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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1919
Page
5
Meeting in Tucson last night among principal operators of the state decided on very substantial wage increases for men in Warren district companies. Details are being worked out in conferences this afternoon and July 15 is set for the start. The raise expands to mining, engineering, and office staff due to high living costs and copper price gains.
As prohibition looms grape growers in California and Ohio switch from wine to grape juice jam jelly and syrup to meet demand and profit. Grains hops and other liquor inputs also pivot to temperance drinks and food products amid rising public appetite for nonalcoholic options. Mrs Henry Jewett Clark Mills of New York praises Champlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for rapid relief and urges households to keep it on hand with Moss Pharmacy selling it.
Returned servicemen in Tombstone vote to name the local American Legion post after Roy E K Fourr, a Tombstone youth who died in Siberia. O G Bell elected interim chairman to file for a charter and set a meeting to finalize officers and committees.
A list of self defeating traits and attitudes from a workers magazine note. It condemns lack of self belief procrastination and poor work habits. The text contrasts readiness effort and personal judgment with social choices and bad habits.
D C MacIver a Prescott mining figure and former vaudeville entertainer will present a Trench Fun show Thursday evening July 31 at the Presbyterian Church. He served with the Y M C A over there entertaining troops under fire and earned the Croix de Guerre. The event, arranged by the Interstate Committee of the Y M C A, brings the same acts to local audiences free of charge.
An adjourned citizens meeting in Benson decided on temporary repairs to the auditorium to restore it for dances and entertainments soon. Walls will be rebuilt along original lines after storm damage while preserving existing floor space. A stock company may form with about 5000 dollars to provide working capital for a creditable hall and to host the Cattlemen's Convention in September. S. L. Wilson is praised for saving the hall from removal.
The Junior Christian Endeavor met at the High School building last Wednesday afternoon and organized. Marie Jones was elected President, Doris Harsh Vice President, Annie Cash Secretary, and Howard Robertson Treasurer. They invite all children ages 1 to 12 to join and meet weekly. Lesson in Kindness from Ephesians 4 32 set for next week.
The Tucson Post notes Arizona’s rapid progress across agriculture, mining, banking, business institutions, housing, and state prosperity. It highlights accumulating capital for Arizonans, expanding industry, and the state’s potential drawing home seekers to a new era of growth.
Washington July 24 The Agricultural Committee attaches daylight saving repeal as a rider to the Agricultural Bill vetoed by President Wilson. Anti administration forces push to pass it in the House and submit it to the President again for signature.
An advertisement touts Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as highly regarded by users. It urges trying the medicine and notes a public school bond election set for August 9.
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