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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1919
Page
9
The Kaiser crushed and Uncle Sam funded vast war needs including tanks shells planes and munitions. The text argues the debt was unavoidable to end the war and that Germans surrendered once they learned Americans would pay. It frames the loan as paying for the blood of 500 000 American youths.
The article notes that clocks must be advanced one hour at 2am on the last Sunday of March and retarded one hour on the last Sunday in October as part of daylight saving. A repeal provision from the Agricultural appropriation bill failed to pass, so the daylight saving law remains in force.
The community club invites residents to join and help start the wheel of progress project. Volunteers will organize local events, recruit sponsors, and coordinate with city groups to boost neighborhood improvements.
The piece compares neighborly aid during a blaze to postwar duty. It urges continuing support after the crisis, urging citizens to finish the job by paying bills and stabilizing communities, asking what kind of neighbor one proves to be.
A government program will help disabled soldiers fit for new work through hospital exit schooling funded by the Victory Liberty Loan. The article frames this as part of Uncle Sam’s gratitude to servicemen.
The government spent all Fourth Liberty Loan funds two months ago and has borrowed from banks since. this money must be paid back.
Advertisement notes that bad taste in the mouth signals digestion issues and promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a remedy. It claims the medicine corrects disorders and gently moves the bowels, recommending Moss Pharmacy as the place to obtain it.
Ray Dixon, son of J. W. Dixon of the Short Line garage, writes from Prum Germany on Feb 3 1919 about Army of Occupation duty sixty miles from the Rhine He recalls ninety six days on the front near Meuse and Belg Luxembourg drives, meeting friends Archie Theroux Scott Castaneda and Firestone and expresses weariness with war and hope to return home
After talks by Mr. Kimball and Mr. Maxwell, Dr. Atkinson urged postwar adjustment. Crescent Literary Society held a hard-times party March 21 with faculty, students, and relatives. Program included songs by Crescent Quartette, a burlesque, recitations, a tableau, and a story. Prizes for hard-times costumes awarded to Mr. Cash and a three-way tie among women. Fortunes told, refreshments served, and advertisements note Chamberlain tablets and local services.
A Charleston Dam banquet is planned for the San Pedro Valley C R R Club at the High School on Thursday April 3 at 7 00 p m Plates are one dollar The club will promote community welfare and economic progress and will outline future plans at the event C R R stands for Conservation Reclamation and Restoration.
A historical remark by Geo. H. Maxwell declares flood waters in Arizona as the state’s greatest asset potentially surpassing the value of farms stock ranches and mines. The quote emphasizes the importance of water resources for future development.
Congressman Carl Hayden of Arizona visited town for a short stay. He traveled from Bisbee and Tombstone by auto, spoke briefly at the High School around 3:30, urged support for agricultural and economic development, and backed the Charleston dam project before leaving on train No. 1 for Mesa.
I G Fletcher of the Copper Queen smelter in Douglas plans a two month lay off to focus on promising mining claims near his home along the Yellowstone district. His three claims Mountain View Prize and Silver Pick show silver gold and copper values with development possible. An edition of the Red Cross Magazine is being published in Spanish for Arizona readers and students of Spanish.
A New York colored regiment member alleges the war arose from a woman named Alice Lorraine, claiming she started all the trouble. The Bisbee Arizona-Santa Cruz area dispatch notes the accusation as a local reaction.
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