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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1938
Page
8
A compilation of Christmas wish lists from Hamburg area youngsters dated between 1930 and 1958. Children request dolls, bikes, sleds, roller skates, wagons, toy guns, trains, dishes, candy, nuts, paints, books, and clothing, plus wrist watches and a sewing kit. Typical pleas end with friendly greetings and "Dear Santa" salutations.
A garbled note from Hamburg Ta lists requests for bicycle parts dishes a new pedal rowing set rims a caddy and nuts asks for a surprise for a teacher and for various food items. It mentions a wish for stockings a yearny twine and other personal items with numerous misspellings and stray names.
A garbled student note from Homburg Ta references a test, a North Park, roller skater, and items like bubble gum. The text is fragmented and difficult to read, with names such as Ann Harmilton appearing amid stray phrases about teeth and play.
A fragmented OCR text resembling a Christmas letter or note with garbled wording and scattered personal references. The readable bits mention Santa, extra items, gifts, and names like Mike, Phe, and Ivara Mets Baker, suggesting holiday wishes and requests amid disrupted punctuation and typos.
A garbled 1938 Hamburg letter page shows multiple children's wish lists and greetings. The text mentions Santa requests for toy trains, a Gene Autry figure, a farm house, and toy tools, with stray phrases and names such as Duane Zu, Dyar Gant, and Jimmi Brel Aang.
Fragments show a garbled mix of names and words including places like Wall and Thane, with mentions of a county, a voter event, and a list of odd items. The readable content is too fragmented to identify a clear event, person, or outcome for a precise summary.
A jumble of handwritten notes from children lists Christmas requests and family chores. Merlyn Grayson asks for a Costar set and a Dell computer like Dy-Des with clothes and drawers. Billy Smith promises help around the house and asks for a bicycle and train set in return.
A child in Hamburg Ta lists a Christmas wish in a handwritten note dated December 19 1038 asking for a diaper doll a cold bed neat clothes a pair of dress shoes paints a paint book colors a doll chair a pretty pun paste candy and nuts. The sender Patricia Smith signs the letter indicating first grade status and good behavior.
A December 13 1058 letter from Carl Crouse to Sante Bamburg requests a big running car a grader in front of it a wrecker a fire truck candy end nuts and a red wagon describing himself as a good boy and asking not to be forgotten.
A compilation of handwritten requests dated 1936 to 1938 from children in Hamburg and surrounding areas. Letters ask for a wrist watch, roller skates, a camera, sled, tricycle, wagons, a tractor, toys, candy, oranges, and a memory of Grandma's house, with endearing signatures such as Virginis Smith Bobby Graywon Herleh Eugene Warn Lloyd Lee Howell Bobby Leech Shirter Bruce and others.
A fragmented 1838 letter from Hamburg and Ja dated December expresses a child's Christmas wishes. Names include a grandmother Luella Bath and a teacher Miss Brown. The missives mention requests for dishes candy socks and a set of huts.
A distorted note asks for a doll, early pattern, a set of dithes, Alea dell piterv, and candy. The writer expresses simple desires and wishes good fortune from Venta Glitches.
Incomplete OCR from a 1038 issue hints at personal notices and names such as Luly Jean Simp and Menge Tritt. The text mentions dates, places, and informal references, but full details are unreadable.
Fragmentary OCR item notes a girl named Dor Sigita Pam Heke with unclear dates and details, mentioning a status or event linked to Dowart and Wate Marlan, but readable facts are limited and uncertain.
A garbled text fragment lists names such as Manian, Tee, Th Waa, Totty Wotn, Hubert, and others with scattered phrases about a baby and writing. No clear event, date, place, or action can be established from the legible parts. The item reads as an unreadable note or transcription error with no coherent news content.
A fragmentary OCR page shows handwritten notes dated December 13 1938 from Hamburg Georgia and Tag Deg 14 1638. Messages ask for football skates pocket knife a doll a buggy clothes color book and colors. Other names include Charles Maynard Roblin Robert Meuss and Dore jothy Owen.
