Letters to Santa Claus From Illinois Children
A sequence of Christmas requests from young readers in Hagarstown and Vernon Illinois. Kids name desired toys including a toy rifle and bulldozer, Oliver tractor, trumpet, bicycle, truck, doll house, wedding doll, bake set, sewing machine, and candy. Messages also ask Santa to remember siblings and orphans.
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Santa
Jimmy Jennings
Santa Claus
Oliver
Allan Lee
Edward Hubbard
Hagarstown
Ill
Grandpa Lake
Marsha Hubbartt
Vernon School
Raymond Monroe Halbrook
Vernon Grade
Don
Beverly Guyman
Swift & Company Sets Lean Pork Cut Standards
Swift & Company promotes lean trimmed pork cuts to meet demand for lower calorie high protein diets. VP P. E. Petty cites new trimmed loins roasts and hams plus boneless skinless options, reducing fat to a quarter inch and boosting usable meat per pound. Legislature allocates three million acres in Texas Panhandle to finance the Capitol project.
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P. E. Petty
Swift & Company
Swift
Capitol
Austin
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Lemonade Mincemeat Coffee Cakes for Christmas Treats
A festive recipe card describes Lemonade Mincemeat filling using frozen lemonade concentrate and dry mincemeat as a filling for Bear Claws crescents and coffee rings. The method mixes mincemeat with lemonade and water, sweetens, heats until smooth, then fills rolls and sweet pastries.
Social Security Tax Rules For Farm Helpers In 1955
District Director H J White reminds farm employers that social security taxes apply to cash wages of $100 or more paid to covered farm workers in 1955. The 2 percent employer and 2 percent employee taxes apply only to cash wages. Form 943 must be filed and taxes paid by January 31 1956. Register with the district director if not yet registered. SS 4 forms available at IRS or social security offices.
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Enue
H. J. White
Internal Revenue
Social Security
Tuberculosis Remains Major Health Issue despite Progress
Tuberculosis continues as a major health problem with 250 per 100 000 active cases in the United States. In Marion County last year 32 patients were treated in sanitoria 15 active home cases and three deaths occurred. The death rate has fallen since 1900 but annual case numbers rise signaling ongoing concern. Funds support Illinois and National Tuberculosis associations via Christmas Seal sales. The Marion County Tuberculosis Association urges early contributions and seal purchases.
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United States
Marion County
Illinois Tuberculosis Association
National Tuberculosis Association
Marion County Tuberculosis Association
Be Used On Every Piece Of Holiday Mail
A fragment notes the phrase be used on every piece of holiday mail. The line appears as part of a broader instruction or marketing message in the clipping. No further context or attribution is provided.
Veterans Income Questionnaire Aid Urged By Illinois Commission
The Illinois Veterans' Commission reminds veterans and widows of deceased veterans on government pensions to return the Annual Income Questionnaire promptly. Willard A. Manning, Administrator, urges immediate return to avoid discontinuation of pension payments from the Veterans Administration.
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Illinois Veterans’ Commission
Willard A. Manning
Veterans Administration
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