Benson Local News Briefs and Community Events
Local items note Red Cross appeals, Liberty Loan bond push, and visitors including Miss Ernestina Martinez from Tucson. Visits by A G Smith to Tombstone, W F Kuchenbecker from Tombstone, Miss Alleen Robertson from Flagstaff, and Geo Etz Jr. from Bisbee. Church, school, and civic events planned. Memorial Day observed with bank and post office closures. Rifle Club meets in Benson and Tombstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. Lockwood
Tombstone
W. M. Randolph
H. M. Hckerman
Benson
A. G. Smith
Judge Lockwood
Cochise County
Martinez Home For Sale Or Rent Bargain Offer
Methodist Church notices invite worship each Sunday with Sunday school at 10:00 and preaching at 8 p m. The Martinez home is offered for sale or rent with small down payment and monthly balance. Enquiries to Mrs. Blaine or H P Merrill.
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Martinez
Flop a Lip Over This Willcox Butter at Goetz’s Store
The first bite of Willcox Creamery Butter proves its superior quality. Charles Goetz's Store carries this notable dairy product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Goetz
Local Laundry Ad and Plant Sale Notice
Suits dry cleaned and pressed for 1.50 at Uselton the Cleaner next to Second Hand Store. For sale tomatoes early cabbage and sweet potato plants 75 cents per hundred by J A Guy G C Woods Farm across tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aselton
Uselton
J. A. Guy
G.C. Woods
Notice of 10 Percent Price Increase on Haying Tools
On account of numerous price increases by the factory we will advance prices by 10 percent on all haying tools mowers rakes etc starting June 1 Benson Lumber & Co Benson Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson Lumber & Com’! Co
Benson, Arizona
Horses for Sale at Cananea Cattle Company Mexico
About 150 range brood mares to dispose of at very reasonable prices. Sired by Percherons French Coach and Thoroughbreds. Also young studs and fillies from Col Greene's stock. Promising speed. Inquiries to H Henderson care Cananea Cattle Company Cananea Sonora Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Greene
H. Henderson
Cananea Cattle Company
Cananea
Son
Mexico
Notary Public Finds Homes for Rent Fire Insurance
Mrs. Mary F. Titus appears in a notice listing services including notary public duties and fire insurance. The item references rental housing listings and professional offerings connected to Mary F. Titus.
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Mary F. Titus
Benson Water Co Man Patrols At Night For Running Water
F. S. Treat, Manager, states there will be no notice. A man from Benson Water Co. patrols at night seeking water left running, carrying a pick handle for dogs and a shut off wrench.
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Benson Water Co
F. S. Treat
Honor Where It Belongs And The Nation’s Crisis
A Louisville Republican letter rails at media excess during wartime recruiting and contrasts admired enlistment by the wealthy Marshall Field and Theodore Roosevelt’s son with a plain working man’s act. Classified ad notes whiskey barrels, coal oil stoves, and a shop offering suit alterations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall Field
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Bill Jones
Louisville
Ill
Public auction sale of state lands in Cochise County Arizona
The State of Arizona will publicly auction 40 acres in Cochise County with the Benson block 42 at the courthouse in Tombstone on June 22 1917 at 10 a m. The land includes the former State Industrial School site with buildings and water rights. Appraised at 5000 dollars no bid below that. the state may reject any bid. Officials: Governor Thomas E Campbell Attorney General Wiley E Jones State Land Commissioner W A Mouer Deputy P J Munch. First pub April 14 1917 last pub June 16 1917.
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State of
Arizona
Cochise
Tombstone
United States
Gila and
Salt River
Benson
County of
State of Arizona
State Industrial School
United States Land Office
Phoenix
Santa FE Pacific Railroad Company
Howel Jones
Ari
Notice of Contest in Homestead Claim
William J. Hunt of Tucson contests Simon Hughes’s Homestead Entry No. 020948 for E 1 2 Section 10 Township 17S Range 19E G S & S M. Land allegedly unoccupied unimproved and Hughes absent four years. Contest must be answered within twenty days after the fourth publication, with proof of service. Dates shown for first through fourth publications: June 2 9 16 and 23 1917.
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William J. Hunt
Tucson
Arizona
G. & S. R. Meridian
United States
National Guard
Hughes
J. L. Irvin
Register
John J. Birdno
Cardui credited with curing long suffering illness
Mrs Minnie Philpot of Gonzales Texas recounts five years of left side pain that spread to her shoulder back and caused drastic weakness. After reading a Birthday Almanac she tried Cardui and after two bottles she improved rapidly and remains well two years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales
Tex
Minnie Philpot
Cardus
Cardui
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Red Cross
Frank Blacklidge
Patagonia
Miss Alleen Robertson
State Normal School
Flagstaff
W. F. Kuchenbecker
Ernestina Martinez
Virginia Hotel
Kelly
Douglas
Los Angeles
Signal Realty Co
J. H. Getzwiller
Dragoons
E. H. Nicholson
D. D
Willcox
Methodist Church
Geo. Etz, Jr
Bisbee
Little Rincons
Benson Rifle Club
Rifle Club
H. Q. Robertson
Myrtle Lamoureux
San Rafael
Cal
Pauline
L. Blacklidge
Lamoureux
Ida O’brien
Benson Union High School
Louise Sporleder
W. O. Reasonover
Diamond Box Ranch
Mescal
Chiricahua
Village of
Light
Arthur Hines
Johnson
Mr. Hines
Myrtle Snyder
Colorado
Orrick Robertson
K. of P. Hall
Methodist Episcopal Church
James E. Ferris
Benson Theater
Lost Lake
Purple Mask
Benson Lumber and Commercial Co
Gem
Sale Commission
Thomas E. Campbell
Wiley E. Jones
W. A. Moeur
State Land
P. J. Munch
Department OF the Interior
Phoenix, Ariz
Simon Hughes
Widemann
Goat: Milk Co
Physician's Big
San Francisco
X Ogain
Bank OF Benson
Benson Canning and Packing Company
Benson Lumber and Commercial Company
J. A. Gumm
H.w.etz & CO
Manuel Mejia
Firfh Street
Benson, Ariz
Catholic Church
Texas
Murry Variety Store
Zona
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