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Newspaper
Cameron Herald
Location
Cameron, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1927
Page
15
A flood of children request gifts for Christmas to Santa Claus including dolls, skates, toy guns, wagons, knives, toy dress, and candy. Names such as Frances Terry Elizabeth Reid Sprott Victor Walzer and many others appear as youthful senders in a handwritten appeal page.
A fragment quotes Gerald Mode describing a ball, a pocket knife, and a stocking filled with candy and nuts. The line suggests holiday imagery or a personal anecdote without broader context.
The letter lists gifts including a tool box air gun shots fireworks a knife fruit football shoes skates candy a story book and a bracelet from Simmie Smith and Nelta Dierr.
A garland of personal effects described includes a wrist watch a china tea set a music case a doll a dressing table clothes a china closet cabinet a chair gloves a book and a chair. The names Ruth Hobson Catherine Monroe and Ruth Mode appear alongside these possessions.
A collection of manners and wishes reads like a Christmas list with items such as gloves books a bicycle a ring sewing stand desk pair of gloves skates bed dresser dressing table and notes addressed to Santa Claus from Viola Thomas Dorothy Gohmert Jessie Patricia Batte.
A note requests a wrist watch chain and a ring for Elizabeth Mangum. The message mentions a doll and a china set as context or related items.
Readable fragment lists items including a pair of skates and house shoes credited to Winelle Kidd along with an air gun and scabbard attributed to Herbert McServan. The note implies property involved in a local dispute or police record.
A collection of handwritten requests from Mary Ellen Cottle Tom White Bonnie Fay Turner and James Edmonds asking Santa for toys and items including a baby doll glove football helmet compass train ring and other gifts such as a china set tool chest doll stove skates and a pair of gloves.
Allen Horstmann expresses a wish list including a ball a knife a bow and arrow set a tool box a banjo gloves skates games and fireworks. The items reflect varied hobbies and practical needs.
A reader named John Davis writes requesting a punching bag and boxing gloves, plus cowboy pants, a knife, fruit, and fireworks as gifts from Santa Claus. Enduring tone in a playful holiday plea.
A set of brief child wish notes requests from Lyndall Lynch Joe Newton Gladys Mckinney and Amelia Free min. They ask for toys dolls tea sets skates a buggy gloves a comb boot socks and fruit candy fireworks dishes music rolls and nuts.
A compilation of Christmas wish notes listing items like gloves toys candy fruit nuts and fireworks. Names include Billy Triggs Shirley McLean A W Lucas John Evans Edwin Davis Lois Beacham Milada Harbuz and Rosa Mae Walden. Several request tool chests electric trains dolls and clothing.
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