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Newspaper
Silver Lake Record
Location
Silver Lake, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1917
Page
4
Pupil messsage section prints Christmas requests from second and third graders. Notes from Dick Hamman ring Mildred Tracy Harold Geiger Elizabeth Reed Deal McClure Summe ask for candy gun train book drum horse ball skates bicycle doll cart ball steam engine watch flag oranges and more amid a wartime delay in delivering letters.
A child writes to Santa Claus listing wishes for Christmas including a willow doll cart a sled a bracelet a sweater and candy before signing good bye Marjorie McKrill.
A child asks Santa for a steam engine a black board and candy and wonders if it is cold there. The note mentions approaching 8th birthday and asks whether Santa is coming for Christmas from LeRoy Bouse.
A collection of handwritten notes from children asking Santa for toys candy dolls trains air guns sleds balls and other wishes for Christmas. The letters express hopeful holiday cheer and friendly goodbyes to Santa Claus.
A child named Dortha Hamman writes asking Santa for a large doll candy dress ring dolly buggy shoes and a doll dress. The letter expresses hope Santa is coming and wishes for a joyful visit.
The readable text states a phrase about paying the highest mark to Silver Lake at any time but lacks complete context or identifiable events, names, or dates to form a full news item.
Advertisements offer insurance via Brush and Hansen with good rates. Rentals listed by Jack Burt for house barn and two lots. A good house in a factory town offered for sale with details at the Record office. A 5 room house on East Sycamore Street offered at a low price. inquire at the Record office. Record Office invites readers to place magazine orders with many titles available through authorized agents.
Maradean writes of a joyful Christmas morning with stockings filled with good things. The note mentions hanging stockings above the chimney and hoping for a happy time on Christmas day.
Averrell Kreis writes a playful Christmas note asking Ola Santa for a bicycle and candy. The child expresses gratitude and ends with a simple request to be pleased.
A collection of children’s pleas to Santa Claus dated around Christmas. Names include Ralph Meinert Billy Rager Kenneth Shepherd Dorothy Aker, asking for shoes, gloves, books, candy, oranges, a basketball, a doll cart, a ring, a doll, a bracelet, and a game.
A collection of brief Santa letters from local children asking for toys such as trains dolls footballs sleds and dolls carts. The notes mention school teachers west of town and simple requests including a gun not requested by all, and multiple signoffs with loving regards and names like Mildred Grosswiler Corliss Rowland Veru May Bowen Dencel Ring Dicky Wiley.
Readable fragments describe a radio call at Ford station in Claypool mentioning All Weather and Cozy with Ford. The text is incomplete and lacks concrete actions, dates, or entities to form a complete news item.
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