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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1916
Page
12
Bemson Arizona newspaper entry notes second class matter status dated May 12 2006 at the Bemson post office. Subscription price listed as two dollars per year.
Herman Rosenthal of Sears Roebuck outlines a national advertising bureau that tracks country newspapers and floods towns without strong local ads with literature to boost sales. The piece also contrasts presidential notions of Americanism with voter scrutiny and urges honest conduct and restraint from hate.
Light to moderate showers move through the valley and surrounding mesalands this week, delivering periodic rain and cooler air. Local forecasts expect lingering clouds, brief downpours in spots, and gradual moisture improve across terrain. Stronger activity remains scattered with seasonal patterns continuing.
The Bisbee Review reports Geo A Olney enjoyed cross party appeal. In Mari copa county hundreds register as Democrats to vote for Olney in both primary and general elections. With Olney as Democratic candidate for governor, Arizona is seen as securing the entire Democratic ticket by at least a 5000 vote margin.
A glossary of military slang used in camp and on troop trains lists terms and meanings such as recruit rooke y or John, first sergeant top cutter, second lieutenant shavetail, musicians windjammers, corporal corp, rifle shooting stick, pistol gat, hardtack armor plate, mess kits turtlebacks, cavalry troopers, engineers posthole diggers, quartermaster scavengers, orderly dog robber, enlisted man old head, captain skipper, mess sergeant belly robber, sergeant sarge, cook ration spoiler, bayonet stabber, coffee bootleg, bacon sowhelly, bread punk, infantry doughboys, signal corps lightning rods, hospital corps pill rollers, and pie appleberry.
A county agent led an orchard management demonstration in New Jersey covering pruning spraying fertilizing cultivating thinning packing and shipping. A five acre apple orchard earned 93510 with expenses 25540 including 30 depreciation and seed cost for cover crop. Net profit 7170 equals 143.94 per acre plus 15 per acre interest.
Two New Jersey militiamen riding through New Mexico mistake a windmill for an electric cow fan. The conductor overhears their bemused exchange as Arizona locals spin stories about the eastern militiamen.
The Prospector reports the thir teenth edition of personal use affidavits now available at the job office. Jurors should call in to obtain supplies before leaving town. They’re marketed as gifts or to deter visitors who mooch from your bottle.
The Nations Lumber Manufacturers Association reports that the Madison forest products laboratory converts sawdust into baking powder sugar silk stockings binder twine and furniture among other items. Demonstrations show sawdust silk stockings and stronger paper from Southern pine waste promising a large boost in domestic production. A classified line offers a frame house and twenty acres fenced for sale by J E Weigand Benson.
The Signal offers two cash prizes for the piano contest. A ten dollar prize goes to the lady with the most votes between the first and second counts, to be determined by July 31. A five dollar prize will go to the second highest. All entrants have an equal chance.
Property listing for a three room adobe house on a 150 by 150 foot lot in Walker's Addition known as Owens place. Offered by Mary F. Titus with cash or easy terms.
The second count for the Benson Signal contest on July 31 ushers a new round of campaigning as merchants issue 25 vote coupons with every dollar spent. Fifteen dollars in gold will be split to reward the top gains in votes, with ten for the lead and five for the second, while candidates Miss Vada Clark Miss Estha Reddoch and Miss Julia Treu remain in the running with 16825 14300 and 5275 votes respectively.
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