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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1919
Page
2
Miss Virginia Hylan daughter of New York Mayor Hylan plans marriage to John Sinnott secretary to her father in the upcoming wedding arrangement per city social notes.
Detroit has carried many names from You-do-te-ga to Wa-we-a tun-ong and Fort Pontchartrain before finally adopting Detroit as the town grew. The city’s naming history is noted in Polk's Detroit directory, marking 116 years since Detroit became official as a town.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt notes a clerk job offer after paying a youth for credentials. The examiner asks about relatives likely to die during the 1918-19 football season, then approves the candidate to start work tomorrow.
Camden college town thrills fade after a Warren victory as Jane Fithian pushes for a engagement ring from Clement Lea while Branham Riker hides a truth about a mysterious injury. Jane fears a domineering suitor and Clement weighs secrecy over possible scandal.
Harvard professor W S Ferguson described a large three deck Syracusan vessel with 20 banks of oars and a crew of 300 sailors and 600 marines. It could load 110000 bushels of wheat and other goods, featured a gymnasium lounge mosaics and a bath with 50 gallons of water, and had gardens and defensive engines giving it a warship character.
Anonymous warns that minds driven by intrigue seek obscure causes rather than plain facts. Like Berkshire misers who ruin horses to dodge turnpikes, they chase highbred theories, while truth travels the common path of sense, leaving them oft behind or ahead of it.
In Seattle, Washington, the Manufacturers' Association houses a clock built into a hollow 250 year old Douglas fir log. The clock's dial spans over three and a half feet and the minute hand exceeds four feet in length, drawing many onlookers to its unusual display.
The piece discusses China’s national art of porcelain and argues that only when European makers like Palissy and Wedgewood rival China can Europe claim equality. It notes Chinese porcelain embodies ideals and symbols, comparable to medieval cathedral stained glass in age and significance.
A Minnesota family, seeking a home for six sons, tours Arizona, Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon and Montana before choosing Alberta. Mr Marcy buys a western Canada farm near Edmonton after seeing 1700 pound four year old steers arrive market ready, proving the region’s vast prairie yields and stock potential. Mrs Marcy accompanies him and the six boys will move with the family.
A terse chestnut quotes a speaker declaring loyalty while another quips about baldness. The exchange centers on bravado and personal wit in a social moment.
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder trouble without knowing. The ad claims Swamp Root restores kidney health and helps various ailments. Readers are urged to request a sample by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer and Co in Binghamton New York.
A proverb hints the wise may suffice yet officers may resort to a baton when restraint fails. The line echoes use of force by law enforcement in tense confrontations.
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