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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
5
A flood of Santa Claus letters to The News office shows city children asking for dolls, trains, bicycles, toy soldiers, and candy. Many children name specific items and ages, with gaps filled by family details and addresses, reflecting a bustling holiday season mailbag.
A poem contrasts children in Florida groves and Maine shores awaiting Santa Claus. It follows hopeful scenes by the fire, the glitter of gifts, and the harsh reality of neglected homes where some wake to empty stockings as Santa vanishes in the snow.
A long string of handwritten letters from children naming gifts they希望 Santa bring. requests include dolls, toy trains, engines, wagons, clothing, candy, nuts, oranges, books, feisty lists feature many named streets and houses, siblings mentioned, and a note about the next Santa letter notice.
Frederick readers hear how Doan's Kidney Pills eased years of kidney trouble for Amanda C. Rickarda of Frederick. She suffered back twinges, dizziness, nerves, and colds settling on kidneys before instant relief after using the remedy. Price 50c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Mrs A B Keller of Wifday Ohio reports two years of indigestion resolved by using the product advertised. The testimonial cites long illness ending after trying the medicine, presented as an endorsement from a housewife in an early 20th century advertisement.
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