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Newspaper
Carroll Free Press
Location
Carrollton, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
11
A fragmented set of Santa letters from Rockmart Georgia dated December 1910 and December 1918. Childlike requests include toys fruit nuts candy and a doll carriage. Names Nixon and Mildred Nixon appear with varying spellings and incomplete phrases.
A dated fragment from Rockmart Georgia in 1910 records a child’s peculiar plea requesting fishes for a doll, a fairy tale book, colored cravoun, fruit, and a honeyed drink. The note signs as AUDIF NIXON, with references to a little girl and a fifth grade context.
Waen Ga tier 12 191 Donn Santa Claus will you please stop at our house and leave us a train one and some apples Your friend Hugh Smitit Waen Ga Dee 18 1019 Denr Santa will you please stop at my house when you come by and leave me on toy trunk drum few apples and a toy pistol and some engs T will thank you if you will Biddy Wright Carroldon Ga R 8 Desire Santa Claus please bring me oranges raisins apples a little cradle a rocking chair a ring and pretty things for little brother Annie Lou Yarbrough age six years
A fragment from Carrollton Georgia dated December 12 1910 lists requests from Winnie Lee Yarbrough age eight and Terry a Wetle boy age ten, mentioning ball carriage candy and nuts as wants, with misspelled notes and greetings to Sanita Claws and Banta Clone.
The Georgia Proxy Association supports establishing a school for vocational education costing under $100,000 with annual maintenance under $10,000. The measure to be boasted before the next Georgia Assembly, aided by state press support. Vocational education aims to prepare youths for immediate good positions in a modern industry era.
The Cobb County Times notes that employers lose by training workers in their own shops and suggests a state vocational school as a solution. It argues boys should learn trades in a Georgia school to become useful, skilled workers and cites other schools solving labor needs with trained workers.
United States Senator Hoke Smith of Georgia will tour cities in December during congress holiday recess. He plans stops in Atlanta on December 20 and 24, Macon December 22, Waycross December 23, with possible appearances in Augusta and others. He spoke in Savannah last week against the Moses resolution and a proposed change to senate cloture, aiming to defend white supremacacy in the south and oppose northern election meddling.
A vintage medicine note promoting Prather s Cough Syrup advertised for coughs and colds and available from the local druggist, with a simple sale line referencing Jersey location.
An ad suggests printing envelopes and stationery with personal names at low cost, invites readers to visit Free Press for demonstrations. It suggests repairs for watches as a Christmas gift and promotes advertising with Free Press. It also proposes subscriptions to distant friends and seeks delivery helpers.
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