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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1935
Page
6
A child in Avoca Texas dated December 19 1935 writes to Santa Claus listing desires for a wagon little cars a pony a book a dog candy and fruits. He signs as Harwell Chaletell expressing good behavior and a plea for speedy delivery.
A reader expresses desire for a wagon and a tricycle and mentions wanting a Shirley Temple doll. The note reads as a simple shopping or gift-wish fragment without broader context or official detail.
Avoca Texas children from the 1930s write to Santa with requests for dolls trains toys and fruit. Doris Peter son Billy Louise Williams Melvin Rosenquist and Olin Patterson list gifts and ask for kindness to poorer children. One note mentions Pleasant Valley school and a ten year old boy awaiting a visit.
A 1935 handwritten note from Stamford Texas asks Santa for a train pony motor car bicycle and a doll for a younger sister. The children Lester Seth Allen Davis request gifts and urge kindness to poor boys and girls in their Christmas plea.
A child named Arnold Peterson writes to Santa asking for a little car a pony an air gun a big wagon fruit a typewriter candy and a farm set while expressing concern for poor little boys and girls.
A first grade student, James Ross Mickler, writes a letter describing a wish list for Christmas or a holiday gift. He asks for a car, a bus, a small gun, a wrecker vehicle, and some fruit and candy, claiming he has been good.
A child named David Jackson writes to Santa Claus asking for a pony and an air gun, asserting good behavior and signing with love.
The excerpt collects holiday wishes from Texas children in Dec 1935. Laura Putman of Avoca asks for a doll doll buggy candy and fruit for herself and a little car for her brother. Alton Doty of Stamford seeks a Shetland pony air gun candy and fruit. Edna Louise Foster, Stamford, requests a doll a baby grand piano nuts fruits and candy and asks Santa to remember other children.
A collection of Santa Claus letters from Tuxedo Texas in December 1935 shows multiple children writing with simple requests. Willie Buerger mentions a bicycle and wagon, Elton Brig m seeks toys and fruit, while Walter and Alma Buerger request farm equipment and dolls respectively along with candy and fruit.
Two early 20th century Santa letters reveal requests from young Milton Bennett five of Anson Texas and Marion Lois Lindsey for toys such as tricycle set of tinker toys little train and car plus dolls wicker furniture and fruit and nuts with hopeful mentions of siblings and seasonal cheer dated December 1935.
A child writes to Santa requesting items including a racer a blackboard a black car a music box and an assortment of fruit candy and nuts. He adds at the end a train and a machine gun before signing with his name.
A 1935 Anson note from Ray Fay Lindsey asks Santa for a tricycle dolly velocipede horn and gun for himself. He adds gifts for his siblings a French harp a doll and a rattler for baby Ray, dated December 4 1935.
A local Avoca resident lists an unusual request dated December 17 1935 including a baby doll house slippers a bath robe a sewing machine and a fountain prompting curious town response and speculation about holiday gifts.
In the Wheatland Plowing Match at Martin Fry's North Illinois farm about 10,000 spectators watched Carl Shoger of Plainfield win his fifth title with a score of 92 for excellence in furrow straightness and depth. Don Morris won the boys contest with 81, while Homer Lapp, a legendary horse plowman, did not compete this year as all entrants used tractors.
Scientists urge a universal odor language independent of experience to convey the original scent to others. Dr. Ernest C. Crocker of Arthur D. Little notes smell and flavor are chemical senses, with smell far more delicate and capable of describing tiny material amounts.
A Chicago Daily News note explains that macaroni in Naples refers to a cab horse, not pasta. Visitors tip a cab driver and hear For Macaroni as the horse is festooned with flowers ribbons and a pheasant feather. The piece links the nickname to pasta shapes and describes Italian regional pasta varieties from Bologna to Sicily.
Mrs. Thomas Gentry, of Mackay Idaho, moved her cat out of her home after the animal yowled at night. The cat was found back at its home 30 days later, ending the incident.
Tulsa County farmers enlist the G Men to stop poultry thefts as thieves gas hens to steal them quietly. Authorities warn of growing losses and urge reporting of suspicious activity at farms and coops.
A note accompanies a care package including a pen set engraved with a name and assorted candy, nuts, and fruit. The sender asks to remember all the other children and signs with love, Evelyn Anderson.
The article argues that protests against political boards bureaus and commissions reflect resentment toward jobholders who wield powers meant for elected officials. It frames this as a broader shift of control from the people to government payrolls and expenditures, surrendering self governance.
A man who robbed the L. H. Black store in Verdel Nebraska returned the money after leaving a note saying Better get a new cop. He took 50 dollars and fled, but the act was revealed as a joke.
A note indicates C. D. Shamburger Lumber Co. deals with wall paper and canvas items in a 26-tfc listing.
The Mississippi Highway Department tests a mesh cotton fabric laid between clay and asphalt to bind surfaces and reduce cracks. Cost runs about 750 dollars per mile but may lower maintenance. If successful, two million miles of roads could use the treatment, creating demand for thirteen million bales of low grade cotton.
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