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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1918
Page
8
Local notes report donations to the Red Cross and in-kind kitchen tips, plus barter ads and real estate bargains. Immigration official Jeff Milton visits, families visit Benson and Tucson, and farmers ship cattle from Sonora to Denver. A mail letter from Jesse Walker praises service, while a dealer offers junk cash and a liniment remedy promises relief for a lame back.
Small rental on 5th Street near Ek of P offers space suitable for a blacksmith shop garage or storage. Apply at the bank. The notice shifts phrases to advertise substitutions and guidance about crops.
Receipts total 210.79 from Mrs Mahoney refunds dues sales and donations including Proffitt moving pictures and Goetz tea. Disbursements include Bisbee Hi Wo Maier Bros and annual members 11.00. Balance cash on hand 99.34. Notes small outstanding bills require prompt presentation to avoid misinterpretation as donations.
Report details Red Cross items sent from Tres Almos including bandages coats a quilt blankets socks and gauze. Also notes a letter from Ray A. Dixon arriving at a Long Island camp with engineers awaiting aviation corps. Public notices include a sale offer near Benson and a court order in Cochise County Civil matter.
A wallet found at S. Depot in Benson contains $65 and Frank Smith registration card. Finder asked to return to Mrs. Frank Smith, Box 155, Tucson Arizona. Also notes on a potato, belching prevention, and Chamberlain's Tablets, plus boot and shoe repair services at Benson Saddle and Harness Shop with moderate prices.
For information regarding the 640 acre homestead law write to Hampton Arnold Land Attorneys.
Gem Contractor Robert McKay of Johnson leads about fifteen men and several teams to widen and straighten the grade on the county road to Dragoon Hill, five miles east of town, easing travel for motorists and auto tourists. A Benson baseball practice game for the Fourth of July is set for 2 pm Sunday at the High School Grounds. all interested are encouraged to attend.
Cecil Martin returned to the Huachuca mountains sixty miles from Bisbee after a cinnamon bear tore off his pants and treed him. He killed the bear and two cubs near Ramsey Can yon, a popular summer resort, while hunting strayed burros. His dog, thought dead, came home Sunday night.
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