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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1918
Page
4
Benson Arizona brief records the second class matter and postal details with editor CL Rucker and date May 12 1906. It notes subscription dues at two dollars per year and lists generic office information.
The notice urges using Thrift Stamps and emphasizes the crucial wartime sugar and corn crop roles. It warns that overlooked small debts accumulate, causing trouble, and urges prompt settlement as the year ends or begins. A proverb-like line cautions that a little attention to small matters prevents bigger fires.
Prof Edwin R A Seligman of Columbia and Theodore E Burton discussed when a price break would occur before about 100 New York Advertising Club members. Seligman said cycles drive prices and prosperity, Burton argued better methods and laws limit depressions, predicting a downturn in 1920. The War Secretary warned against easing war preparations despite peace rumors from Germany during Christmas.
Citizens are urged to support the war effort by purchasing War Saving Stamps. The program aims to fund military operations and accelerate victory through small, regular purchases.
Kathleen Florida Mrs. Dallas Prine recounts severe exhaustion and insomnia after childbirth. She credits Cardus with restoring strength, eliminating numbness in limbs, and enabling her to manage household duties and six children after five bottles. The ad claims many women report benefits and emphasizes non habit forming ingredients.
William Smith of Benson Arizona filed notice of intention to make Three Year Proof to establish his Homestead Entry No 025708 for land parcels in sections 28 34 99 and 33 township 16 south range 20 east G and S R Meridian before H G Brown US Commissioner at Benson on January 22 1918 Witnesses named W F Harsh James Roberts Sam Barrow and Sam Wilson all of Benson First pub December 22
United States Land Office notice from Phoenix dated December 15, 1917 states James W. Gilbert of Benson Arizona filed to prove up homestead claim No 026555 for lands in section 14 township 17 south range 8 east G and S R meridian. Proof before U S Commissioner H G Brown at Benson on January 22 1918. Witnesses James Anderson D C Naegle both of Benson and Charles Anderson and F L Dalton both of Mescal. First pub December 22 1917.
Emet Williams of Benson Arizona, legal assignee of Louisa Dixon and Joseph Ryan, has filed to enter land described as NEW N44 Section 11 Township 18 South Range 18 East G and S. R. Meridian Pima County Arizona under section provisions. Persons claiming adversely or objecting to mineral character must file protest affidavits by December 31, 1917 with J. L. Irvin Register. First pub September 29.
A Southwest city of about 12,000 people forms a people’s regiment in wartime. Members include a schoolteacher, a 77 year old Civil War veteran maimed in war, an alderman, engineers, a doctor, and several clergy, many women, all pledging to help win the war through thrift, home farming, bond purchases, and Red Cross support. The piece laments farmers and merchants who fail to pledge similar sacrifice, urging broader participation and self denial.
A wartime message urges citizens to use power and resources for victory. It emphasizes production over mere money, noting goods and services win the war and that the government sells Liberty Bonds. Buy bonds to be a patriot through work and personal profit.
An Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin from Berkeley California reports goat milk feeding markedly improves health in infants unable to digest cow milk or commercial formulas. The station notes many young children shown physical improvement and satisfactory growth after goat milk feeding and directs readers to the Widemann Goat Milk Laboratories in San Francisco for more information.
For sale a forty acre improved farm with an artesian well and 25 acres under ditch near town. For details call or write to Benson Signal. A tongue in cheek motto encourages getting ahead inch by inch and paying debts to stay independent.
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