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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1917
Page
3
Robert Schultze of 818 West Poplar Street, San Antonio, Texas, says rheumatism left him after two years of pain. He reports gained ten pounds and full energy, claiming he can work all day with no joint pain or irritability after using Tanlac. There is a Tanlac dealer in town.
The piece notes Russia granted women inheritance rights early and Petrograd housed a large medical college for women. It argues women students have played active roles in revolutionary movements and military campaigns, with many viewed as evolutionists seeking to spread doctrine.
An advertisement promotes a nickel price for smiles and offers colored clothing care products with the slogan Red Crossing Blue promising bright white clothes, inviting purchases.
A Wide World Magazine contributor recalls King Lewanika of the Barotse aboard his royal barge during a Rhodesia trip. The 100 foot craft features a living and sleeping area, a mounted elephant statue, and a court jester. Twenty musicians, 50 to 60 paddlers, and many bailers aided the voyage, which took four to five months round trip.
Dr. R F Griggs says Katmai’s 1912 eruption was the last for thousands of years and would be a national blessing if explosive people shut up for a like span. This New York Sun quote frames the event as a rare geologic pause and a comic plea for restraint from public figures.
Local merchants in Milwaukee announce a reduction of free delivery services for merchandise, shifting cost and logistics for shoppers and businesses. The move reflects changes in retail practices and aims to balance margins amid rising operating expenses.
Diary excerpts from a destroyer commander outline patrols in the war zone. Sightings, evasions, and rescues depict the danger and routine as destroyers hunt submarines, battle periscope threats, and save survivors amid delays and fatigue. The piece notes ships, places, and crews involved.
Mrs. George B. Szadelski, wife of an American soldier, describes famine and rationed basics in Germany. She details queues for food, card systems, scarce soap and clothing, and prices. she endured months of red tape before finally sailing to New York with three children en route to Honolulu to join her husband.
In Findley O I red Neeley’s wartime garden potatoes grew without vines after he planted cabbage. The tubers developed large and vine absence noted, with sizes likened to walnuts as the crop emerged despite failure of vines.
Henry P. Davison and Harry D. Gibson lead a West tour visiting Red Cross division managers and chapter representatives to give a full account of the $100,000,000 war fund, outline policy, and invite public sentiment. The trip begins October 22 at St. Louis and includes Denver San Francisco Seattle Minneapolis Chicago and Cleveland. Rev. Robert Davis accompanies them returning from France.
Farmers in England advocate producing paper from 4,500,000 tons of straw resulting from 3,000,000 additional acres diverted from wheat. With wartime pulp imports halted, domestic production could revive a lapsed industry. The Board of Agriculture is asked to act on the proposal.
A Russian inventor has created an artificial ice by freezing salt solutions at varying concentrations to better preserve perishables. A Venezuelan resident seeks patent protection for a new dry method to recover tanning extracts from the divi-divi fruit.
Western Mining and Oil News lists prices for metals in New York and St Louis markets. Bar silver at 84.5 cents, copper casting at 23.17 dollars per unit. Spelter at 7.95 dollars. Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 percent range 20 to 25 dollars per unit. Crude ores 60 percent 26 dollars, 25 percent 12 to 12.50, 10 percent 9.40 to 12.20 per unit.
Cananea mines at Douglas have restarted operations after being idle since the strike last July. Calumet & Arizona Copper Company reported September production of 5,250,000 pounds, up from 4,296,000 in August and 3,548,000 in July.
The report notes White Raven at Ward leads silver producers while Colorado shipping value nears 100 million dollars annually. Leasers in the Big Five tunnel report success. new reduction plants are set for Grand Valley tests. Mesa county chemists study shale by products. Bezant mine work to dewater. Two Brothers mine under increased production. New Era mine runs two shifts. 200 sacks of carbonate ore shipped from Frisco. Boulder county shows varied mineral output including gold silver lead zinc tungsten and oil. Gilpin county continues rich gold production with byproducts raising future output.
Within fifteen minutes the Montana- Wyoming Stock Exchange at Casper raised 75000 dollars for Liberty bonds. The Interstate Oil Company has secured forty acres in the Hepler field Crawford county Kansas near a producing well brought in at about 600 feet depth within 200 feet of the well.
In New Mexico a hydraulic plant for Santa Fe Gold Dredging Co. near Golden should be operational by December 1. Meanwhile a bonanza ore strike hit the Lady Franklin group at Kingston as silver prices rise. The Organ district properties, optioned by Phelps Dodge, are now held by American Smelting for 350000 with 30000 paid. Oaks Company reports milling 17 ore at Deep Down in the Central group, expanding Mogollon district production. Auto truck transport to the mill is being considered due to burro shortages.
Rumors persist that Akron Oil and Gas Company brought in its second well at the Pathfinder site 36-34-76 in the Big Muddy field. Drilling now progressing in a straightened, productive shale at about 1400 feet for the joint account of New York Oil and Curtis Companies.
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