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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1916
Page
4
Bemson Arizona newspaper note indicates weekly issue details with postal registration and subscription price. Public notice lists price two dollars per year and publication schedule on Saturdays.
Herman Rosenthal of Sears Roebuck explains a national bureau reviews country papers to identify towns where merchants neglect local advertising. Sears floods such areas with literature, boosting results more than in towns that rely on local ads. The piece cites Americanism debates and urges honesty and unity, likening individuals to grains of dust in a mountain.
A weather note reports showers in the valley and surrounding mesalands this week amid cooler, unsettled conditions. Expect chances of rain with mild temperatures and localized brief downpours.
The Bisbee Review reports Geo. A. Olney enjoys cross party appeal. In Maricopa County hundreds of Republicans are registering as Democrats to vote for Olney in primaries and general elections. It predicts a minimum 5,000 vote margin for Olney as gubernatorial candidate.
A compendium lists military slang heard in camps and on troop trains. Terms like first sergeant called top cutter, second lieutenant shavetail, infantry doughboys, engineers posthole diggers, and coffee bootleg appear with their meanings alongside others such as mice for rations and bayonet steel.
A county agent led a demonstration in orchard management in New Jersey covering pruning spraying fertilizing cultivating thinning packing and shipping. The five acre apple orchard earned 935.10 last year with total expenses 255.40 including 30 depreciation on a sprayer and seed and labor for cover crop. Net profit was 71.70 or 143.94 per acre plus an interest charge of 15 per acre.
A Bisbee Ore item jokes about two New Jersey militiamen seeing a windmill for the first time aboard a train through New Mexico. One militiaman asks what it is and the other mislabels it as an electric fan for cows, reflecting lighthearted regional storytelling.
The Tombstone Prospector notes the thirteenth edition of personal use affidavits issued by the job office. Jurors in Arizona are advised to call in to obtain a supply before leaving town. The note mentions gifts and preventing house calls for snipping from bottles.
The Nations Lumber Manufacturers Association reports the U S forest products lab at Madison Wisconsin is turning sawdust and mill waste into baking powder artificial silk sawdust sugar binder twine rope woven furniture milk bottles rugs and even the strongest paper. Demonstrations wow visiting lumbermen and hint at a national rise in output. For sale a frame house and twenty acres fenced. contact J E Weigand Benson.
The Signal offers two cash prizes for the piano contest. A ten dollar prize will go to the lady with the most votes between the first and second counts, dated July 31. A five dollar prize will be awarded to the runner up. all entrants have an equal chance.
Real estate listing for a three-room adobe house located on a 150 by 150 foot lot in Walker's Addition, Owens place. Offered with cash or easy terms and attributed to Mary F. Titus.
The second count nears on July 31 as contestants vie for top votes. A $15 gold prize will be split as $10 for the largest gain and $5 for the second largest, with 25 vote coupons offered by local merchants to boost support forSignal subscribers. Standing shows Miss Vada Clark 16,825. Miss Estha Reddoch 14,300. Miss Julia Treu 5,275.
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