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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1919
Page
10
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer packaging with directions for headache colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It claims Bayer stands for genuine Aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years and notes a handy tin of 12 tablets costs a few cents.
A tin dinner pail on the ground near a Palms Michigan house reflected sun rays, starting a fire with smoke seen and a blaze following. The Yonkers Statesman notes the origin reminiscent of a fireless cooker in Bensonhurst.
Advertisement urges thousands of women with kidney and bladder trouble to try Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root. It claims kidney health affects other organs and lists back pain, headaches, and nervousness as symptoms. Readers are told to send ten cents for a sample and to obtain the medicine at any drug store.
A Boys' Life item shows a camp joke between a cook and a scout about meat costs. The scout claims he paid 50 cents for six cents worth of steak, highlighting humor over rations.
A summer cold is hard to shake and the advised remedy is bed rest with Boschee's Syrup to ease coughing and expectoration. If not bedridden, avoid drafts, sudden changes, eat light meals, and take occasional Boschee's Syrup, a long established American remedy sold in stores.
A quip notes the Anti Tobacco league dissolves as tobacco prices soar prompting a merger into the Personal Economy league reflecting economic pressure on consumers and organizations.
An advertisement urges purchase of Cuticura talcum to complement soap and ointment. It touts it as an exquisitely scented powder for face skin baby and dusting purposes and claims it makes other perfumes unnecessary. Each item 25 cents.
An English scientist reports success using electrical treatment to boost germination across several seed types. The method promises faster sprouting and potential agricultural applications.
The aphorism emphasizes finding contentment in one’s own possessions and blessings rather than coveting what others have. It promotes inner peace through gratitude and self acceptance.
The report outlines a mix of wartime and postwar items. It notes a Tonopah miners strike settlement, Elaine and Hoop Spur race killings, a 25 cent per word cable tariff cut, a Kan farmer killed by a bull, Buffalo Jones’ death, British immigration to Mexico, US passport trade frictions, a Belgian royal visit to California, war casualty rates, peace treaty timing, a large US reclamation bill, Latin American unity in the Colombian Senate, and US trade growth plus sugar price investigations. It also covers women on railroads, a captain’s court martial sentence, and price investigations by Congress.
Foreign delegation members meet Foreign Minister Pueyrredon over a proposed Argentina loan of 100 million dollars to Germany. Russia's state liabilities incur about 648.5 million dollars annually per Kolchak government figures. Luxembourg Belgium talks broken off after Luxemburg referendum. Belgium recalls its minister. Brig. Gen. Edgar Jadwin reportedly safe and returning from southern Russia. Yudenitch advances toward Petrograd from Archangel as Kolchak renews eastern front offensive. Paris Chamber ratifies German peace treaty 372 to 538. Franco American and Franco British treaties ratified. Germany unveils a new black eagle escutcheon. Catherine II treasures unearthed by Bolshevik commission. 1000+ artworks by Fragonard, Latour and others. Herman Smith defeats Joe Leonard in Buffalo. Anna Held estate valued at 278,260 dollars. Seymour Cox Jr travels Houston to New York for education. Brand Whitlock becomes Belgian ambassador at Albert’s suite. Forest fires melt Pacific Great Eastern rails. train of 45 held two days. Clocks revert to standard time Oct 26 under daylight saving law. U S Grain Corp reports wheat up. flour milling up. stocks 264,779,000 bushels. Shorty Thornton extradited to San Jose for bank holdup. Archangel chemist shops sell poison to young women to avoid Bolsheviks.
Reports from Holbrook Navajo county Arizona indicate ongoing oil excitement while eastern New Mexico stocks of beans and grain flow heavily. Projects include Mt Lemmon highway completion next summer and Estancia valley fair October 10 11.
An Indiana newspaper man at home discusses an editorial concept titled The Search After the Golden Ileece. He notes the piece targets the average American's pursuit of non essentials as Bobby, nine, quips about spelling fleas from the line of dialogue.
An advertisement extols Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy for back pain kidney and bladder issues and general weakness. It claims long history and urges continued use after restoration. A brief dialogue item reports a man died in a restaurant with heart failure blamed on acute indigestion and links price shock to consumer reaction.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a safe laxative alternative to harsh calomel and oils. It claims quick relief from constipation biliousness indigestion gases and headaches, working while you sleep without griping and strengthening bowel muscles at low cost.
In a Louisville Courier Journal note, a light exchange jokes about delays in court work. The quip features a judge who allegedly puts off half his own tasks, prompting back and forth about preferring the job and the handling of duties.
A midair collision occurs at about 750 feet altitude causing a dramatic scare. Investigators review air routes and control tower reports to determine fault and prevent future incidents.
The presiding elder quotes a rigid fathering stance while Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge asserts his own firm method. He describes knocking a child down to protect himself or obtain results, and then giving a chew of tobacco to soothe the youth’s feelings, illustrating harsh rural discipline.
A brief comedy note reports a janus moment where one man asks why none of the women will marry and the reply cites a quarrel over who gets the piano. The line hints at domestic humor and social dynamics in a lighthearted style.
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