Letters to Santa
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 10, 1906 Letters to Santa Dec. 7, 1906 Moorland, Iowa Dear Santa Clause: I want you to bring me a rubber ball, and a slate, a pencil box, a horn and a drum, are you going...
View ArticleChristmas Shopping Already Started
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 12, 1904 Christmas Shopping Already Started Saturday Was a Good Day With the Merchants in Fort Dodge. Stores Crowded All Day Purchases This Year Will Be More Along...
View ArticleChristmas With Fort Dodge Poor
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 16, 1905 Christmas With Fort Dodge Poor People of City Make Plans to Aid Them Wherever Possible County Already Overtaxed Is Only Able to Provide Necessities – Figures...
View ArticleA Joke on the Chronicle
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 16, 1905 A Joke on the Chronicle Where the Interesting Letters to Santa Claus Received by it, Came From For the past week the Chronicle has been regaling its readers with...
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The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 19, 1906 Letters to Santa Dear Santa Claus, I want a sled and a box of candy and some nuts, and a horn, and a drum, and a suit of clothes, a ball,a nd a bat, and a box of...
View ArticleChristmas Trees are in the Stores
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 22, 1904 Christmas Trees are in the Stores Custom Grows of Decorating The Trees Come From The Pine Forests of Michigan and Wisconsin – Southern States Furnish The Other...
View ArticleSuggestions For The Christmas Tree
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 23, 1905 Suggestions For The Christmas Tree A Few Aids on How to Make and Decorate The Children’s Joy. Woodsmen in the north woods who gather the harvest of Christmas...
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A Gladsome Christmas
If I had but the power To make my words come True I wish you all things bright and gay And give them all to you.
View ArticleSanta Claus Held Sway
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 26, 1906 Santa Claus Held Sway Yesterday Given Up to The Observance of Christmas Day. Good old Saint Nick, the knight of the sock, the reindeer and the big pack, reigned...
View ArticleChristmas and Its Usual Results
The Fort Dodge Messenger: Dec. 27, 1904 Christmas and Its Usual Results It Was The Same Old Day in The Same Old Way and Greatly Enjoyed. The Weather Was Very Mild Skating Was Find And The Ice Was Black...
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