Dear Santa Claus Letters From Hamburg Iowa 1930s
A flood of handwritten letters from Hamburg Iowa children in the 1930s requests for Christmas gifts. Children name dolls, toy trains, sleds, bicycles, wagons, toy airplanes, and candy, with affectionate greetings to Santa Claus and pleas for a Merry Christmas.
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Hamburg
Iowa
Sterling Stulin
Twinburg
Lows
Santa Claus
Ike
Ardith Judd
Wamnburg
Santa
API Dati
Robert Neipart
Dredee Bout
Elmer
Frierxt
Carroll Prapp
Tows
Florence
Wy Moth
Marcene
Wingate
Homburg, Jone
Sam
Cam
Alma Wingate
Elizabeth
Finnell
Town
Gall
Lois Maupin
Wills Brown
The Carpenter Apprentice on Christmas Eve
A wartime era carpentry shop scene shows an apprentice nearly blinded by a cut eye but a great physician declares the eye sound and the apprentice continues smoothing sandalwood work as the workers cling to faith in Christmas Eve.
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Christus Eve
Christmas reflections and a past adoption memory
Martha Barrons sits with her husband and son enjoying carols as she recalls a Christmas years ago at Beacon Baby home. A blue-tyed boy stirred a desire to adopt, and Georgn, though not the town’s sharpest lawyer, helped shape their happiness and family through generations. Katherine Edelman.
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Wiecing Greplace
Martha Barrons
Beacon
Grorgn
Katherine Edelman
Christmas Candle Returns to Welcome Family Home
An old family Christmas tradition lights a tented candle in the window to guide travelers and bring cheer. Katherine Blair decorates the window hoping Kenneth will return for the holiday as a car arrives and John Blair greets relatives with warm wishes.
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Katherine Blair
Joh Blair
Kenneth
Sho
Kathering
John Blair
Jamma
Chris Dad
Panther
Katherine
Blanche Tanser
Yale
Ditiin
The Cheery Logs Christmas Tale Brightens Night
A fragmentary tale describes a unusual Christmas scene with a glowing fire and scattered imagery. It hints at coastal setting, characters, and a refrain about warmth, light, and music while preserving a dated, local newspaper voice.
Christmas SOM Means Mame ta Frang ame OU
The readable text presents disjoint phrases and names, creating a cryptic fragmentary scene. It mentions people such as Bernie Abed and Matty Cade with unclear actions, alongside scattered numbers and odd spellings. Overall, the passage reads as a garbled, partial OCR tease without a coherent event.
Christmas Cards and Memories Across a Quiet Home
An antique vignette blends Christmas cards with a family dream and memory. Mrs Christmas Card laments reception while the couple learns their cards end up cherished on a mantel. A dying fire scene recalls a family gathering and long ago loves, ending with a hopeful, bittersweet reflection.
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Tom
Alice
Helen Gaisford
World-Herald Notice in Hamburg Delivery Service Change
Tonnve took over the agency and the delivery service for the World-Herald in Hamburg. The notice mentions new customer relations, wage details, and acknowledgments of changes in service, with references to personnel including Franca Eater and others. The text is fragmentary but preserves the event of a local agency transition and related staffing notes.
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Tonnve
Hamburz
Haan
Shane Vie
Will of A J Patterson Proven in Fremont County Court
In Town Fremont County Liat Court in Vacation, Rance appears to present the Last Will and Testament of A J Patterson. The court sets December 1th 1490 at 10 o'clock for proof in vacation, with Lisle Pots, Clerk of the District Court, signing and sealing.
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Fremont County
A. J. Patterson
Neil Ag
Lisle
Pots
Note of First Meeting of Creditors
Note of first meeting of creditors lists Meyer Cavaller and other parties in bankruptcy in Fre county. The document records dates, names, and procedural steps as creditors gather to address claims and asset matters.
Notice of Sale of Anticipation Certificates Fremont County Iowa
Notice states the Fremont County Treasurer will receive bids for sale of anticipation certificates at the Board of Supervisors office in Sidney Iowa. Certificates dated December 31 1930, maturing December 31 1931, 5 percent maximum interest, denominations 1000, with semiannual interest July 1 and December 1.
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Fremont
County
Ows
Board of Supervisors
Sidney
Iowa
Bidney
Tota
E. E. Lair
Fremont County
Relief from Constipation Claim by Battle Creek Physician
A Battle Creek physician says constipation causes great misery and promotes a natural relief with a tablet called Result. The ad claims the water dissolves dry waste and promotes a thorough movement without cramps. It urges readers to buy 24 for 2 cents at Rexall Drug or Doyle's Drug Store.
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Battle Creek
Lazy. Org
Sonaiipitlen
Rexall Dru
Doyle's Draw
Auction ad and local sales notes from small town paper
Local notices list a car for bake and a 71-30 wood supply cut to length for sale at Folkes Lumber Co. Also宣布 Mt. Olive Auxiliary food sale at He Mansfeld store on December 20. An ad mentions a long yearling Mulice Ink Shorthorn bull for sale via Tracy Huckbil on A E Wanamaker's farm. Also coke order call to Noble and Reid elevator Hamburg Iowa.
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Mt. Olive Auxiliary
Barsar
He Mansfeld
Wall
Tracy Huckbil
A. E. Wanamaker
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Ulmer
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Sandy Andy
Clare
Donald Bridu
Kathryn Zuck
Sante Claus
Carl Wingate
Bambu Tawa
Deer Santa Claus
Ives
Dent
Veeh Amd
Fredrick Surat
Vratore
Iona Lin
Suanisan
Che
Candy
Nate
von Fis Bus
Vince
Fiat
Ptanibten
Apni
Luis
Homer
Christnas
Cant
Fort Rad
Dovige
Relic Stevie
Hamburc
Iro Tent
Phil Helleinger
Rad Reninelt
Wanamaker
Suttonwood
Haimtuirg
A. Hosperg
Chester White Boats
Seling
John
Foowa & Sons
Haag
Sia
World-Herald Notice
Jen
Lows Sothern
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Hindeluut
Fet
Fifeyy Obaariterel
Tove
Tornmdc Valicies
Columbia Fire
Tie Matkins? Fire Insurance Company
Hertford
Conn
Sines Tates
Omaha
Nebraska
Columbia Fire Underwriters Agency
Oniane
Neb
National Fire Insurance CO
Hartford
Dy G. G. Talmage
Clayton
Ineaserat
Haburg
Real Barpain
Wilcos
Folkes Lumber Co
Noble and Reid
Bers
James Limmtr
Dovis
O+t & sack
LF. B
Farmers’ Cooperative Produce Co
Lawrence C. Klein
Mgr
Hamburg, Iowa
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