A fragment from Hamburg dated December 13 1938 shows a child named Marina Klooze writing to Santa. She asks for a sleepbiz beauty dot with hair a pony hair ribbons a doll with war and wa sull ease and signs with love.
A collection of handwritten Santa letters dated 1938 and 1993 requests include an electric train, a bicycle, a guitar, ice skates, a sewing set, a doll, a game of Monopoly, a wagon, a Hille car, a crystal radio, candy and fruit, a gun or bow and arrow, and other gifts. Names include Duane McNail and Donald Owen from Hamburg Iowa and Maynard Sears, reflecting early 20th century holiday correspondence.
A Riverton boy writes Santa Claus detailing Christmas wishes. The eight year old, Robert Lee Randolph, asks for a big truck, a kiddie car, candy, and thanks for last year’s gifts. He mentions visiting cousins Venita and Charles Hooten.
The note from Hanburg Te dated December 13, 1938 asks for a sewing set, a set of dishes, an organ grinder with nuts by a stocking, signed Sil Rat, while Mamburs In dated December 13, 1938 asks for a dog, an airplane or a cat, and a cowboy suit, signed Billy Cavner.
A partial OCR fragment from December 13 1938 in Hamburg Iowa mentioning a pocket book set of dishware and a doll with a request to telephone family members including Lucille Ma or.
A collection of early 1930s Hamburg letters from youths drafting Christmas requests to Santa. The notes include Bichard Martin Hamburg Ya December 1931 038 Hetty Ruth Funnel Sallyany Wray and Carol Dougan asking for dolls clothes dolls beds mother wants a dollar and other simple gifts. The fragmentary handwriting captures a nostalgic pictured moment of holiday anticipation.
A fragment from Hamburg speaks of Christmas wishes. Donald Hayes and Donald Holman write to Santa asking for boxing gloves skates a drum and candy among gifts, noting ice skates and a coaster sled.
Fragmentary text from 1998 shows a confused message asking someone named Joan to bring "Mee Tee FRades" to a SHU crest or net with a cold bye. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities beyond names.
The text presents a messy mix of names such as Ewaone Irvawn and Rywmury WW, with dates like 1938, and references to places Hamburg and Mala Creeks. It appears as an incomplete letter or notice requesting information or action, but the garbled OCR prevents clear events or outcomes.
A collection of Christmas wishes from Hamburg Ia 1938 pupils. Messages from Wynd Faye Magee Norman Lee Bates Dovel Mont and Mary Ann Herman request gifts like dolls, bikes, drums, banjos, clothing, and Dagwood and Blondie books. Each child signs with grade level and date.
A readable fragment from Hamburg shows Kensoth Booker, a third grader, writing on December 13 1038 requesting items for Christmas including a truck a drum a watch a flashlight and a Merry Christmas wish to a friend. Local details are sparse.
A muddled OCR of holiday letters from Hamburg and Herburg students, requesting gifts and greetings to Santa. Messages mention High Creek school, items like gloves and a book, and signatures from young writers. The text also references dates and names in a fragmented, nostalgic schoolroom tone.
Rosa Lee Kamman writes from Traniburg Ta on December 13 1988 inviting a friend to a Christmas tree event. She mentions bringing a dish a drum that a baby was born on and overshoes and asks for participants to attend a Dec 23 program where she will play fan blocks in the rhythm band.
A brief, typed note from Maggie Brown in Hamburg Indiana requests Christmas gifts including a set of dishes, Old Maid cards, candy, nuts, and oranges. It reads I am just fine for Xmas and asks how you are.
A fragmented 1938 letter fragment from Hamburg Iowa appears to be a child’s Christmas note to Santa. The writer Hetty Jean Hayex Hingery Wayne signs as Dee and mentions wanting a blackboard a cabinet and school. The tone is earnest and childlike with references to toys books and holiday wishes.
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