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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1927
Page
4
Childrens Christmas requests from Hartburg and Hamburg Iowa reveal a year 1027 Santa letter collection. Kids mention gifts like wagon tractors dollhouses toy trains and a toy plow set, plus praise for teachers and classmates in a small town note.
A letter dated Dec 13 from Fambutr Town asks Santa for a Dreadnaught sled and a pair of skat durnor Waters, expressing a hopeful holiday wish.
Hamburg Iowa residents write to Santa with requests for a doll cradle rocking chair and clothing. The playful missives date December 6 1927 1937 and feature names like Trice Larson and S Mase Santa. The letters reveal small town holiday hopes and personal wishes.
Childlike plea notes from Hamburg Iowa dated December 12 1927 address Santa Claus with requests for a wagon roller skis a sleigh or wagon for siblings gifts for a baby brother and a Kent and an oil truck for Kent plus a drive by reindeer. Other line shows Gerald Barnes asking for a dredge beat automobile locks for his baby sister and love for Santa not to run away.
A garbled OCR item reads Dear Santa I want a plane sled enamel San i Chutes Christmas ball tree new rent lori new hallaga and a topl ranii Clear. The readable pieces hint at a holiday shopping note or postcard fragment with Santa wishes and generic gift terms.
A handwritten note from Hamburg dated December 12 asks Santa for a book a writing desk a table chairs dishes for a baby cousin a doll for Pattie shoes for the mother and bedroom supplies for dadily Barbara Web stor J.
Letters from Hamburg Iowa children request gifts for Santa including an electric train a sled a story book a pair of leather gloves a coaster a bicycle a toy trunk and candy Also asks for a 18 inch Coy car and other small toys and expresses holiday wishes from Henry Forsythe and Harold Brown with city and date fragments contained in the note.
Dec 6 1927 readers share holiday wishes to Santa Claus from Hamburg and Payne Iowa. Messages mention stockings, Bible gifts, a brother and a friend, with a playful request for surprises and greetings from Vernon Severn and others.
Fragmentary OCR note with unclear names and partial phrases. Unable to extract a coherent event, person, or organization for a definite news-style summary.
Fragmentary OCR notes from Hambyei Iowa hint at a missing four year old named Tee with cryptic diary like lines. Local authorities urge public help as investigators piece together readable details amid unclear clues and a broad search.
Town December 6 1987 a child writes to Santa with a simple Christmas wish list. Margy Guise Ozenbaush asks for a doll buy pond ers of candy and milk a dollars rattle for her baby sister and stockings for mother and grandmas in a hometown note.
A muddled 1937 letter from Hamburg Iowa mixes holiday wishes with misspelled requests and stray numbers. It mentions a doll, candy, nuts, boxing stores, and a trip to Omaha. The note shows childlike humor, loyalty to friends, and a wish list amid scattered dates and memories.
Readable fragments discuss Eire and Geog figures in a tentative note. It mentions terms like ramps and appears unfinished with garbled phrasing and unclear names or dates.
A set of handwritten holiday notes from Hamburg area children asks Santa for gifts. Betty Lee Hollman and Helen Stanbrowch request a stove printing outfit dolls toys and candy. Helen wishes a doll buggy zippers ukelin and a French harp.
A personal missive from Hamburg Iowa in 1927 describes holiday wishes and travel details. The letter mentions reindeer, a Bay Scouts book, and visiting a Main Street route to a nearby location, with a warm signoff from a friend.
A Hamburg Iowa child writes to Santa on December 10 1927 listing Christmas wishes including a wagon football balloons candy and nuts. The letter mentions a baby brother and asks Santa not to forget mother and family with a playful sign off from Charles Sturm.
A fragmentary 1927 note from Hamburg shows Denar Santi requesting a new suit and candy with a personal greeting. Charles Warner signs off asking that children receive plenty, while expressing concern for others.
A December 5 1927 Hamburg entry shows a boy writing to Santa Claus listing gifts including a be-be gun a bicycle three banjos a pie a necktie and a shirt a football a basketball candy a pair of corduroy pants and a friend signoff by Billy Hawkins
A fragmented 1927 note from Laverne Caikins requests a new suit, ice skates, and a flashlight for a sibling, with a closing query about wellbeing and a stray line about a land purchase. The text is garbled and partially illegible.
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