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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
8
A parade of residents including A G Smith K N Caplan and G C Keen visit Courtland and Tucson for business and pleasure. Others attend church services at Presbyterian and Episcopal congregations with plans for services and Bible study. a funeral in Tucson is noted along with local autos and summer travel plans.
Mrs M W Smith organized magazine donations for Arizona soldiers at Naco via the Signal but did not gather enough to ship. Magazines up to a year old are acceptable, so readers are urged to donate magazines they have read. Bring items to the Bank of Benson early next week for forwarding.
The notice urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home to treat sudden illness. Mrs. Charles Enyeart of Huntington Indiana reports two children recovered quickly after use in summer 1911. Moss Pharmacy carries the product.
Progress on the Bisbee to Tombstone road continues with rapid grading halted for now. Surfacing is under way and materials are now sourced from a caliche bed three miles from the camp, replacing haul from the old Extension dump.
This item advises eating slowly and thoroughly masticating food to avoid sour stomach and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion, sold at Moss Pharmacy. Also lists notices: Wanted men for land clearing contracts, application to H P Merrill Notary Public, houses for rent, and services Fre Insurance Mrs Mary F Tus.
Special Correspondent H C Davis moved his brother Robert and family to Miramonte last Tuesday. A baby cyclone ripped a barn roof during the storm then rain brought needed moisture. Ed T Jesperson family and Mr and Mrs Ed Lofgreen visited friends in St David Sunday. Mrs H Gilbert plans to join her husband in Bisbee where he works. The farm is rented to Warren Whetton. Mrs Martha Anderson visited sister Emma Tomkinson in Pomerene. Charles Anderson moved nearer the Oaks for cooler air and water. E S Nichols went to Tucson with mules and returned with a Ford car. He notes mules are too slow for him now.
The Cochise county division hearing held last Monday faced a legality question after Clerk A C Karger received petitions. County Attorney J F Rogs advised forms were not properly complied with and two petitions lacked proper sworn verification. Protest from Wm Riggs of Dos Cabezas cited irregular sheets. Benson locals H W Etz W J Bennett Milton Fairlee and A G Smith supported the protest. Also listed: sale of tomatoes cabbage and potato plants at 75 cents per hundred by J A Gunn and G C Woods Farm.
For Sale items include radishes lettuce beets turnips new potatoes and peas along with fresh ranch eggs and frying chickens priced 30 cents per pound live weight. J A Gum at the G C Woods place also offers one seven year old work mare with young colt and one two year old gelding from E J Gumm Shamrock Ranch.
State Land Department of Arizona announces a public auction for school lands in Cochise County to be held August 13, 1917 at Tombstone County Court House. Tracts include Sec 32 640 acres appraised 3840 dollars and Sec 2 319.29 acres appraised 159 dollars, and Sec 16 640 acres appraised 3840 dollars. Bids not below appraised values. right to reject bids reserved.
At Charles Goetz Store a Willcox Creamery Butter purchase is protected by a money back guarantee if you are not satisfied.
A Peru Indiana resident reports Chamberlins Cough Remedy eased her daughters whooping cough. Moss Pharmacy advertises the remedy as available. Also an ad notes sale or rent options for the Martinez home with small down payment and monthly balance.
Henry A Canfield of Benson Arizona filed intent to make Three Year Proof to establish a homestead claim on NE W, NUNEW, SEWNE in Section 27 Township 17 S Range 20 E Gila and Salt River Meridian. The proof is to be before H G Brown U S Commissioner Benson Arizona on July 25 1917. Witnesses: Herbert Argentage L D Redfield J A Gumm J R Nichalt all of Benson. J L Irvin Register First pub June 23.
George Herbert of Benson Arizona filed intention to make Three Year Proof to establish his land claim on May 4 1917 for 8 1/2 acres in Section 9 Township 16 South Range 20 East Gila and Salt River Base and Meridian. The hearing will take place before H G Brown U S Commissioner at Benson on July 24 1917 with witnesses Nels Lofgreen John Cosby William Sherman and Walter Sherman all from Pomereno Arizona. J S Irvin Register first published June 22
F B Tres sey of Richmond Kentucky endorses Chamberlain's Tablets noting they beat all others she sold. The ad urges readers with indigestion or constipation to try them and directs purchases at Moss Pharmacy.
M Mejia on Fifth Street advertises a well stocked shop with a seasonable line of goods at discount prices. Call for details and savings.
Notice from the U S Land Office Phoenix dated May 25 1917 to Simon Hughes Benson Arizona contest by William J Hunt Tucson Arizona alleging Hughes land occupancy and absence four years seeks cancellation of Homestead Entry No 020948 for E 12 Section 10 Township 17S Range 19E G S R Meridian. Respond within twenty days after the fourth publication with sworn answer and proof of service. John J Birdno Receiver. Publication dates June 2 9 16 23 1917.
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