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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
2
A fragment from a humorous Christmas vignette includes corrected lines and playful exchanges. It features a dentist joke, holiday cheer themes, and quips about mistletoe and kisses, plus a mock examination moment and a pun on Santa. The tone blends light satire with seasonal sentiment.
A collection of Christmas letters from young children in Alabama dated December 1934. They request various toys and gifts for themselves and family members, including dolls trains wagons cars and fruit, with notes of good behavior and school. Names include John Raymond Duncan Vernie Lucile Drain and Kenneth Spivey along with towns Decatur Danville Hartselle and Mt Taber.
Reader letters dated December 1934 express heartfelt requests for toys and treats. Melton Rhodes Wanda Linderman a little girl two years old and others from Decatur ask Santa for dolls, doll furniture, books, rocking chairs, balls, trains, a tea set, candy and fruits. They also request to remember parents and grandparents and note hopeful kindness for children with unemployed fathers.
Two holiday notes from Alabama children request gifts for Christmas. Don Gregory Wallace at Hartselle asks for a French harp a flashlight fruit nuts and candy for himself and cousins Roywallen Wallace and Junior Taylor. Jean Lamon of Decatur thanks Santa and asks for an embroidery set a story book a big doll a coat and other thoughtful gifts.
A fragment from Moulton and Trinity dates shows several child write‑ups requesting gifts for Christmas in 1934. Names include Herbert Bene Boyles, Yeledene Boyles, Amelia Ann Landers, with ages from three to ten and asks for a tricycle skates and dolls. The text ends mid sentence.
A compilation of Christmas wish notes from local children ages 1 to 9 in Decatur Trinity and surrounding towns. Each child asks Santa for toys such as dolls, doll buggy, scooter, gun, fire truck, bicycle, rocking chair, and candies along with fruit nuts and mentions teachers and family relatives.
Puzzle contains numerous clues with abbreviations and garbled text. Readable entries include 11 Female parent 6A must 10 To shun 11 Not 12 To parry 1% Addicted persons 14 Congeals to be 15 Obtain 16 Neuter pronoun 17 Not ever 19 Floor covering 21 To repeat 33 Passage between seats Bb a week day abbr 36 Regular abbr 87 To give inspiration 29 Circularly I A Sicilian organization 2 Open to view & 4 Horribly ugly 7A silk fabric 8 A tree 9 Repose 11 Shrewder 18 Marsh 18 Like a fox 19 Inflexibility 20 To gleam 23 Egg coverings 32 Loftily placed nest 34 Conclusion 6 A dwarf of the hills 26 A float 38 A general notion 20 United States senate abbr 38 Knight Templar abbr. Answer to previous puzzle appears garbled.
A series of handwritten letters from young children in Alabama to Santa Claus ask for toys and treats this Christmas. The notes from James Earl Godley Hartselle Decatur Vernie Olone Stephenson Theodor Almon and Gay e Royvallyn Wallace request listed gifts and express good behavior and family considerations.
A reflective reader profile explores love for music and science, prompting deeper inquiry into life. The piece links personal fulfillment with curiosity about art, sound, and scientific discovery.
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