Santa Letters From Bluefield Children Highlight Wish List
A 1907 Bluefield roundup shows multiple Christmas requests from young writers. Madeline Cowan asks for a gray bear skin loggins and a sewing box, Dorothy Shott seeks a fifth reader, and Thelma Lee Snyder wishes for a teddy bear and a doll. Other notes request wagons, doll carriages, books, candy, nuts, and small gifts, reflecting festive hopes across families in Bluefield and Staunton.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Santa Claus
Madeline Cowan
Santa
Thelma Lee Snyder
Prinston Avenue
Water Meter Rates Change At Bluefield Company
Notice to patrons of the Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Co states new meter rates apply starting January 16 1903 misprint. property owners may request a meter if not already supplied by phone or letter. Bluefield W Va December 10 1907.
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Staunton
Santa
Bluefield
Mei
Unkel
Daly Telegraph
Bluefield Water Works and Improvement Co
Bluerfield
First Letter From Gladys Easley Francisco
A young writer asks a recipient to bring mints candy bananas and good foods for family including dear papa cousin Maud and Miss Grave a red stick of candy and notes her grandma on Highland Avenue. The letter closes with affectionate signoff from Gladys Easley Francisco.
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Pease
Papa
Cousian
Maud
Highland Arenew
Miss Grave
Gladys Easley Francisco
Dear Santa Clause request from Bluefield WV Christmas list
Dear Santa Clause in Bluefield West Virginia lists a wide assortment of gifts for Christmas. The note includes a doll in long dresses a magic lantern a small clock furniture telescope gloves ribbons candy mints oranges fireworks and more.
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Santa
Eugene Posthwaitt
Ramsey Street
Bluefield
W. Va
Santa Clause
Bobby
Fragmentary Ad Copy Mentions Viola Hancock and Tea Product
A fragmentary line lists a bracelet and a dollar on a window with a farewell from Viola Hancock. It mentions Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a life enhancing product and cites Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co and West End Drug Co among others in a mixed ad context.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Mill Creek Coal and Coke Co
West End Drug Co
W. J. Peters
Freeman
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted as Safe Cough Remedy
A health warning highlights Foley's Honey and Tar as a trustworthy cough and lung remedy sold in a yellow package. It asserts the product contains no opiates or harmful drugs and claims widespread safe use with beneficial results.
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Foley
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D. B. Mastin & Co
Stewart Street
America
Ferdinand Westheimer
Christmas Greetings
Klush
Bluefield Avenue
KluSh Hastanent
Bluefield, W. VA
Builders of Happy Homes
Sdate Claus
Gerald
Bluefield Arena
W. Vac
Guy Edward Gerald
Dorothy Shott
James
Sayes
Mamma Kayes
Andra
Munrcow St
Hazel Shartzer
Ruth Posthwaite
Ramsy Street
Henry
Crosse & Blackwell
Miss Kidd
Bluefield Candy Kitchen
Wonderland
Appleton and
Perry
Elks Opera House
M.E
Busfield
Hland Street
Hiearn
DR Witt
TY Jenkins
Francs Iheares
Princeton Ave
Viola Hancock
Wytheville, Virginia
Wytheville, Va
Secret Society News
Ad Hivefeld Lodge
Red Men's
Elated
Af Blusfeld
Thesdas's
Artes A
Hawkins
Bland St
Will M. Bunt
Reo and Flooy
Greenspon Bldg
Red Lot
West Va
Solumbus
REE Hes Farm Business
Morris Rosenberg
Princeton Avenue
Wie
Virginia
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