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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1916
Page
7
A promotional health blurb advises drinking a glass of real hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate each morning before breakfast to flush poisons from the stomach liver kidneys and bowels and improve digestion and vitality. It urges daily use and claims quick, noticeable benefits for constipation biliousness headaches and general malaise.
Alaska leads in fur production with about 1 million dollars yearly from diverse pelts. Bears, foxes, and small pelts range widely in value with grizzly or polar bear skins reaching up to 40 dollars. European war prices dropped Alaska fur values by about half this year.
E C Mendenhall of McNeil Arkansas reports dramatic weight loss from kidney and stomach trouble. After using Kilmer Swamp Root he weighs 18 pounds more and praises the remedy. Notary confirms sworn statement March 27 1915. Advert shows sample offer and bottle prices. A separate rail anecdote notes improved commuter service after engineer's marriage.
An old advertisement promises Cuticura Soap to cleanse and purify and Cuticura Ointment to soothe and heal troubled complexions. Free samples by mail with a postcard request to Cuticura Dept. L, Boston. sold everywhere.
A humorous quip imagines Mr. Robinson learning his car was stolen yet calming any worry by claiming the thief will return it after calculating the fuel consumption. The exchange frames theft as trivial yet comic.
An advertisement touts a DAILY FLY KILLER claimed to kill thousands and last all season. Sold through dealers or six sent express paid for 1 with H Somers address in Brooklyn. The copy includes a jab about cobwebs and suggests using a vacuum cleaner.
A garbled classified style notice touts Red Cross Bag Blue as a laundry aid that makes clothes whiter than snow with grocers backing the product. An advertising line claims better results with a ten dollar test, while phrases warn that actions speak louder than words and tempt buyers with a challenge.
Western Union notes continued Allied and Central Power actions. Pershing receives more U S supplies while Italian and Austrian fronts see intensifying air and trench fighting. Sinn Fein revolt in Ireland advances to Dublin with casualties. Estimates of Kut el Amara surrender and prisoner counts emerge as Mexico border tensions rise with Villa loyalists under pressure.
Reports from Guadalajara note food riots, Swiss forces fire on French planes, and leaders Scott Obregon begin talks in Juarez. Goethals counters McAdoo arrival, unions oppose conscription in Glasgow, Francis reaches Petrograd, and Alaska rail strike ends. Sweden seeks large naval armament funds amid destroyer and submarine programs as Germany hints at submarine truce talks with Washington.
In Jackson the Mississippi Republican convention selected two negro delegates at large for the Chicago presidential nominating convention. The move marks continued party diversification as the state braces for national proceedings.
A five year improvement and flood control program for the Mississippi and Sacramento rivers is favored by a House flood control committee with funding of 45 million dollars for the Mississippi and 5.6 million for the Sacramento to cover work over five years. Copper production in the United States surpassed two billion pounds last year, totaling 2 026 000 000 pounds from all sources per the Geological Survey. President Wilson traveled to Harpers Ferry West Virginia for dinner with Mrs Wilson, Miss Ellen Woodrow Bones and five secret service men.
Grinnell hosts Drake in a closely contested meet with Grinnell winning 65 to 61. Minnesota trounced Iowa 99 to 41 in the Iowa City dual. Hector of Salida edged Bob York of Pueblo after fifteen rounds in Salida Colorado.
A memorial gathering will be held at Carnegie Hall in New York on Sunday May 7. The item previews a public remembrance of the Lusitania sinking and calls for national unity and reflection amid wartime tensions.
Commentaries on the Book of Job and songs about Mary Stuart have kept audiences intrigued. Her trial at Fotheringay Castle more than three centuries ago remains powerfully compelling, time unable to dull the drama and mystery surrounding the Scottish queen.
A doctor tells a patient his condition is very serious and demands a complete change of scene as the cure. The patient, puzzled, learns the physician asks for the patient’s occupation. The reply reveals the patient is a scene shifter.
A quirky exchange features punning wordplay with hungry and Fiji in a playful glancing dialogue. Liam appears as the other speaker and adds a humorous travel twist. The snippet reads like a joke line or light banter.
An advertisement cites a Pennsylvanian couple who say switching from coffee to Postum cured nervousness, stomach issues, and poor appetite, with better sleep. It promotes two forms, Cereal and Instant, claiming similar cost and stronger effects from Postum versus coffee.
A dialogue between Bingleton and Wagge unfolds with puns about dust shoes date and everybody. Wagge delivers pun after pun while Bingleton groans and shoves the remains into a coalhole in a New York Times humor piece.
A man back in his hometown visits a corner grocery and learns from an elder about Sim Simpkins and his daughter Mary. The tale hints Mary married a struggling young man after many years apart, with the old resident joking about the marriage’s success. An odd health ad note and a questionable medical claim follow.
A newspaper excerpt notes Jimson is suddenly devoted to family and rarely seen at his usual haunts for nearly a month. He now spends evenings at home coloring a meerschaum pipe gifted to him, suggesting a shift in habits and priorities.
In a spirited exchange, critics mock Wiggins as an athlete while praising his table pounding as he trumps opponents. The heated remark centers on his competitive edge in a non athletic card game.
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