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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1919
Page
2
Providence reader Mrs Adeline B Lynch recalls persistent backache headaches and nervousness. After trying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports improved health and urges other women to seek the remedy for similar symptoms.
A friend ponders the genius being versatile calling Jones versatile. The remark likens Jones to a transforming bookcase that becomes a folding bed at night, illustrating flexible usefulness and wit.
Ad promotes Freezone as a cheap painless cure for corns and calluses. It promises immediate relief and easy removal by applying drops from a small bottle bought at drug stores. The claim is that the corn or callus lifts out instantly without pain.
A pupil asks if Rome was founded by Romeo and the teacher replies that Juliet was the one found dead by Romeo, reframing the classic tale as a playful misreading of origin.
The piece depicts Cholly Woggles claiming fame as a great catch while others dismiss him as “The poor fish.” A tangential note claims 27,600 spiders would be needed to produce one pound of web.
Diverse items report Arizona and New Mexico developments from the 1919 Southwest News. Dope raids in Gallup seize opium gear. Arizona State Fair prep and hotel housing plans in Phoenix. university military expansion. Roswell dairy upgrades. Governor Larrazolo grants clemency. crop threshing fears in Ray. Douglas lab opens. Crook Forest land added by Wilson proclamation. Tijeras Canyon road near completion. Tijeras to Ellis ranch surveys. wholesale price investigations in Phoenix. New Mexico highway gear shipped for wartime construction.
A handbill urging overthrow of the Gary police and military control is in Col. W. H. Mapes’s possession as U.S. troops monitor the city. Officials warn of possible military courts, aimed at civil authorities, amid threats to kill the mayor and workers. Nine prisoners held after raids. federal probes link anarchist plots to May Day and June killings.
Corpus Christi officials report the revised death and disappearance toll from the storm as 357 after a revision by the bureau of information. The update reflects adjusted casualty figures for the disaster that struck the Texas coast.
Announcement from the Kalihi territorial hospital in Honolulu reports complete cures of leprosy with twenty patients paroled in recent months and no disease recurrence. Blood tests show no leprosy germs and patients under treatment show marked improvement. Chaulmoogra oil, derived from taraxogenes seeds, remains the sole medicine used, refined via a process by Dr A L Dean of the University of Hawaii.
During a court martial at the Brooklyn navy yard, Lieut. Com. Christopher Marsden faces bribery charges for enlistment favors. Frank P. Bouvier, Marsden’s assistant enrolling officer, testified he had not heard of Marsden accepting presents from anyone.
Advert says green snited horsehides Nos 1 and 2 with prices 10.00 12.00 and 9.00 10.00 respectively headless 50c less. Ponies and wine offered at 4.00 7.00 with compact catalog style typical of a local trade notice.
Colorado markets show bar silver at $1.17 per ounce, copper at 21% 23c per pound, lead at 5, spelter at $7.06, tungsten per unit $7.50 12.00.
At Chicago the market shows heavy hogs $14.50 to $16.00, medium $15.00 to $16.25, light $15.50 to $16.35, packing sows $13.25 to $14.75, pigs $14.75 to $15.50. Cattle include beef steers $16.50 to $18.25, medium and good $11.25 to $16.50, common $8.50 to $11.25, butcher cattle and heifers $6.50 to $14.75, cows $6.50 to $13.50, veal calves $19.50 to $20.75, feeders $7.00 to $12.50, western range $8.00 to $15.00, and sheep lambs $13.75 to $16.15. Breeding stock listed at $7.00 to $13.25.
Cash grain mixed prices listed for corn, oats, rye and timothy in Chicago. Dairy items note creamery prices for firsts and storage packed goods, with potatoes and fowls priced by variety and quality.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Pape's Cold Compound every two hours for up to three doses to relieve cold symptoms. It claims rapid relief from nasal congestion headache feverishness sneezing and soreness and notes the product costs only a few cents. It adds the remedy acts without assistance, tastes nice, and contains no quinine.
A pair of lovely girls spar over romance with witty lines. One asks what is worse than a man who makes love despite resistance, and the other replies that the worse is a man who won’t.
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant medicine for kidney liver and bladder issues. It emphasizes purity with a sworn statement in every bottle and offers a sample for ten cents by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
A London Tit-Bits quip notes Miss Prattle's generosity and readiness to give away even her best friend.
Bayer promotes its genuine Aspirin tablets in a Bayer package with clear directions for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. The Bayer name signals genuine aspirin prescribed by physicians for nineteen years. Handy tins hold 12 tablets and cost only a few cents.
A marketing blurb promotes Red Cross Bag Blue with sung promises of cleanliness and social virtue. It contrasts bachelors and married men noting crime rates and urges use as a trusted grocery product endorsed by storekeepers.
A San Francisco Chronicle cartoon caption jokes that hair loss is caused by marriage readiness. The quip implies that preventive care was not considered before tying the knot, delivering a playful social remark.
A 100 reward offer claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by treating the underlying constitutional disease. It asserts internal use improves health and aids nature. The ad lists 75 cent price and states testimonials are free from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
The quote frames rising shoe costs as a profiteering scheme. It argues that the belief in an animal hide shortage is a convenient alibi masking exploitation and notes that risk and error drive progress, suggesting cautious innovation over stagnation.
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