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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1918
Page
11
The article describes daytime and evening coats and capes designed for wartime wear. A silvertone wool coat with fox collar and cuffs sits beside a duvetyn cape in taupe gray with martin fur cuffs. Both pieces emphasize quiet color, refined lines, and durable elegance for day and night wear.
Fashion notes describe the skirt trend with narrow silhouettes and matching petticoats. Fabrics such as batiste and mousseline de soie are recommended, with embroidery and imitation lace used to add texture while keeping costs lower.
The piece urges thrift and cheer through paper crafts to brighten homes during anxious days. It describes a baby toilet basket and a flower table basket made of crepe paper over pasteboard, with wire or twig handles and colored flouncings in brown or green for an appropriate background.
Fall shoe trends favor conservative colors and sensible cuts with a mannish look. Retailers report steady demand for practical styles, especially mahogany and dull black calfwalking boots and black patent leathers for dressier wear. Pockets remain a stylish trimming feature on navy blue serge models with satin facing.
The article showcases new beaver Tam o' Shanters designed for young girls. They are crafted from heavy soft beaver with puffed one-sided crowns and snug bands. Available in black, dark blue and other colors.
A lively dialogue shows two women debating the world’s end and war era fears. One rooms around with a bank bond plan while the other frets over postwar futures and lungs for gnashing teeth. The piece riffs on knowledge ambition and human folly with humor.
A Washington boy, working for the summer at a wartime bureau, is dismissed after a filing-room letter bundle vanishes. When questioned, he denies seeing the letters and tells his father he chose to keep his job rather than accuse a man in the room. The father expresses pride despite the young man’s calm resignation.
Major Baldwin stresses dignified return to society for convalescents from France. He notes visitor restrictions to prevent over sympathy and outlines Walter Reed reconstruction as a national model. The program includes four large shop buildings for lathe work, electrical, woodwork, printing and a two story school. Over 700 men study in 30 disciplines.
A spring long campaign of 150 soldiers led by Lieut E H Gibson reduced crop destruction by disease carrying flies and mosquitoes at Humphreys. From a July 2 trap record of 128000 flies the count fell to one fourth by August 30 with 10700 flies per quart. Officers reassigned from front lines assist the camp surgeon Maj I W Brewer in the insect battle. Brig Gen Charles W Katz says retention of officers may last two to three months before overseas redeployment.
The article urges dry warm sheltered housing with sunshine and fresh air for piglets, noting hogs lack natural protection. It discusses farrowing timing, two-litter advantages, and the preference for old sows. It outlines two main large-house designs, double or single-row pens, and the benefits of colony and box or A-type movable houses for mobility and ventilation.
The 1917 hog market decline prompts farmers and pig club members to boost swine production. Proper housing is key to increasing output, reducing feed use, and preventing winter losses. Some regions overbuild barns while many areas neglect suitable swine housing.
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