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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
FISHING SCHOONER

the dietary of the British and French
armi es because it proved so popular
among the soldiers from Canada.
Enormous orders for fish have run up
prices until big catch brings big
returns. Not only the coast cities
like Vancouver and Prince Rupert
but the entire province of British
Columbia have felt the stimulus of
the extraordinary development in The
fishing industry. Consul George NJ.
Hanson reported officially: 1.-THE
Director was gone from Prince
Rupert eight days. 1t brought in
1900 pounds of halibut, of which
5000 pounds were first class. The
rest were second class. and brought
half price. The first-class fish was
sold for 1874 cents pound. The
amount received for the catch was
! S2,139.00. The expenses were $4,000
an unusual figure. as an extra sup
ply of gear was taken along in case
of emergency. The share of the yes
sci amounted to s435.60, leaving
/ 81 ,39460 to be distributed among the
crew of four men. Each man re-
ceived s34S.60, or s43.57 a day"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
Dec. Is, 1917.
Dear Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little boy six years old.
Guess you know what boy of SIX
needs. | want gun, kiddie car. a
new suit. wagon and bicycle.
That will be all Don't forget my
grandpa. | am yours, Alvin Lowe,
Gonzalez, Fla.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

NuS"ogee, Fla. Dec. II, 1911.
Dear Santa Claus:
Xmas will soon be here, so I want
a doll. I want one that has brown
eyes, and brown hair, l want a little
stove and pots. | am in the third
grade. | am nine years old; l go to
school at Muscogee. It has been
twelve months since l have written
you. | and my sister are twins. My
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

TIE fo0l t. grade. | go to school 2ve%y
day and lil,H it fine, and | want YOU
to bring me Il manicure SGT, a muir
and fur in white d doh carriage. and
some good story books, and don't for-
get Eama,a and papa, ard don't for@
ct all Of my fir ends. our Itua
/ friend. Sera Perdue.
Dear Santa Claus:
am little boy seven Years old
! go to school. a four-mile walk to
get there. Will You Please bring ne
some fire works. sparkler shaoters
; and a ball. Please bring my Ntie
sister something nee. Goodbye.
Richard Hooton, Bohemia, Fla.
Tear Santa Claus:
am a lite girl eleven years cid
and go to school and in the fon'th
grade. Ny teachers name is Miss
) Addison. / Ike her very much.
want you to bring me a pair of ball
bearing skates and an Mia rubber
ball a mothergoose story book
some fire works, fruits and nuts
And please some firth grade books
. From your friend, Ceciie Hooton
: care of |. G.. Greenwood. p. S.
/ Don't forget mama.
Dear Santa Claus:
/ | am a very good little girl /
am in the third grade. ! go to school
every day. | am ten years old
want doll and q work basket and
:, tea set and little piano and cam
dy, and nuts. oranges. and apples
will close for this time. Marietta
, Gravy.
Muscogee, Fla, Dec. Ii. 1917.
! Dear Santa Claus:
! | am a school boy IL years old.
| I am in the fouth grade. | am a or
| phan boy. my father is dead and I
have mother and one brother and
two sisters. Santa Claus | want YOU
j to come to see US all Christmas. [.
want you to bring me a bicycle and;
air gun and some fruit and nuts,
Yours truly, Gilbert Hopkins.
! Muscooee. Fla, Dec. ID, 1914
! Dear Santa Claus:
1t has been twelve months since |
have written you. Bring me stove
and pots. doll that has black eyes
and is sleeping doll, some oranges.
/ apples, nuts and box of candy and
Il sewing box. / and Opheiia are
| twins. We are orphen little girls.
We are in the third grade and nine
/ years old. Dear Santa Claus come
to see us. We nave two little broth.
ers they are older then we are. Come
to see them. Your friend, Onelia
| Hopkins.
GAINESVILLE, Fla, Dec. II. 1917.
{ Dear Santa Claus:
AS it is most Christmas I thought
/ would write and tell you what 4
want you to bring me. Please brinr
me an automobile that l can ride in
a tool chest, butcher shop. a can
pistol and bring me some sparkle,
and candy and fruit and some IittIs
fire crackers that I can shoot as 7
am only nine years old and can't
shoot the large ones. Please don't
forget my little sister and little
brothers. Wishing you a marrv
Xmas and happy New Year. Your
| little boy, Earnest Truman.
OLD y E w SPAPFRS
n
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
Dec. Is, 1917.

