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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06
HoULT NEWS.

The weather of the past few weeks
is really discouraging to tanners, who
have not finished their blowing or
those people who must Of necessity
depend on others to do their blowing.
The Dutchman pleads guilty, hence
this wall,
When It hasn't rained It has snow.
ed ond when it got tired of changing
it did both for a change. We felt sure
there must be come bright side to the
picture and have at last discovered
that this weather has not been condu.
Give to the production Of spring
poems. That's one thing to be thank.
full for.
Almost everybody has had-colds and
coughs as a result of the changeable
weather
Mrs. Alice Wilson is seriously If not
dangerously Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dent Tr!ppett, of Mon
tana. were visiting relatives at Hoult
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. F. McElfresh were
visiting at Pine Grove this week.
Mrs. Josephine Austin, of Little
Falls. was visiting relatives here a
few days past.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Wilson and
Miss Lola Devault were visiting the
family of John o. McElfresh on Pike
street, Fairmont, Sunday.
Mr.. Harry L M.cElfresh has sold his
farm to Mrs. Rebecca Robes of Viola
He abs not yet decided where he will
locate, We will be sorry to loose him
Glad to amuse you Violet" dear
We plead guilty to an interest In agrI
culture and horticulture You were
mistaken though 'Yiole." 1t was moi
potato bugs that caused our deep cog
itations but rosebugs striped beetles
and catterpillars! Just think, Violet
nasty, woody catterpillars that drnl
down the back of your neck! Ugh!
Change the subject, please.
FRITZ.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06

ioEed every ye1F. on var DEBT viii
BE reduted Fety much sooner than d !
time speeIfed namely. thirty yesrs.
AZ 4 matter d fact Il s1ealss wei f6s
japanese NANCE that IL he very M
terest period through which Il ;aag
pissed. the administration could mar.
age to set aside for the debt cna.ye
151l7s,514 yen in 1867, 174.39,, l57
yen in 1908, and 17sSse.sS2 yen IN
.1sOS-s. in each case much greater
amount than the tlO,0O0,OOO ven
planned.-From "Jamn's Financial
Condition." by Adachl KihnosuAe, in
the American Review of Reviews Tor
May. S~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06
A RUNAWAY.

A team of horses. made with fright,
clme tearing down the street. and in
trying to turn corner sad disaste:
they did meet; the handsome carriage
which they pulled was turned upon
its side, while the occupants wera
having a most wild and thrilling ride.
Just here brave policeman caught
those horses By the head, and people
thought to see him in another MI.
ment dead; but soon he had suhduel
the frightened steeds and all was VOL
the carriage was repainted with Au
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06
HooDsVlLLE AND MINIS
TEB'S RUN.

The last few days of rain has M;
most Of the farmers behinl with their
blowing. A few OF them are dore
planting corn while some are not dor
blowing yet.
Mr.. unl Mrs. Lee Arnet: of Balti
more, Nd. are the guests of Mrs. S
C. Straight this week.
Mr.. ]. P. Morris and family wcrc
visiting at Robinson's Run Wedn0s
day.
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Personals.

Rev. G. w. Bent has returned 20
KingwoOd after "a short visit in thIa
city
Mrs. Guy Leonard and children re,
turned to their home at Ryesville yes,
terday.
Mrs. Grant Sans, of Clinton Tny,
mace, has been visiting relatives OF
Monongah and in this ward for several
days,
Austin stealey was at Grafton ycs
terribly visiting friends.
Mrs. Bayles, of Bellyiew, was the
guest Of Mrs. William Keerer, Of Co
lumbia street. yesterday
Hazel, little daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles. o'Neil, of New street, is
very sick.
Mrs. Conway has returned % hel
home at Broadtree after 4 visit witt
iner sister, Mrs. j. s. Walker, Of East
Park avenue. She IVES accompanied
home by her niece, Miss Phyllis Walk
! er
Mr.. John Bradshaw, night !lcEe
ayent at the B, and o. depot, sper
Tuesday at his home near Grafton.
Mia and Dent Powell nave bear
quite III of tonstlftis.
Dana Jacobs, OF Guffey street, is re
covering from several days lines!
Of chicken pox.
Miss Eliza Boyd vii lgo to Philip
tomorrow to visit ner sister
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06
MUSINGS FROM
MoNoNeALIA

