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Newspaper
Columbia Herald
Location
Columbia, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
6
A collection of children letters to Santa from Columbia Tenn and surrounding areas request toys candy oranges dolls trains and more. Notices include a brief death report of Harry Duckwell aged 25 in St Louis with a death cause cited as a choking spell and a promotion for Balard's Horehound Syrup.
A cluttered 1902 collection of Santa letters from Columbia Tenn children requests gifts from a big doll to a wagon and firecrackers. Kids name ages, items, and family notes, with ads for remedies mixed in.
A batch of holiday notes from Columbia Tennessee children requests toys and treats for Christmas. Students and families ask for dolls, trains, pianos, wagons, book stories, fruit, nuts, candy, and fire works. The letters reveal young wish lists and festive sentiment amid dated notes and product mentions.
Childrens pleas for dolls, buggies, toy wagons, and other wishes fill a vintage Santa letter page. Names such as Lila Mahan and Corinne Kibbe appear alongside addresses and simple requests for toys, dolls, meals, and warm clothing. The notes reflect heartfelt holiday desires from multiple young writers across towns.
An advertisement claims permanent cure for stomach weakness and indigestion by a tonic called South American Nervine Tonic. It promises relief from long suffering and urges readers to start with a small dose, asserting dramatic results and universal benefit. A minor note lists a druggist as contact.
The piece argues feed mixes improve farm livestock yields and questions whether children are fed by science. It promotes Scott's Emulsion as a balanced, cod liver oil enriched food for bone, flesh, blood and brain development, claiming it as standard for delicate children.
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