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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1917
Page
8
Local items report G H McDaniel back from the river ranch and W A Fiege visiting from Tucson and Dragoon. Alfonzo Castaneda heads to Los Angeles after a three week stay. Ethel Gribble takes a Tombstone stenographer post. Cattle range praised by J H McKinney, Jr. and J H Getzwiller, with winter wheat plans in Mount View and McAlister. Socials, sales, and transfers fill a bustling Benson week.
We extend thanks to the many friends for their sympathy and assistance after the recent bereavement of our daughter and wife. Dr. J. F. Jones. W. R. Hurley.
The passage argues experience guides learning and promotes using others experience. It highlights Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as reliable for coughs and colds, claiming thousands have used it with good results and that it is prompt, effective, and pleasant to take.
Mrs Ida H Getzwiller of Los Angeles mother of Jo Getzwiller is visiting at the O M Ranch twelve miles east of Benson in Little Dragoons. Mr and Mrs C D Satcher and family also of Los Angeles are guests. Mr Satcher returns home after a week. Mrs Satcher is Mrs Getzwiller's sister. The group attended the Monday night dance with their hosts.
Jose Yanes, formerly of Benson, died in Tucson last Tuesday from complications after an operation. A 53 year old father of a large family, he worked about twenty five years for the Southern Pacific in Benson. Burial was to be held in Benson this afternoon after the remains arrived by train. Half brothers R. L. Salazar of Tucson and Miguel Salazar of Mesa accompanied the body from Tucson.
A seller lists items for sale including a 2 horsepower Witte engine horses carriage and harness a 10 inch John Deere cultivator a Planet Jr outfit a saddle a spring wagon and notes sale of all or separate. Mrs H A Canfield.
A letter from Doane Merrill, chair of the Commission of State Institutions, asks M. P. Cosby of Benson to organize local support for Cochise County’s State Fair exhibits. It requests immediate action to secure funding and space and to send representatives. a Benson meeting is planned for Monday at 7:30 PM in the Benson Theater building to decide the matter.
W A Fiege rode into town from a Dragoon area ranch while his wife recovers in hospital. William D Allen, a Cochise county veteran cowhand, plans to buy a new ranch near Tucson. George Holloway of Benson, farming near Redington, is seeking a fresh site and may relocate to the Tucson region.
A county note urges farmers and stockmen to fill and return government survey forms by September 15 to aid extension service mapping and aid local development. It warns that low response skews crop listings and harms community progress.
The Willcox Range News passes to new owner Mr. Anderson after long-time editor Mr. S. N. Kemp sells the paper. The community is wished continued success under the new management.
The Patagonian reports dramatic improvements at Fort Huachuca making it resemble a city of 10 000 when the lights are on. After the war many thousands of troops are expected to be quartered there and soldiers are presently practicing bomb throwing among other exercises.
A Letter from G A Mc Bride of Headford Ontario praises Chamberlain's Tablets after two years of selling them and good customer reports. He reports personal trial and recommends them for indigestion and constipation as a beneficial remedy.
Phoenix voices outline the aims of the Arizona Four Minute Men under the National Council of Defense. The volunteers will explain U S war aims and mobilize public support, distributing clear information on why the United States entered the war and the need for universal backing of the government.
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