1932 Handicap Washington Arkansas Santa Letters
Dear Santa Claus letters from children in Washington and Hope Arkansas list Christmas wishes. Laurice Yarbrough Jewel Gearheart Mary Margaret Haynes Charles Lovelis Charles William Dudney Wayne Boyett Flossie Mae McCormick Desi Santa Claus and others request dolls, toys, coats, boots, fruit, candy, and basic warm clothing.
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Washington
Arkansas
Santa Claus
Laurice Yarbrough
Tam
Mary
Margaret Haynes
Flossie Mae McCormick
Santa Letters From Arkansas Children Request Gifts
A collection of handwritten Christmas notes from young readers in Washington Arkansas asking Santa Claus for items such as rifles, watches, gloves, bats and balls, candy, fruit, nuts, and apples. Several children mention good behavior and family needs including brothers and sisters.
Santa Claus Gift Request Letter Headline
A child asks Santa for candy and fruits including bananas oranges apples and nuts, mentions an airgun and bicycle, and requests gifts for a little brother in a nostalgic Christmas style note drafted to Santa Claus. Monroe Roberts signs as the writer conveying simple holiday wishes and a playful list of treats.
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Santa Claus
Charles William Dudney
Washington
Arkansas
Dear Santa Letters From Washington Arkansas Childs
A damaged OCR shows two early 20th century handwritten pleas to Santa Claus from Washington Arkansas. One child asks for gifts including a .22 rifle and candy. The other mentions a fourth grader requesting gloves pencils and a doll. The excerpt also contains unrelated medical text about malaria parasites and blood cells.
Platform aims to boost munca power plant and health drive
The report notes efforts in 1931 to support a power plant development and improve backyard sanitation. It mentions Commerce County highway plans for a dull weather unit annually and progress on a state highway program. It highlights cooperative, scientific agriculture aided by Hempstead county groups and calls for tax reform and efficient government through expenditure reform.
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Auer
Star Publishing Co Partens
Heath Main Street
Ita
Ark
Star
Hempstead
Nevada
LaPayette
Fodern
Col
H.R. McCormick
Véebedier
Nuage State
Arkansas
Grist mill revival hints old time farming revival
An eastern newspaper notes renewed interest in small neighborhood grist mills across the south and midwest. Farmers may grind grain locally to flour or meal, supporting family consumption when wheat markets are volatile. The piece argues mills once central to frontier life could aid rural resilience amid agricultural distress.
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Middle West
Arkansas mill closes as cinebar deposits bring hope
The Ozan Graysonia lumber plant at Arkadelphia shuts after hundreds of workers lose their jobs. The mill’s last log is sawn and dismantling begins. The region, once a powerhouse of Arkansas lumber, pivots to cinebar mining for mercury production, signaling a shift from timber to mineral resources.
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Arkadelphia
Ozan-Graysonia
Arkansas
Inebar
Hot Springs Sentinel
Shorter Work Periods and a New Work Life Tone
The piece notes unions push for a six hour day while the Magazine of Wall Street advocates a radical shift toward a five or four day work week. It argues unemployment can be transformed into leisure through a profound reduction in daily weekly and yearly hours, signaling a major shift beyond traditional radicals.
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Magazine of
Wall Street
Printing misstep by Marco Polo changes world history
A Sharps and Flats piece argues Marco Polo overlooked Chinese printing, delaying Europe's adoption by centuries. It contrasts Polo with Gutenberg and Luther, suggesting an earlier Italian reform era if Polo had described printing. The column links printing, the Reformation, and American settlement to a single misread note.
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Marco Polo
Kubilai Khan
China
Mongolia
Asia
Venice
Frof
C. T. Currelly
Toronto
Canada
Europe
Mr. Polo
Savonarola
Martin Rather
Gutenberg
Mainz
Luther
Martin Luther
America
Gutehburg
Johannes Gutenberg
Italy
Girolamo Savonarola
Letters to Santa Claus From Nina Mae Bullard
A child named Nina Mae Bullard in the fourth grade asks Santa for a memory book slippers fruits candies and nuts and asks that a younger brother Joe Jackson receive something nice The letter also requests boots a sheeplined coat and fireworks and mentions Santa should be real and good to her this year
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Washington
Arkansas
Santa Claus
Santa
Nina Mae Bullard
Groceries Below Cost Take-Home Flour Bonanza
A brisk sale note lists flour bought during peak wheat prices and offered at a low cost for the year. It advertises men and boys counter goods and a close out price on shop caps at 15 cents.
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Caia
Reguar
Mary
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Hope
Jewel Gearheart
Santa Claug
Charles Lovelis
Wayne Boyett
Washington, Arkansas
Desi Santa Claus
Buddy Stuart
Harole Spicer
LaVerne Rider
Robert Merrell
Bertha Wakefield
Sante Cis
William Henry McCorkle
Samuel Smith
Monroe Roberts
Cecil Spicer
Arkansee
Santa Olapa
Ama de Boy
Wiliam FP
Mrs. Holt
Joyce Mary Worthey
the Star
Joe Jackson
Kgraw Baking
Ber
Tovasday
Willy
Enna
Arrow
By Ahern
Cason
Wasdal
Jason
Benedict
Maase
Dash
Paor Dasonm
Dason
NEA
Walker Sales Co
Hope, Arkansas
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