Letters to Santa Claus from Hampshire and nearby towns 1910
A collage of Christmas requests from children across Hampshire, Teasas and Columbia Tenn from Dec 1910. Kids ask for dolls, stoves, wagons, clothes, toy guns, bicycles, pianos, and food. Several requests mention siblings and parents, with names like Jesele Akin, Hinton Kirk, Rosalie Harris, Mary Tom Willis, and Louise Brooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampshire
Tenn
Santa Clara
William Eng. Bab
Jesele Akin
Columbia
Toon
Santa Claus
Cullooka
Dec
T. Pleasant
Santa Clause
Louise Akin Sharp
Columbia, Tenn
Santa
Ingersoll Watch and Chain
Jesse Ellington
Pappy
Willie
Roxie
Anna Louish Hood
Rattler
Wisener
Louise Brooks
Mt. Pleasant
Santy
Dobbins and Ewing
Cecil Moore Jones
Martha Ellington
Carter's Creek Pike
Sidney
Clarence
Slater
Entella
Reg
Doans Kidney Pills Featured In 1910 Health Ad
Unreadable male testimonial extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a kidney cure, citing relief from backache and urinary troubles. Letters from Santa Claus wishes, children of Santa Fe and Spring Hill request toys and treats, with multiple sign-offs from young readers in 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. & Ramey
Lewisburg
Tenn
Doan
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United Braton
Carnegie to gift ten million for world peace aims
Andrew Carnegie plans a 10 million dollar gift within days to promote international peace. A trustee board led by Elihu Root and Nicholas Murray Butler will direct the fund, with about twenty high‑profile members and broad international scope. The annual income will exceed 500,000 dollars for ongoing peace efforts worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washinton
Andrew Carnegie
Washington offGiciala
Mr. Carnegie
United States
Elihu Root
Amerca
Lbberty
Carnegie
Record Cold Night Drives Thermometer to Ten Degrees
The night brought a new cold snap with the thermometer at Glendale dipping to ten degrees, beating the 1909 record of eleven degrees set on December 30. The line of record lows shows fourteen degrees as the next coldest reading in 1907.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Clause
Juanita Eleanor Morrell
Santa
James Robert Holt
Glendale
Tom B Forgey County Judge Opens Brief Court Session
Criminal court held a short morning session with presiding judge T B Forgey. Judge J T McKnight was mentioned in the record as present. Two cases were disposed of quickly for John Harlan and Lena Bell Butler, both indicted or charged with larceny and each ordered to ten days’ confinement. Butler had begun serving prior to conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Criminal Court
T. B. Forgey
J. T. McKnight
John Harlan
Lena Bell Butler
Peary Surrenders Medals to National Museum
Commander Robert B Peary, famed for polar discovery, turns over sixteen gold and two silver medals to the United States National Museum. Highlights include a gold medal from the National Geographic Society for north pole discovery and the Royal Geographical Society medal for Arctic exploration 1886-1909. He also deposits his college fraternity flag and a peace flag from the Daughters of the American Revolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert B Peary
North Pole
United States National Museum
National Geographical Society of Washington
Royal Geographical Society of London
Scott
Peary
National Museum
Society of the Daughters of the
Also Mentioned on This Page
Teas
Hinton
Frank
Hinton Kirk
Hampshire High School
Mitchell- Ashley
Hello Santa
Gladys Eskew
Santa Fe, Tenn
Coleman
Santio
Annie Hines
Mt. Pleasnt
RF. D
Rosalie Esths
Raymon Eugene Walters
Mary Tom Willis
Graham Amis
Mama
Papa
Rosie Harris
Spring Hill
Bertie
Grover
Malcolm Patterson
Tery Bear
Malcome
Fei Cammuse
Santa Clsus
Orine
Baldo
Jewell Gaskill
Sants
Lillian Hight
Santa Tarse
Mabel Hight
Lynnville
Earnest Clemons Hight
Carter's Crek
Route 1
Sinter
Elizabeth
Floyd Jones Walters
Elsie Aline Bvins
Clarence Virginia Walter
Eskew Sharp
Edna Ethel Harris
Darks Mil
Ernest Haywood
Nellie Peck Meroney
Dom
Thomas Fraser
Santa Tause
Santa Fe
Pike
Virgil Leone Dodson
Helen Tanner
Frances Jones
Ashley Pogue
Lige Pogue
Velmer Davis
Louise Pogue
Clarence Hogan Lowell
Pape
Sara Lois Lowell
Santa Claue
Adele Lowell
James and
Maud Lowell
Mr Pleasant
Lou Willie Hines
Lillie Canfield
Humbolt
Reffie Ferguson
al Mabe
Cleveland
Ohio
Phoenix Savings Bank and Trust Co
Pittsburg
Skibo
Tom B. Forgey
M'Knight
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