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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa am a little girl Z
years old. l go to school every day.
| would like for you to bring me a
large doll with curly hair and moving
eyes, a baby carriage, a story book,
pair of Sunday gloves, a compost
ton tablet and pencil, also all kinds
of goodies to eat. Please trim my
tree. Your little girl,
lrma Pointer,
Shovel, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus am a little boy
six years old went to school every
day until ! got sick with my jaw and
had to have it lanced, am lots better
now. want you to bring me foot
ball, horn, sweater, also candy,
nuts, oranges and grapes. We have
apples. so you needn't bring any of
them. | am your loving little boy,
Lester Miles Birmingham,
Berlin, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Old Santa Claus am writ
ing to you to let you know what |
want for Christmas. am a little
girl eight years old, and go to school
every day and in the fourth grade.
want little ironing board, little
cradle, bracelet, pair of Sunday
shoes, size ~, overshoes, new dress,
n lots of candy, apples, oranges, and
nuts. Don't forget my sister, Alice.
She is Is months old. Bring her
little unbreakable doll, little chair,
a cup, saucer, and plate, and little
dog that will bark. Don't forget
papa and mamma and trim my tree.
Your little girl, Myrtle Bunting,
Bishop, Nd.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Christmas will
soon be here and Caroline wants doll
baby and dishes. Wright wants a con-
tractor set. Whittier wants a lot of
pencils and tablets, and cork gun.
James wants gun and rabbit dog.
Henry wants black board and writ
ingdesk. want a woman riding sad
die and a whip. Also bring some
candy, nuts, apples and oranges. Don't
forget mother and father. Your lit
tie big girl. jeanette Rantz,
Stockton, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus am writing to
tell you what want you to bring me.
Please bring me a sweater, doll, set
of dishes, pencil, candy, apples, nuts,
raisins and oranges. go to school
every day and like my teacher. Your
loving little girl, Mary Collins,
Route .. Snow Hill, Nd
p. S. Don't forget Aunt Abbie and
Uncle Tom Hales.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus am little girl
three years and four months old, and
try to be the best | can. | want you
to please trim my Christmas tree and
leave me fur set, tricycle., pair
of gum boots, new doll and lots of
other play things and candy, oranges,
nuts and bananas. Don't forget all
other little girls and boys. Your little
girl, Margaret Ellen Mitchell,
Stockton, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus want you to
bring me address,. candy, nuts, spark
lers, oranges and apples. DO not for
get my little brothers and sister. My
little brother James wants wagon,
and my little brother, Clay wants a
wagon too. and my sister wants doll.
candy, nuts, oranges, apples, spark
lers, and a rocking chair. Your low
ing little girl, Irma Mason.
Pocomoke City, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa am a little girl seven
years old, in the second grade. Will
you please bring me big doll, a
ring, pencils and tablets, story
book, a pair of shoes, also a pair of
boots, some candy, nuts, oranges, APP
pies and raisons. Dear Santa, don't
forget my brother. Melvin. Bring
him a bullet rifle, also my little sis
ter, Madge. Bring her big dolly.
Your loving little girl. Helen Davis,
Bishop, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus am little boy
seven years old. go to school and
am in the second grade. | want you
to bring me nice big set of tools to
build a house with, and whatever else
that you can spare. Also a lot of
candy and nuts. Please do not for
get my two sisters and brother. Your
little boy,
Charles Henry Birmingham.
Berlin, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Old Santa am little girl
six year old, and went to school every
day until | was taken sick. took
my medicine real good and want you
to remember me Christmas. ! want
a doll, kitchen cabinet, and dolls
bureau. Don't forget like candy,
nuts and oranges. Please trim my
tree with pretty things. Your little
girl, Dorothy Ward,
Melbourne, Nd
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa am little boy and
will soon be seven years old. ] want
an air rifle that shoots BIS, boat,
and drum. Also candy, oranges, nuts
and raisins. Your little boy,
Holmes Birch,
Berlin, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa want you to bring
me set of dishes, cooking set, doll
carriage, and pretty doll. Also con-
dictionaries of all kinds, candy, fruits
and nuts. Goodbye. Edith Clarke,
Snow Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-I am little
boy eight years old ! want you to
bring me a watch. bullet rifle, gloves,
and lots of candy, nuts, and fruits.
