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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1918
Page
8
Local notes recall wartime patriotism with Uncle Sam as the refrain and daily life in Benson includes theater of small events. Town visitors include Pink Murray and H. K. Street of the Boquillas outfit, while Elgin and Bisbee residents stop in. Church services, school notices, and social meetings fill out a busy community page.
An Easter program presented at the Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday evening features hymns readings and recitations led by local participants including Lucille Brown Bertha Wein Ruth Schwab and others. A pastor’s address by Rev D Roberts is planned along with an offering for education. Nearby reports note Dr James E Talmage’s talk in St David and local farming activity with alfalfa and hay deliveries.
Sugar costs in America remain 8 to 9 cents a pound with shortages pressing France and Britain. Herbert Hoover cites regulatory gains saving about 180 million dollars in four months and urges housewives to cut consumption while grocers limit profits.
Red Cross plans an event at K P Hall next Friday evening with card and other games. Prizes will be awarded and a musical program performed with refreshments. Admission including refreshments is 35 cents.
Geological Survey engineers inspect lands around Benson to determine eligibility under the 640 acre stock-raising homestead act. Chas J Downing Jr leads a three man party with D B Pratapas and Ruben Hansen. Reports assess land and agricultural potential and go to Washington for classifier board review.
W D Martinez announces a new shipment of summer hats for men and boys including straw felt and Panama hats. See the hat before you buy it and avoid mail order purchases from pictures that may not meet expectations.
A notice asks for anyone with clean old white cotton or linen cloth to leave it at Goetz's store for wrapping surgical dressings, indicating urgent local need.
An I. W. W. member Walter Johnson was tarred and feathered by unknowns Thursday morning between Warren and Osborn, ten miles southeast of Bisbee. He was allowed to return for belongings but warned to leave by sunrise and heads to Phoenix with a message to W. B. Cleary. The note says tar and feather supply not exhausted.
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