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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1919
Page
3
A Bath man received dividend checks from shares in a silver mine bought 34 years ago. A friend recalling the purchase found a notice about the mine paying its first dividend, prompting him to cut coupons. Fifteen million is the average daily attendance at movie shows in the United States.
A tense exchange ends with the footpad returning the money after acknowledging it is insufficient to avoid a jail term. Smith confirms the sum is enough to lead to prison, while the footpad insists it is not adequate to keep him free.
In a wry remark, Jones dismisses the old peace on earth idea. He explains the purchase of a cornet for his son signals a different stance on promoting goodwill.
A brief piece contrasts couples facing rising expenses with love’s blindness after marriage. It notes that making conversation options vanish except through a telephone company, suggesting social reliance on telecommunication for companionship and style.
A vacation is a success if the vacationist returns with the consciousness that work is easy. Persons not vaccinated are not permitted to vote in Norway. Begin to educate your grandchildren by educating yourself.
A health ad stresses kidney danger from lagging function and urges immediate action. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a century old remedy imported from Holland, claiming quick relief or a money back guarantee. The ad warns against substitutes and notes sealed packaging in three sizes.
A town visitor who sold medicine discussed influenza transmission with a brusque doctor. She recalls a two month old kiss by a man with influenza and is told no harm can come, though she loves to talk about it.
A reflection on popularity as a consequence of noble ends pursued by noble means. It contrasts chasing popularity with performing just deeds and notes that some people act oddly to get even.
In a clinic visit the eye doctor tests sight with a placard twenty feet away. The patient fails to read it even when urged closer. He admits sadly that he never learned to read, highlighting a stark literacy gap in a humorous local anecdote.
A brief tale from Bookman recalls a murderer with yellow eyes and his wife warning him not to kill. He is said to have been hanged on the following Tuesday, ending the chapter.
A playful exchange hints at an aviator living unusually elevated, with a wry remark about just one flight up. The light dialogue suggests a humorous or curious local anecdote without further details.
London faces stricter postwar rationing with fourteen weeks of food, meats and butter heavily restricted, and bread limited to one roll per meal. In the U S London shipping to the British Isles is suspended due to British railway strikes and bunker coal orders, risking port congestion in Atlantic and Gulf ports.
Des Moines Iowa reports hogs valued at over 1 500 000 dollars on the first day of the fourth annual swine show. Grand Models Equal, the aged boar champion, died. Owned by Thomas Robinson of Independence Iowa the animal had 1 000 dollars in insurance.
Washington reports official advices say the Russian soviet government is ready to negotiate or peace on terms that require the departure of Bolshevist leaders and the overthrow of the soviet system.
Sworn testimony from former German attache Wilhelm von Brincken claims agents of Germany marked Charles M. Schwab Sir Cecil Spring-Rice Lord Fisher of the admiralty the late Lord Kitchener and the British vice consul at Ensenada for assassination in San Francisco according to Commissioner Henry M White of Seattle Washington.
In Montgomery County about five miles from Montgomery a mob of about twenty five masked men stopped an automobile carrying Miles Phifer and Robert Crosby. Crosby, a discharged soldier, and Phifer were shot to death after being accused of assaulting white women. The men were en route to the state prison at Wetumpka for safekeeping.
President Wilson enters a strict vacation to treat his nervous exhaustion. He will be prevented from working or viewing Senate leaders handling the peace treaty ratification as officials say the topic must be set aside completely.
An old advertisement for California Fig Syrup markets it as a safe laxative for children. It urges mothers to choose the product by its label and promises a pleasant fruity taste with clear dosing directions on every bottle.
A painter atop a water tank in Buhl Minnesota watched a cow rub its back on the ladder and panic. The cow charged away pulling the ladder with the painter and paint as the painter yelled. The painter landed unharmed and the cow carried the ladder for a quarter mile.
An old advertising copy promotes Cascarets as a gentle laxative that cleanses the liver and bowels without gripe or harsh effects. It promises relief from head dizziness coated tongue bad breath and sour stomach and claims the product works while you sleep.
A Los Angeles boy returns from an East visit to family cousins who showed affection. At bedtime his mother speaks of God, and the child asks if God is a cousin too. Also an advertisement touts Cuticura Ointment and Soap for skin and scalp issues.
In Korea widows are forbidden to remarry, even after a brief month of marriage. The custom prohibits a second husband under traditional rules observed by some communities.
A witty Irish World item recalls a shop window notice about iron sinking and a visitor who bursts in to declare awareness of the phrase. The shopkeeper fires back with a rapid chain of phrases before the intruder bolts then returns to shout marble busts from the doorway.
A Birmingham Age Herald quip notes an air of wealth around a large home. The critic jokes that judging wealth by the Great Dane on the veranda reveals how much money the owner has, implying big dogs signify affluence.
A humorous exchange references a heavyset son described as a hammock tester. The dialogue hints at a playful family scene and a lighthearted occupation as a joke rather than a factual report.
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