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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1916
Page
6
A London report surveys sniper craft and disguises from WWI trenches. Tales recount a German marksman lurked in grass bindings and trees, using steel shields, hidden doors, and clever decoys to foil Allied fire. A Canadian Indian marksman is praised for silent efficiency and a stock nick tally.
The Queen of the Netherlands has been active, touring the country to inspect and review army divisions. She recently visited the Belgian frontier and surveyed garrisons there.
A convoy of nine armored Rolls-Royce cars and support vehicles hurled through the desert from Sollum to reach the Tara prisoners. After a 115 mile chase across rough terrain, the fleet freed starving captives and routed Arab guards, with guns and ammunition captured.
An American advertiser in Buenos Ayres is starting construction of a vast display field, possibly the largest in South America. It runs a mile from the railroad terminals to Palermo, alongside the Central Argentine Pacific and Central Cordoba lines. Signs will be steel-cut designs, each 160 to 500 square feet, with heavy steel supports set in concrete to deter damage.
A historical account details Shane O’Neill’s rise to power in Ulster, his clash with Elizabethan policy, and his ultimate downfall after a brutal civil war. It recounts his diplomacy with the queen, battles with O’Donnell, and his final defeat at Cushendun, ending with England’s seizure of O’Neill lands.
A quirky exchange features a medalwinning fox trotter and a girl debating college value. The young man decries higher education while the girl defends its worth, ending with a jab about proper grammar from a judge’s quip.
The passage emphasizes that life without a goal is empty and that happiness comes from daily effort aimed at a clear end. It urges purposeful work and a keen zest in living driven by a chosen objective.
A Pea Ridge Pod quips that some men think they are living when they are only chunks of meat, as they beat an honest, hard-working undertaker out of a job.
A satirical dialogue reveals a deadly insult as Mrs Newmarrie laments a dinner failure after her husband’s wealthy uncle dies a year later. The exchange frames the uncle’s death as a payoff for a failed gathering.
The quote extols loving the public and pursuing universal good as the height of virtue. It emphasizes studying universal welfare and promoting global interests as far as one can, describing this temper as divine.
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