Dear Santa Claus:
I am little boy ten years old. !
go to school and am in the third
grade. / want a watch, bicycle,
and soldier play suit and some fire
works and fruit. | will be at Uncl.
Bays house at 1OO6 y. Aicaniz street
am yous, Steve Murphy, Gonzalez,
Fla.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

Piles and some oranges and a box of
hanges and ink tablet, from Kath
leen Carney.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little boy 9 years cd.
live in Myrtle Grove As ! don't have
much time to play | would like foE
you to bring me hat and suit. and
some marbles and rubber ball and
some fruit and candy and nuts. Well
that will be all for this time. Bring
my mother a Bible and sister some
thing nice too. Wishing you a
Merry Christmas and Happy New
Year. From your little friend, Dea-
mis- Helton. Myrtle Grove. Fla. r. A.
Box 2S5.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
Walnut Hill. Fla, Dec. Is, 191

Mr.. Santa Claus:
Toy Land. Dear Saint Nick:
would like for you to bring me a doll
carriage, teat set, and some fruit. or
anything you will. I go to school 10
Miss Leonice Benton. | love her best
of all Georgia Lucille Barron, Wal
nut Hill, Fla. P. S. Please bring
something to my baby brother Leon,
s years old.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

SAFE. SURE AND SPEEDY RE-
LIEF.
For Headache, Neuralgia and Rheu-
matte pains, try Hollan's Headache
Tablets. Price 10c and 25c per bot
tie. Sold by all druggists.-adv.
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SANTA CLAUS
Ii 7 7 { R s
Dec. 16, 1917.

Dec. 16, 1917.
Dear Santa Claus:
/ thought / would write you letter
to let YOU know what | want you to
bring me. | am school boy.
want air gun but mother says | am
not old enough so please bring me
that shoots rubber balls, Panama
Pilue Driver, battle ship. some can
dy, nuts, apples and oranges. Bring
mother a box of candy and ! forgot
to tell you to bring me pistol. With
lots of love from William Chester
Smith.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

Dear Santa Claus:
/ am little baby girl and l wan
you TO bring me little rubber dol
and fruit. Your friend, Marjorie
Nelson.
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Dear Santa Claus:
will write you and tell you what
l want your to bring me. / am a
I want you to bring me. / am a
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
Dear Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus:
| am a little boy years old. [
live in Myrtle Grove. | would like
for you to bring me a rubber ball,
a tin top and horn and a suit and
a hat, a p stol and caps and fruit and
candy that will be all for this time
and Santa | have some more little
brothers that want something too.
Wishing you Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year. From your lit
tie friend, Robert Ruse Helton,
Myrtle Grove, Fla. Auto Route Box
265.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

OLD \ E w S APERS-
While they last, Sc a bun,
die. Apply Journal office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
Walnut Hill Fla Dec. Il. 1s1

Mr.. Santa Claus, Toy Land. Dear
Santa: | want you to bring me
drum, horn, some tools and any
thing you will bring. am five wears
old, and going to school. I live in
the big house east of the of the de
pot. John Cecil Barron, Walnut Hill,
Fla
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

