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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1920
Page
19
Mrs Jean Norris, New York City Magistrate and president of the Women Lawyers association, calls for women judges on all benches and fifty fifty juries with six men and six women. She argues mixed juries ensure justice, urges job placement and medical aid for women in court, and supports state minimum wage laws to provide a decent livelihood and some recreation and study.
A rallying call praises suffragists as their opponents fail to stop ratification efforts. The author notes opposition actions from a fringe, cites persistent campaigning, and urges march on toward victory as the suffrage movement gains widespread support.
A vision for an American central field of honor in France to honor fallen soldiers forever overseas. It envisions annual commemorations under the Stars and Stripes, preserving wartime comradeship and reverent tribute to those whose dust is mingled with France yet forever America.
The National Grange declares farmers will no longer slave seven days a week to supply cheap food. It urges a return to a reasonable work day, thrift, and sane economic practice, arguing others should also cut costs and share in reduced living standards.
An advertisement promises a drugstore bottle of Danderine will curb dandruff and hair loss. It claims daily scalp rubbing removes dandruff and boosts hair life, vigor, brightness, thickness, and color after a few applications.
Dialog from a Birmingham Age-Herald piece describes Miss Fowler closing her eyes while reaching for a high note. A remark suggests little safety for the observer, noting the last high note caused an awkward moment when the observer’s ears detected the action.
A vintage advertisement touts St Jacobs Oil as a safe, instant relief for rheumatism and sore joints. It claims the product penetrates skin without burns, curing rheumatic pain, stiffness, swelling, sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, and backache, with a promise of trial bottles at drug stores.
A weary traveler laments the limited food display while a lunchroom attendant quips that the traveler has not eaten it, only sold it, highlighting a bleak mundanity in a Home Sector setting.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Cascarets to remove liver and bowel poisons. It promises quick relief from head dizziness coated tongue bad breath and sour stomach. The copy claims Cascarets are gentle and noninconvenient compared with Salts Oil Calomel or harsh pills and work while you sleep.
A short quip contrasts wasting time with a nudge to join an amateur musical society suggesting a constructive pastime. The exchange frames leisure as a path to purposeful activity through communal singing and performance.
Diamond Dyes promises a rich fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton and blends. The ad urges using the Diamond Dye Color Card and directs customers to the packaged Direction Book for over color guidance.
First Mechanic asks if a worker is present. Second Mechanic replies he is working but this is his off day. The dialogue captures a casual shop mood and routine on a slower day.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment for pimples and blackheads with a five minute wash using Cuticura Soap and hot water. It advises daily use to keep skin clear and mentions Cuticura Talcum as well. Also includes a quip about stubborn facts and polite ness.
Franklin K. Lane in his parting report criticizes Washington for being overstaffed and poorly organized. He urges fewer but higher capacity leaders, quicker promotions, clearer responsibility, and higher pay for top administrators to strengthen public service and policy implementation.
G A Tomlinson director of inland waterways division reports to Hines on 1919 operations across the New York barge canal Delaware and Raritan lower Mississippi Warrior river and Chesapeake and Ohio canal. He notes profitability with new power barges and continuation of service despite limited traffic on several routes.
Dr Melvin R Gilmore of the North Dakota Historical Society reports wild rice or folle avoine as a potential staple. He notes its growth in fresh sweet water, self-sowing nature, and historical significance to Chippewas and Menominee peoples. The plant may boost poultry and waterfowl food supplies.
The Associated Press reports Abraham Lincoln's 1842 remarks in Springfield on Washington's birthday as a "lost speech" found in the Sangamon Journal. Rep Smith of Idaho raised the issue, noting historians and biographers had missed it, while urging it not be expunged from the permanent Record.
The Boston Transcript notes fortune tellers run a profitable business by nature, calling them prophets in a remarks on their earnings.
An advertisement claims regular meat consumption harms kidneys by overworking them causing back pain. It promotes Jad Salts, a grape lemon lithia drink, to flush kidneys and neutralize urine acids, promising improved kidney function and avoided bladder issues.
A Louisville Courier Journal quotation proclaims life worth living has been answered with a grim note that costs have more than doubled and people remain hopeful yet burdened by the price.
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