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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
10
Allied offensives era updates include American balloon losses and Pershing convoy plans. Reports cite German casualties and Hindenburgs front shifts while Amer expeditions return home. Public violence, labor turmoil, and political shifts mix with peace conference aims and sports and military notes across nations.
A roundup of Arizona industry data includes Kingman establishing a cactus fiber plant and copper production reports from Miami and Old Dominion for November. Local events cover Phoenix butter prices, interurban line plans, and the Arizona Teachers Association meeting in Phoenix.
President Wilson's letter to Swedish Parliament welcomes their peace effort and expresses hope for a Europe-wide accord. He says he will promote a peace worthy of the people's aspirations and supports common counsel among nations. He later receives Paris University honor and vows to persist in allied talks on seas freedom and a league of nations.
Washington reports demobilization of home forces at 30 000 daily targets. seven days to Dec 14 averaged 27 000 daily with 29 903 officers and 188 562 men demobilized by Dec 14. More than 900 000 men assigned for early demobilization including divisional troops engineers and aeronautics division. Five transports sailing home troops from France announced.
A German and a Swiss discuss efficiency. The Swiss shows a busy picture of a stout woman in a rocking cradle, fanning, reading, knitting, and singing. The German notes she weighs about two hundred pounds and quips she might be compressing cheese by sitting.
A light exchange notes a manuscript the corner reads as a poem but is identified as a returned text. The Courier Journal references a literary item in a brief note.
A satirical note mocks land claims over a farm amid the potato bug debate. It jokes the peace conference should settle ownership between us and cutworms, and comments that children need models not critics.
Coblenz December 23 American forces occupy the Ehrenbreitstein fortress, called the Gibraltar of the Rhine. Col. Robert Bogers leads the garrison as regimental HQ for First Pioneer Infantry and two battalions of pioneers. Germans hand over vast war materiel, including 760 large caliber guns and nearly 3090 machine guns, plus other artillery.
Judge John H. Denison grants a temporary injunction in District Court preventing further deliveries of intoxicating liquor by the American Railway Express Company to persons with permits issued before the dry law took effect.
The city of Reval on the Gulf of Finland has been evacuated by German forces as part of a strategic withdrawal from Estonia. Reports indicate residents fled and military positions were abandoned as Soviet forces advanced in the region.
Arnold Bennett condemns publishers and editors as bleeding poor authors. He compares profiteers to an impresario who offers a 40 days fast for no salary, only to cover the performer’s keep, mocking the lack of compensation in the harsh market.
Soak hands in Cuticura Soap, dry, rub in Cuticura Ointment, and wipe away excess. Free samples available by mail from Cuticura Dept. X, Boston. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 or 50 cents.
A playful exchange imagines why congressmen pair up as the speaker suggests the motive is to obtain plums. The dialogue hints at political humor and pairing as a metaphor for favors or benefits in politics.
Instructions say to snap fasteners together using a piece of thin cardboard as a base. Ensure both halves align correctly and press firmly to secure the connection for testing or display. Maintain flat, even alignment to avoid bending or misfit during use.
A lighthearted observation notes that certain individuals cling to a joke long after it lands, turning shared humor into a running gag that persists across gatherings and conversations. The piece emphasizes social bonding through repeated wit.
The passage describes daily misery from Acid-Stomach, noting how it steals life’s joy and undermines health. It warns that stomach acid harms teeth by eroding enamel and weakens even strong bodies, causing widespread deterioration of well being.
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