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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1919
Page
15
Article notes designers craft tiny child coats and hats echoing adult fashion. It praises a ten year old’s black and gray checked coat with playful pockets and belt details. War to postwar shifts bring women into business wear then back to cheerful, feminine attire and varied millinery showing mid-summer mood.
Gaylord Sumner quits his job and pursues a promised split of a treasure with Otis Layard. In Oregon's Cascade country Sumner finds a cache of junk while yearning for a lost fiancée. Layard arrives at a cabin where Sumner reveals the true treasure is a rebuilt life and the right partner awaits.
Vogue highlights a cream tone blouse with a sheer net waist and ruffle neckline accented by cream Venetian lace. Double ruffle sleeves at the cuffs, one plain net and the other lace edged, with cream crocheted front buttons.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls village blacksmiths performing tooth extractions. Using pincers and a vise they held patients steady while a hot iron dabbed at the nose drew the tooth free, all done quickly and cleverly as a common past practice.
Green's August Flower has been a household remedy for constipation upset stomach and low spirits for decades. It aids nervous dyspepsia liver trouble and related symptoms with gentle laxative action and quick relief. Ask your druggist. sold in all civilized countries.
A maid asked for a weekend off to attend her parents silver wedding. Granted she returned to work. When asked if all went well the maid said yes and that her mother was grateful, but her father had been dead for 20 years.
A brief chat over theater plans reveals a man is designated to use the spare ticket. Albert mentions three tickets while the others discuss who will sit with the man they usually meet between acts. The exchange hints at social entanglements surrounding an evening out.
In a brief exchange, one party asks to keep their engagement secret while the other reveals pressure from Miss Oldum accusing the groom of avoidance. The line hints at social intrigue and a public marriage rumor in Brooklyn.
Amid blaze in his grand mansion a man clutches a portrait of a beautiful woman. His pale, convulsing lips and haunted gaze raise questions about the subject of the picture and its dramatic fall from the nail. The onlookers wonder if the portrait is of his wife or daughter as the mystery unfolds.
A worried agrarian asks a doctor about his wife who has become skeletal and talks incoherently. The physician suggests removing the party line telephone, claiming she has been listening in too much. The exchange appears in the Kansas City Star.
A compact observation notes that many individuals and businesses monetize public interest in unusual or fringe topics. It implies widespread fortune seeking around what piques curiosity without naming specific entities or events.
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