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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
7
The Calgary Herald notes surging demand for wheat land in Western Canada as prices rise ten to fifteen dollars an acre, with some parcels selling at eighty to one hundred dollars. Higher crop prices, government support, and better tillage spur farmers to expand, making land more valuable and the prospect for large returns brighter.
In a quirky tale John travels to the store for a dozen eggs. A boy steals his hat and John starts to chase. At the shop a man asks who hit him and John replies a dozen eggs.
Have a Clear Skin. Make Cuticura Soap your daily toilet soap and assist with Cuticura Ointment to soften soothe and heal. For free samples address Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Available at druggists and by mail Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50 Adv.
A fragment shows Maggie remarking on a drug clerk who courted her with pointed humor and a bold hand gesture. The exchange plays on flirtation and a comic misread of affection as medicine.
A brief advertisement touts Red Cross Bag Blue for beautiful clear white laundry. Appears in a newspaper listing with a prompt to find it at all good grocers.
The note references Paris green and a pest problem, implying a context of soil treatment or pest control efforts in a local area.
A brief editorial argues that polite behavior improves when people practice social civility openly. It suggests public demonstrations and community norms help cultivate courteous conduct in daily life and institutions.
President Wilson personally took charge of war tax legislation and urged prompt action in a joint session, outlining the need for definite revenue to sustain the war effort. He warned against delays, stressed fairness, and called for taxes on war profits, incomes, and luxuries with a united public burden.
In Chicago the American Corn Millers' Federation urged a national propaganda drive to boost corn use as a wheat substitute. Speakers predicted a bountiful corn crop and called for improved corn quality to support the shift.
A tired looking woman entered a Broadway car and, despite pleading, failed to secure a seat until she began singing The Star Spangled Banner. As she sang, the riders stood, and she moved into a vacated seat as the song ended.
A Brussels chemist advises housewives to use the hot water from boiled potatoes as a soap substitute. Soak the linen in the potato water overnight and rub without soap. the fabric reportedly becomes perfectly white.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a leading remedy for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims broad efficacy in thousands of cases and offers sample bottles for ten cents via Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
A young girl named Bessie brings a pressed leaf to her grandmother saying she found it in a large Bible. She wonders if the relic once belonged to Eve and suggests it ties to Boston transcendental days of old.
The saying compares people to cider sweet until effort is needed and claims self belief makes two thirds of the battle. It reflects a proverb style urging personal initiative and confidence as key to success.
A humorous quip from the Birmingham Age Herald features a salesman offering a burglar alarm to a woman. The response questions efficacy and the seller claims authority from past burgling as reform, ending with a playful twist about the alarm.
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