Benson News Items Reflect Local Contacts and Ventures
Local notes detail travels and visits of residents including A G Smith, Jas Murphy family in Tucson, and Margaret Queen visiting from Sullivan Indiana. Mentions of job changes, Army muster, new business ventures like Benson Motor Company, and a Harold R H Colvin family cattle ranch highlight community life and economic activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Queen
The
Tucson Citizen
Sullivan
Indiana
Cochise Literary Society Wins Fund Drive Banner
Mr. H. Q. Robertson announced that the Cochise Literary Society won the banner for selling the most Armenian Relief Fund tickets. A committee will meet with Robertson to select a suitable banner. Edgar Titus and Albert Wheelon visited classes last week and discussed military training after drills. The Benson Willcox basketball game was postponed due to Mr. Etz’s serious accident and to curb illness. Crescent Literary Society to meet Friday March 7. Cochise Society held a meeting last Wednesday evening to transact business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Q. Robertson
Cochise
Armenian Relief Fund
The
Cochise Society
Robertson
Benson High School
Willcox High School
H. W. Etz
War Savings Stamps urged to protect dollars today
The note advises saving money now to benefit later, urging readers to purchase War Savings Stamps as a way to secure future financial support. It frames the stamps as a prudent, patriotic investment tied to personal security.
Notice for Public Sale of Homestead Claim
United States Land Office in Phoenix 1919 notice states William W. Adams of Dragoon Ariz filed three year proof to establish his homestead claim on sections 15 and 22 township 16 range 22 east G and S meridian. He and witnesses Jackson P. Richardson Arthur F. Peake James M. Schiling and Robert S. Weiler will appear before U S Commissioner L V McCourt at Willcox Ariz on April 1 1919. First pub March 1 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Adams
Dragoon
Arizona
S. Range
East G. &S R. B. & Meridian
L. V. McCourt
U. S
Willcox
Jackson P. Richardson
Arthur F. Peake
James M. Schilling
Dragoon, Ariz
Robert S. Weiler
Cochise, Ariz
Income Tax Time Opens With March fifteenth Deadline
The Internal Revenue Bureau urges all residents of New Mexico and Arizona to file 1918 income tax returns by March 15. Alfred Franklin, Phoenix collector, and deputies offer free advice. Returns taxed by status include single earners over 1000, married couples over 2000, with exemptions and dependents outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Internal Revenue
New Mexico
Arizona
Alfred Franklin
Phoenix
Ariz
Internal Revenue Bureau
United States
Forgot What He Needed From the Republican
A Mt. Gilead Ohio reader recalls an event at the Morrow County Republican office when a man sought Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He found that clerks substituted other products and vowed to avoid stores that substitute. Moss Pharmacy lists the remedy for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican
Mt. Gilead
Ohio
Morrow County
Chamberlain
Moss Pharmacy
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A. G. Smith
Cochise County
Jas
Murphy
Mrs. Murphy
Martin Duffy
Tucson
Ida Blanche Getzwiller
George McGee
Raymond Mahoney
Tempe
Ralph H. Colvin
Department of Justice
R. H. Colvin
E. B. Hotcomb
Nogales
San Francisco
Edgar Titus
Southern Pacific Signal Maintenance Department
Welton
Yuma
J. N. Morrison
Edgar
San Antonio
Texas
Benson
W. B
Bud’’) Craft
Craft
J. A. Gumm
Hollywood Gardens
Ben H. Clark
American Expeditionary Forces
Pensons
Emma Clark
Clark
A. W. Bard
Benson Heater
Xavier Jecker
Magdalena
Bard
Bisbee
Herbert Colvin
Ft. Leavenworth
Kansas
Short Line Motor Company
Bennett & Nanney
Ford
J. W. Dixon
Titus
R. E. Franklin
J. T. Mahoney
Frank Baker
S. P
Eby Place
Geo. Holloway
Pima County
Williams & White
Fifth Street
Benson Motor Company
Messrs
R. V. Everett
Fred Cutcome
Everett
Courtland
Cutcome
Michigan
Albert Wheelon
Miss Burroughs
Crescent Literary Society
Department OF the Interior
United States Land Office
J. L. Irvin
Revenue Bureau
Cardui
Cardus
N. E. Warner
Hixson
Tenn
Tucson Greenhouse and Nursery CO
St. Mary’s Ave
Benson Motor CO
Everett & Outcome
Shaw’s Steam Vulcanizing
U. S. Land Office
General Land Office
Washington, D. C
Hampton & Arnod Noll Building
Phoenix, Arizona
Hiwo & Co
General Merchandise
G. R. Musgrave
Prop
E.A. Brown
W. de Martines
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