Don't forget my little brother, Rich
ard, and bring him wagon, and lots
of other things you have for little
boys. Yours truly,
Franklin and Richard Atkinson,
Route |, Snow Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa am little boy four
years old. ! have learned to count
part of my figures. and won't you
please bring me tablet and pencil,
so l can write them, and pair of
stockings, pair of gloves, candy,
apples and sparkles, and don't forget
brothers and sisters. Your little boy,
Clyde West.
Snow Hill. Md.
P. S. And please don't forget my
all-day sucker.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Old Tiss-I am a little girl
not quite two years old. Please bring
me doll can't break, little set of
doll dishes, candy, apples, nuts, rails
ms and oranges. Your loving little
girl, Grace Collins,
Route 2, Snow Hill, Md.
p. S. Don't forget Aunt Abbie and
Uncle Tom Hales.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa am a little boy six
years old. go to school every dav
and like my teacher. Please bring me
a rain coat, pair of boots, cap pistol,
caps, plenty fire works. Also raisins,
oranges, nuts and candy Please don't
forget grandma. Your little boy,
Leslie Hastings,
Route 3, Berlin, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa am little girl with
long golden curls. ! want you to
bring me a doll, set of dishes, and a
little ring. Remember like candy,
nuts and oranges and want a lot
of them. Trim my tree with pretty
things, which / will have up, waiting
for you. Your little girl,
Helen Ward,
Melbourne, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-I am little boy
seven years old. want you to bring
me pair of hip boots, pair of gloves,
and oranges, candy, nuts and apples.
Goodbye. Your little boy,
Samuel Mumford
Snow Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa am little crippled
boy nine years old. Please bring me
tricycle., a foot ball, pair Of boots,
rain coat, and plenty of fire works,
oranges, nuts, and candy. | try to be
good boy. Your little boy,
Freddie Hastings,
Route 3, Berlin, Nd
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-I am writing to
let you know what want you to bring
me. Please bring me a sweater, doll,
set of dishes, a pencil, candy, apples,
nuts, raisins and oranges. go to
school every day and like my teacher.
Your little girl, Nellie Collins,
Route 2, Snow Hill, Nd.
p. S. Don't forget Aunt Abbie and
Uncle Tom Hales.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-I am little
girl four years old Please bring me
u great big doll baby, piano, little
pair of scissors, oranges, raisins nuts,
and plenty of candy. Please don't for
get daddy and mamma. Your loving
little girl, Mary Julia Hastings,
Route 3, Berlin, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Old Santa Claus-I want you
to bring me a sweater, gloves, pocket
knife, nuts, candy, and some fire
crackers. have three little broth
erS. Please do not forget them.
From your little boy,
Denward Collins,
Berlin, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16
NO LOVE FOR GATH
in PRINCESS ANNE
Feeling 30 Years Ago Severe As
Today Against Author And
His Book.

In the Sunday Sun of November
&c last there was printed an article
describing Princess Anne, the county
seat of Somerset County, and making
reference to George Alfred Town
sends novel, "The Entailed Hat"
which was written over the pen name
Cath" in Princess Anne and pur-
ported to portray people of that
locality among its characters. In
The Suns story it was stated that
the opinion OF the Princess Anne peo-
pie concerning the novel was that it
would have been for better had it
not been written.
Arnold Elzey Waters, of Baltimore,
has sent to The Sun a criticism of
"The Entailed Hat" written by his
father, the late Levin l.. Waters, of
Somerset County, in 1891, which indi-
Gates that feeling in Somerset County
toward the novel and its author was
much the same as that found by The
Suns correspondent last month. Fol-
lowing is the criticism:
Gath" Lived in Princess Anne
1.-THE author of The Entailed Hat
Gath is the son of a Methodist
preacher and once lived with his
| father in Princess Anne, of which he
writes in The Entailed Hat But,
Judging from the book, his recollec-
tions of the place and its people must
| be very imperfect. He seems to have
remembered the names of some of
the individuals who lived here about
the time of which he writes,
but no one here would recog-
nize them. The Judge Gusts
of his book he has. intended for Judge
Thomas A. Spence, who once owned
the furnace between Snow Hill and
Princess Anne. His character is in
some respects like Spence's, but in
many respects totally different.
