Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-21

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Dear Santa Claus Please send me
the Republican nomination for Mayor
or any other old thing.
Col. II. G. Sanford.
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Santa Old Boy: AS pretty much
everything you see In Akron Is mine
w, you needn't send me anything
this year. But you might save me from
my friends. Yours truly,
THE CZAR.
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FRIEND SANTA.
| want 10 be q Mayor,
and with the Mayors stand
frown upon my forehead
A sceptre in my hand.
Once in this post of honor
Pride and ambitions goal
No man should c'er touch llley
Without a ten foot pole.
I'll run the Board OF City CONS
When I'm both Bench and Bar
For Ikey then shall greater be
Than citizen or Car.
Appear l too ambitious2
With titles bold too free?
Take Guardian, Patriot, Colonel, all:
But Mayor leave to me.
l want to be Mayor,
Without mischance or Slip
With Truth forever by my side;
The Car upon my hip.
Yours truly,
COL. /. c. GIBBONS.
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Mr.. Santa Claus, Gn scare of Mr..
Dobson's paper, special agent for Sum
NIT county: Our Dear, Kind Friend:
When you come to Summit county on
your annual mission of sowing little
seeds of kindness will you please sir
to bring another carload of offices?
The membership of our club Is increas-
ing day by day and Charley Dick says
he hasn't enough places to go round.
Yours in expectancy,
The Young Lawyers Republican Club.
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Santa: I've only one little wee ia.
vor to ask. In behalf Of several hun
dred loyal Republicans OF SummiG
county (and MYSELF will you be so
kind as to inform me when Charley
Dick W II b. ready to acknowledge that
of us would like to 20 to Congress.
In haste,
.ta.r. "TIB."
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Santa, Old Boy: Bring me two or
three gallons of red ink"
If | shouldn't win out for the nomina.
ton for Prosecuting Attorney | may
need 1t as Sergeant at Arms Of the
Ohio Senate.
Affectionately, yours,
;1,j- LIONEL.
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Santa: Us is so busy Investigating"
the Police department that us amt
had time TO write, Hab wants new
City hall to play with and Mac wants
new Automobile. Dan will be sat.
isfcd with any old thing ~ B.-lf
please don't address IL in care of the
Gear. Yours, lovingly,
,. JOHN.
Dear Sanity: If you have any OF
those nice little savings banks left
when you reach Akron, bring few
of them along. Us kids has got n new
game what we cal "Chef of Police"
or "Robbin de bans" Some Of us
plays Yves out OF town detectives; one
Of us is Bill Smith; others ls the inno-
cent cops like John Durkin and Jo
Kempcl, We's got n shanty what we
call de Beacon office, where de out OF
town hawkshaws kin call in de stock
holders of de toy banks and tell dem
dcy needn't get scared when somebody
tries to rob their banks; dat one of us
who plays Officer Washer will he
around at de right time and get con,
fessous from dc whole gang. But
about dis time man they calls De
tcctiye Dunn comes in an stops the
game, It's great fun us kids has play
ing we's bank robbers, an we got our
cue from the unpublished manuscript
the papers snld Mister Wanamaker's
got In his inside pocket, Don't forget
the banks, Sanity, we needs 'em in our
play, Yours altogether
THE KIDS,
r. s. An while yer at II bring us
half n dozen pairs of hand-kufis, some
rcyolyers and two or three of them
riot guns like Mr., AIcAIlllen bought FOL
the police,
\ majority of the property owners
on West Market ST., between Kudel
ave and the west corporation line, Fri
day morning, petItioned the Board o