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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1925
Page
1
Santa Claus appeals through the Daily Citizen editor for names and addresses of local children whose families face hardship due to unemployment or illness. The page reproduces several letters from children requesting gifts such as toys candy and books, including Betty Eskew Ralph Brown Phyliss Maybelle Smith and Violet May Pritchard, among others.
A trio of young letters to Santa Claus from Mary Ruth Roby Violet May Pritchard and Mary Ruth Kreby ask for gifts for themselves and siblings. They request items like a mama doily a sewing box shoes candy nuts fruit a writing desk and an auto.
A grouped plea from several West Linton youngsters each requesting Christmas gifts. Loren Johnson asks for a toy tractor striper and ABC blocks. Whaneda Johnson requests boots a coat a doll candy nuts and oranges. Wendell Moore seeks a hobby horse pop gun train and Spark Plug. Harold Baynard wants a toy airplane drum horn and candy.
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