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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1916
Page
2
Western Newspaper Union reports on naval losses as British destroyer Eden sinks after collision and on territorial gains and retreats across multiple fronts. Austro-Hungarian, German, and Turkish forces claim successes while Russia, France, and Britain announce advances or repulses. U S and Mexico prepare for possible war as mobilization expands across nations.
Charles M. Hopper of Chimmie Fadden fame dies in Ashtabula General Hospital Ohio. Dr W O Henry Progressive candidate for US Senate Nebraska withdraws from race. Sunshine Special derailed near Putnam Texas injuring about forty people including a dozen seriously. Mrs Blanche Coleman ex Omaha found dead in Seattle hotel room throat slit. John Soucas cigar store owner held in inquiry. Jewelry worth 400 dollars and 40 dollars cash found with her.
General Trevino warned that moving U S troops in Mexico beyond the border would be treated as hostile by Carranza. President Wilson expressed gratitude after being nominated at the St Louis convention. About 129,398 National Guardsmen are available for federal use. Panther and destroyer divisions ordered from Santo Domingo to Key West to deploy to Mexico. A universal military training and service bill will be presented to Congress.
Reports describe a Zeppelin destroyed near Chattelineau by a wind storm. Aimaro Sato named Japanese ambassador to the United States, replacing Viscount Chinda who will go to London. Two German steamships reportedly torpedoed in the Baltic seen by Swedish fishermen. A London marriage unites Capt Sir John Eardley Wilmot and Amabel M Chapman. Carranza forces strengthen at Chihuahua as US tensions loom. French officers in German custody retaliate against a French prisoner. Rotterdam and Amsterdam see demonstrations over food prices. police disperse crowds. Carranza urges calm in Mexico City as relations with the United States gaze toward pacific solutions. Mexican cavalry units move from Cachuta toward Chihuahua. Details emerge on Hampshire sinking and the death of Field Marshal Earl Kitchener as survivors’ statements surface.
Matt Savage of Nebraska was killed during a practice flight at Ewing. Dario Resta won the Speedway Chicago events beating Ralph De Palma at 50, 24 and 10 miles. Captain Boelke is believed dead after aerial combat with Roger Ribiere. E T Gibbs won the Western handicap trap event at Omaha. Carroll Brown led Denver Club championship qualifying with 77 while Larry Bromfield posted 78.
United States Consul J H Johnson closed his Matamoros office and crossed into Brownsville. Senator Edwin C Burleigh died in Augusta Maine from acute indigestion. Delegates from nearly all commanderies attended the Knights Templar triennial conclave in Los Angeles. The American Jewish War Relief committee pledged 50000 for Jewish POW aid in Russia. Mrs Anne Pierce widow of Col Gilbert A Pierce died at Newark New Jersey aged 85. El Paso newspapers showed rising anti American sentiment from interior Mexican cities. Mrs Madeleine Force Astor and William Earl Dick to wed at St Xavier s Church Bar Harbor. A man named George Shelton of Colorado Springs was beaten after attempting a bank hold up in Toledo.
July events include Pioneer celebration at Prescott and New Mexico Bankers Association meeting at Grand Canyon. Arizona State Fair at Phoenix, Oatman mining fires, escaped jail inmates, mine production forecasts, drownings, and local crimes are noted.
Dispatches from San Antonio report Mexican government troops marching toward Del Rio to strike Americans, with Col. Frederick W. Sibley in command at Del Rio. U S refuses Carranza note demanding Pershing withdrawal while officials warn of escalating hostilities amid Cananea Americans facing evacuation.
Ordinary men live among marvels and feel nothing new about them. Then comes an independent mind which sees, and it surprises us to find how servile we have been to habit and opinion. We were blind to what we also might have been, had we used our eyes.
A recipe collection for muffins and breads. Nut Muffins combine grated crumbs eggs milk nuts and butter. Graham Muffins use graham and white flour with butter and lard. Fruit Gems mix whole wheat flour cornmeal fruits and eggs. Hominy Pone blends hominy corn meal butter and milk with eggs. Breakfast Muffins require flour sugar salt baking powder egg milk butter. Popovers beat eggs with milk and flour and bake long in moderate heat.
The passage laments that claiming to be one thing while acting as another leads to inevitable disappointment. It calls hypocrisy the saddest fallacy and notes that disguises are easily seen through by even the simplest observer.
A collection of cucumber and tomato based sauces with instructions. Cucumber Sauce No 1 uses grated cucumber green pepper onion juice salt cayenne and vinegar. Sauce No 2 browns butter with vinegar lemon juice cayenne and cucumber. Universal Tomato Sauce uses cornstarch stewed tomato paprika salt and butter with optional herbs. Orange Sauce blends orange peel juice butter flour stock mustard salt cayenne currant jelly and orange flavors for duck or mutton. Mustard Sauce combines dry mustard flour salt sugar butter vinegar and hot water for hot or cold servings.
Lieut. Gen. Count Helmuth von Moltke chief of the supplementary general army died of heart apoplexy during a Reichstag mourning service for the late Field Marshal von der Goltz in Berlin.
London reports large German and Austrian forces attempt to stem the Russian westward push with limited success. Russia believes Austria is defeated after Czernowitz fall, claiming 3,000 prisoners from the city and surrounding area. Rome says Italian troops push Austrians back.
A concise reflection on life and learning, arguing that daily reading and constant activity expand our capabilities. The author notes that filling time with books and pursuits makes more time available to explore arts and sciences, implying leisure grows with productive effort.
A brief editorial notes that minorities hold rights equal to those of majorities, urging inclusive respect and legal equality for all groups in society. It emphasizes shared citizenship and amendment protections without singling out any faction.
A short, humorous exchange argues women instructors are paid less than men due to doing lectures for nothing. The piece notes a Red Cross bag ties into uniforms and laundry and ends with a light nod to grocers and advertising.
The report notes 644 members in Great Britain with 171 in active service. Six died in action or of wounds and 13 votes of sympathy were adopted for members in the death of sons or brothers on the battlefield. The club shows both literary and martial involvement.
A quip suggests cutting tobacco stores and giving ticket offices wooden Indians as signs to imply a scalping business inside. The joke hinges on sly wordplay about signs and illicit activity.
A protest quote shows Senator Sorghum insisting he is mostly a statesman while acknowledging upcoming conventions and a large citizen following. He seeks to set a record as a politician rather than a rumor mill.
A man expresses desperation over hunger and asks if eating an onion could help him cope with poverty. The quote reflects struggle and resourcefulness amid hardship. No additional context or named sources are provided in the fragment.
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