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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
7
Sport clothes gain strength from bold new developments with daring designers creating striking color in checks and stripes. The article notes coordinated hats scarves and accessories, with a white shantung skirt, bright green sleeveless jacket, large buttons, and companion pieces forming complete sport outfits.
For late summer and early fall wear, silk options rival wool in economy, with taffetas and crepe de chine among top models. A porcelain blue taffeta dress features five box plaits, shoulder silk suspenders, and black silk French knots, shown with simple embroidery and organdie collar touches.
Jan Capes are prominent and pleated ones on deep yokes are praised. Large collars roll over and nearly cover the yoke, which is cut to match the line exactly. Afternoon capes use satin or heavy silk with contrasting front vests.
On the Edmonton to Winnipeg train a returning soldier with a service medal praises his wife who ran the farm while he fought. Manitoba’s Clara and Beatrice Forward and Saskatchewan’s R. M. Hillman exemplify successful women farmers managing crops stock and finances, proving a versatile partner equal to men.
The English thrush cracks snail shells by beating them on a convenient stone. Some sea birds lift shellfish to a height and drop them on rocks to break their shells.
A vintage advertises a lemon based skin toner mixing two lemons with Orchard White to produce a quarter pint lotion for fading freckles sunburn tan and windburn at low cost. It urges application to face neck arms and hands claiming rapid whitening results and harmlessness.
The English vocabulary has grown from about 30 000 words in old literature to over 400 000 in recent dictionaries. This rise reflects centuries of borrowing invention and standardization across regions and texts.
Advertises hot baths with Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to ease a baby's red rough and itching skin. Claims better sleep for baby and rest for mother. Free samples via Cuticura Dept X Boston. available at druggists and by mail. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
A traditional Ojibway warning states a person should not point a finger at the moon. The Moon would see such an act as insult and bite off the finger, a cautionary superstition reflecting respect for celestial beings.
Medical note explains that when consensus fails among physicians the term heart failure is used as a diagnostic label indicating a cardiac condition with impaired pumping or circulation. The statement reflects common clinical practice describing unresolved cardiac dysfunction.
The Western Mining and Oil section reports metal prices in New York St Louis and London with lead at 8.05 copper 25.62 bar silver 99 1 2 cents. It notes June copper outputs by Bay Consolidated 7 736 559 pounds and Chino Copper 6 706 474 pounds. It mentions Bullion Bar mine at Ajo ready to begin operations and Holbrook oil field drilling with rigs being set up.
The Climax Molybdenum Company ships 100000 dollars of high grade molybdenite concentrates. May saw 800 tons of crude ore (32 cars) ship from Rico mainly to Durango smelters. Jessie mine at Gold Run runs 20 of 40 stamps on lower level ore. Wellington Mines remains Breckenridge’s top zinc ore concentrate producer with a new rich strike. Paul Burdette lessee ships 30 tons of lead carbonate from Mineral Hill Ella mine to Chamberlain sampler. Gold Bond Exploration Company gains Mt Guyot silver claims group. Donnelly and Sayers report 35 sacks of bismuth ore from Molly B sent to Salt Lake City at 208.75 per ton.
The Butte Cop per Zinc Company earnings reach 227 494 from butte operations while Anaconda Copper Mining reports 25 800 000 pounds produced in June and 28 400 000 in May. Miners in Butte Anaconda Great Falls gain 50 cents daily to 5 75. Butte Superior zinc output June 11 500 000 pounds up from May 8 650 000 and 225 000 ounces silver up from 170 000. June ore mined 40 000 tons, mill recovery 91 percent. Anaconda Copper Mining net proceeds for year ended June 1 total 14 039 000 from 4 112 144 tons mined at 13 73 per ton.
The copper price is fixed at 26 cents per pound, up 2 percent from the former price. New skip pockets on the third ninth and elev enth levels of the Little Fannie shaft at Mogollon will feed through cartridges to skips. The crusher plant and mine conveyor are complete and being tested. Timbering continues in Johnson No 1 shaft with about fifty feet of square sets remaining before sinking can start.
The Ohio Oil Company Curtis Petroleum Company and the Big Indian Oil Company completed preliminary arrangements for drilling several wells in Poison Spider territory. The Warm Springs field in Hot Springs county is booming with about 1000 barrels of oil daily, feeding a new crude line to Thermopolis as tools drive holes across the region.
A Cincinnati inventor’s Freezone claims to stop corn pain instantly and lift out the corn. The advertisement touts a cheap, simple solution for hard and soft corns and calluses with no soreness.
A Glasgow man sees his prosperous cousin off by a night train to London. The cousin asks for a shilling to toast the journey, but David declines and laments sending money to his elderly mother and expresses doubt about the mother/son support situation.
The speaker questions why value is placed on Mr Rewtal who appears old fashioned. They compare him to a self starter who arrives at ten then leaves, implying cautious optimism about his qualities despite the perception of being old model.
A dialogue contrasts romance and imagination in marriage. She asks if matrimony dulls imagination, while He suggests explanations may prompt more creativity rather than less romance in relationships.
A girl and a boy arrive as new pupils named Ralph and Edith Johnson. The teacher asks if they are brother and sister, and the girl reveals they are twins, not siblings. The moment highlights a humorous note on family relations at the start of the school term.
The brief notice advertises Red Cross Bag Blue as a product that makes laundresses happy and yields clear white clothes. It mentions all good grocers carrying the item.
Bishop Waterhouse told a Los Angeles audience that selfish husbands bring unhappiness and compare selfishness to a graveyard that takes all it can get and returns nothing. He urged women to marry for kindness and balance.
Notice urges mothers to check Castoria bottles for the LA signature of 4.7 and notes the remedy has been in use for over 30 years for infants and children. The ad emphasizes Fletcher's Castoria.
Witty exchange notes the daylight saving scheme roughs up bashful suitors who hesitate to visit before dark, then must hurry home as night falls. The quip highlights social awkwardness tied to time changes and courting rituals.
A concise quotation from C. H. Spurgeon on reciprocity of generosity. It asserts that to gain we must give, to accumulate we must scatter, and true happiness comes from making others happy.
A reflective note argues that trust hinges on keeping commitments. It emphasizes that repeated unkept promises erode credibility and integrity more than occasional slips. The piece links steadfast honesty to real moral strength and reliable reputations.
A 1900s style advertises EATONIC tablets to cure indigestion acidity and bloating in hot weather. It claims quick, pain free relief after meals, tasting pleasant, and guarantees refund if it fails. Consumers are urged to buy from druggists or write Eatonic Remedy Co. Chicago for a box.
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