When the December SHOWS we.e
drifting and the Christmas bells ring.
ing, a reckless, unreliable and un.
scrupulous prophet turned loose upon
an innocent and unsuspectlng world
the prediction that ladies' hats for
this season would be small We trust
ne mas seen the error of mis- ways, as
mis- chance Of seeing the man in the
pulpit Is uncertain.
: Joseph Jones, one of the leading
farmers Of Laurel Point, Is starting an
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FIRST WARD
lpaNANaaAAAAssAA


Mr.. and Mrs. t. B. Henderson, o:
GuRey street, entertained at twelve
O'Clock dinner yesterday for Mr.. Ar.
cher, Of Cumberland, Nd travelling
auditor for the B. and o. R, R.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06
&c coer 81 a Memorial.

is for you to decide. II your resources
are limited the fact need not deer
you from ordering for we can supply
a stone within your means which will
be both artistic and substantial.
Call us up on phone-Bell 45R, or
Consolidated a, and we viii send
salesman to you, or come to our
show rOms and select from actual
work,
STEWART GRANITE WORKS,
MANNnNGToN, W. VA.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06

OUR MONUMENTS ARE EcLlPsED.
by none in point Of artistic desIgn
and execution. Whether you select a
memorial from the standard models
or have a design Of your own we are
thoroughly competent to carry out
your idea.
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WIN Address Brotherhood

Rev. ]. G. Broomfleld. pastor u tue
NJ. p. Temple. will address the mem.
bers of the Brotherhood at the First
nj, P. Church this evening. Tie pub
lie is invited to be present.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06

orchard d considerable Sic. t 81,
cipdes 900 peach trees, ie5 apple
ttesss M per trees and IS eherty
trees. That the farmers Of t1is ssction
81 west virginia tai Is raise the ffuit
and grain that the soil should and
would produce Is becoming more evi.
lent year by year.
II the May flowers are in proportion
to the April showers there will be a
rosy outlook in this region soon.
Those who have renounced ind de.
nounced the vain pomp and glory Of
the world should consider the incon.
sistency OF wearing hats of the gilt.
tering glory and mighty magnitude of
this years crop.
Most merchants exercise their right
to purchase goods wherever they
please and yet frown, puon those who
buy of the mail order houses, Who
pays the drummers for their countless
journeys across these rugged hills?
The laborers, who earn their money
by pick and shovel, cannot be blamed
for buying at the cheapest places.
Another cherished idea mas met it's
fate at the hands OF cruel image
breaker. DR.. John Marshall, of the
University Of Pennsylvania, says th=t
whiskey is not an antidote for snake
bite. A great many will continue TO
dote on 1t nevertheless, and all the
same, however, regardless OF coIEege
wisdom.
Uncle Joe Cannon has not exhibited
a sample Of his rough ana ready rnet.
ORIG for severol days and we have al.
most concluded that his spirit has
been subducd.
Funds are being solicited fer the
erection of church at Arnettsvllle.
The presiding elder failed to secure
the amount he anticipated, and the
tax on the people of that community
will therefore be much greater
An optimlst says: "If you are a
man, whistle at least once a day;
you are woman, sing at least once
day." If half the human race should
attempt to follow that advice, would
the other half be able to whistle or
slng???
An Ohio paper says that the old
way Of starting saloon and then
building town around It is going out
Of style. That is a red-nosed asser,
ton.
Ex-senator Mason, of Chicago, re
Gently vented this colume of vulplne
vigor: "The American citizen is al
ways humping himself on the chest
and announcing. 4 ON the people, As
matter Of fact, he is just plain fool
Ell has to be jumped on and thrown
down two flights of stairs before he
understands that he is being jobbed
by the men he sends to congress tc
represent him."
Elghty.hye years have passed away
since Lord Byron, one of the most en-
pertaining writer's the world ma!
known, passed from time to eternity
His works may not interest those
whose mental food consists of base
ball news and society scandals. pu
they are a source OF delight to tohsC
who admire wit. pathos and denunci
alton and are charmed by cloquenct
and sublime j'"lF"ry. Hypoch!s!
hated his free, bel disregard for pre-
vailIng nuisances. but that hatred onl!
drove him onward further from fash
inoable humbugs.
There is pleasure in the patheles
woods.
There is rapture on the lionel,
shore"
Sang Byron in one of his moods whel
nature soOthed the sad hour.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06

Madame schuman.lteink has can.
celed her remaining spring engage.
ments in Germany France and Bel.
GUM on advice Of her physician, for
the purpose Of taking a rest. She
sailed this week for New York.
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cholr praotloe rhla EyenIna.

