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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
2
A collage of handwritten notes from Hamburg Payne and Wingate Iowa children dated 1932 to 1939. Kids ask Santa for toys trains dolls wagons and other gifts as they describe family life and holiday plans.
The Hamburg Reporter issue, a twenty-page Christmas edition printed in red and green, recounts community stories and a display of ads from many Hamburg businesses. A farm accident near High Creek killed a young boy when a truck hit him as he rode with children. driver Clyde Turker stopped to let them ride then moved on, but the boy was fatally crushed. The paper also notes plans to open a grocery store in Lea rear, a school board dinner event, and a Christman play listed for the Colonial Theatre with more than two hundred letters in the Reporter Christian column. Numerous local merchants spread festive display ads across the issue, from furniture to bakeries and service stores.
A collage of handwritten Santa letters from Hamburg Iowa and nearby towns recounts children’s wishes across decades. They request toys like dolls trains bikes skates candy and trains alongside fruit and clothing items, with varied dates from 1908 to 1995.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Tow and foam themes with scattered terms like Hamline Lee CHADDY Gottra swans and a total amount. The readable fragments suggest a brief public notice or item list but lack clear subjects, dates, or actions.
A fragmentary 1993 Santa letter from Jon Charles Percival of Towa and Dorthea Ei requests toys and comfort items. The missives mention tinker toys, dolls, blankets, a bed, and related wishes, with garbled lines and partial names.
A fragmentary 1983 note references a small mine wagon and a chest with informal names like Tamine and Fonumig Ward appearing. The readable items are sparse and lack clear actions or entities beyond these scraps.
A fragmented note from 1933 mentions Payne Town Detachment 4. It asks for a ball a watch a unite and a run latte car and signs as your friend Tichard Moyer. The legible content is sparse and appears personal in nature with possible misreadings.
A fragment from December 18 1952 shows Wanda Propa writing to Santa with a playful request list including a bed dish chair and a doll dresser. The note expresses childlike excitement and wishes a cheerful season.
A fragment from Hamburg dated December 18, 1094 shows a personal message in which Lyle Houts asks Sear Santi if not ill to bring a gun bail and a drum. The note promises a letter next year and signs as Your friend.
Fragmented notices from Hamburg Iowa include Christmas requests from a child, local for sale items and trade offers, turkeys and meat for Christmas, a dead animal removal service, hunting prohibition, and a lodge Resolutions of Respect for Sylvester Evinger. Also listed are delivery requests and local committee signatures.
Classified notice lists sale of bale Hlourehald goods including two bureaus dining room table sewing machine stands cream separator thin closet and other articles by George Schaeffer scheduled on 35-tf auction date.
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