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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1919
Page
7
Emeralds ranked with rubies and sapphires as the most costly gems of the ancient world. Diamonds were worn in a rough state until the fifteenth century when the cutting art was developed. Emeralds remain fashionable, rare, and highly valuable, carat for carat rivaling diamonds.
For years druggists note Dr Kilmer Swamp-Root's strong record as a kidney liver and bladder remedy. It is described as a physician's prescription medicine that helps organs perform natural work. Sold by all druggists on merit. A sample is offered for ten cents on request to Kilmer Co.
Figures from the war cabinet show 8,654,467 men in Britain's war. England supplied 4,006,158. white enlistments in dominions and colonies reached 7,130,280. Nonwhite enlistments totaled 1,524,187 including 1,250,000 from India.
Scientists report that several lunar mountains rise to about 36000 feet in height. Measurements use lunar topography data to gauge peak elevations and compare with terrestrial mountain scales.
Reports from July 22 include the hanging of Thomas Fitzgerald for killing Janet Wilkinson, along with relief efforts in Alaska for influenza victims. Western rail and grain plans move wheat east, a Sioux City shooting ends a highway robbery attempt, and Sioux City considers a dairy to curb milk prices.
The Danish Parliament may abolish conscription prerogatives. The Great Northern ship returns to the United States with 100 officers and 1,400 enlisted men. The British Socialist party aligns with the Third International in Moscow. Mount Hood is a total loss after a fire in Montevideo. Meth odist grounds at Lake Minnetonka suffer mass cottage fire with four injuries. Petrograd falls as anti Bolshevik forces seize Kronstadt per Finnish staff. France reports 27 warships lost, including the Can ton, Gaulois, and Suffren. Chicago notes a Christmas bonus of 1.5 million dollars for workers under $2,500 yearly. Presbyterians seek gender equality in church roles. six New York longshore locals return to work totaling 15,000. A pilot dies in a plane crash at Catonsville. Secretary Glass signs a record check of over 2.6 billion dollars. A massive wartime Zeppelin remains in a German shed, possibly to sail to America. Sugar export embargo proposed by Gallinger. A Chicago girl is acquitted in the murder case of Benjamin Burr. Theodore Roosevelt's heirs poised to receive a 60 thousand dollar trust. Reports surface of Siberian authorities seizing Belinda’s cargo. American Eagle boat 41 is rescued after distress off Canzo, Nova Scotia.
Jacob Margolis of Pittsburgh, an I W W attorney, testified before the Senate labor committee about ultra radical activity linked to the steel strike. He described attempts to fuse I W W Bolsheviks and Russian workers in Pittsburgh to establish a new society within the old, with Foster coordinating efforts and Russians endorsing the strike at a Youngstown meeting.
Attorney General Palmer announced steps to curb sugar price hikes. The United States Sugar Equalization Board ruled 10 cents as a fair wholesale price, with any higher charge deemed a violation of the food control act. Washington notes beet sugar refiners had been withholding supply to stabilize prices.
Conversation frames a playful conditional about visiting relatives this summer. The exchange centers on visiting an aunt and the speaker's need to meet an uncle first, implying a sequence of family greetings. The regional tone suggests lighthearted familial etiquette.
An advertisement urges preventive care during unsettled weather and sneeze warnings. Boschee's Syrup claims fifty three years of use across the United States for coughs bronchitis colds throat irritation and lung troubles. It promises restful nights and easy morning expectoration. Made in America and pitched as a household panacea with no substitutes.
The piece lists humorous claims about a tractor’s reliability. It will not bite, balk, run away, or kick the stall. It does not lie down in moist spots, roll over, or eat neighbors’ cabbages, and it won’t die just as spring work begins.
In a first pro nouncement before the national industrial conference Judge E H Gary chairman of United States Steel reiterates that the steel strike should not be arbitrated or compromised and objects to conference action. He reaffirms belief in the open shop and in terms of employment being decided between employee and employer.
A Senate investigating committee report finds retailers charge food items at 200 to 3600 percent over wholesale prices. It states retail meat dealers earn a larger profit percentage than farmers, livestock raisers, buyers, railroads, commission and cold storage firms, and packers combined.
The article notes Mercury, the fastest planet, traveling through space at 30 miles per second, highlighting its rapid motion relative to other celestial bodies.
Alonzo Whitman, 61, once a famed U S swindler and Minnesota state senator, applied to Dansville authorities for admission to the county poor house. Once a millionaire, he was a bold confidence man who served prison terms and escaped custody by leaping from a moving train.
A humorous exchange about hair and ears underscores a playful bit between spouses. The quip notes a bald husband and his ears as ongoing jokes.
Frank J. Cheney a senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay 100 dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The sworn statement is dated December 6, 1886, before Notary A W Gleason. The ad claims internal use and blood-borne action through mucous surfaces.
The king of Siam orders a royal elephant hunt as government stables dwindle. Elephants are located over weeks, driven to Ayutha, corralled for selection, with untamed herds tamed afterward. Spectators watch the trumpeting and struggles of captured animals as trainers master them.
Malt extracts have been found valuable for laundries in removing starch from clothing. This efficiency could aid textile cleaning processes and improve wash outcomes.
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