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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1918
Page
11
The report recounts US and Allied destroyers engaging U boats near convoys. A pair of American destroyers chase a periscope, depth charges explode, and the U boat sinks after surrender aboard a destroyer. A British submarine pursuing a U boat torpedoes it, leaving an oily wake and sinking the crewman.
Cumberland Maryland reports John Lauder forty eight a cousin of Harry Lauder the Scotch comedian was killed in the Ty som coal mine near town. He was buried under a fall of rock while at work.
A Loyalist wartime poem urging workers and volunteers to stand firm with the battalions in France against the Hun. It appeals to endurance in factory and field, warns that a line break would grant victory to the foe, and calls for unity in defense of freedom.
Elizabeth P. Stark, sister of Hoffman Phillip, newly appointed minister of Colombia, heads a Mayport Florida mounted girl scout troop patrolling the coast east of Florida to deter pro German activity. The 13 to 16 year old scouts carry rifles or automatics and work night shifts without hesitation.
Fourteen years earlier Joseph A. Conry warned at the Ninth Regiment Veterans Association meeting in G A R hall on April 6, 1904 that a war would come to the United States not with England or France but with the German empire. He urged a volunteer militia of 500000 to back the standing army if conflict arose.
Memphis Tennessee reports heavy coal shipments from Kentucky by river. A single sternwheeler recently towed 15 barges carrying 9,000 tons from Caseyville to Memphis, a load that would have required three or four trains by rail.
Lead at 7.00 dollars with 7.12 percent. copper 23.12 dollars. bar silver 99 cents. Spelter 6.60 in St Louis. tungsten concentrates 60 percent 20 dollars. crude ores 60 percent 22.00 25 percent 12.00 10 percent 9.40.
The Castle Butte mine faced another takeover on a road and lease while the Hardshell mine at Harshaw is set to emerge as a major producer. Miami Copper Co April output reached 4,013,000 pounds versus March 5,174,365. Inspiration Copper produced 9,250,000 pounds in April, up from March 8,750,000 and February 6,200,000. Tucson reports a $50,000 offer for the bond and lease of the North Star mine in Twin Buttes district.
The season brings unusually good prospects in the Cripple Creek district with Free Coinage Consolidated Mines shipping from Pinto mine on Bull Hill. Bartlett tunnel yields two to ten ounce ore per ton. Dante mine reports up to twenty ounces. Cresson mine shows a two-foot streak of $92 ore widening to eight feet of $101 values. Molly B. Mining drives tunnels into the Yuba Dam Flats blanket vein. late Cripple Creek activity remains liberal with W. P. H. mine revealing a new rich flat vein at the 900-foot level under lease to United Gold Mines. Core talc forms white vein with large calaverite crystals.
The April output for Shan non Copper was 827000 pounds. Anaconda Copper Company earned 14.72 per share after taxes in 1917 versus 21.80 in 1916. Butte and Superior zinc concentrates reached 14100000 pounds with 250009 ounces of silver. Anaconda April copper production stood at 26566000 pounds, down from 28040000 in March. Mid-Continent oil field reports show 1261 wells completed, 171165 barrels new production, 262 dry holes and 73 gas wells in April, following March figures of 1065 wells, 99916 barrels, 232 dry and 75 gasers.
The Oaks Co in Mogollon district save ore from drift toward the west from Central shaft while Mogollon Mines Co ships sixteen to eighteen bars of bullion plus concentrates. April tonnage nears 4,890. San Juan county eyes major oil development this summer as Megallon’s Deadwood hoist runs and water being pumped. Tailings flume work advances to prevent Silver Creek contamination.
Colorado-Wyoming Refining Company officials announce a refinery contract for a Douglas Wyoming site and say construction will begin within the year. Ohio Oil Company prepares to erect three rigs on Salt Creek section 12 39 79. Lathrop Lemon Hull lease 650 acres near Laramie and will ship a rig for drilling. Ohio Oil tests Grass Creek field where production begins at the first sand with holes averaging 1700 feet.
The excerpt features a man debating a college graduate cook and reveals a joke about a wife working for board and clothes. It includes a line about refusing work and a line about choosing a role between an old man's darling or a young man's slave.
In a brief quip from the comedy, Gings responds to his wife’s sweeping attack by simply dusting, turning a domestic blow into a lighthearted moment.
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