Spence never lived in Princess Anne
and never had any children.
1.-THE ship which The Entailed Hat
sends from Princess Anne, under the
command of one Levin Dennis, as a
slave trader, and which he makes one
of his negro heroines see wrecked
along the coast near Delaware, is the
one built by Littleton ID. Teakle, at
the place known as the old Ship
Yard on Jones' farm, just below
Princess Anne.
"Stigmatizes The South"
"The book is calculated and in
tended to stigmatizc the South and
its institutions and is located in this
neighborhood because the authors
knowledge of the South and Southern
people is confined to the Delaware
and Maryland peninsula. 1t is true
that he has gotten hold of some Of
the traditions of this locality, but
he has perverted them to improper
uses, and his book is calculated to
create very false impressions of the
community, its people and their social
status. read the book very care
fully all through, not because of any
merit to be found in the book itself,
but because of the location of its
narrative and my desire to see what
the writer knew of il and how he felt
toward us. His book is trash, and
to my mind written in a spiteful mood
toward the upper class of this PENN
sula in revenge for the exclusiveness
by which the author was shut out
from more intimate acquaintance
with its society when he lived here.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus am little girl
eight years old and go to school every
day. l want you to bring me ring,
and bracelet, and a slip-over sweat
err, and a paor of gloves, candy, APP
pies, oranges, and nuts. Goodbye,
From your loving little girl,
Maud Timmons,
Fiuitland, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus am little
boy Z years old. Please bring me
an air rifle, some fire chackers, spark
lers, caps for my pistol, candy, APP
pies, oranges, nuts and anything good
to eat. Your little boy,
Garland Taylor,
Pocomoke, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-Please bring
me a pair of overshoes, a mouth or
gan, some fire crackers. sparklers,
caps for my pistol, and candy, APP
pies, oranges, nuts and anything good
to eat. Your little boy,
Eldred Taylor,
Pocomoke. Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
doll baby baby carriage, dishes, sew
ing machine, telephone, and Christ
mas tree. With love.
Katherine Mae Janney.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16
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DEAF Santa Claus-I am little
girl Seven years old. go to school
every day. | am in the second grade.
Please bring me honey bee game,
books, and lots Of toys, Christmas
tree, candy, oranges, apples, bananas,
nuts, raisins and please don't forget
mother, father, moters and sister.
From your little girl, Lola Il. Trader,
Princess Anne, Md. Route 2.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Old Santa Claus am lit
tie boy, -four years old. ! am ex-
pecting you Christmas eve. | want a
wagon, horn, nuts, oranges and candy.
Please bring me some fire crackers.
| have one little brother. Please do
not forget him. From your little boy,
Jack Collins,
Berlin, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Old Santa am little boy
seven years old, ard in the second
grade. Please bring me pair of
shoes, and pair of stockings, and
some fire works, and apples, oranges
and candy. From your little boy,
Richard West,
Snow Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Old Santa claus am ex-
pecting you Christmas eve. ! want
an express wagon, candy, nuts,
oranges, horn, and some fire crackers.
| have two little brothers. Please
don't forget them. From your little
boy. Samuel r. Collins,
Berlin, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Old Santa Claus-I am a lit
tie girl in my four years old. Please
bring me an express wagon, and doll
baby and other toys, also apples,
oranges, candies and nuts. Please
don't forget my little sisters, Ruth
and Mildred. remain your little
girl, Virginia Lee Campbell.
Campbelltown, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-Please bring me
little Rocking Horse, Christmas tree
a picture book, pistol, and please
don't forget little sister. Helen.
DIN Reed Lewis,
Berlin, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa am little girl IL
years old. | am in the sixth grade.
l want you to bring me this Christ
mas, nice story books, and everything
nice to eat. Your little girl,
Minnie Nelson,
Snow Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16
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Dear Santa Claus want you to
bring me a kittybike, rubber ball
and candy, apples, oranges and nuts.
