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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1908
Page
9
Editor letters a class asks for Easter egg counts. report notes 37 eggs collected by juniors. Highlights upcoming subjects include Laura's May Basket A Narrow Escape A Cross Little Boy and asks students to write on one side of paper.
A village tale follows Mrs Ancil and her daughter on a flooded island. As floods rise, a brave young man rescues the pupils and grandmother, while fathers build a lasting home for the family.
A 14 year old boy Bob hunts with his dog Sport. A gun misfire leaves Bob mortally wounded in the leg. Sport brings help by barking and leading his family to Bob, who thanks the dog for saving his life. Eva Maurath.
The fragment follows Ivan wandering through a harsh day to find fuel for his sick mother and younger brother. He moves through blustery streets and toward the church steps, portraying a scene of poverty and care on a cold day before Easter.
In a London home a cat climbs to the top of a kiln to escape bullying boys. Lillie May and her mother call for help as the cat paces the narrow rim. A long ladder frees the cat, and the father grants ownership, hoping for good luck. Wapello, Iowa.
Earl Harroff recalls a Sunday school fishing trip with five boys and teacher Clay Arnhood. They fished at the pipes, ate lunch, then fished the Mississippi with a throw line, cooked fish for supper, swam, and returned home.
A seven year old girl named Elsie, whose father died when she was four, earns money by working to buy her mother a new dress. She hides her earnings until Easter, surprises her mom with a gift, and later uses her savings to buy a dress for herself and a coat and hat for her mother.
The narrative follows Elsie who starts school, begins teaching at nineteen, returns home when her mother falls ill, and later faces prolonged illness and death of her mother. Elsie ends up moving between her aunt and independence as she grows up.
Alfred and Mary refuse to sell their two white doves to Ellen Morten who is sick. On Easter day they decide to give the doves to Ellen after learning of her illness. Ellen recovers and Alfred reflects that the day would have been sad without sharing the birds.
The story recalls Grace a poor girl who sells matches to survive. After a night of hunger on the eve of Easter, a mysterious basket arrives at their door, bringing joy and a feast. Grace’s father and mother had died earlier, leaving her in care of a generous aunt.
A five year old girl Hazel escapes a run by cattle when her dog confronts the cow. The dog leads the girl to safety by jumping the fence into her mother's arms. The anecdote is signed by Eunice S Hall and dated as a junior notice.
Two brothers Harry and John Hanson travel from Seattle to log in the northwest woods for Great Western Logging. A bear arrives during a blizzard, they buy a Winchester and traps in Seattle, and Harry kills the grizzly with a rifle shot after a risky pursuit.
The text describes Alice as Rev. Smith’s daughter and wife. As she began to speak her parents instructed her in living a good Christian life starting with the Lord's Prayer teaching. It presents a form of the prayer praising God and requesting daily bread forgiveness and guidance.
A childhood memory from Laura Schuessler in Lone Tree, Iowa about Earl and his two sisters who believe a rabbit lays the Easter eggs. Each morning they find six eggs in nests and later four more, colorfully painted by their mother who keeps the ruse until they are twelve. The note ends with a playful P. S. about hair ribbons.
Six year old Mildred and her friend Alma Smith place straw nests by the window and petition the Easter Rabbit for five colored eggs for each parent and grandparent. The next morning nests hold five eggs each with a note praising the children and urging good rules.
Mary Magdalene and Mary, mother of James, visit Jesus tomb after sabbath. The stone is rolled away and a youth in white proclaims Jesus is risen. He directs them to tell the disciples they will see him in Galilee as they depart astonished. Jesus rises early on the first day of the week.
The passage notes disbelief of the witnesses to Jesus' resurrection, reports Jesus appearing in different forms to two, then to all as they ate, and commands to preach the gospel to all. It ends with Christ’s ascension to heaven at the right hand of God, linking Easter to Holy time.
Ella Mentzer aged 11 from Hills Ja recalls finding a tame pigeon on a farm with friend Mary and brother Joe. They received the bird free from the farmer, kept it in a home cage and named it Joe, calling it their pet.
In Muscatine on Easter Saturday Elsie labors to guard a chick nest as calves trample it then moves it after supper to find a colored egg. The next morning she discovers more colored eggs around the yard and even two stuffed rabbits in one nest. Muriel Vanatta notes a child’s Easter ending with joy.
A boy named Robert and his sister Vera visit their aunt and uncle with their pony and cart. On the way home the frightened pony threw them, leaving Robert with a broken arm and Vera with a broken leg. Their aunt and uncle stay three weeks to help.
A letter from Orville Hawkins of Tipton Iowa dated March 4 1908 describes a lifelong dream to become an engineer. He details playing with trains with a cousin a desire to design and repair engines and a passion for examining engines wheels levers faucets and other parts. He states he would rather die running an engine than in any other way and signs sincerely.
While walking to town, a woman found a ring on the cement tied to thread. A boy around the corner snatched it, hid it, and then laughed admitting the April fool. The group watched in surprise as the ring was pursued and the prank revealed. Hattie Wetzel notes a preference for tablets if she wins.
A Japan article describes public schools and a rich child life with 100 kindergartens in cities, strict year ranges, and advanced studies. It notes Japanese literacy, 47 characters, ink brush writing, and teacher bows, plus play like toy stalls, stove cakes, dolls feasts, balloon fish days, kite arts, and a game linking poetry to old sayings.
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