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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
11
The article prescribes pale pink bridesmaids and flower girl attire with net and lace combinations, georgette crepe accents, and matching pink accessories. The maid of honor wears a similar gown set with added trifles to enhance prominence and dignity.
A call for patriotic action by American women in wartime. Emphasizes courage, conserving food and clothing, canning excess produce, supporting rural communities, and aiding the American Red Cross with funds, hospital supplies, and bandage making. Encourages frugality to help those abroad and at home.
Doali and Ferrara describe tassels on dresses from afternoon frocks to party gowns. Chinese tassels in green black and blue with jade accents brighten dark gowns worn at the girdle or hips. Tassels appear in crystals pearls rhinestones jet beads silk and upholstery varieties.
A discussion of walking boots with plaid effects and knitted socks that turn under the knee. It highlights a notable golf shoe the Scotch brogue with a kiltie tongue, designed to shed water and dirt, with a rawhide strip between soles for waterproofing and external counters.
The article notes plain footing in very fine net solves lace mending issues. It highlights the invisible selvage and the option to buy small pieces instead of a full width strip.
Market notes show cattle prices for steers and cows with pulp fed feeds ranging 7.50 to 12.50 per hundredweight. Feeder stockers, hogs, and sheep listed with varying bids. grain prices for oats corn bran and eggs noted by region and unit. Includes packing stock and creamery prices with multiple government and farm terms.
The Western Mining and Oil News cites rising metal prices in New York and St. Louis, with copper casting at $28.37 per unit and silver at 74% cents. Mines such as Yucca and Shamrock near Vicksburg resume or expand, and Silverton reports strong ore shipments. Anticipation grows for new mills and open work at Guston, Telescope, Coming Wonder, and Congress mines as prospecting and leasing intensify across the Copper Basin region and nearby camps.
Flint market list shows prices for dry hides per pound at .34 36 and salt hides at 2 38c lb. Horsehides fetch half to two thirds the price of green salted. Dry Flint pelts include wool pelts per pound 26 28, short wool pelts 22 24, butcher shearlings No 1 13, No 2 murian shearlings 5, and glue hides 12. Green salted and cured hides list with over 40 lb at 6c 18 19. Part cured hides vary with green being 20 lb less than cured.
The report lists metal, ore, and chemical quotes plus farm prices. Copper and tin figures appear with spot and forward terms, tungsten concentrates, crude ores, and bar silver. Livestock prices cover hogs cattle sheep at Chicago and meat and eggs markets in Kansas City and other regions.
George C. Hopkins reports a rich copper-silver vein south of Carrizozo at eighty five feet depth with four feet of solid ore worth several hundred dollars per ton. In Santa Fé county the Jones and Winters groups push development with three shifts in the tunnel. Bethlehem Copper Co of Santa Fé contracts ten 500 foot drill holes in Grant county porphyry copper rock. Iron outcrops on Bethlehem property span 3,000 feet with 0.5 to 1 percent copper and bunched high grade pockets up to 22 percent copper. ore contains four ounces of silver per ton.
A contract to drill a test well at Dry Creek is set as several drills move toward the oil sands in the Big Muddy field. The Five Hundred Company lays a pipeline from its 350 barrel well in the Lander field. Lander's oil output grows with a strike on the Schoonamaker ranch three miles north of town.
A dialogue notes restraint on conversation and warns against talking about topics one does not know well. Miss Cayenne asks why and receives the remark that the most reckless speaker is one who lacks knowledge, highlighting broad foolishness in society.
A brief exchange questions a hat price and anticipated upkeep. The buyer notes an initial five dollar cost plus expectation of spending three times that amount for summer maintenance. A tip mentions cleaning straw hats with dampened cornmeal.
Broncho Bob speaks to a man in a brand-new cowboy uniform about carrying a gun. The scene reveals a cultural moment with caution about weapon presence. Railroad shop employees at San Juan Porto Rico have secured higher pay and improved working conditions.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a painless remedy to lift off corns and calluses. It claims quick relief without skin irritation, drying instantly and shrinking the affected area so the corn or callus can be lifted with no pain. It suggests asking the druggist to order a bottle.
A light exchange about planning a wife’s bank account and selecting checks to match new embossed stationery. The humor rests on choosing a harmonious color scheme for financial and personal details as a domestic theme.
A late 19th century advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as a quick cure for eczemas itchings and burnings claiming a hot bath and ointment will heal. It promises a free sample by mail and a Boston address for the company while ending with a quip about women and conversation.
The remark warns against trusting future happiness to a woman lacking humor. It frames humor as essential to compatibility and emotional balance in partnerships.
A witty old bachelor declares that a woman's tongue is an organ without stops. The quip reflects humorous social banter of the era and highlights gendered humor.
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