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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1920
Page
7
A Greencastle Indiana grandmother scolded her three year old granddaughter for misbehavior. The child replied with a charm offensive line asking her grandmother to please leave her face as God made it.
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as fast relief for a cold or grippe. Dosing every two hours up to three doses clears nasal congestion relieves headache feverishness sneezing and stiffness. Claims quick relief with pleasant taste and low cost at drug stores.
A farmer refuses more returning soldiers, claiming a veteran dug a front line trench while spading the soil. The eerie bit of wartime imagery is paired with notes on laundry and sorrow clothes, marking a period tone.
A home remedy mixes Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine with water to darken gray hair gradually. Apply twice weekly until the shade is desired. It is inexpensive to prepare, safe for the scalp, non greasy and smooths harsh hair. Formerly advertised as a druggist preparation.
A tenant reports their landlord refuses to speak and stops writing, amplifying tension in a strained rental relationship. Both parties show a desire to avoid direct contact and correspondence.
A sharp exchange arose as a woman testified, challenging suppressive norms and courtroom decorum. Her pointed remarks drew attention from spectators and prompted a rebuke from the judge while underscoring tensions over gendered expression.
U S damages from war incidents and other losses exceed the value of 100 German steamers seized in American ports when the U S entered the war. Under the peace treaty Germany will be credited for these vessels by the allied reparations commission, making U S payments unlikely. Three war vessels interned in American ports will not be counted with peacetime merchant ships.
The Gridiron Club dinner featured a railroad skit spoofing McAdoo Hines and an investor. The act showed scrambling and uns scrambling the U S railroads with mock magic and a hat, ending with a quip about Congress to fix the issue.
A humorously overheated debate features Senator Thomas of Colorado proposing halting the Congressional Record and Senator Smoot of Utah calling to stop publishing speeches. The discussion notes the high cost of printing and the famine in paper supply as contexts for restricting or ending the Record.
Edward T Cahill on behalf of six midwest and northeast states protests the Illinois waterway permit arguing Chicago drainage lowers the Great Lakes and may violate treaty terms with Great Britain. Critics warn the St Lawrence river project could turn Chicago into an ocean port and alter shipping routes.
Reports from the Chloride Kerwin oil area describe gas bubbling to the surface and oil sediments forming in water holes. The New Mexico Public Health Association postponed its Albuquerque meeting to January 27. Arizona and New Mexico observe growing Legion auxiliaries, an Arizona Nogales publishers meeting January 19 20, and a Pershing visit to Arizona discussed by lawmakers.
Pimples and unsightly skin marks signal sluggish blood. S S S Blood Remedy is advertised as a vegetable formula that cleanses impure accumulations without minerals or chemicals. The ad invites readers to obtain a bottle from drug stores and offers free medical advice via Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
A Fiddle Creek resident recalls a neighborhood plan to surprise Jord Prodd and his wife. The group burst in to find Miz zus Prodd pinning Jord by the throat and thumping him with a skillet while children bet on who would win, a scene the source notes as characteristic of the couple.
A sharp remark notes the difficulty of drawing a check compared to drawing an inference, framing it as a social pity. The comment highlights frustration with financial processes versus logical deduction.
A Harvard undergraduate celebrates wildly as a Crimson halfback scores the winning touchdown late in the second quarter after breaking through Yale tacklers. A Radcliffe sophomore asks why the excitement, and the moment is recalled with a waterboy reviving the exhausted player.
An elderly resident recalls no notable locals in big city papers until the jailed figure, a Chiggerville native, appears in the Birmingham Age Herald claiming the long stretch of steel stone and mortar detains him in prison for years.
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