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Newspaper
Hamburg Reporter
Location
Hamburg, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
2
A compilation of handwritten Christmas letters dated 1936 to 1998 from Hamburg and nearby towns. Children and adults request toys, books, dolls, dolls with hats, candy, clothing, and small goods for Christmas. Several writers sign with towns and dates, expressing holiday wishes and friendly closings.
A fragmented 1984 letter from Day Hardman to Ming Herriman lists a playful shopping request. It mentions items like a new shirt, a doll bone, candy and oranges, a cat gag station, and notes about travel gear and a police suit amid casual personal chatter.
A fragmented 1936 letter from a Hamburg Iowa student explains travel limits for visiting five Title children that year. The writer says they will attend Tennant, Iowa, school on the bus, with Miss Corrine Burman as the third grade teacher and references attending classes there.
A fragmented text mentions a person named Mrs. Mente and a wish for a Merry Chester. It references school and a greeting to Svante Weeton and Pereip, with garbled lines suggesting misreadings or OCR errors. The passage lacks coherent events or clear subjects.
Fragmentary text describes a gathering or event with names and activities but is heavily garbled. No coherent dates or places are identifiable, making a precise card teaser unreliable.
Local items list visits and social calls among Payne residents. Names include Beeson Perkins Weston Dole Brown Cockerham Brakes Nixon and others. Events cited span hospital outings, farm visits, family gatherings, and weekend trips to Nebraska City and Omaha.
Martha Goodwin orchestrates a festive dinner for four children while a telegram and a looming family reveal sharpen the Christmas mood. Martha learns her son cannot attend. gifts and a scrapbook spark quiet joy as later, Julia's domestic comedy uncurls with a mistaken husband ruse and a party plan.
An excerpt describes a social scene with Mindy urged to join a Christmas dinner at Judge Thompson's as Horace is delayed. Snowbound roads and blocked cars hinder travel, while the hall buzzes with impatience and festive strain. The fragment hints at a broader social gathering and the awkward holiday pressures.
Miss Annabelle Robbiean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Winds offers a practical turkey guide. A three fourth pound per guest rule applies with dressing, suggesting a 15 pound bird serves about 20 guests, while smaller families may prefer lighter birds.
Disjointed OCR shows multiple company names and products like paints coal wallpaper and hardware. Mentions Bry pace estar pea Posge Paint and Coal Co Wall paper and PomgePalot and Bento entries with scattered terms and prices. Content is unreadable in parts but indicates a historical trade listing segment.
Special execution directs a sale of the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 36 township 68 range 42 west of the fifth principal meridian in Fremont County. The sale is to satisfy a judgment of Fremont County Savings Bank against Bruce R Foeht and Genevieve E Pocht for 5907 dollars plus costs. Sale to be held January 18 in Bidney at 10 o'clock A M.
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