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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1919
Page
3
A Boston Tran script frames a buyer complaining the parrot sold last week won’t talk. The seller retorts the buyer asked for a quiet bird, highlighting a comic clash over expectations and neighborhood noise.
Advertisement notes that genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin bear the Bayer Cross and that unbroken Bayer packages with directions ensure safe relief from headache toothache earache neuralgia colds and pain. It mentions handy tin boxes of 12 tablets at minimal cost and larger sizes sold at drug stores.
The piece notes the consoling aspect of cinema with women in films opening their mouths without speaking, suggesting the unspoken expressions carry weight. The remark frames silent dialogue as a standout impression from the screening experience.
Robber obtaining at least 25000 dollars after binding a mail clerk on an eastbound Northern Pacific train near Seattle. Ringling Bros circus train wreck near Milfay Oklahoma killed twelve horses and wounded fifteen. California war-time prohibition case denied by judge. Corpus Christi hurricane deaths near 500 expected. Kan city ordinance fines parents for minors on streets after 10 pm. John H. Suits sentenced for mail fraud. Death-row reprieves extend to Jan 9 for two murder cases. Idaho campaign saves 2.5 million crows with rodent control. Bishop McConnell urges withdrawal of citizenship protection for border saloon business. Francisco Villa planning south of Chihuahua to avoid US intervention. Senate action expected on stolen vehicle transport bill. Prince Friedrich Wilhelm allotted to White Star for New York route. U.S. sugar consumption rises by one pound per person per month. Fall wheat sowing guidance from USDA. Ben F. Allen and James R. Patterson killed in car crash. Fire at Muscle Shoals warehouse No 4 causes 2 million dollar loss.
Belgium agrees to French control of Rhine allied forces. Marshal Foch seeks his son’s body. German emperor trial prepping as Paris debates. Lloyd George to visit America. German labor conference representation allowed. Gambling clampdown ordered in German barracks. $75,000 mail robbery west of Montreal to Halifax. Pierre Lenoir execution postponed. French Senate considers peacetime army and reduced service. Barnstable wreck located. Jack Kearns rejects London bout offer. Odd Fellows convention ends. next in Boston. Sugar market outlook worsens. tentative price rumors. Ocean liner submarine radio link tested near New London. Roosevelt cent coin revival campaign by Women’s Roosevelt Memorial. Johnny Kilbane stops Burns. Chicago building strike ends. Winslow farm colony project advances for veterans. Grand Rapids bank robbery yields $3,645. Minnesota Senate approves $15 monthly bonus plan.
A large strike sparks numerous riots as workers clash with authorities and fellow strikers. Reports indicate chaotic scenes across multiple districts with property damage and slowed city services amid protests.
In Chicago on September 23 John H. De Young of the national steel workers committee said 75 000 to 80 000 men were on strike in the district with many plants closed including the Indiana Steel American Sheet and Tin American Bridge Union Drawn Steel and Screw and Bolt. He said the strike was a complete success. In Farrell Pennsylvania one man died two troopers shot and many injured in a clash near the American Steel and Wire plant. At Carnegie Steel Newcastle Pa seven were shot in rioting as guards protected mill workers. In Pueblo Colorado J F Welborn president of Colorado Fuel and Iron said farewell as 6000 Minnequa workers walked out, the plant shut down in a cold rain.
Drugstore reports note many people suffer kidney trouble without knowing it. Dr Kilmer Swamp Root is credited with healing effects and high success. An insurer cites unseen kidney disease as a common reason for declined applications. Sample bottle offer via mail.
Insurance men estimate policies aggregating over 109 million dollars have been taken out by businessmen in Pittsburgh and other U S Steel plant cities. The largest policy reaches 6 million dollars and the smallest 2 500 dollars. Policies cover damage from rioting and other non fire perils.
The sergeant major tells a volunteer working party that some are fortunate to stay in peaceful Britain while others recall frontline hells on the Rhine and Somme. He warns the group will be moved to demonstrated areas if they do not work harder.
Nome Alaska reports the schooner Casco carrying a party from San Francisco on a gold hunting expedition to the Kolyma river in Siberia was wrecked on King Island about forty miles from Nome during a heavy gale. Captain C L Oliver was badly injured but 57 crew and passengers were landed safely on the island.
Milwaukee Mayor Hoan states he stands for the working man and refuses to invite King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium to Milwaukee. He will forward any citizen group invitation if presented.
Epifanio Holguin, once a Villa colonel, was killed by a fellow member he argued with. The body was brought to Bar real station, fifty nine miles southwest of Juarez, as proof of the fatal shooting.
San Diego reports sergeant first class Robert L Butler of the Ninth Aero Squadron died when his aircraft crashed at Rockwell Field from about 150 feet. The accident was caused by a sudden knuckle break in the steering gear.
President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor announces fifteen labor representatives chosen to attend President Wilsons industrial conference to be held here on October 6.
Paris reports a fire at the American camp at Miramas causing an estimated loss of 1,000,000 francs. About half the damage came from burned foodstuffs and supplies.
A witty exchange about a child named William growing into a doctor. A fond mother recalls the boy’s game where he declares before an operation that he will collect three cents from the patient’s right-hand pocket, humorous insight into early ambition.
In a playful exchange a manager calls a roast, while an actor admits the moment was a raw deal. The light banter centers on showbiz pressures and quick wits during a candid moment.
A city remodeling project for Warsaw Poland is set to cost about 100 million dollars and span twelve years. Officials project extensive upgrades to infrastructure and public facilities as part of the long term plan.
An old advertisement urges readers to send for a Medical Journal claiming judges mayors actresses and others gained health and happiness from the remedy. It promises relief for bleeding gums loose teeth and red inflamed gums and asks for $1.00 and the druggist's name to send a package.
A Florida man explains to an old negro in his employ that he will educate his son to avoid hardship. The boy writes a letter to an aunt twenty miles away and plans to write a fifty mile letter only after gaining strength, to prevent trouble with his pen.
A humorous wartime note contrasts military discipline with weather predictions. A father praises the army for training his son to rise early, work hard, and sleep early, while the line about ancient prophets sneers at those who grind out weather forecasts.
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