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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1918
Page
15
The piece argues that Liberty Bonds bind citizens to fund the war, reframing Uncle Sam as a collective self. It urges dropping extravagance, directing all nonessential spending to government needs, and stresses bonds as more than receipts, guaranteeing repayment with interest.
Western Newspaper Union reports Haig’s forces breaking the German front from Arras to Peronne. Canadians and English advance three miles east. thousands of prisoners taken as Australians seize Peronne and push near Mont St Quentin. Largely successful offenses along Lys front with Americans first time in battle line. Germans retreat claims disputed. August yields show 57,518 prisoners and 657 guns.
The article describes how Liberty Bonds fund food for troops and how army kitchens now separate garbage into classes like bread fats meats bones and grease. Wastes are weighed and reported to camp conservation officers to prevent over use and wastage, with separated garbage sent to reduction plants producing nitroglycerin and fertilizers.
A pure white mineral wool is manufactured at Yarraville from basalt rock. Spanish inventors create cork treated as wool substitute for mattresses and cushions. A New Jersey wireless station under government control talks with a similar Argentine station.
An advertisement proclaims Freezone as a painless remedy for hard and soft corns and calluses. It claims instant relief and easy removal with a tiny bottle sold by druggists, credited to a Cincinnati genius.
In a snowy street scene an optimistic man is ejected from his room by a hostile landlady and sits on his trunk listening to the wind and elements. The passage recalls a past August as a cutting blast blows snow down his neck while he reflects on seeking shelter during the storm. Also features a Cure ad for Cuticura products and a brief joke about miscommunication over the phone.
A WWI era report notes a wartime garden’s crop mainly peas described as hard as bullets. Milwaukee birthrate rises ten percent in the past year, signaling demographic change alongside home front efforts.
President Wilson warns labor’s pivotal role in winning the war, calling every tool and industry a weapon. McAdoo allows railroad workers to celebrate without hampering essential operations. Schwab assures American troops in France that the Emergency Fleet Corp will maximize support. Gompers pledges AFL support to the republic.
Twenty men from the fishing schooner Elsie Porter of Lunenburg Nova Scotia and five from the Potentate of La Have Nova Scotia landed at St Johns Newfoundland reporting their vessels were sunk by a German submarine on August 30.
Copenhagen reports an official German crop study pegs this year’s harvest 15 to 19 percent above 1917 levels. The projected rise reflects agricultural output gains during the period.
An army doctor argues bravery hinges on heart health. He explains a 72 heart rate can drop to 60 under gas attack, keeping strength, while a 55 rate may drop to 43 and cause collapse. He warns enlisting only strong youths to avoid shooting the brave for weakness.
Careful check of Castoria bottles urged for mothers and caregivers. The ad stresses the product’s long history of use and the Fletcher name, noting the signature and the trusted remedy status for infants and children.
A lighthearted piece notes a woman applying rouge to charm a beau and mentions a revue. It advertises Red Cross Bag Blue as a superior cosmetic. A joke about a soldier’s cleaned uniform, with a note that tennis shoes were not cleaned.
A Scotland mill processes sawdust into paper at a rate of about 200 tons per week. The remark notes a belief that the gentle inheriting the earth may precede others in such ventures.
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