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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1934
Page
2
A stream of overheard quips and gibes from a public gathering features jokes about virtue and vice, tipping, courtroom wit, and a hospital savings idea. The readings include a graffito of a judge offering ten dollars or ten days and banter about bridges and actresses from Broadway.
Scout Troop 19 of the First Methodist church held a strong meeting Monday at 7 PM with many boys present. District Commissioner Billy Wyker spoke on future scout plans in Decatur as work on tests begins and the troop looks bright for the future. The group will meet again next Monday at 7 PM.
An appeal for toys and clothing for Christmas was issued today. Those willing to donate should contact Mrs. Seneca Burr, Mrs. R. H. Walcott, or Mrs. Milton Harvey.
Temperature plunged to a 15 degree minimum Tuesday marking the coldest spell in over a year. Officials cautioned residents to bundle up and limit outdoor exposure as the wind chill intensified the chill.
Millions have found Calotabs a fast aid in treating colds. The remedy claims to purify the blood by cleansing the intestinal tract of germ laden mucus and to act as both a laxative and diuretic. The family package costs twenty five cents and a trial package ten cents.
A collection of Santa requests dated December 1934 from Decatur and surrounding Alabama towns. Children ask for toys such as tricycles, wagons, dolls, toy guns, bicycles, play sets, and games, along with fruits nuts and candy. Each letter includes family mentions and teachers, naming numerous towns and recipients.
A seven year old girl from Harteelle Alabama writes a holiday note to Santa asking for a doll buggy, doll bed, toy dishes, fruits, nuts and candy, and to remember her teacher Miss Peggy Byars in the wish list.
A December 1934 handwritten plea from Edna of Danville High School asks Santa for a wrist watch a doll buggy a talking doll doll dishes and table nuts fruits candy and toys for herself sister brother and friends describing her black hair brown eyes and Jr I class status.
A fragment from a 1934 Somerville newspaper page shows a four year old boy writing to Santa Claus dated December 3 1934. The text appears as a personal child’s message rather than a news item.
A young student in Moulton Alabama writes on December 4 1994 about attending Speak school and mentions his teacher Mr Horton asking for help. The fragment indicates a child’s letter tone and a request likely directed to Santa.
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