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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1923
Page
7
A handwritten plea from numerous children across addresses like 109 N St NW and 490 Fourth St NW asks Santa for toys, dolls, guns, trains, skates, skating gear, rings, bracelets, sewing sets, candy, nuts, fruit, and clothes. Names include Mary Ellen Haffley, Roy Hunt, Geneva Donells, Vera Donnels, Harold Allman, Frances Haffley, Lillian Moody, Mary Elizabeth Haffley, and Hugh Sloan.
A collection of handwritten notes from children requesting gifts for Christmas. Each letter names items like dolls, bicycles, tricycles, games, and nuts with mentions of parents and siblings. Names include Mildred Myers, William Martindale, Willie Keho, Lucia Perle Huff, Irene Young, Eugene Young, and other young writers.
A child named Winston Allen writes Santa asking for a drum train wheelbarrow horn hammer automobile and toy dancers among gifts for Christmas. He also mentions his sister and little brother Howard and requests candy nuts and fruit for all the neighborhood children.
A 12 year old girl in third grade writes to Santo asking for a doll and doll cart for herself and her sister along with candy, expressing distress at not receiving them. The note reflects holiday gift wishes and family desire.
A brief note requests a pair of stockings for a doll as a Christmas item. It is signed by DNA Bennett and includes the address 139 Ajon Street Northwest. The tone is personal and appears as a fragmentary message within a newspaper snippet.
The Ladies' Aid society of the M. KE church will hold a bazaar and bake sale Saturday at the Terhune building near the telephone office. It offers pies, cake, bread, dressed chickens and many useful articles for Christmas.
The Nathamas class of the Baptist Sunday school will hold a market Saturday at Sheérerwood's Service garage for fundraiser. Proceeds support church activities.
Car owners are advised plates for 1924 will be issued at Haywood Motor Sales in Bloomfield starting December 12 1923 from 9 a m to 5 p m Sundays and holidays excluded. Bring certificate of title as license fees depend on horsepower and weight of the car.
The article argues that bad habits endure because they arise naturally while good habits require deliberate effort and intention to cultivate. It contrasts automatism in vice with the artful discipline of virtue.
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