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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1924
Page
5
Postmaster Homer Hart reports increased Christmas mail volume as the peak mailing period nears. Eighteen staff plus three extra workers handle the rush. early parcel sending reduces congestion and late deliveries. The office closes at noon on Christmas with no rural route delivery.
A collection of child Christmas requests from Santa letters listing toys candy and small gifts. Several children name ages and addresses, asking for items like dolls shovels scooters candy and clothing, with notes to remember family and poor children.
A collection of earnest Santa letters from children listing Christmas desires. Each child mentions items like dolls, candy, nuts, oranges, or specific toys such as a toboggan a tricycle or a rocking horse. Messages also request care for siblings and the poor, signed by young readers and family friends.
Edward A. Perkins recalls Samuel Gompers who died in San Antonio and rested in southern Indiana on his way to Indianapolis where he lived three years from 1894 to 1897. Perkins notes Gompers often rolled cigars for friends and himself during factory visits.
Notice to stockholders announces the annual meeting on January 5, 1925 at 2 p m in the directors room of the Trust building. Officers will be elected and other business transacted.
Indiana stock and wagon market summary lists hogs at 8.65 to 9.40, steers 9.50 to 10.00, calves 7.00 to 8.00, bulls 4.25 to 5.00, and grain futures for wheat 1.66 to 1.66, corn 1.20 to 1.25 old and 0.90 to 1.00 new, oats 0.54 to 0.56, Timothy hay 17 to 18 dollars.
Madame Abdullah, convinced all Constantinople women loved her son, visited a fortune teller who prescribed a garlic and mud mixture to throw at women near her son's home. She was arrested following the assault on several attractive residents.
Eliza Burritt of New Britain Connecticut was known as The Learned Blacksmith. He was a linguist writer and a Soviet reformer. He authored several volumes and died in 1870.
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