447 dollars in their first year while members also bought thrift stamps donated to the Red Cross and pledged to war work.
The Red Cross urges women to join during December 16 to 23. Membership requires only a dollar and a willingness to contribute to a worthy cause. There is still time to enroll and give a dollar. No other conditions.
Women took twenty two of about 320 state and county posts in the latest Arizona general election. They hold no state administrative posts or state senate seats, four in the house, and at least one woman in fifteen counties except Graham and Yavapai. Buy Baby Bonds.
W. D. Allen of the Glenn Land and Cattle Co. arrived from New Mexico to visit family. He oversees the Heart-Bar outfit at the old T-J Ranch, fifty miles north of Silver City in the Mogollon mountains. The firm also holds leased range on the Gila National Forest totaling about twenty-five square miles. Allen notes over a foot of snow lay on the ground at his departure.
Mrs L A Drinkard of Jefferson City Missouri reports rapid improvement after using Chamberlain's Tablets. She says she suffered stomach trouble, nervousness, and fatigue before trying the medicine and felt better within a week. Moss Pharmacy is noted in the ad.
The Kansas City Star notes the choice of a short readable inscription for the new Russian flag. It reads Rossiskaya Sotzialyusches kaya Federativnaya Sovietskaya Respublika, chosen after careful deliberation for visibility at a distance.
Letters from servicemen detail frontline return plans and front line experiences. Ben H Clark writes he is coming home after shell fire near the front in France. Raymond Dixon is listed missing in action but reported in hospital with gas exposure and shell shock. Carlos Castaneda heads toward Germany with the army of occupation and sends a German helmet from near Coblentz. Alfonso Castaneda enjoys vaudeville entertainments in the battle zone while awaiting return to the United States. Edgar Morrison lands at Hoboken and feels fine. Manuel Corrales is seriously wounded. his brothers have returned from Camp Kearney. Will Ohnesorgan and Eugenio Lopez are also reported seriously wounded.
Mrs. Matteson hosted a Saturday dinner for guests including Baker Boyle Ferguson and Miller families. Nettie Miller staged a bridal shower for Beatrice Miller with gifts and games. A Stronghold picnic featured Miss Ferguson and Mrs. Ferguson with mistletoe loads for Christmas decor. Frank Dibble moved into the Busby house near J S Merrill. The youngest Merrill child died Friday and funeral services were held Saturday with Bishop Goodman presiding. Principal Baker urged delaying school to avoid influenza. canning club girls receive pins for summer work.
A letter from Mrs D W Isley of Litchfield Illinois praises Chamberlains Tablets for indigestion and constipation relief. She reports quick relief and recommends them for stomach disorders. Sold at Moss Pharmacy.
A hydro engineer E. C. LaRue of the Department of the Interior directs a prepared map of Arizona to be sold to cattlemen at cost. The map accompanies LaRue's Arizona livestock report and includes information essential to cattlemen.
The Benson Branch secretary Effie R Keen states no future membership receipts will be issued by any officer. Dues should be paid to the Secretary and remitted to Warren District Chapter, which will mail official receipts. If receipts are not received timely, notify the secretary for prompt action.
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