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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1919
Page
2
A pretty young teacher asks a class what they want to be when grown up. After others name actor sailor lorry driver and cowboy, a fair haired boy named Jackie blushes and confesses his wish to become the teacher's husband. The line is attributed to London Answers.
The antiseptic powder Allen's Foot Ease promises to ease pinching shoes and painful corns bunions. It claims instant relief for tired aching swollen tender feet and is sold everywhere with a note to avoid substitutes.
An Evansville mother and her two youngsters visit the sister's home when the grown niece, fond of the children, feeds them candy. She offers gum to the aunt who declines. The seven year old cousin Nola insists the aunt desires some, noting she always begs the children for treats on the drive home.
An advertising blurb for a daily fly killer claims it kills thousands and lasts all season. Available through dealers or five sent express paid for 1.25 dollars from H Somers at 150 De Kalb Avenue Brooklyn New York.
A reflection on how cheerful people refresh others and the value of sharing genuine joy. The author urges readers to make sincere efforts to confer happiness and pleasantness to those around them.
A shoal of herrings is described as often five or six miles long and two or three miles wide, presenting a vast school and suggesting the scale of the fishing abundance observed.
Mrs Anna Gould Hough sister to Jay Gould dies at nearly ninety in Los Angeles marking the end of the original Gould line. The report also notes major wartime events and incidents across the country including strikes, trials, outbreaks, and advances in commerce and transport.
The Tucson and Phoenix region reports cover Verde River distilleries near Cottonwood and cattle rustling in Maricopa County. Other items note a Midland City Boxing Association formation, zoning rules near Phoenix homes, Globe water dam plans, Yavapai Girls Pig Club, peach and apricot crops, hog cholera vaccines, kangaroo rat seed gathering, Americanization classes, stock pasture permits, a major brandy raid near Buckeye, and forecasts for winter wheat yields across counties with Florence diversion dam plans.
A humorous vignette contrasts a French officer learning English with a pun on the phrase The first shall be last and the last shall be first. A neighborhood club forms with one rule to serve refreshments at every meeting.
Back pain signals kidney trouble and a remedy is sold as Gold Re sedal Haarlem Oil Capsules. The ad claims quick relief by attacking poisons in the system, notes two hundred years of use, and urges asking for the Gold Medal box at trusted druggists with a money back guarantee if it fails.
A mother scolds her son for wandering off and warns of punishment. The boy pleads ignorance about her request to stay close, admitting he did not realize she meant dangerous discipline. The exchange captures a tense familial miscommunication.
An advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine taken internally to purify the blood and treat mucous surfaces. It lists the product as a combination of tonics and blood purifiers sold by druggists for 75 cents with testimonials available.
A girl shows she cares more about gifts than a man’s long term plans, accepting present or two rather than debating his future prospects.
The passage extols Dr. Pierce of Buffalo N Y and his Favorite Prescription as a temperance medicine for women. It claims it relieves feminine disorders by combining roots and herbs and offers both liquid and tablet forms sold by druggists. It targets weak ailing women with headachy nervousness pains and despondency.
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