The members Of the choir Of the
Diamond Street NJ. E. Caurcn ere 70.
quested to meet this evening at the
church at seyen.thlrty o'clock fyr
practice.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06

DlREcToRs-Geo. NJ, Jacobs W
s. Meredith. ]. NJ, Hartley, HARM
Shaw, W. s. Raymond. c. E. Hutchin
son, Howard R, Furbee.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06

IRA Paint they ten AuSors carriaga
ana wagon PAINT Is deepest Manas
aetpre By the Marietta Paint and
Color co. llastetta Ohio. sold By ii.
p: cifistie, Druggist 300 Main street.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06
BREAD FROM OUR FLOUR

is sweeter, moister and more sppe.
thing than any you ever tasted b.,
fore. You can easily excel he bread
that "motner used to bake" If you use
our Marion flour for your next bak.
Ing. Save money too. For Marion
flour goes much farther than the ordI,
nary kind. Try a sack and We feel
suite you'll use 1t all the time,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06

WIN Entertain Hustead.Huff Glass
Tae Members of the Huster l-Huf
class Of 1908 will be entertained BY
Miss Virginia Barnes Saturday event
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. ],
Walter Barnes.
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THE PEOPLES BAN
4 Of FairmoGt.
Capital Stock Paid 10
Sl5O,OOO.OO

Our IRE and burglar proof vaults
are free to customers for private pa
pers,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06

We solicit your business, which win
receive prompt and careful attention
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-05-06
\ Dance at Rink Paycilllon Saturday

N.snssG ssI5ITlzi l0y- SSIo}S S-7liIsS
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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
'sTHIS DATE IN HISTORY"


1745-John Jay. first chief justice Of
the United States supreme court,
born in New York City. Died May
II, 1929.
1So4-wilIiam Lloyd Garrison. reform
er, born. Died May "a, 1879
1812-fion. John s. Macdonald. Cana
dian statesman, born at st. Rap
hazel Died in 1872.
1S3O-National republican party, at
Baltimore nominated Henry Clay
for president.
1876-Wade Hampton declared gov
ernor OF South Carolina.
1s77-Workingmen of Oakland, Cal,
sent a petition to the president,
praying for the abrogation of the
PurIingame treaty with China.
18S9-Robert Browning, English poet,
died in Venice. Born near Lon
don. May Z. 1912.
1S94-Sir Johnson Thompson, Canadian
premier. died suddenly while a
guest Of Queen Victoria.
1se5-An agent of the Standard Oil
company found guilty at Waco,
Texas. of violating the Texas anti
trust law.
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1S42-John Brown, president of the
University of Georgia 1S11-16, died
at Fort Gaines. Born in Ireland
June ID, 1863
Fredericksburg Va. bombarded
by the Federal army.
1S67-House of Commons adopted pre-
liminary resolutions in regard to
the acquisition of Rupert's land
and the northwest territories.
1SS9-Funeral of Jefferson Davis In
New Orleans.
1903-Niagara Falls, Ontario, incorpo-
rated as a city.
1e05-New British ministry formed BY
Sir Henry Campbell Banern.an.
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Heart toHeart
Talks.
WATCH THE RAIL.
BY EDWIN A. .NYE.


George Stone, the fielder of the st.
Louis Browns, is keen observer of
the players.
He says the reason why so many
baseball ball players fail to be good
batters is because they persist in
watching the pitchers and fail to keep
their eyes on the ball.
Which observation contains some
good philosophy.
Many man has failed Of success in
life because he has kept his eye on
what the other fellow is doing, instead
Of looking out for the main chance
Watch the ball
Many a young man watches his boss
more than he watches his job. Listen,
and you viii hear one Of them COM
planning of the way the foreman acts
toward him. His grievance is mostly
Of his own fancy. He tells how, were
he in control, he would run the bust
ness. That young man is taking up
his time in watching the pitcher when
he ought to-
Watch the ball
The good hitter gives scant attention
to the gyrations of the pitcher, who is
oftentimes an adept hypnotist. The
good batter watches the ball, keeps his
eye on its angle, and when it comes
strictly his way he "swats" it good
and hard He may sometimes fail in
his eye measurement and miss, but
not often. he studies every chance
and never fails to-
Watch the ball.
So must the business batter be. Ii
he aspires to succeed the young man,
whether in trade or business or pro
fession, cannot take time to keep tab
on the ways of the other fellow and
to the exclusion of his batting bust
ness. He should not absorb his ener-
gies in criticism of the pitcher or the
umpire, but should make it his special
aim to
Watch the ball.
And when that ball comes right!
The great trouble with many a
school or college graduate is that
when he gets into the game he spends
altogether too much time in watching
the pitcher He has not yet learned
how to adjust his eye to the ball. He
is slow in making hit. BY and by he
learns the trick and makes up for lost
time He knows how to-
Watch the ball
If you hope to succeed in baseball OF
baking bread, in preaching or planting
in buying or building, or what not
Watch the ball
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WHAT MR.. BRYAN THINKS.