10 let YOU hIioS " Iie1t sSo ~
bring me. [ am school boy. |
want air gun but mother says | am
not old enough so please bring me
that shoots rubber balls, a Panama
Pilue Driver, battle ship. some can
dy, nuts, apples and oranges. Bring
mother a box of candy and ! forgot
to tell you to bring me pistol. With
lots of love from William Chester
Smith
Dear Santa Claus:
/ am four years old and | think |
have tried to be a good boy. | want
you to please bring me pistol, and a
pop gun, coon jigger, Sandy An
dy, and some candy, nuts. apples,
oranges and please don't forget ma
mie and grandma, and please don't
go to war. From your little boy,
Russell Johnson Smith.
Dear Santa Claus
/ am mothers baby boy, am three
years old. Please bring me pistol.
a toy with bells on it and red engine,
some candy, nuts, apples, and or
anges. Goodbye, Emmett Francis
Smith
GAINESVILLE, Fla, Dec. II, 1917.
Dear Santa Claus:
l am little girl twelve years old,
| go to school every day. | am in the
seventh grade. | have a real good
teacher. her name is Miss Irene
Tompkins. Please bring me a gold
locket, a water set and auto harp,
doll( This is all ] want for this
time. Please don't forget my four
little brothers, mama and papa.
Bring them something nice. Your
loving friend, Bessie Mae Earsent.
GAINESVILLE, Fla, 12-16-17.
Dear Uncle Santa Claus:
l am a little box six years old.
Have not started to school yet. be-
cause l don't think | would like to go.
But Uncle Santa, if you will bring
me a nice little automobile with
seats a cap pistol and plenty of caps,
I'll sure go to school next year. Bye
bye, your little boy, Patrick Earnest.
GAINESVILLE, Fla, Dec. II, 1917
Dear Santa Claus:
| am little boy five years old. l
have been a real good boy since last
Christmas. Please bring me a train,
a harp, a musical top, a cap pistol,
and willow rocker, and some cam
dy, fruit and nuts and same sparkles.
Please don't forget my four brothers
and sister. Bring them something
too. Your little boy, Wilburn Ear
nest.
Pensacola. Fla, Dec. Is, 1917.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am a little girl and / want you
to bring me for Christmas a doll, a
doll bed and a doll buggy, and don't
forget my mama Bring her some
nuts and fruit and candy. From your
little friend, Daisy Murray, 800 f.
Gregory street.
Pensacola, Fla, Dec. Is. 1917.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am little girl and | want you to
bring me for my Christmas doll and
some clothes for my doll, and Santa,
please bring me a pair of shoes,
those with the red tops if you
have them. You little friend Leah
Murray, 300 E. Gregory street.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am little girl 3 years old and
| want a baby doll, that sleeps like
sisters, bracelet, and new bath
rode and slippers, and rocking
chair. Some candy and nuts and
Cousin Rosemary and mama and
papa, and my grandma's and grand
pas too. My name is Marie Susan
Remich, 2016 w. Jackson street.
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Dec. i, 1911.
Dear Santa Claus:
I am a little girl seven years old.
go to school and am 4 smart lit
tie girl and | want you to bring me
a doll cradle, table, piano and
chairs, doll buggy and some fruit.
That will be all, wishing you a merry
Xmas and happy New Year. 2. S.
Don't forget my Aunt Dixie and
Georgia. Yours. Grace Alsip, 1905
II. Alcaniz street, Pensacola, Fla.
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Pensacola. Fla, Dec. 10, 1917.

Pensacola. Fla, Dec. 10, 1917.
Dear Santa Claus:
l am a little girl IL years old. | go
to school every day. am in the
fifth grade. Ny teachers name is
Miss Erma Ellis. Santa I am not
going to ask for much. for | know
that our boys are in the army and
navy. so will tell you what | want;
I want a doll that will open and shut
her eyes and doll carriage. and a
doll cap. and some fruits. nuts, candy
and don't forget those little orphan
children nearby my house, and don't
forget my nephew. Cecil Hart. So
will close for this time, with much
loce. Your friend. Mabel Boyett. 2O06
W. Jackson street, Box pa r. A.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
Nv Dear Santa Claus:

Nv Dear Santa Claus:
| am a good little boy, my name is
Francis White | work at the War
rington Drug Store Ny home is II.
Pensacola. so bring me nice white
apron and a waiter. As am waiter
at the drug store and don't forget my
friend Lakey HerskovitZ He gc>
to school all the week and works ar
night with me, so bring him jump
ing jack and a rubber rattle and
big green and yellow tie. With love
and best wishes. from your true
friend. Francis White Wishing YOU
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

a merry Christmas, My home is III
Pensacola
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
Dear Santa Claus:

Dear Santa Claus:
| am little boy, three years old,
my home is in Pensacola. and | live
on I'll West Cedar street. | want for
Christmas a velocipede, tool chest.
horn, pistol, and a drum. And if |
am not asking too much of you
please bring a mouth, harp. candy.
fruit and fire crackers. Don't for
get my little brother. for this is his
first Christmas with US. Bring him
a RATHER. and don't forget my NAM
ma my papa, and my sister Wish
ing you a Merry Christmas and
Happy New Year to you and Mrs
Santa Claus, Goodbye. From Harold
and Joseph Wilson, I'll West Cedar
street.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

Dear Santa Claus:
| am n little girl otne year and a
half old; | want you to bring me It
doll, doll buggy, tel. set. q bah. story
book roller that that plays MS ".
broom, a horn, doll cradle, and bo->
OF blocks. and that will he all for
this year. Bye-bye. fror, your tile
girl, Marion Pape, 431 f. Zarra2oSsa
street.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