From your loving little boy,
Orville Timmons,
Fruitland, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus am writing to
let you know what want you to
bring me. Please bring me a sweater,
doll set of dishes, candy, apples, nuts,
raisins and oranges. Please don't for
get papa and mamma. Your loving
little girl, Edna Collins,
Route 2, Snow Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Old Santa Claus-Please bring
me an air rifle. writing desk, a rain
coat and hat, banjo, fire crackers,
also oranges, apples. candy and nuts.
Your little boy, James Davis,
Snow Hill, Md.
p. S. Don't forget my little cousin
Rose.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-Fill my stocking
with candy, nuts, oranges, apples,
ball. and girls tricycle., and
mamma doll.
Mabel Perdue,
Snow Hill, Md.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1922-12-16

Dear Santa Claus-I want you to
fill my STOCKING with candy, nuts and
and apples and oranges, and scud-
der car.
Herman Perdue, Jr.,
Snow Hill, Md.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-08

been a stenographer and had not much money.
 The rumored rift in the lute be. tween the girl and her husband, to whom she was married in Connecti. cut under his full title" was caused by the publicity given the escapades of the man in Boston. Bridgeport, New Britain and other places, where, the authorities say, he has a police and matrimonial record, At the island the girl was known as Lil- Han Wilkomerson, but when she was married to the Prince" her name was given as Lillian Van de We're" This was the name used by Harold or Louis or Henri when he cooked on the island. After cooking hours there he would promenade the reservation in a Tuxedo coat, dirty white shirt spats, monocle and cane.
 Calls Nobility Impossible.
 That Louis could not possibly be any relative of the Bourbon family was stated yesterday by Napoleon de an artist, who put in an ap- pearance Sunday. M. de Remont said he had appeared in the matter to see why the Prince" had not an swered a letter De Remont wrote to him, offering to help him out of his
New Britain herald., 1922-08-08
M0THER WORKED WHILE
 HE SUPPORTED MONKEY
{Continued from First Page).

man when work commands. is cast of boy of three-son of the prince by his second marriage.
 Miss Catherine Frances Lynn, aSec 22, of Marcella street, Roxbury, who married the prince in Fremont Tenn pie, while he still was the husband of Connecticut girl, is mother of the child, according to court records and her admissions
 John Joseph Van Buren. curly. haired, blue-eyed boy, is the innocent victim behind the tragedy of the wild fire romance of the dashing prince with Miss Lynn.
 Has Never Seen Son
 On the verge of a collapse as re. suit of the expose of the prince which has revealed her illegal mar riage, Miss Lynn yesterday sobbed out the story of her son. whom the prince" has never seen.
 And it probably seems horribly cruel. but I have not seen my little boy for two years" the pretty miss whose life was wrecked by her affair with the bogus nobleman, said yes terday.
 Jimmy. that's what I call him was born two months after the prince who to me was Dr. Henry with a Taunton nurse.
 Deserted By Schwarm
 "The doctor or prince or whatever you choose to call Van Buren, knew was about to become mother when he left me.
 He left me at the hour I most needed him. My relatives had dis owned me because of my marriage to him. I had no one. I was alone to bear my troubles
 T knew I could locate the doctor if I wished to notify him of the birth of my sonny-and his sonny. But I dispised him for his contemptible act I never wrote to him. never told him that son had come into the world.
 "Dr. Van Buren, of course. knew the boy was to be born. But at no time during my trouble did he write me. nor did he ever write to me later to ask about his own son. should never have told him anyway.
 But there was one consolation. My boy looked like me. He Is the picture of his mother. He in no way resembles the creature who is his father. And I pray thanks to the AL mighty for that.
 Woman's Hard Struggle After my boy was born, there was . huge fight ahead of me. Without friends and without As
New Britain herald., 1922-08-08
stin in New York.

New York, Aug s.-somewhere in this city, his whereabouts unknown to the police who seek to question him about his adventures. and strip ped of the gaudy uniform of the Russian general staff, Prince Louis Henri de Cateroux de Bussigny de Bourbon" otherwise known as Har- old schwarm, Is playing a different role from that of the dashing if some what simple minded ofdcer who dazzled Riverside drive with his spangles and tinsel.
