Centurion mine opens funds for development and local mining activity
J P Richardson announces Centurion mine startup with a $50 000 stock issue at half par value to fund development. Nearby interests J J Wren and partners mine lead and silver near Benson dragoon district reports Gilbert and Black strike rich silver two miles away. Dragoon school building complete with Miss Ballard teaching and J B Gregory leading the school board.
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J. P. Richardson
Centurion
Texas-Arizona
J. J. Wren
Benson
Gilbert and Black
Dragoons
Dragoon
Miss Ballard
J. B. Gregory
Elders Steele Wilde Cosby Tour Valley Dam Site
Messrs J H Steele of Idaho and B H Wilde of Wyoming visiting the community. With M P Cosby of Pomererie they viewed the Charleston dam site last Tuesday via Tombstone. They are surveying the country and may invest here.
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Messrs
J. H. Steele
Idaho
B. H. Wilde
Wyoming
Mormon Church
M. P. Cosby
Pomererie
Charleston Dam
Tombstone
Miss Snyder Helps Fill High School Teaching Vacancy
Former High School teacher Miss Myrtle Snyder is visiting and has been pressed into service to fill a teaching vacancy with hopes she will remain permanently. The deer season opens Wednesday October 1 and ends October 31 with a one deer limit per hunter.
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Myrtle Snyder
A Call to Action for A Stronger Ben Son Valley
The passage urges actions to boost local prosperity through a creamery first aid, a campaign to push the Charleston dam, pressing the board of supervisors for road improvements, and a personal plan to grow household supplies to combat high living costs. It calls for unity and a resolve to improve the valley’s fortunes.
War Savings Stamps Hit $95 Million In Seven Months
Washington report shows total War Savings Stamps sales for January through July 1919 reached 95,400,470.21 dollars. Per capita investment runs about ninety cents, while the government aimed for ten dollars. Economists hail thrift drive as curb on extravagant purchases and a path to production of necessities.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Savings Division
Treasury Department
Zane Grey Arrives in Flagstaff for Basins Outing
The Coconino Sun reports writer Zane Grey has arrived in Flagstaff for a two month outing in the Tonto Basin country checking trails and scenery for future western tales.
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Zane Grey
Flagstaff
Tonto Basin
The
Coconino Sun
Do Not Overlook Effort and Opportunity for Success
A Forbes Magazine style exhortation lists cautions for persistent success including taking vacations, balancing social time, avoiding exclusiveness, and not blaming luck. It stresses self-training to recognize opportunity, personal effort, moderation in eating and sleep, and the idea that things tend to go right with proper effort.
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Forbes Magazine
No Services at M. E. Church Tomorrow Evening
Rev. A. J. Reh kop has gone east to enter Drew Theological Seminary at Rahway New Jersey.
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M. E. Church
A. J. Rehkop
Drew Theological Seminary
Rahway
New Jersey
Pima County Wins Road Bond Election
The Pima road bond election passed by a large majority. The issue totals one and a half million dollars to fund road improvements including the Tucson to county line segment connecting with the Cachise county line.
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Pima County
Tucson
Cachise County
Cheap Clothing From Old Sacks Sparks Thrifty Tip
The Prescott Courier notes a frugal fashion idea by cutting a gunny sack to form a loose flowing robe. A hole in the sack’s bottom and side holes for arms create a robe with minimal cost.
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Prescott Courier
Best advertisement from Guion Drug Store
E. B. Milburn Prop Guion Drug Store Guion Ark says Chamberlains Cough Remedy has sold for years and always given perfect satisfaction. Mass Pharmacy endorses the claim.
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E. B. Milburn
Guion Drug Store
Guion, Ark
Mass Pharmacy
Wreck Strikes Freight at Curvo Delays Passenger Train
Early today two cars of a freight train left the track at Curvo, four miles east of here, after a derailment caused by an open switch. The Sibyl section crew aided, injuring four Mexican workers. their injuries were not yet known. Eastbound No. 102 trains were held up until the track was cleared about 10 AM.
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Curvo
Sibyl
Runaway Wagon Injures Mrs. Harsh Near Harman Place
A runaway accident last Monday left Mrs. W. F. Harsh painfully bruised but not seriously injured after a wagon wheel dropped into a rut near the Harman culvert. The team ran wild across fields until Jas. Harsh stopped them and Mrs. Harsh was later confined to bed to recover.
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W. F. Harsh
Tucson
Harman Place
Mrs. Harsh
Jas. Harsh
Chamberlains Tablets Restore Stomach Health Says Moss Pharmacy
Despondent indigestion sufferers gain hope as Chamberlains Tablets help strengthen the stomach and restore natural function. Hundreds cured and able to eat anything they crave after using these tablets. If you have not tried them dose at once. Moss Pharmacy.
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Moss Pharmacy
New Oil Company to Drill in the Whetstones
Nogales residents will decide today if they back the San Pedro Oil and Gas Co plans to drill in the Whetstone oil shale fields. W. E. Fuller and W. P. Capehart of Patagonia financial firms head the venture as preparations for derricks and equipment move forward. The project covers vast lands described as underlain by oil shale and fossilized limestone, including old coal mines in the Whetstone.
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Tucson Star
Nogales
Tucson
Patagonia
Mountains
San Pedro Oil and Gas Co
W. E. Fuller
Tucson National Bank
W. P. Capehart
First State Bank of
Noonday Lunch Introduced at Benson High School
Daily hot lunches are now served to students and teachers at Benson High School by the home economics class under Miss Alsbach. Trustee Dr. J. N. Morrison conceived the idea and attended the trial, endorsing the menu and signaling it may become permanent.
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Benson High School
Alsbach
J. N. Morrison
Home Town Kickers Urge Patience Toward Undesirables
A town editorial notes residents are harsh on local troublemakers and suggests patient outreach. It contends most towns have sore spots and undesirable citizens, advises collaboration, and imagines a day to confront them firmly or remove them.
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Charleston
Board of Supervisors
Benson Lumber and Commercial Co
Cochise County
State Bank
Your ‘‘Home Bank
Cochise County State Bank
Arizona
Pima
Studebaker
San Pedro
Gobble Bros
W. S.S
New Oil Company
Kickers
Carload
Chase
Goetz
Benson, Arizona
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