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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1929
Page
5
A collection of Christmas wish letters from Stamford and nearby Texas children dated December 1929. Kids ask for dishes, candy, dolls, games, a lamp, a wristwatch, color paints, a piano, a doll bed, a tea set, a storybook, an airgun, and more. Names include Pauline Jenkins and Mary Numan among others.
A handwritten page lists Christmas requests for a football suit boots gloves bicycle skates books and toys for Jimmie Day Miles Locke and G C Caroth ers Jr. The note asks Santa to bring various gifts including a doll a football and headgear for a younger sister.
A jovial Mr BY and his large brood travel slowly to Florida in an aging auto. Repeated punctures prompt Thuse and pa to improvise with plaster fixes. A helpful stranger invites them to dinner and a Christmas tree, gifting tires for the father.
Thelma Vernille of Mobile is Alabama’s top entrant in a radio audition. Dorothy Marshall is California’s champion farm girl after trials in milking and hay pitching. Bobby Farr of Iowa City received a radio gift from President Hoover after a kind letter. Eileen Depson, 2, of Holbrook, Massachusetts, was saved from a railroad by a shepherd dog named Prince who earned a medal.
Ralph Volpe, three, of Brooklyn, was found walking in his sleep on a street at 3 a.m. by a friendly policeman who took him in and returned him to his parents. Rob Pinard of Montreal won the international oratorical contest in Washington and received the prize trophy from Ambassador Paul Claudel of France.
Aviation insurance rates have fallen roughly 40 percent since 1922, signaling cheaper coverage for pilots and operators. The change reflects market adjustments and evolving risk assessments within the industry.
In India more than ten million married persons are under years of age. Unidentified bodies in Havana are recorded by fingerprints. Canada begins an air mail service linking Winnipeg Calgary and Edmonton this month. Germany to mark doctors’ residences with illuminated signs at night. The secretary reports a cash balance of $816.83. President Upshaw commends directors and members for loyal cooperation. The king of Italy recently lost two jeweled decorations.
A Texas Grande Saline salt deposit once used by Indians may be developed to produce about ten million tons annually. A servant who fled to Austria is noted in the fragmentary text.
The Woodman Circle Drill Team thanks all who assisted with the December 21 show The Merry Whirl put on by Jimmie Holmes Sturday night Those who missed the show missed a treat Residents wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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