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Newspaper
Alliance Herald
Location
Alliance, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
6
Letters printed from the Bee Hive store in Alliance Nebraska show requests from children to Santa Claus before Christmas. One sample comes from Adolph Young a four year old boy asking for a drum a horn and a hay rack wagon and promising to be the happiest boy in Alliance.
A 1912 Christmas note from Harley Ray Richardson of Alliance Nebraska requests toys and gifts. The letter mentions a pocket knife, a drum and fiddle, a bathing suit, a ring for Aunt Gladys Richardson, an attic electric engine, a BB rifle, and a wish to arrive in California. It is dated December 3 1912 and addressed to Santa Claus at the North Pole.
Dr Geo J Hand bought the Sexton property on the northwest corner of Fifth and Laramie last week describing it as a prime residence site. Eugene Reeves from Dunlap Nebraska is in Alliance for eye treatment. N C Plummer of Schill Nebraska bought a new buggy from L Acheson this week. Mrs Frank Cody of Lakeside visiting Alliance. her baby’s illness keeps her detained until recovery.
Dan Watson from near Berea traveled to Alliance then on to Denver with two ears of hogs loaded at Hemingford. Tuesday night W. R. Drake of the City Meat Market departed for Denver with two loads of hogs. 65 head had been delivered the day prior by E. M. Grege, with others bought from local sellers.
L L A Dean of Malinda arrives from Hall county to complete final proof on a homestead with neighbors near Alliance. Virgil Smith from Buckingham Iowa visits parents in Humboldt and plans to return to Ames Iowa for studies after a six week stay, resuming a sales position.
A reader thanks helpers for aid during a misfortune and wishes a merry Christmas and a happy new year to all who assisted.
Lowry and Henry, owners of the largest auto garage in western Nebraska, have remodeled their private office to a larger, more private space at the front of the main sales room in the McCorkle building. Read The Herald's premium offer on page 2.
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