is apers the most unknd OF all the
paramount ISSUE and
the cruelty of Harpers is 8 1t
that Mr. Bryan
preparing democratic party prohibition It says that he
thinks the liquor interests responsible heretofore
that he prepared projected at them from
his in the
surprising anybody doubt ne
prohibition For him. personally
is Of
everybody about and almost everybody
the
committing either
Of the two great political parties to a method
calling be evangelist The
orator We hope Mr. Bryan viii
like hand into glove
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this Is MY 18TH BIRTHDAY"
Hamilton Hutchins.

Captain Hamilton Hutchins, of the
United States navy. was born in New
Hampshire, Dec. II, 1854. and grad
uated from the Annapolis naval aca-
denny when 20 years old. After serv-
ing on various ships of the old navy
he was assigned In 1889 to the cruiser
Boston. subsequently he served on the
Cincinnati and in the war with Spain
he was on the cruiser Montgomery. His
first command was that of the gunboat
Machias in 1908. He reached the grade
of captain oct. 10. 1907, and in the
memorable cruise of the battleship
fleet around the world he was in com
mand of the battleship Kearsarge.
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UP AND DOWN IN INDIANA

in a fearful condition. Both feet were
SO frozen that they can not be saved.
HURLED 100 FEET.
Jesse Simpson. a farmer near Be-
banon. was struck by a Big Four pas
senger train Thursday and hurled a
hundred feet, receiving only a few
bruises. The train was going at the
rate of sixty miles an hour and his
marvellous. He walked to a physicians
office and had a few minor injuries
dressed.
TAFT TO INDIANAPOLIS.
President Taft will visit Indianapo-
lis this winter. probably in February.
although he is unable at this time
to fix a certain date. The president
told Henry Reisepberg of Indianapolis,
who called on him Thursday, that he
has not forgotten his promise to visit
the Hoosier capital, but that with so
many different matters pressing for
consideration he could not say at this
time exactly when the promise viii be
redeemed.
STRIKE Is FROZEN UP.
All the strike-breakers have left
Bedford and an unusual quiet pre-
walls among the strikers. Some of the
planer men and others have returned
to work. 1t is not thought that the
operators will import any more pro-
fessional strike breakers, but that as
men who are skilled as stone workers
are needed they viii be obtained from
other cities.
SAFE Is CRACKED.
The safe IN the general store OF John
Endicott at F1atrock was blown early
Thursday and s41.94 stolen. The burg
lars used nitroglycerin.
TALBOT AGAIN PINHCED.
John w. Talbot, supreme president
of the order of Owls, was arrested in
South Bend Thursday on three indict-
ments issued by the grand jury at the
instance of Mrs. Leona Mason and
Esther Graffenberger. Two indictments
charge assault and battery on the wo-
men. The prosecution Of Talbot is the
outcome Of the latters attempt tc
send Mrs. Mason to prison for attempt
ed murder. Mrs. Mason was indicated
LETTER FROM M'CUTCHEON.
| George AIDE, who came over to La
/ fayette from Brook Thursday to at
tend the Cory-Murdock wedding. re-
ceived a letter Tuesday from his ole
Purdue chum, John T. McCutcheon
cartoonist, who is hunting big game
in Africa. The letter is a long one
and is dated Mt. Kenid, Oct. 90. Ac,
cording to McCutcheon, he is rivaIine
Roosevelt In the killing of lions, ele-
plants and rhinoceroses in the 'wild'
of Africa
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@sTHIS Is MY GOTH BIRTHDAY"
xx-tIIsou, II Vanderbilt

william K. Vanderbilt. head Of the
noted family of capitalists, was born
on Staten Island. Dec. Il, 1S49. After
receiving an academic education he
spent several years in study in Gen
eva, Switzerland Upon his return to
the United States he began his business
career as treasurer of the Hudson
River railroad. In 1877 he became one
of the vice presidents of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railway
company and In recent years he has
been one of the controlling factors in
the various lines composing the So
called Vanderbilt system Of railroads.
Mr.. Vanderbilt has been twice mar
ried. His first wife was Miss Alva
Smith Of Mobile, Ala. they were di-
vorced in 1900, and three years later
Mr. Vanderbilt was married to Mrs. l.
NJ Rutherford.
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COMMUNICATIONS.
YES THEY BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUSE

belle n ian Claus?
the deuge Oh SANTA
They appearing
in theseco
medium whereby the boys
girls believe have their wishes
the requests Of these little 1renos q
his We hope that to forget single one OF
them because they They would not nave the
parents !.
The spirit peryad of the letters is prasewhy and IN
many cases pathetic
Many Of the This wants sister
of the little writers
knocking at the door and
their will do the best he can Tor
the good old St
to forget a them
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-11
WOULDN'T PRosECUTE.

