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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
11
A horse drawing a light wagon ran amuck in the street drawing a crowd. A passerby helped unhook the harness as two women debated who is more concerned with Sam’s lunch and hot coffee, revealing a humorous slice of daily city life.
A quirky dialogue frames a community myth about the first aviator as a broomstick witch. Locals joke she will beat the cow that jumped over the moon as broom prices soar from a dollar to new highs. A shopper muses on buying value, soaking brooms, and enduring rustic wisdom.
Washington soldiers nicknamed Sammies, a unit of women from government departments, pause drills as heat climbs above 90 degrees. After marching in the Red Cross parade and earning praise, they retreat to cooler quarters until fall, fearing sunburn freckles and fatigue.
A dapper man in high fashion asks for stamps at a corner drug store postal window. The brisk clerk explains stamps are little paper pictures with gum on the back, prompting the man to remark on his discovery of a new way to ask price.
Readers are informed that Western Canada land values are rising and will continue to do so until returns cap the gains. The piece profiles farmers like O F Malmberg of Alberta and Peter A Klassen of Saskatchewan, with cash sales and expanding acreage, plus provincial price data showing prairie land averages around 31 to 26 per acre and Canada-wide 44 per acre.
The United States Department of Agriculture highlights the rising importance of sheep in farming. War conditions lift wool and mutton values, promoting mixed farming with sheep as a key, low labor, pasture-friendly livestock that reduces grain reliance and expands land use efficiency across regions.
A brief exchange notes opportunity arriving at each door but frames it as an invitation to conflict. The lines contrast common optimism with a charged and combative undertone.
The article notes that women are largely engaged at present in the manufacture of serums and vaccines, highlighting their prominent role in this industrial sector.
Farmers hesitate to buy heavy draft horses and mules at current prices though they are economical. Plan to obtain heavy mares and raise colts for sale or to replace lighter animals and old teams on the farm.
The sow should have no feed for 24 hours after farrowing. She must have water at frequent intervals drawn from the well at about the right temperature. Increase the feed gradually for ten days, then she may be on full feed.
A market buyer emphasizes soundness weight type substance bone feet patterns and action for draft horse breeding. The guidance covers conformation gait and overall quality requirements to meet buyer expectations.
Prices quoted for metals include lead at 8.05, copper 25.62, silver 0.995, with manganese steel plant opened in Miami and new ore bodies found at Copper Queen mine Mayer. Phelps-Dodge produced 16.85 million pounds of copper in June. several mines advance operations, new shafts and mills are planned, and miners push for higher gold prices above 20.67 per ounce.
Kennecott Copper corporation produced 4,044,000 pounds of copper in June up from 3,404,000 in May and 5,794,000 in March. Davis-Daly mine yielded 632,110 pounds of copper and 30,208 ounces of silver in June. A Montana report to county assessors shows 421,744 tons mined with gross value $6,641,300 and net proceeds $834,500 after costs including extraction, freight, and mill construction.
The Oaks Company at Mogollon ships from Pacific Mine while water levels drop in Deadwood mine to near 500 feet. Mogollon Mines Co. ships 21 100-pound bars of bullion in early July and 4393 tons milled in June. Grant county silver mines awaken and gain attention as General mining rises. Hecla starts work on seven claims near Lordsburg, Bonney ships high grade ore to Douglas in June, Atwood mine near Lordsburg to begin operations, and Paul A. Larsh plans revival of Newcomb Estate and Rogers properties near Hurley.
Wyoming reports a 15 percent growth in area devoted to sugar beets. The Lusk Royalty Company is incorporated at Lusk to deal in oil royalties with capital of 1 million dollars at par value one dollar per share. The Wyatt Oil Company in the Brooming Basin begins a drilling campaign as a refining plant near completion at Fetters near ing completion.
A Tarville Gazette boast claims the paper holds the earliest war intelligence, describing it as not only early but primitive, a statement contrasted with a Boston Transcript remark about rival coverage.
A Mississippi representative recalls a tale to show teamwork limits. A public school teacher asks a boy about a father and uncle doing work together and the boy quips that together they would sit on the fence swap stories. Also a brief note from On the Links about Edith’s eye language.
Long Beach authorities outlaw public spooning by young persons amid local morality measures. Police vow enforcement as city officials press for community standards.
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