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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1936
Page
8
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A long collection of child letters dated December 7 and 14 1936 from Hamburg Iowa to Santa Claus. Children request dolls, doll buggies, toy trains and wagons, candy and nuts, cowboy suits, rocking chairs, sewing machines, and various household toys. Several writers note good behavior and ask for items for siblings and friends.
Terr Santo asks for a lullaby friendly reindeer doll that can sleep and respond. The inquiry hints at a preferred companion toy with soothing features. No further details provided.
The note asks for a doll buggy a temple doll blocks for a doll house doll clothes and pillow cases two new dresses stockings and a ring for Helen this is from Ruth Ann planning a visit and gift ideas for recipients named Helen and Ruth Ann.
A collection of handwritten notes from 1936 shows children in Hamburg Iowa and nearby suburbs listing Christmas wishes. Names include Lois, Jack, Maggie, Carl, and others requesting dolls, toy weapons, sleds, musical instruments, candy, nuts, mittens, and small outfits. Several letters mention age and location.
A collection of holiday letters from young pupils at High Creek School dated December 14, 1936. Messages express wishes for toys dolls sleds and color books, with names Kenneth Booker Hamburg Duane Zuck Hampurg Iowa Titus Burkhiser Betty Jean Hayes Virginia Hayes and Mary Ann Herrreman among the signatories.
Christmas requests from Sidney Riverton and nearby list students in Bee Hive school seeking dolls, toys, a wrist watch, a sled, a knife or razor, candy and nuts, an antique doll buggy, a teddy bear, a rattle, a ball and bat, a story book and various other gifts. Names include Alice Fox Eldon Fox Martha Earl Leo Fox Marcella Hilger Betty Lucille and others to Santa Claus.
A collection of child pleas from Hamburg Indiana to Santa dated December in 1936 and 1938. Children request toys including a treyele candy nuts a wind up train a wind up car story books a basketball tennis shoes tinker toys and a table tennis set. Signed by Mele Erlend Grace Nadene Lang and Donald Eugene Miller.
A Christmas note from Marilyn Darlene Miller in Hamburg Iowa dated December 14 1934 asks Santa for a Shirley Temple doll a piano a daily bed books and mentions a friend. A second child Dean Peck writes from Parragut Illinois in December 1936 asking for a French harp boots a drum candy and nuts and to remember family.
A letter from James Earl Mackey asks Santa for a tool kit, an electric train or bicycle, and a sled. He inquires after Mrs Santa, the elves, and the reindeer, hoping they can visit this winter before signing off as a late night friend.
A fragment from Hamburg Virginia dated December 14 1936 references a Christmas greeting asking about age and mentioning a Christmas night gathering, with paternal tone and an unclear invitation. The incomplete note suggests a personal social exchange rather than public notice.
A dated 1936 letter from Donald Bailor to Santa Claus asks if Mrs Santa Claus is well and expresses a wish list including an electric train, football, skating set, a detective set, punching bag and boxing gloves, ending with kind regards and a sign-off.
A fragment from a 1936 Hamburg Iowa item shows a note dated December 14 asking for a gun a football steel and a wagon. The message ends with a greeting and signature Rich ard Payne appearing as the sender.
A fragment from a 1936 item shows a speaker introducing themselves with initials B. J. and possibly P. K. Wrigley. The brief text ends abruptly with a promise to stop talking, hinting at a short local column or personal note in a Hamburg, Island, publication.
A quirky holiday note details mistyped wishes and playful greetings as residents share candy and skate memories. Photos and signs capture a misspelled but cheerful community spirit during the season.
A dated letter from Maumuurg December 14, 1936, features Cathleen Carpenter asking about snow, a joking remark on aging, concerns about a chimney, and a wish list including boots a Raggedy Ann doll and a drum for her little sister Loleta, noting忙 limited time to write everything down.
Norma Jean Morgan writes to Santa Claus from Hamburg fa December 14 1936 asking for a wagon a Shirley Temple doll books candy and nuts for Christmas and to remember her sisters Helen Mareenes and Margaret in a friendly note wishing Santa well after seeing him in Nebraska City Saturday
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