Madison Illinois Town Aims to End Local Taxes
Madison plans a three year program to eliminate city taxes using revenue from the Chain of Rocks bridge. A $1.6 million bond issue financed by a $550000 reserve, plus tolls and other income, would cover costs and reduce or end taxation by 1963. The plan includes preserving small levies for library and playground funds.
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Illinois
Harry Barnes
Central Press
Madison, Ill
Madigan
Ill
Wississippi River
Chain of Rocks
Chain of Rocks Bridge
Stephen Maeras
Madison
Maeras
Austin Lewis
John Bridick
Christmas Day Birthdays and Notable Figures
A holiday blend lists biblical wise men inquire at Herod's court. multiple figures born on Christmas Day are named, including Phil Harris and Alice Faye, with notes on their careers. It mentions George Kaufman and hints at business, travel, and inheritance prospects for the day’s celebrants. It also references Moses and Isaac Soyer, Gladys Swarthout, Humphrey Bogart, Cab Calloway, Rebecca West, and Maurice Utrillo with birthday ties.
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Moses and
Isaac Soyer
Maurice Utrillo
Gladys Swarthout
Humphrey Bogart
Cab Calloway
Rebecca West
George
Kaufman
Governor Seeks Reelection After Long Congressional Service
A longtime congressman who served twelve years elects to run again for governor after his term ends in 1947. Re elected this year signals continued political influence and state leadership goals.
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Ber
Congress
Quote on public life and primitive Christianity
A Benjamin Franklin maxim urges that introducing primitive Christian principles into public affairs would revolutionize the world. The aphorism frames faith as a catalyst for broad political and social change.
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Benjamin Franklin
December 25 1776 and 1821 historical births and battles
Christmas origins and events linked to December 25 include George Washington crossing the Delaware on December 25 1776 to attack Trenton and the birth of Clara Barton on December 25 1821. The Battle of the Bulge reached Bastogne on December 26 1944 and poet Thomas Gray was born December 26 1716.
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George Washington
Delaware River
Trenton
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Bastogne
Belgium
Thomas Gray
Dessert Utensil Placed With Final Course
The utensil for dessert is served with the dessert while the table is cleared after the previous course.
To Jerusalem
In the east since the fourth or fifth centuries the text points to a location and time framework. A Dutch resident of South Africa is mentioned alongside a reference to four time zones Eastern Central Mountain and Pacific Standard Time.
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Bats
South Africa
Shrews Face Death Without Food After Short Fasting
Describes shrews as small rodentlike mammals that die quickly without sustenance. Explains their high metabolism causes rapid energy loss if they go without feeding for only a few hours.
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Alice
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the High Point
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