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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
15
A letter to Santa from Clayton Turner asks for the remaining Brother and Sister Books. He lists three titles Brother and Sister's Vacation Brother and Sister at Bayport and Brother and Sister Keep House and requests candy fruit and fireworks.
The text lists holiday gift requests from several names including Johnnie Butts, R. G. Isbell, Billy Wilson, Thelma Cooper and others. Items range from ammunition and firearms to toys, clothing, footwear and candy, reflecting a festive outreach to provide for several recipients and to remember the poor and children.
A compilation of holiday gift requests from children and teens. They ask for bicycles story books dolls skates wrist watches guns and shells toys clothing and food items plus generosity for orphans and poor children. The letters express cheerful Christmas wishes and grateful holiday sentiments.
A sender asks for a football and bicycle as Christmas gifts and asks to remember other children without parents. The message signs as Edwin Davis.
A note from Tom White requests Christmas gifts including a real good foot a Knapp Electric Questioner a Sandy Andy Wet Tank and a Sandy Andy Tractor that pulls thirty pounds. He asks to remember everyone and bring everyone something for Christmas.
Milada Harbuz asks for a pair of skates a story book a doll and a doll buggy along with candy fruit and nuts for purchase or delivery.
Jimmie Smith asks for gifts for everyone this Christmas and specifically mentions a football and a wrist watch as desired items for the season.
Lyndall Lynch requests a ring and a dress as Christmas gifts along with a nice hand kerchief. The note specifies desired items to include in holiday plans and gift list.
Florene Hawbaker writes a simple wish to Santa asking for a doll and skates for herself, plus presents for her mother father and little brother. She mentions a preference for modest gifts and evokes a school child’s innocence.
A collection of handwritten notes from children requesting gifts for Christmas. Names include Billy Batte Bryan Clayton Mode Jatty Lynch Charlie Bell Wilkerson Hilda Kenney Grace Dougherty Thelma Thompson Alvin Sustek and others. Gifts mentioned range from toys, dolls, and wagons to candy, fruit, games, and a wrist watch. Several letters ask for clothing items like a cowboy suit and an accordion.
A pasted list of children names requesting gifts for Christmas including a Bye Lo baby skates raincoat candy nuts fruit a doll beads scooter log cabin blocks cowboy suit cap gun football wrist watch and more with names Virginia Al ford Brunelle Cox Jack Walzer Sam Tyson Cameron Laverne and others.
A reader segment collects toddlers requests for gifts including a curley headed doll purse umbrella and pair of skates. Harrison McLerran Elver Baskin Stone Garner make toy requests and urge sharing with other kids for Christmas.
A child asks Santa for a doll buggy a doll cradle a play house dishes and a big sleeping mama doll plus a toy machine nuts candy fruit and a toy train for a little brother. The message ends with concern for poor children and keeping memory of loved ones.
A request lists a baby doll, some books, and a game. Zora Clark Wilkerson makes the request.
Virginia Compton seeks a doll bed a doll trunk and a pair of skates. She requests suitable items in good condition and reasonable price for immediate purchase.
Virginia Freeman seeks house shoes, books, and games. The note lists three item categories and asks for availability or suggestions. No further details on size, edition, or preferred brands are provided.
Juanita Lnake asks for a wrist watch a ring a vanity and a portable with a set of books while Betty Mangum requests a night table and portable items. The text presents a list of household and personal items for two named individuals.
A seven year old first grader with blue eyes and light hair writes for a tractor set and games. He also asks for candy apples and oranges from a person signing as R M Gidde.
A list of residents asking for assorted goods including house shoes a dresser skates fireworks a fan shoes dress coaster wagon football target bicycle portable watch book telephone dishes wrist watch boots train bus fountain pen pencil box and other items. Names include Helen Ryan Ruby Whitley Gar land Ledbetter Dorothy Matula Ruth Hobson Victor Walzer Luther Poole Florene Meyer.
Personal note requesting an electric train, a car, a tricycle, plus a doll and a cradle for younger sister. The sender signs as Ben T Harris Jr.
Doris Baldridge requests a rocking chair a doll dresser and a doll bed in a local classified style notice seeking suitable child’s nursery furnishings for collection or use.
Rob ert Lee Hux requests candy fire crackers and a bicycle in a brief plea.
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