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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1918
Page
7
A sales pitch touts Freezone as a cheap, painless treatment for hard and soft corns and toe calluses. It claims instant relief after applying a drop, followed by easy removal with fingers. The bottle costs a few cents and comes from druggists, credited to a Cincinnati genius.
In a Boston Evening Transcript excerpt a confident woman rejects lifelong commitment. He replies with sarcasm that a syndicate might win her consideration, revealing a clash of romance and calculated plans. The dialogue hints at power play and social expectations.
A light conversational exchange centers on Mollie and a missed performance. Charlie notes she sang throughout the night, while the query about entertainment remains answered by the continuous singing.
In a light exchange a gardener laments his patch as even local chickens deride the soil. The neighbor remarks on the lack of bloom, while a passerby notes the urban horticulture struggle remains a comic town debate.
Western Union News Service reports American forces holding multiple front segments with 10,383 Allied and American casualties since the war began. British losses for June total 141,147, while May casualties reached 166,802. Allied forces claim 800 prisoners at Valdella, 309 Germans near Chateau Thierry, and air combat results include 36 German aircraft downed by Franco-British pilots.
Reports from Petrograd to Paris describe food riots and Bolshevik troop violence, amid rumors of typhoid epidemics among German soldiers. Austrian politics see premier Seydler’s resignation rejected. Parliament summoned. Kerensky arrives in Paris for talks as Moscow rumors of Bolshevik collapse surface. Uruguay designates July 4 as national holiday. hay fever epidemic noted in San Juan. Gyor and Pecs mutinies in Hungary lead to 2000 deaths. German militarists mark Archduke Franz Ferdinand anniversary amid peace doubts. Dispatches claim Moscow overthrown by Korniloff forces, Grand Duke Nikolai named emperor.
Multimillionaire railroad builder Daniel C Corbin dies in Seattle Washington from pneumonia that followed an operation. Western congressmen led by Representative Edward T Taylor seek remedial measures in Congress as gold operators in Cripple Creek prepare mine and mill shutdowns due to rising costs and freight rates. Bisbee Arizona reports War Savings Stamps total of 469866 from 6111 subscribers with Bisbee buyers 3811 contributing 287106 followed by Douglas 155733 from 1392 subscribers.
General March announces safe arrival of the first American military contingent in Italy. Congress is asked for 100 million dollars more for housing war workers in industrial centers, in addition to 60 million already set for shipyard labor. The U S closes its first war fiscal year with a 3 billion dollar trade surplus, exports 6 billion, imports about 3 billion. The Senate backs Army expansion but holds to current 3 million men until the War Department presents a new plan. In Deming New Mexico 700 recruits arrive for the national army, bringing last week’s total to 4,800 from Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico and Colorado.
King George follows presidential precedent by throwing the first ball at the American baseball game in London on the Fourth of July. Rotary golf tourney held in Kansas City at Blue Hills awarded to M A McLaughlin of Lakewood Colorado. Pell loses in Middle States singles final to Walter Merrill Hall 6-2 6-2 6-0 at Orange Lawn.
The Food Administration Grain Corporation in New York announced a minimum price of 2 dollars per bushel for No. 1 wheat aboard cars in the intermountain territory. The report notes this price action as a response to higher freight costs.
The German peace program published in the Nachrichten of Goerlitz calls for annexation of Belgium and the entire Flanders coast, ceding of Britain’s fleet, return of Gibraltar, Egypt and Suez to Turkey, and a $45 billion indemnity from Britain France and the United States, plus immediate delivery of raw materials.
A German submarine sank the 11 000 ton hospital ship Llandovery Castle seventy miles from the Irish coast on June 27 while carrying wounded and sick from England to Canada. Of 258 aboard including 80 Canadian army medical corps and 14 nurses, only 24 including the captain survived. The attack had no warning and one boat with twelve sisters capsized and drowned.
The Montgomery County Historical Society forms a committee to move an 1734 grist and sawmill from Horsham to Elmwood Park Norristown. Miss Mary Iredell donated the mill now unused and Norristown council pledges borough care at Elmwood Park along Stony Creek. The plan seeks to bring the driving wheel turbine wheel and cob crusher to display.
A brief advertisement touts a quick deal promising ten smiles for a nickel and promotes buying Red Cross Bag Blue to keep clothes clean and white, framed as a fashion or laundry product pitch.
A plain heiress muses about finding a man who loves her for herself rather than fortune. Impecune counters with curiosity on the value of such a match, reflecting a witty exchange in a Boston newspaper voice.
The fragment depicts a girl asking about observing palms in a cafe and a man correcting her, saying the only palms he saw were the waiter's. The line captures a sly pun in a brief dialogue.
Squeeze juice of two lemons into three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint freckle sunburn and tan lotion. Grocers have lemons and drug stores offer three ounces of orchard white for a few cents. Massage on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles sunburn and tan and whiten skin. Harmless.
The Fuel Administration reports that in a six day period 11,688,000 net tons of bituminous coal were mined, up 5.7 percent from the previous week. For the month an estimated 46,478,000 net tons were mined, about 10 percent more than April's output.
Rural Owensville households face disrupted lines as work for the Red Cross absorbs locals. Neighbors report busy signals and missed calls while residents assist with haying and workshop activities.
A writer asks if his poem will endure, and another replies that it should, noting the piece appears sturdy. The exchange hints at confidence in literary staying power and craft.
The speaker critiques the male audience’s taste by calling out superficial optics and cheap allure. The line frames the entertainer’s stance on authenticity versus flashy presentation in performance settings.
The Food Administration announced new price bases for No. 1 northern spring and other top grades, tying levels to regional markets from New York to San Francisco. No. 2 wheat will be 3 cents below No. 1 and No. 3 seven cents below No. 1, with lower grades dealt by sample.
Washington reports the United States Congress unveils the session's final appropriation measure. Including allied loans, total expenditures reach 35.189 billion dollars, marking a historic spending level.
A state of war has been proclaimed in Archangel province signaling heightened conflict conditions.
The Argonaut notes a rare Arctic snowy owl sighting in Nebraska with only four prior visitations in the nation. The two foot tall bird is famed for striking plumage and is more often seen on straw stacks or hummocks than trees.
In a rustic exchange two men discuss the impact of new anti toil laws on their daily grind. They joke that dodging work is tougher than doing it and note a strong minded woman keeps her calendar up to date amid changes.
In hot weather, heavy foods and iced drinks aggravate stomachs, causing pains, heartburn, nausea, and belching. A quick test with Eatonic and Battonic promises rapid relief, neutralizing acids and gases, restoring appetite, and offering a money back guarantee if symptoms persist.
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