 Further information regarding his activities here and at several of the penal institutions was disclosed by the authorities.
 If Harold. O. Louis, or whatever he may call himself now. had only stuck to his vocation of cook he would have been able to become anything else he liked, doctors and attendants at the Metropolitan hospital on Blackwelrs Island said yesterday. For he cooked there. and he cooked at places after he left Boston, which he did, according to the authorities, at the request of the Boston police. But at Blackwell's the terms of cook" and steward were too menia for Prince Louts," so1he termed himself doctor" and "hifed a secretary" the doctors said yesterday. laughing mer- rily over his latest adventures.
 Eludes Friend on Street.
 And His Highness' has not left the city, according to one Of his friends, who saw him from a distance yes terday walking along Fifth avenue, When the friend tried to overtake him Louis darted down side street.
 His girl wife has left him and gone away with an unknown woman, 1t is said, and rumor has her at the home l of her parents, somewhere in The Bronx. The theory that she was the daughter of a wealthy Brooklyn law yer was exploded yesterday at the island" where 1t was said she had |
New Britain herald., 1922-08-08
CASTORIA
 For Infants and Children In Use For Over 90 Years Always bsau 0
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He said he had recently returned from overseas, where he had been a physician with the Red Cross forces at the front. At that time there was no opening on the hospital staff but l offered him . place as an attendant at S2o a week,
 Fired at Hospital. :.
 T wac thoroughly amazed when he jumped at it. But even as an attend ant he was called in the hospital pr. Van Buren,.
 He didn't last as an attendant very long. though, let me assure you. The first time he was called upon to dress a wound-well, that ended him. He knew absolutely nothing about 1t. So we made him clerk. He hopped right to it
 The doctor came to grief, though, when he proved himself entirely in- eMcient even as clerk. He didn't seem to have the knack of doing any thing but wearing sporty clothes.
 Wife Brought His Trousers.
 And let me say that his clothes were all the latest and the best. Why. one night he came into the hospital wearing q full dress suit. a monocle, | cane. spats, etc. all ready to pro- ceed with his duties as clerk. Some thing happened! A little later he came to me and complained some body had stolen his trousers-and 36o
 He was just out of luck. He tele- phoned his wife. She came hurrying over with another pair of trousers for him.
 He was a hopeless case and finally had to be dismissed on the grounds of inefficiency."
 His broken hearted Boston bride, Miss Lynn, laughed between her tears yesterday, in verifying the account of, having to rush to the doctors" res cue with a pair of trousers.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-08

difrculty. To be a Bourbon Louis would have to be at least 4b years of age, M. de Remot said, as the last Bourbon fought in the Algerian cam paign In 1894, According to De Re- mont, who claims to be really a French descendant from the nobility. the prince is 'all the bunk"
 And through 1t all Terrible Terry" the Princes" amanuensis and gen eral man of all work, sits sorrowfully on the steps of the royal suite looking down toward the Riverside coal yards, bemoaning the luck that his idol should have busted so soon. and mourning the loss of $50 he advanced.
New Britain herald., 1922-08-08
CITY. ITEMS.

The biggest values in furniture are at B. C. Porter Sons big sale.-advt
 Have The Herald follow you on your vacation. 1sc a week. Cash with dvt.
 The visiting fire chiefs here next week at the state convention will be entertained at the Elks' club, the di- rectors of the Chamber of Commerce having voted to defray the expenses.
 Meet ne at Schmarrs for dinner,- advt.
 Lunch at Crowell's-Salads, Sand wiches and home made pastry.-advt
New Britain herald., 1922-08-08
EPIDEMIC FATALITIES.

Uniontown, Pa, Aug, S--Four cases of diphtheria resulting in one death at a striking miners camp at Gray's Landing. near here. and an epidemic of typhoid fever at a tent colony near Brownsville held attention of author tiles today.
 At Gray's Landing barbed wire had been strung around the camp to serve as a quarantine. Thirteen typhoid victims were in a local hospital today from the Brownsville camp. An analysis of the water used Is being made.