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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1919
Page
3
An advertisement touts organic phosphate or nitro phosphate as the cure for excessive thinness. It claims feeding nerves and cells with phosphoric elements can rapidly increase weight, ease nervousness and insomnia, and improve overall health, with a caution against use by those not seeking to gain flesh.
Advertisement noting free on request pictures and information about world famous Texas oil fields. Encourages visit to Room 6 Coulson Building Fort Worth Texas.
The mayor presses Mr. Roche about funding a town promenade. Mr. Roche offers to plant an oak forest, pledging acorns and land for a generous park gift. The exchange highlights local philanthropy and a potential civic project.
To keep table linens gleaming use Red Cross Bag Blue in laundry. It never disappoints. Available at all good grocers for 5v.
The Birmingham Age-Herald quotes a conversation about postwar letters from a soldier in France. The mother and Mr. Cobbles note the value of exact location versus vague “somewhere in France,” highlighting disconnect without local place names.
A stray named Kaiser speaks volumes with his downcast gaze. Local volunteers describe his rough life, while shelter staff work to find him a caring home. Kaiser’s story highlights rescue efforts and the need for patience in matching dogs to families.
Naturalists explain a curious symbiotic phenomenon in Bombay Thana district where a tall Palmyra palm appears to rise from a Bengal fig. Birds disperse fig seeds that germinate on the palm, roots and branches spread to envelop the trunk, and the palm and fig form a mutual alliance while the palm remains dominant above. The piece notes the marvel of this plant partnership observed by travelers and documented by the Journal of Natural History Society of Bombay.
In six months up to March 1 Japanese police censors removed 2350 kisses from films and allowed only one. A kiss to Columbus by Queen Isabel la was kept in Tokyo but later deleted from Columbus. Three hundred fifty three embraces were omitted, 2144 titles altered, 127 murder scenes cut, and 57 reels prohibited. Most films shown in Japan are American, highlighting East West standards gap.
At Kelly Field an instructor, during a training flight, took a cadet to 6,000 feet then plunged into a spiral. The cadet, thinking the instructor joked, feigned fear until the plane descended safely. The instructor stopped the dive and landed.
The government plans reconstruction of the 400 year old Cortez palace near Coyoacan turning it into a museum for relics of the Spanish conquest. The ruin has ancient trees in the courtyard where Hernan Cortez and his family rested, though the chapel remains in good condition.
Canton Ohio woman Marie Boyd recalls doctors recommending surgery for female troubles. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relief enough to perform housework and avoid operation. The ad urges others to try the remedy and seek guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for complications.
The article notes about one million Indians work in silk production. It explains domesticated silkworm care from cocoon to moth, with feeding on mulberry trees and cocoons reeled for cloth. It mentions Tasar from Asia, Muga from Asia, and Eri silk from castor-oil feeders, valued for being spun without killing larvae.
A man seeking an attendant job at an asylum claimed experience with irrational persons. His reply Some was his. He answered I was a motion-picture director for several years and was hired on the spot.
A reflective musing compares mood and media, suggesting reading poetry when sad feels as draining as consulting a cookbook when tired. The line personifies emotion and genres to contrast effort and solace in literary choices.
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