Maier Bros. Store Burglarized in Early Morning Heist
Thieves entered Maier Bros. store through a high street window using a ladder and seized a wide range of goods. Items stolen included shoes clothing jewelry cutlery firearms ammunition groceries and cash from the register. No clue to the culprits, and losses are described as substantial. A second item notes a new two cell jail at Johnson mining camp costing 1200 with strong town morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maier Bros
Johnson
Farm advisor May meetings chart for A N Paschal
Schedule of May appointments for county farm advisor A N Paschal with topics Pit Silos Silage Crops and Pure Seed of Standard Crops. Listed are Buena Elgin Sonoita Benson St David Pomtrene and Fry s farm events with dates times and venues and notes on farm demonstrations meetings and garden demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. N. Paschal
Buena
O. Fry
Elgin
Sonoita
S. Knight
Macia Brothers Lease Lucksure Mine and Adjacent Properties
Harry Macia of Macia Brothers has leased the Lucksure mine and two neighboring properties with plans to begin operations once arrangements are complete. A long idle mill on the site will be overhauled to concentrate available ores. Macia is in Chicago and Boston to finalize startup details. Henry W. Etz of Cold Storage Market returns from Tempe and Phoenix with cattle purchases for market. He is greeted by his granddaughter, the Dempsey couple’s newborn.
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Harry Macia
Macia Brothers
Lucksure
Macia
Chicago
Boston
Henry W. Etz
Tempe
Phoenix
Thos. Dempsey
Walt Mason on Home Patronage in a Upbeat Rhyme
The poem condemns town patrons who fund outsiders while shunning local goods and services. It lists examples like wax deals and imported eggs while praising local merchants who invest in the community. It laments that buying from faraway sources deprives towns of school funding street maintenance and public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kersmith & Rickshaw
Outlook for Tungsten Keeps Price Faith Amid War Demand
The Outlook predicts tungsten prices remain strong despite wartime demand. It argues substitutes are unavailable and uses expand, especially in high wear steel and cutlery, with American production crucial as nations curb exports. Despite a price dip, current levels justify continued profitable mining.
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Boulder
Colorado
America
Sunday church services at Methodist Church May 14
Sunday services announced with Sunday school at 10 a m and preaching at 11 a m by Elder C Gillett. Next Sunday May 14 Mothers Day service with Rev J E Ferris preaching a sermon for the occasion. All mothers and those who wish to honor mothers are invited.
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Methodist Church
Gillett
E Ferris
Two Southern Pacific workers visit Tucson on layover
Will C Martinez, ex Benson resident and son of W C Martinez, and Mr McCarty from the Southern Pacific shops in Tucson, were in town Wednesday. They had traveled from Highu where the company sent them to repair the pumping plant.
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Will C. Martinez
Benson
W C. Martinez
McCarty
Southern Pacific
Tucson
Highu
Farmers Meeting On Silos Silage And Seeds
A farmers meeting scheduled for next Friday night as part of extension work by the department of agriculture and state university. County Farm Advisor Paschall will discuss silos and silage crops and the importance of pure seeds for standard crops.
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Department of Agriculture and State University
Paschall
Meningitis Case Stirs Panic in Pomerene Area
A spinal meningitis case at Pomerene last week unsettled residents, sparking semi panic though the child of Mr and Mrs Williams improved. No new cases were reported. Nearby, M Mejia announces a fresh stock of dry goods and invites customers to inspect.
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Pomerene
W. E. Williams
M. Mejia
Bootlegger Flees Pursuit After Bowie Arrest
Deputy Prewitt captured an alleged bootlegger near Bowie while en route to Tombstone. The suspect allegedly drove a high powered Cadillac in a chase along back streets, evading capture as he crossed Beneson and reportedly abandoned the car near the Pima county line.
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Prewitt
Bowie
Tombstone
Beneson
Pima County
Household furniture and parlor items for sale or trade
Household furniture including dining table and chairs, Morris chair, rocker high and kitchen chairs, dressers, sanitary couch, mantel bed, organ, cook stove and heater, incubator, baby iron crib and mattress, and many other items. Parlor pool table for sale or trade. Inquire at Signal office or see A Henwood, Benson. Go to Benson Coal & Ice Company for coal, ice and soda water.
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A. Henwood
Benson
Registration books open May 1 for Benson voters
Registration books open May 1 and run until ten days before the primary or September 2, with a seventeen day blackout, then reopen September 18 until October 15. Voters must register to vote in county, state, or national elections. registration facts noted by Recorder Owen E K Murphy and Supervisor John Rock. Travelers report Curtis Flat section of the Benson-Borderland auto road finishing for safer travel.
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Owen EK. Murphy
John Rock
Benson
M. F. Titus
Tombstone
Curtis Flat
Benson-Borderland Line
Governor Calles and staff visit Sonora in Douglas
Gen P Elias Calles military governor of Sonora and his staff including Lt Col Jose R Felix Major S Calderon and Captain Carlos Calles and Ives G Lelevier de facto Mexican consul at Douglas were in town for about two hours last Sunday. They rode in an early morning El Paso train and left around 7 to Agua Prieta by car.
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P. Elias Calles
Sonora
Jose R. Felix
S. Calderon
Carlos Calles
Ives G. Lelevier
Mexico
Douglas
el Paso
Obregon
Agua Prieta
Calles
Mining Deal In Huachucas Involving Dragoon Leader
The past ten days saw a major mining deal linked to O. T. Smith of Dragoon. The property, in the Huachucas about forty miles south of Benson, holds copper and gold value. Price reached six figures, arranged through Tucson agents of the Eastern buyers.
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O. T. Smith
Dragoon
Huachucas
Benson
Tucson
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Benson Lumber
and General Merchandise
East Fifth Street
Benson, Arizona
Walt Mason
Timbuctoo
Ypsilanti, Mich
Farmers’ Meeting
The
Benson Coal & Ice Company
Gem
H.w.etz & CO
Bank OF Benson
Panamas
Mary Janes
C. E. Goetz
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