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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1906
Page
7
A Bluefield West Virginia page prints a batch of Christmas wish letters from local children. Each note asks Santa Claus for dolls, toy wagons, shoes, candy and nuts, with these children naming families, streets, and ages as they plead for gifts.
Letters from Earnest H H Doyle and Margueriet E Richardson request small gifts for Christmas. Doyle asks for a wagon strong enough for coal and wood, clothes for Louis, firecrackers candy mits and a visit to their East End Coffman addition home in Princeton Avenue Bluefield West Virginia. Richardson asks for a doll a small tart to roll her in some sandy nuts fruit and a rubber ring for her brother plus greeting Santa.
An advertisement notes reduced prices on all millinery at Pedigo's on the second floor. The page also includes a testimonial praising Doan's Kidney Pills from Mrs. S. A. Morrison of Huntington, West Virginia, describing kidney and back pain relief after use.
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