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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1917
Page
12
The Benson paper urges irrigation water for farmers and support for the Charleston Dam. It argues Americans could boost war finance by a nickel a day and endorses Liberty bonds as safe investments during wartime.
The white metal rose to $1 an ounce on Wednesday in San Francisco for the first time since the 1893 slump. The higher price promises new prosperity in Arizona and other silver producing states as idle mines and prospects may reopen due to the gain.
The county plans a bond issue vote on road improvements with surveyors in the field preparing lines and data for a future vote. Local commissioners are confident the plan will satisfy progressive voters. The note then shifts to British reaction to American slang ishKabibble with several theories offered by London papers.
A El Paso Tribune piece by Laura Jean Libbey urges readers to support women left home alone as war clouds loom. It argues for cheerful, practical companionship to lift lonely hearts and keep hope burning, warning against intrusive pestering.
A Chicago Tribune reprint urges national reform through self discipline and thought over excess. It declares a lean nation requires smaller waistlines and larger minds, promoting exercise, study, and virtue as the path to progress.
A Philadelphia board rejects many exemption claims of Charles Carson including a county officer, a custom house clerk, a mail worker, an artificer, a seaman, and dependents. Governor Campbell pardons W. W. Kermeen, a lifer in Cochise county murder case. A Kansas charter board denies Appeal to Reason’s charter. A Washington notice warns farmers about high priced seed and exaggerated claims.
A brief item notes the presence or activity of J A Gum at the G C Woods place, with minimal surrounding context. The readable text centers on the named individuals and location, reflecting a local notice or social item.
Two million three hundred thousand acres of Oregon and California Railroad Co Grants revested in the United States. Land opened for homesteads and sale with prime soil, climate, rainfall and elevations described. A large copyrighted map with soil details sold by Grant Lands Locating Co of Portland Oregon for one dollar.
Joel A. Barney of Benson Arizona filed notice of intention to make three year proof to establish claim to Homestead Entry No 024725 for multiple parcels in section 12 township 17 south range 20 east G and S B and Meridian. The proceeding before H G Brown U S Commissioner at Benson Arizona is set for September 12 1917. Witnesses include Ben Scott Edna Scott William Sherman both of Benson and Shem Plumb of Pomerene. J L Irvin Registrar First published August 11.
United States Land Office at Phoenix Arizona gives notice that Samuel D Emery of Benson Arizona holder of Homestead Entry No 025020 filed to make three year final proof to establish claim to SW 4 Sec 12 T14S R20E G & SR Meridian. Proof before L V McCourt US Commissioner at Willcox Arizona on September 27 1917. Witnesses: D W Isaacson Morris Steele Melvin Burnette B J McKinney. First publication August 25 1917.
Information regarding the 640 acre homestead law should be requested from HAMPTON& ARNOLD, Land Attorneys, Phoenix, Arizona, outlining your inquiry and filing needs with official correspondence.
Mrs Minnie Philpot of Gonzales Texas describes years of severe left side pain and weakness then improvement after starting Cardui. She recounts bedridden periods and relief beginning on the second bottle with lasting health restoration. Try Cardui today B78.
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