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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
3
A horse drawing a light wagon ran amuck in the street after slipping on asphalt. The driver freed the animal, and a crowd gathered as two women argued over care for Sam and hot coffee, revealing tensions over sharing food and personal loyalties.
A quirky regional monologue mocks beliefs about an early aviator broomstick witch. It notes rising broom prices, a buyer paying a dollar and another seventy five cents for a cheap broom. The dialogue ends with a humorous taunt that prices will soon jump over the moon.
Washington's summer heat forces a battalion of women soldiers to shutter drill plans. The "Battalion of Death" retires for the season after parades and drill with Red Cross support, as heat and freckles end their summer schedule.
A dapper man visits a drug store postal station window and asks about stamps. The clerk explains they are little paper pictures with a picture on one side and mucilage on the other.
The article analyzes rising land prices in Western Canada driven by strong crops and new buyers. It highlights Alberta and Saskatchewan deals, including O F Malmbergs 3100 acres near Blackie and a 11500 acre purchase near Cardston, plus Peter A Klassen in Saskatchewan. It notes national average farm land values and emphasizes government advertising promoting cheap land.
United States Department of Agriculture outlines how wool and mutton profits boost sheep farming. War conditions lift interest as lamb and mutton require less grain, pasture sustains cattle capacity, and labor costs per dollar of output are low.
A terse exchange notes that opportunity appears at every doorstep but comes with a challenge to duel. The dialogue frames a grim sense of risk and opportunistic danger in everyday life.
Women are largely employed in the current production of serums and vaccines, taking significant roles in this medical industry. The emphasis is on broad female participation across the manufacturing process improving public health outcomes.
The article argues heavy draft horses and mules are costly but ultimately economical for farming. It suggests farmers buy heavy mares and raise colts for sale or to replace lighter or aging teams on the farm, noting the importance of strong teams amid current price levels.
Guidance for sow care after farrowing requires no feed for 24 hours, access to water at frequent intervals from the well at proper temperature, and gradual feed increase over ten days until reaching full feed.
Breeders are urged to meet buyer expectations for draft horses with soundness, weight, type, substance, bone, feet, patterns, gait, and action. The guidance emphasizes meeting market standards and maintaining quality traits valued by buyers.
Prices for metals are listed including lead copper silver and tungsten concentrates. Mines and mills in Colorado Arizona and New Mexico report new shafts shafts and production plans. Companies like Phelps-Dodge Copper and The Moffat Coal Co announce output and developments as miners seek higher gold prices.
Kennecott Copper produced 4,044,000 pounds 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. The Colorado mine is noted as high grade ore. Butte and Superior Mining Co reports 421,744 tons extracted for year ended June 1 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 the Pacific Mine as water drops in Deadwood mine reach near 500 feet. Mogollon Mines Co. sent 21 hundred pound bars in early July and 4393 tons were milled in June. Grant county silver mines awaken, Hecla starts work SE of Lordsburg, Bonney ships high grade ore, Atwood mine to open near Lordsburg, Newcomb Estate and Rogers properties revived near Hurley.
Wyoming increases sugar beet acreage by about 15 percent. Lusk Royalty Company is incorporated at Lusk to trade in oil royalties and rights with capital of 1 million dollars. Wyatt Oil Co begins drilling in the Breathing Basin as its refinery near Fetterman nears completion.
The Tarville Gazette boasts of its wartime intelligence, saying it has the earliest and most primitive information. The Boston Transcript cites this as an example of a colorful newspaper boast about scoop timing.
Representative Hubert D. Stephens uses a Tommy joke to illustrate that teamwork does not always yield best industrial results. A teacher asks a math problem about a father and uncle Jim, and Tommy quips they would take ten thousand years together as they sit on the fence and swap fish stories.
Long Beach California enacts a city ordinance prohibiting public spooning by minors. The measure targets intimate acts in public venues and assigns penalties for violators.
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