Dear Santa Claus;
am a little boy seven Years old
] 60 to school. a four-mile walk to
get there Will YOU Please bring ne
some fire works. sparkler shooters
and ball. Please bring my tie
sister something nee. Goodbye.
Richard Hooton. bohemia, Fla.
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Warrington, Fla, Dec Is. 1917

Warflngton. Fla, Dec. 10, I9I 9.
Dear Santa Claus:
| am little girl just one year old.
this is my first Xmas and / would
like for you to bring me big doll,
piano, drum. wagon. dog. CRADLE, and
hobby horse. also a Alabama coon
gigger Don't forget my little cousins
also my daddy and mother, prandpas
and grandmas. With love to YOU,
dear Santa, hoping YOU will be good
to me, from baby Theda Wilkerson,
Warrington, Fla.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

Dear Santa Claus:
l want a doll and bible and some
pencils and a racer and a pencil box
and two ribbons and pair of stock
ings, and some candy and some APP
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

TIE foua t. grade 20 to scl,5ei every
day and lika it fine, and | want YOU
to bring me manicure set, a mufe
and fur in white d doh carriage. and
some good story books, and don't for
get mamaea and papa ard don't for-
ct all of my fir ends. Your Itda
friend. Sera Perdue.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

sisters name IS Onelia Hopkins. So
/ Will close for this time, fro2l
Ophelia to Santa Claus.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
Dear Santa Claus:

Please bring me velocipede, a
rubber ball. dancing coon, climb
ing monkey, little wagon. train
with some cars and track to it. "A
toy fort, with toy cannons. a pistol,
toy fire engine toy elephant AMI
some fruit, nuts, candy and fire
works. Guess that will he all for
this time. Don't forget my Sunday
school teacher. Mrs. Andrews. Bring
her something rice and don't forget
the soldiers in the army, bring them
something for their Christmas too.
From your little boy. Earl Gentry.
sic <. Strong street.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20
Dear Santa Claus:

Dear santa Claus:
am very good little girl I
am in the third grade. ! go to school
every day. | am ten years old. |
want dell and work basket and
:, tea set and little piano and cam
dy, and nuts. oranges. and apples. [
will close for this time. Marietta
Gravity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

Dear Santa Claus:
] am four years old and | think !
have tried to be good boy. | want
you to please bring me a pistol, and
pop gun, coon jigger, a Sandy An
dy, and some candy, nuts, apples,
oranges and please don't forget ma
mie and grandma, and please don't
go to war. From your little boy,
Russell johnson Smith.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-20

Dear Santa Claus
/ am mothers baby boy, am three
years old. Please bring me pistol
toy with bells on it and red engine
some candy, nuts, apples, and or,
anges. Goodbye, Emmett Franci:
Smith.
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30

Satisfying the lurge appetites Of our
boys in France Is a tremendous under
taking and hundreds OF men are de-
tailed to this duty alone. Sammy Is
without doubt the best fed Of anyone
in France. White bread, q luxury un-
known to the French for long time. In
served to him daily. Thousands Of
loaves are baked and thousands Of
sacks of flour are consumed in supply
ing his daily needs. All the flour trans.
ported from the United States as well
rs most of the other foodstuffs he uses.
Enlisted men detailed to the field
bakeries which accompany the army
look after Sammy's wants as far as
the stah of life is concerned. The pic
ture shows a big hunk Of the kind
mother used to make. and u hungry
soldier.
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
SURGERY CAN CURE CROOKS
Michigan Judge Declares Half the
Criminals In the U. 8. Might
Be saved.

Chicago.-"Fifty per cent Of the
criminals In this country under thirty
years Of age can be restored to good
citizenship under proper surgical at
tention."
Judge George w. Bridgeman of Ben.
ton Harbor, Mich. made that state
ment at the dinner Of the American
Association Of CRITICAL Surgeons In
the Hotel La Sale here.
"Seventy-ave per cent Of the GRIM
inals brought into the courts Of this
country are between the ages Of If
teen and twenty-four years and 80 per
cent of them suffer from physical dis
ability" said Judge Bridgeman. I'm
most of these cases this disability 10
responsible for mental disability, mani
tested in crime. and 1t Is capable Of
correction"
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
BREAD OR BEER,

