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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1918
Page
3
The Department of Agriculture urges increased sheep and wool production to meet wartime needs. It notes domestic wool shortages, outlines breeding, range management, and parasite control, with emphasis on Eastern and Southern states and measures to ready lambs for market at 70 to 80 pounds. It also gives barn and tool care tips to improve farm efficiency.
Practical guidance on barn construction and milk handling to minimize bacterial content. Emphasizes hard cement floors, large gutter backs for manure, proper bedding, and dust-free stalls to ease cleaning and air circulation.
Many farm buildings built 15 to 20 years ago fail current sanitary standards. Bank barns are dark and damp, with light exclusions complicating cleaning. Basements open to manure foster flies, exposed beams collect dust, and ventilation is lacking. Remodelling at small expense can meet sanitary requirements.
County agents boost farm management through group demonstrations. Farmers compare labor income and each field's contribution, learning from successful neighbors. Advice includes culling broken mouthed ewes and improving the ewe flock before breeding.
A wartime agricultural feature lauds farmers for boosting food production and outlines Western Canada’s inducements for settlers. It notes high yields, low costs, and government supports including cheap land, tractor import ease, free duty for livestock, seed access, and housing. It cites US-Canada cooperation to meet military food needs.
Maud asks if Ethel Agnes was an exhibitor at the New Haven cat show as reported by the New Haven Register.
Soft, Clear Skins. Night and morning bathe the face with Cuticura Soap and hot water. If there are pimples first smear them with Cuticura Ointment. For free sam ples address Cuticura, Dept. X, Bos ton. Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50. Ad.
The item notes a multi year drop in banana yields and mentions a spring gun invented to cast fishing lines farther than by hand. The ad also references Dr. Pierce’s Pills as a stomach and liver aid with dosing guidance.
The Garabed free energy engine will not be disclosed even if successful and will be kept secret through the war. Five New England scientists are invited to join a secrecy bound board to judge the device in Boston with tests soon. Giragossian left Washington February 26 to arrange the trials and will not reveal location or dates.
A khaki clad soldier in a crowded Chinese restaurant demanded patrons stand for The Star Spangled Banner. After repeatedly feeding the automatic piano nickels to play the anthem, everyone rose, including two who initially refused, who then left as the song reached its finale.
Baby Phil Sheridan III, three, fuzzily aware of a storied lineage, plays in a Washington nursery as the nation mourns Brig. Gen. Michael V. Sheridan at 77. The elder Phil Sheridan’s son served as adjutant general at Camp Thomas, rose to brigadier general and chief of staff on the Porto Rico expedition, and retired in 1902 due to age and ill health.
A local draft board tale shows a country registrant puzzled by the sealed questionnaire. A patient lawyer guides him through the process as the man finally licks the envelope and mails it, illustrating the human side of wartime procedures.
Jones and Clarke praise Brown Smith for keeping a promise to take everyone who asked him out for a motorcar run. Clarke exults that Smith fulfilled the usual number of outings, impressing his friends with the feat.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician prescribed remedy for kidney and bladder ailments. It claims fast, effective relief with years of trust and asks readers to send ten cents for a sample bottle.
The California state board of health requires washing drinking glasses and cups in boiling water with a 5 percent lye solution for five minutes to enforce sterilization of eating and drinking utensils used in restaurants soda fountains and similar venues.
A vintage advertisement offers $100 for an incurable catarrh case. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and works through the blood on mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over forty years with free testimonials. B J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio.
A reader comment in the Boston Globe jokes about Hawaii as the only U S territory not using the cent. The brief note contrasts a misattributed quote about a tossed bottle at an umpire with a statement on currency usage in Hawaii.
A health promo urges spring vitality against fatigue and low morale. It touts Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a tonic to restore stomach and liver function, claiming renewed vigor, energy, and drive when taken, with trial packages offered from Buffalo, New York.
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