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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1917
Page
3
Designers favor pale pink for bridesmaids and flower girls with net top laces and pink georgette gowns. The maid of honor wears a matching style accented by pink georgette crepe and handmade silk roses, creating a elegant uniform for the procession.
A call to American women to act bravely at home as war nears. Emphasizes not fearing, conserving food and clothing, canning surplus produce, aiding the less fortunate, and supporting the American Red Cross with money, supplies, and bandage making.
Doct Ferrara notes tassels accent afternoon frocks and party dresses with Chinese varieties in green black blue and jade. They appear at the girdle or hips and come in crystals pearls rhinestones jet beads silk floss and upholstery styles. Fashion shows tassels at each girdle side and on wraps sleeves trains shoes and collars in the European mood.
The article highlights walking boots with plaid effects and silk knit socks to knee height. It spotlights a Scotch brogue golf shoe with a kiltie tongue, water barriers, and a rawhide waterproof strip between soles, with outer counters on the shoe.
Plain footing net provides a fine mesh suitable for mending delicate lace. It offers an invisible selvage and allows buying small pieces instead of a full double width by the yard.
Market report lists cattle by type and quality with price ranges for pulpfed and rough stock, including steers cows veal calves and feeders. hogs sheep and lambs alongside grain items like oats corn and bran with associated buying or selling prices. Also notes egg and creamery price points and packing stock net values for the period.
The Western Mining and Oil items report tungsten readiness at Yucca and new deposits south of Aquila, with the Shamrock mine near Vicksburg set to resume. Copper, silver, and gold figures are cited, while Silverton sees open mining progress and Cripple Creek lessees report April tonnage. Openings in Boulder County and oil shale interests at Grand Valley are noted, as is new tunneling at Hammer property near Breckenridge.
A historical price list shows Flint hides and pelts with per pound rates from .34 to .36 for dry hides, and wool pelts and short wool pelts with values around .26 to .28 per pound. Includes notes on dry Flint pelts, butcher shearlings, buck saddles, green salted, cured hides, and glue hides with varying weights and multipliers.
The page lists metal, copper, tin, bar silver, tungsten, crude ores, and live stock quotations. It includes copper prices for electrolytic and casting, tin at 65.00 to 65.50, and various regional price points for ore concentrates, hogs, cattle, sheep, butter, eggs, potatoes, poultry, and New York cotton futures.
George C. Hopkins reports a copper silver vein south of Carrizozo at 85 feet depth with four feet of solid ore. In Santa Fé county, Jones and Winters claims push development with three shifts in a new tunnel. Bethlehem Copper Co of Santa Fé contracts ten drill holes to 500 feet in Grant county porphyry copper rock. Surface iron outcrops span 100 to 200 feet wide over 3,000 feet with copper 0.5 to 1 percent and pockets up to 22 percent. ore carries four ounces silver per ton.
A contract to drill a well tests the Dry Creek structure as drills near oil sands in the Big Muddy field. The Five Hundred Company lays a pipeline from its 350 barrel well in the Lander field. Lander reports new oil on the Schoonamaker ranch three miles north of town, expanding its producer list.
A brief dialogue contrasts restraint on talk with the folly of discussing topics without knowledge. Miss Cayenne asks why and the speaker warns that the worst talker is one who lacks understanding, noting widespread foolishness in the world and our collective participation.
A casual exchange asks the price of a new hat at five dollars with a note of likely tripling costs for summer upkeep. The hat care tip mentions cleaning straw hats with dampened cornmeal.
Broncho Bob questions a young man with no gun in a brand-new cowboy uniform. The man explains avoiding arms to prevent quarrel. Railroad shop employees in San Juan Porto Rico win higher pay and improved conditions.
A Cincinnati man names and markets Freezone a tiny bottle sold by druggists. Apply drops to a corn or callus. soreness fades, the item loosens and lifts off without pain. It dries instantly and does not irritate surrounding skin. Hard or soft corns and toe calluses lift away with no pain before or after.{"}
A playful exchange surfaces about a wife opening a bank account. She has gathered sample checks from various banks and weighs which combination best harmonizes with her new embossed stationery. The dialogue hints at domestic life and financial planning with a light, humorous tone.
Advertisements claim Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment rapidly heal eczemas itchings and burns with a single hot bath and gentle ointment. Also pitched as daily toilet use with free samples by mail from Cuticura Dept Boston. The joke line about women’s talk closes the piece.
A terse dating-adage warns against pursuing lasting happiness with a partner who lacks humor. The saying suggests humor is essential for a healthy relationship and long-term compatibility with a partner.
A local wit jokes that a woman's tongue is an organ without stops, reflecting casual humor about speech and limits in social commentary of the era.
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