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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1918
Page
6
In Chapter XXVII Empey recalls life in a British hospital behind the lines. He recounts a farcical escape over the wall, a perilous fall into a disused well, and a rescue by Corporal Cook. He praises doctors like Frost and the Red Cross, and reflects on sacrifice, transfusions, and the discipline of wartime service.
Chicago women and national leaders back a six month federal training program for all young people before they vote. The plan aims to strengthen citizenship, health, discipline, and civic duties, tying into postwar reconstruction and national security.
A columnist notes patriotic zeal can miss sympathetic imagination as a U S soldier letters home reveal homesickness and flirtatious banter. A young man writes to a waitress at a Sunday dinner claiming his soldier identity and a personal anecdote about touching a hand under the dish.
Soldiers tend their wounded army horses with hand feeding, boiled oats, and constant care. The new order requires horses to be returned from hospital to their original units, since a man's care is not easily transferred to new teams of horses.
A pound loaf has 11 percent water if round and 34 percent if cylindrical. Thus, a buyer of long loaves gets 140 grammes more actual food for the same money. Evaporation depends on surface. a sphere yields less surface area than a cylinder for the same weight, explaining the difference.
Several wartime labor and social notes: a Brighton diamond factory opens to employ disabled soldiers. over 800000 British women work the land, up from 91000 last year. US mints operate in Philadelphia San Francisco and Denver. British railway unions total 425000. early war days lost to strikes reach up to ten million. Hendon assigns two policewomen. private employment agencies halted. New York Red Cross drive sees 1000 nurses apply in four days.
In the Birmingham Age-Herald humorous piece, Mr. Cobbles says he will take summer boarders if any come, but only one breakfast call at 4 a.m., claiming he and his hired man will be very busy. The dialogue centers on a strict breakfast schedule and a possible boarder arrival.
Retired in Bad Order reports a courtroom exchange where a defendant labeled as a deserter rejects the charge, claiming to be a refugee. The exchange notes the defendant’s injuries as alleged welts and a black eye, highlighting the dramatic confrontation.
In a Broadway style exchange the actor laments very poor houses while a friend speculates on war causing low turnout. The actor then blames the quality of the piece for the poor receipts.
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