Cochise County to vote on $1 200 000 road bond
Cochise County Supervisors plan a June road bond election of 1 200 000 to build better roads. A citizen association pushed the measure and formed a highway commission to handle funds if approved. Members include Harry A Clark Douglas Emil Marks Lowell T D Fulghum A Y Smith and B A Backard with bonds set at 10 000 each.
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Cochise County
Association of
Harry A.clark
Douglas
Emil Marks
Lowell
T. D. Fulghum
Willcox
A. Y. Smith
Pearce
B. A. Backard
Board of Supervisors
Moss Pharmacy Advises Immediate Use of Chamberlain Liniment
Instructs to obtain Chamberlain's Liniment and follow the plain printed directions after injury. Mentions Moss Pharmacy as the source for the product.
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Chamberlain's Liniment
Moss Pharmacy
Buick Roadster Stolen From Benson Garage
An automobile thief entered the Benson garage Tuesday night and stole a Buick roadster owned by Mr. Shen. A description matched a stranger seen in town Tuesday and the chase extended toward Vail station, 32 miles west, but the thief escaped. The car was insured but the owner bears a loss beyond the policy.
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Benson
Shen
S. P. Road
Tucson
Vail Station
One Year Ago Today Lib Liberty Bonds Rally
A Bisbee Ore column recalls a year earlier when wartime finance dominated headlines. The piece contrasts slick oil stock peddlers and a German advance on the western front with Americans digging into savings to buy Liberty Bonds, highlighting a sharp shift in fortunes.
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United States
Do You Enjoy Life A Simple Stomach Tonic Note
A claim that good health leads to enjoying life and that Chamberlains Tablets fix stomach, digestion, and bowels. The ad urges readers to try it via Moss Pharmacy, noting biliousness and dyspepsia cause misery.
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Moss Pharmacy
Bankhead Highway Route Backing In Ariz
Tombstone editorial notes Benson residents misreading the Bankhead Highway location from Tombstone to Tucson. It states pathfinders and Bankhead association directors will choose the route, with local Cochise county input limited unless strongly urged. It cites Douglas Bisbee Tombstone officials and Cochise Supervisors Adams Roberts Sparks as supporting abide-by-pathfinders outcome. Benson lacked a Mineral Wells representative.
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Ben- Son
Bankhead Highway
Tombstone
Tucson
Douglas
Bisbee
Bankhead
Pathfinders
Bankhead Association
Cochise County
Benson
George H. Kelly
H. A. Gerstenkorn
Burial of Roy O. Fourr in Dragoon with Military Honors
Roy O. Fourr, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fourr of Dragoon, who died of pneumonia in Siberia with the American Expeditionary Forces, arrived from San Francisco. The funeral at W. J. Bennett’s home was led by Rev. Wm. Brown. Burial featured military honors, a color-draped casket, a guard of honor, a cemetery salute, and taps. Relatives and county friends attended the service.
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Roy O. Fourr
Wm. Fourr
Dragoon
Siberia
San Francisco
W. J. Bennett
Wm. Brown
Mother's Day Baccalaureate Service at Benson Union High
First Presbyterian Church outlines Sunday schedule with Sunday school at ten led by Superintendent Chas Cash. The Young People's service at eleven follows The Mothers of the World. Evening worship at eight features the Benson Union High School Baccalaureate program announced elsewhere.
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First Presbyterian Church
William Brown
Chas. C. Cash
Benson Union High School
Tombstone Called Gateway to Many Lands and Realms
Douglas proclaims she is gateway to Sonora while Tombstone is described as gateway to the Pacific Atlantic Canada Gulf of California and even heaven, per Tombstone Prospector.
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Douglas
Sonora
Tombstone
Pacific
Atlantic
Canada
Gulf of California
Heaven
Tombstone Prospector
Tonight at Auditorium A Mirhful 1919 Re view Show
A vaudeville production titled 1919 Review offers dancing singing and laughter. Fifteen performers include the La Farra sisters Bud Duncan Harold Healy and Bert Herbert with a high class entertainment. A big dance follows the show.
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la Farra
Bud Duncan
Harold Healy
Bert Herbert
Regular Benson Red Cross Meeting May 13
The Benson Red Cross holds its regular monthly meeting at the K. P. Hall on Tuesday May 13 at 3 30 p m. This session will wind up the local Red Cross affairs and all members both men and women are urged to attend.
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Benson Red Cross
K. P. Hall
Red Cross
More and better milk cows
The Willcox Range News notes a common aim to improve dairy herds. enthusiasm runs high for expanding milk production and upgrading cattle quality across local farms.
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Willcox Range
Specialists on generators and batteries the Benson Garage
Specialists at the Benson Garage focus on generators and batteries. Skilled technicians inspect, repair, and tune electrical power units to ensure reliable operation for vehicles and equipment.
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Benson Garage
Benson Union High School Baccalaureate Services
The Benson Union High School holds a baccalaureate service at Benson Presbyterian Church Sunday evening at 8 o clock. Organ prelude The Palms Faure hymn 347 invocation by Rev William Brown anthem Short Te Deum choir scripture lesson Rev A J Redkop solo Miss M Burroughs prayer Mr Powell Casby organ offertory Meditation Leybach hymn 344 sermon Rev Lewis Stark benediction Rev William Brown postlude Sortie in D Salome Ruth Burkit organist and choir director
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Faure
William Brown
A. J. Redkop
M. Burroughs
Powell Casby
Leybach
Lewis Stark
First Presbyterian Church
Tucson
D. Salome
Ruth Burkit
Burkburnett Field Drilling Booms With High Output
D L Adams reports from Burkburnett Texas that derricks are rising rapidly as drilling resumes around the 8th or 10th. Wells yield 200 to 500 barrels daily with larger outputs possible. He notes a Ranger field visit and Hog Town, praising about 300 tanks at Ranger holding 55 000 barrels each as pipelines expand to handle rising oil production.
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D. L. Adams
Burkburnett, Texas
Willcox News
Ranger
Hogtown
Remedy for Rheumatism Promises Rest and Sleep
Rheumatism causes pain and suffering as the most common ailment, but Chamberlain's Liniment offers relief and helps restore rest and sleep. Sold by Moss Pharmacy.
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Chamberlain’s Liniment
Moss Pharmacy
Victory Loan Train Visits Benson and Nearby Towns
The Victory Loan party arrived with the Southern Pacific supply train in Benson on Tuesday afternoon. A large crowd welcomed them from Benson, St. David, Pomerone and surrounding areas. Lieut. Wray of the Engineers spoke, recounting wartime service at Cambria and the loss of a leg and a foot. The event, aided by railroad efforts and a local women’s committee, spurred bond sales as schoolchildren and high school cadets joined the patriotic display.
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Victory Loan
Southern Pacific
Benson
St. David
Pomerone
H. Q. Robertson
Lieut. Wray
Engineers
Cambrai
Victory Loan Push Gains With Local Volunteers
Eleventh hour drive gains momentum as volunteer workers including A. G. Smith labor to meet Ben son quota. Lady workers Mrs. A G Smith and Mrs A W Bard increase subscriptions here compared with last week.
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A. G. Smith
Benson
A. W. Bard
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