James Noonan. a Fort Wayne saloon
keeper. arrested for having a slot ma
chine in his place, sought to have
Prosecutor A. E. Thomas prepare an
affidavit, charging either Captain Kelly
or Sergeant Harkenrider with having
been responsible for the IIfiing of his
sol machine. He CHAINS that the out
fit was 'frisked''" for S13 while in the
police station The prosecutor re-
fused.
INDIANA % YEARS OLD.
Indiana will celebrate its 93rd birth
day anniversary today. on Dec II,
1910. the territory was admitted TO
the Union. There are no plans for a
general celebration made, although
those who are informed on Indiana
history do not forget the date of the
states birth. Robert j. Alley. state
superintendent OF public instruction
said that so far as he knows no spe-
Hcial entertainment has been planned.
WAS GOVERNOR NROLLED.v
Was Governor Eberhart of Mime
sofa rolled" by pair of card sharks
while en- route to Fort Wayne on the
Manhattan Limited yesterday after
Captain Stoll Of the Pennsylvania po-
lice force and 1t was further reported
to the captain that the amount secured
was $3.50. The police department upon
hearing the report wired ahead to
know if the two supposed sharks, who
stopped off here, should be arrested
but a reply was received that nothing
should be done.
SHORTAGE OF GAS.
A shortage Of gas in Kokomo Thurs.
day caused general suffering from cold
and plumbers have been on the jump
making disconnections In stoves tc
permit the use OF wood or coal The
J. NJ Leach company says that with
1t is simply a case of shortage Of
gas and that all is being sold that tht
company possesses.
THE BIGGEST FOOL.
A gasoline explosion Thursday
wrecked the home of Joseph Ardapple
of Lafayette and injured three people
Ardapple had started fire anC
brought a two gallon gasoline can IL
from the barn and poured it on tn,
flames. In an instant there was ter
rifle explosion and all the windows anC
doors were blown from the building.
FEET WE'RE AHIPUTATED.
| Herbert Crawfords, SO, farmer re
siding near Bentonville, was brough
to Richmond Thursday that his fee
might be amputaated at Reid hospital
Crawford became intoxicated while a
Cambridge City and crawled under al
elevator, where he was found Tuesda!
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HOW A FOOLISH STORY TRAVELS.

that the
Possibly thinking concluded that
doubtless,
militia had to be called But likely
o town"-Lafayete
for the
papers opididocs
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ALL IN THE APPLICATION.

shoppngathome the
ete
edtoriaze till doomsda the patronage OF
suggestions made
of
is used by the patient All this
nothing
begin to do Ger
person home
rule
discrmina
inducements
to
than purchasers
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ssTHIs DATE IN HISTORY
December IL

17s9-Miron Winslow, noted mission
airy, born in Williston, VT Died
at the Cape OF Good Hope Oct
%. 1864
1S1s-Indiana admitted to the Union
as tbs nineteenth state.
1S33-The Green Bay Interrigencer
appeared at Green Bay. wis.
1s3s-Silk- growers met in convention
in Baltimore and organized a ma
tional silk society.
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is THIS A DERELIcTIoN OF DUTY7


health
in
Complaints this
community
public health Il o
placing quarantine
5 S the
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FRED HUMANS SAD END.

taking the
of
activity in
remarkable
which brood things when they
deplore untie
M will always the ndestm of him
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1905 Alex--lder avenue.


Hammond, Ind, Dec. Z, lsUs-
Dear Santa Claus: / win write you
a few lines to let you know what 1
would like for you TO bring me. IL you
will be so kind. I wish you would
bring me a little workbox so l could
make dresses for my dolly which you
brought me two years ago. That is all
l want. and please Santa Claus, don
forget my little brother William. He
wants you to bring him a drum and
Noah's ark. and please Santa Claus.
don't forget papa and mamma. / am
seven years old.
Goodby. Santa Claus,
MARGARET WENZkE.