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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1908
Page
9
Editor invites junior readers to report Easter eggs received for next page. Encourages short notes if unable to write long letters and suggests sharing counts to tally totals across all contributors.
The Muscatine Junior page receives two letters from local youths. Eva Maurath praises Mr. Van Winkle and notes her four prizes including a silver spoon. Hazel Hall asks about Easter postals and mentions her school Vernon and her age.
Dear Miss Raymond writes from New Boston Illinois on April 14 1908 sending five riddles and teasers. Ruth M Noble asks for answers to wordplay questions about a creature found in hay a crown nest sticks in a nest a spider after the ark and a bald headed hound versus a man with a bald head.
A letter from Earl Haroff of Letts Iowa dated April 1908 discusses writing to a page, expressing admiration for Mr Van Winkle, noting school attendance, and mentioning plans to turn twelve on June 18 as he hopes for birthday cards.
Earl Haroff writes from Letts Iowa in April 1998 to Miss Raymond saying juniors Mabel Buster Dollye Longstreth Katharine Reed attend his school He mentions a story titled A Fishing party and recalls Mr Van Winkle’s junior page letters Dollye Longstreth writes of classmates and past prize memories
The note from Muscatine Iowa dated April 13 1908 speaks of a child now in the fifth A grade at McKinley School with teacher Miss Mc Dermott. The writer mentions turning ten last November 19 and having many friends.
Freddie Schwartz asks about family relation and Adam's first spoon in a letter from Joy Illinois dated April 15 1908. He lists color names and challenges the editor to verify them. Eunice Hall answers with a puzzle list and notes her sister Betty Anderson’s prize story. Hazel Hall writes from Joy Illinois describing Easter postals and family status in March 1908.
Letts Iowa on April 15 1908 carries a reader letter to the Dear Editor. The writer praises Mr Van Winkle for making the Junior page more interesting and notes intent to write a letter and a story instead of a diary entry.
A junior page letter from Jennie Knowles dated April 12 1908 to Helen Raymond invites juniors to share interests. She announces the chosen subject A Dumb Hero and notes she will answer Betty Anderson's animal puzzle listing cow pig horse hog calf cat dog.
A short note from Hazel Hall addresses Miss Raymond praising Mr. Van Winkle's letter and mentioning plans to write a story or letters to Clara Kothe and Eura Young. The tone is cordial and reflective of a junior writer.
A 1908 correspondence from Ruth M Noble of New Boston Illinois thanking Katharine Reed for a postal card. She attends Eliza Creek school and is in the seventh reader under teacher Miss Lillian Workman, promising to answer soon.
A brief personal note from Edyth Katharine Reed to Miss Raymond thanks the juniors for birthday cards. She mentions not writing lately and that she is about to go to school.
Hazel Nickols writes from Wapello Iowa dated April 13 to the Junior page presenting her story Pass in Difficulty. The note introduces a young reader author and shares the weekly contribution.
Hans Lippersheim finishes a new pair of spectacles for the burgh master and entrusts his daughter Meenie with polishing. Her deft fingers shape and polish the frames, placing them in a rough wooden case before sealing.
The tale describes how a Dutch spectacle maker and his young daughter Meenie observe a church steeple through two glasses, improvise a telescope, and help science, while a separate heroic story tells Beulah Evans saving sailors at a lighthouse with courage, matches, and a rope line.
A Sunday school outing last summer planned a 10 30 gathering at the church. Matthew Comstock and Ray Morgan ferried the group in wagons to the Old Stone Mill. The kids ate a noon dinner, explored the mill, spotted a non biting snake, cooled with ice cream and water, and waded in the creek before returning home tired but happy.
Roscoe Hankins writes about his pigeon Joe a three year old pet from his uncle that stays indoors at night in a wire cage and roams the yard by day. Joe ignores barn pigeons fights others, snuggles on heads and shoulders, and even sits on cemetery monuments with Roscoe’s father in Tipton Iowa. Roscoe hopes to win a prize of a set of tablets.
Grace Haynes writes of spring tasks in April and May to prepare ground for corn wheat oats barley and rye. She notes farm animals need feed, crops and flowers, especially violets called John Jump Ups, in woodlands around April.
A peaceful peacock named Joe fled after a girl left a gate open. Despite a wide search, he was found dead, amid reports of a quiet temperament and striking plumage. The note ends with a signoff naming a new junior, Lutitia Adams.
A group of four girls and three boys led by Pearl visit Hattie on her birthday. They bring gifts and pretend to learn from old books under a maple tree, then enjoy ice cream back home. Pearl’s sister Helen is shy and sits by during lessons. Inis Bear signs the note.
Beulah is described as kind and good with a loving nature. Ross Noble and his family face poverty while Ross works hard. Mrs Noble sends Rover with a basket and a plea for help to Beulah. Beulah retrieves the note and, with her mother Maude, provides food and money for Rover.
A fire tale recalls Bob Roberts called Mandy who leapt through heat to rescue a seven year old girl from a burning Bronson hotel. The story credits his bravery with inspiring Ralph Potter Wilton Iowa age 13 and Hazel P Noble on singing technique and future hopes.
Dollie Stence of Fruitland Iowa recounts a day of April fool pranks among a girl Ruthe, cousin Helen, their mothers, and Aunt Cary Stones. The group travels fourty miles by train to visit, then a series of playful deceits unfold, ending with April fool candy and jokes shared at home.
A poor family on Spruce Street finds a pocket book on an April Fools Day outing. Boys behind a wall snatch it. all feel remorse and confess to their mother, who admonishes them about poverty. The note ends with a personal sign off and a postscript about preferring a ball if they win.
A school guidance note encourages daily attendance and hard work to reach future goals. It highlights diverse career paths including music and instrument playing as possible options for motivated students.
Hazel brings home a bouquet and makes a decorative May basket with her mother. They plan a rinforging of red green blue and white rafia to hold three water tubes, then collect dog tooth violets cowslips violets ferns and blue bells for a pretty May day ending with Hazel’s party memorandum by Lizzie Schmelzer.
A juvenile recounts the 1889 Johnstown flood noting dam failure above the town of 30 000 and the deaths of about 2390 people. It describes warnings ignored, near total destruction of South Park four miles below, and brave rescues by railroad workers amid fire and starvation.
A juvenile travelogue describes Burmese childrearing in Burmah, detailing three major events after birth the astrologer’s fortune telling a naming ceremony a Zat Poay celebration. It explains the cradle craft tattooing and the naming by weekday letters with animal symbols and notes the prevalence of tattoos and monastic rites.
Mabel wishes for talking Rover to play with her and asks him to draw her sled. Rover pulls the sled up the hill and slides it down, then returns to her with a wagging tail. She decides she must draw her own sled next time.
A flood narrative describes a heavy rainstorm washing away a house and flooding fields. A man rescued a drowning child from the river and later guided the family to safety. They saved belongings but the house was lost under the rising water. The writer signs off as Your New Junior Eunice Hall from Joy Wisconsin.
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