Sir Alfred Booth, chairman OF the
Cunard steamship line, was, when the
war began, neither a prohibitionist nor
a total abstainer. Early In 1915 he
startled Great Britain by declaring
that "the transport problem demands
prohibition until the war Is over" II
am not thinking Of the temperance side
Of the question" he said, 1--WE have got
beyond that now. I am thinking Of
the demand which the trade makes up
on the services Of our ships. our rail-
ways and carts, and our labor" He
denounced the use by the breweries
and distilleries of thousands Of tons
of coal mined and sent to them every
week, the barley and other produce
carried and hauled by rail to the brew
cry. brought back again and distrib-
uted to the consumer. "If we are to
maintain our armies in the field, we
shall before very long have to choose
between bread or beer"
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
Temperance
the ALCOHOL AGE,

THE ALCOHOL AGE.
sWhat Is the matter with the
worldf" asked DR.. Charles Gilbert Da-
viz, noted surgeon Of Chicago, in q
thought-arresting article In the NIL
nois Issue. His answer Is, "A thou
sand years Of alcoholic saturation."
IAN life should evolute." he says /:
alcohol produces evolution. Take the
largest and finest breed Of dogs-the
Great Dane. for example-and for
three or four generations feed them
daily little alcohol and what II the
RESULT What was previously q large.
noble animal will deteriorate into q
swapping. snarilng. fighting. almost
hairless, insignificant little cur. And
yet we feed men on this lethal poison
for thousands Of years and then won
der why We have disease. pestilence,
insanity and war.
'In this dawn Of the twentieth CEN
fury It may be truthfully affirmed that
the aggressive war brain Is the brain
that directly, or indirectly through he
redity, has been poisoned by alcohol.
The alcoholic brain cannot evolve
those emotions Of the human soul that
make for peace. We may talk peace,
legislate for peace, and make peace
treaties, but wars will never cease till
the brain Is freed from the corrodlng
effects Of alcohol.
zone thousand years from now the
historian will record the events Of to.
day and classify them under the gen.
eral heading, The Age Of Alcohol II
will be pathetic but interesting lit.
erature."
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
MARATHON RUNNER DISPATCH BEARER
In charge and made his way to the
trenches again.

In charge and made his way to the
trenches again.
Sent to the Hospital.
Saint Yves had to go to hospital for
ten days, however, as the shell boIe
water In which he had been Immersed
so long was "gassy," having asimiIat.
ed the poisonous properties of the ga.
shells from both sides which had been
rained down in mo Mans Land" Sew.
eral hours after Saint Yves emerred
from the shell hole the poisonous wa.
ter got in its effect.
saint Yves was wounded in the leg
last May. but has entirely recovered
from that and asserts he will he AHA
to run as well as ever If the war ever
ends and he gets back into civilian
life.
The marathon runner has appl,ed
for transfer to the aviation. and HE
superior officers have indorsed bia ra.
quest. He expects to be called tn nm
aviation school to begin his training Mt
any time. Saint Yves will try to he
brevetted as fighting pilot for f,v,no
In single-seated machines,
Il hear that poor old Tom Lonybos,
has been killed with the Canadians mn
near Lens" said Saint Yves. .WeII
Tom was a wonderful runner. bnt M
man ever lived that can run as foot
as the Boche bullets.
sour sector at the front-on,,.,..
Saint Quentin. where the Germans "a.
-A-A - Al
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
U. S. FORCES WILL Be
ARMIES OF SPECIALISTS

Camp Taylor. Louisville, Ky.
General Pershing's injunction
to make the American army IN
army of specialists Is being car
ried out among the 10000 Ken
lucky. Indiana and southern
Illinois men in the National
army in this camp.
A board of examiners quizzes
each drafted man as to his busi-
ness in civil life. 1t is the aim
Of the officers to assign every
man to the post for which he Is
most fitted. ~
Chauffeurs have been as
signed to the motor truck divi-
sion, telegraphers to the signal
corps. clerks and business men
to the quartermaster's corps and
athletes to mountaineering pla-
toons. A board Of nine psychol-
ogists is investigating mental
fitness of all men.
The Dolores star., 1917-11-30
TO CURE DEMENTIA PRAEcox
Form Of insanity Hitherto Regarded
rs ineuras,Ie Conquered r
.. by Physician.

Huntington. W. Vn.-Two patients
formerly afflicted by dementia praecox.
a form Of insanity hitherto regarded
as incurable. have been discharged
from the Huntington State hospital as
cured. Experiments devised by DR..
L. v. Guthrie. the superintendent
having proven successful.
The cures were effected by the use
of an intrnvenous infusion of normal
salt solution. Other cases similarly
treated are showing Improvement. The
treatment is based on an analysis of
the blood Of afflicted persons showing
q deficiency Of sodium chloride.