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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1916
Page
3
An Austrian researcher in Graz develops a synthetic egg product named haematalb derived from animal blood albumen. The coarse yellow powder dissolves in water and serves as an egg substitute in German and Austrian abattoirs and hospitals, usable in pastry and cooking. The note ends with a gender remark contrasting male and female concerns.
A member of the first Canadian contingent writes home that the first seven years of the war are likely to be the hardest period, signaling grim expectations for the conflict's early phase.
Advertisement for LAKA TIVE QUININE and BROMO QUININE cold remedies promises to ward off colds and prevent grip. Mentions a 25c price and the phrase Knicker-Who will be the presidential candidates. Includes Red Cross Bag Blue for whitening clothes and notes all grocers carry the product.
The Ancient Mariner explains he fired at the alba tross thinking it was a neutral canary. He recounts the moment and the misidentification that led to the action.
A Canadian settler near Warner bought land at 20 per acre and saw a wheat crop cover the cost, leaving profit. Canada’s twelve month trade to Oct 31 shows a shift from import dominance with the United States toward export growth, predicting Canada may sell more to the U S than it buys this year.
In a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt Millicent and Harold trade farewells at a doorway while their father, after an hour in the hall, interrupts with a Shakespearean quip. He jokes there is too much adieu about nothing, prompting laughter and a quick exit.
Testimonial claims Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root cured long standing lumbago after Mr Dean recommended two bottles. The caller invites others to prove the remedy. includes notary affirmation and offer of samples by mail. Ends with ad style note about matrimonial famine prompting girls to study music elsewhere.
Report from El Paso dated March 22 states Col. Cano’s 300 cavalry clashed with Villa’s bandits at Namiquipa in Guerrero district Chihuahua. Carranza troops reportedly withdrawn or reluctant to fight Villa. American columns advance from Casas Grandes toward El Valle and Carmen. Six First Aero squadron biplanes arrived to scout for Villa amid growing border tension.
London reports claim of renewed German checks near Lake Dreschaty and Lake Narocz with a pact of trench captures. In Galicia Russians seize Austrian trenches near Mikhaliche as fighting rages along the Dniester Besarabian fronts. Caucasus actions yield more prisoners and guns as German air raids strike Zeebrugge.
A blast at the Winston Construction Company ditch grading camp near Whalen, Guernsey, Wyoming, killed three men Charles Stewart Gust Ose and an unidentified laborer. Stewart and the unnamed worker died instantly, Ose later died at a hospital. two others were in serious condition and several more injured.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine claiming immediate hair improvements and relief from dandruff. It markets a 25 cent bottle and urges trial to prove hair becomes lighter, fluffier, and bears an abundance appearance. Also notes freezing fish advances and an eye remedy promotion from Marine Eye Remedy Co.
Apples from the oldest apple tree on the Pacific coast in Vancouver barracks were sent to the agriculture department by ex horticulture inspector A A Quarnberg. The tree, nearly ninety years old, yielded a fair crop last year. Avoid weak wording. use Dr Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. They regulate liver bowels stomach.
A clipped wartime page fragment contrasts strict neutrality with the belief that the right side will prevail. The item notes Red Cross bag blue dye as a better alternative to liquid blue and includes disparate ad copy urging women to pursue marriage.
Readers are urged to try Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Tiger Pills, with three testimonial cases from Harrisburg Albert Lea and Pittsburg praising relief from female ailments. The ad invites all women to write for confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
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