Old Age Assistance Raised to $40 by Illinois Assembly
The Illinois Division of Old Age Assistance begins updating lists to reflect amendments allowing a $40 maximum. Superintendent Fletcher C. Keatsie says benefits are based on need and will not automatically rise with the new cap. Counties expect crowding as people seek larger awards, but those with unchanged needs or already adjusted awards should not expect further increases.
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General Assembly
Illinois Division of
Fletcher C. Keatsie
Kettle
Wades Wide Cracks
Satirical column notes aging trends and social quips from Sabula Iowa. Jokes reference refrigerators elections and a rooming house view. The piece mentions Maquoketa Caves state park publishers picnic and a Miles lady purse finding.
Manager prompts audience to remove hats in theater
The theater manager asked the women in the audience to remove their hats. After three announcements with little response, he declared that all the ladies had now removed their hats. The tactic worked.
Postman Walks Mile For a Rural Circular
A country postman admits he must walk over a mile to reach the farm to deliver a circular. A sympathetic villager notes the inefficiency and suggests sending it by post instead.
July and August 1940 Regional Fair Calendar Summary
A compact listing of regional fairs and festivals from July through August 1940. Includes Frontier Days in Cheyenne Wyoming, Cheese Days in Chadwick Illinois, Mississippi Valley Music Festival in East Moline, Chicagoland Music Festival in Chicago, Hurson State Fair in Springfield, Warren Fair in Warren, Lyons Birthday Party, Hillsdale Fair and Plowing Match, Trask Bridge Picnic in Rockford, with dates spanning July 1 to August 28.
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Soule Stadium
East Moline
Springfield
Illinois
Three National Juvenile Officers to Preside at FLA convention
Norvine Riegel of Joliet Illinois Juvenile President of Fidelity Life Association is elected to preside at the Fulton Illinois convention June 25 and 26. The meeting will attract 400 boys and girls from eleven states. Riegel, 15, is a keen horsewoman and will take a leading role at the event.
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Fulton
Ilinois
Norvine Riegel
Joliet
Fidelity Life Association
Illinois
Miss Riegel
Youth convention offers girls chance to meet peers nationwide
Ruth Marie Brown of Dixon Illinois secretary describes a youth convention as a rare chance to meet young people from other states and take part in a real convention run for and by the youth of the society. Since 1926 about 400 youths have attended these meetings under Walter C Below president of Fidelity Life Association.
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Ruth Marie Brown
Dixon
Illinois
Premature Mrs Jones Eggs Air Mail Farm Joke
A humorous exchange about eggs flown by air mail from a farm contrasts with a farmerly quip. The dialogue highlights small daily acts leading to larger results as a moral about doing unseen tasks.
Co operation Fumbles Over Big Box in Doorway
A well dressed man helps an expressman move a bulky box that cannot pass through a doorway. They lift, groan, and admit the box will not budge as the man jokes about their failure to get it out or in. In Vermont a farmer boasts a huge squash while a joke about seeds and snowshoes ends the scene.
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Vermont
Ed Hayden
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Hillsdale
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Morrison
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Shannon
Illini
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D. J. Noller
Stockton
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Union Grove
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Harry Sample
Port Byron, Ill
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Albany
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Wade
Wade Guenther
Sabula
Sabula, Iowa
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6Th Ave
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Oath Watch
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Gus A
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