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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1905
Page
9
Grace Sorenson editor asks young readers to contribute to columns in the Muscatine Journal Junior. Letters should be addressed to the editor, inviting participation from boys and girls in the community.
The Muscatine Journal invites Iowa youths to join the Junior page offering simple everyday topics for letters stories and essays. Readable contests include a flower puzzle using mixed words and a chance to win a prize for the best essay on a listed subject with a two week deadline.
A nine year old girl Maudeline Stevens writes to the editor about her new doll Margaret and a handmade doll house with two rooms. She states she can sew for her doll and mentions wishing for a baby brother from Santa.
A letter from a youthful writer pledges to support Miss Editor's page by encouraging peers to submit articles and to be industrious in publishing contributions. The message expresses intent to advance the page's interests.
A six year old girl, Amy Darling, signs a short letter to the editor explaining she cannot write herself. She mentions loving stories from mamma, her dog Fannie, and preferences for watermelon, skating on ice, and coasting in snow.
An eight year old girl writes from memory about crossing the Atlantic on a large ship, being seasick, meeting Chinese people in China, visiting England, and preferring America to Europe, expressing affection for home.
A child writes from home at nine o clock saying his mother is away and the nurse is reading. He prefers to sleep when very sleepy and expresses enjoyment of junior letters and stories. He requests a boy correspondent.
A letter from 11 year old Anna Heinrund expresses keen interest in a Junior page. She invites children to contribute writings and hopes for broad participation to ensure the feature’s success.
A letter from Amanda Heathers, 19, joining the paper’s junior page. She mentions a black cat with a cut tail and a sore foot, plus a big old dog that must be killed, and notes a friend’s request to write. She says her papa reads the paper.
Chester Davis writes of flowers donated to hospital every Tuesday and enjoying lake swimming and barefoot running. He recalls camping six miles from town with four friends, two tents, and self cooking, then mentions a bird he shot with a gun.
A girl in a family dispute recounts sneaking a walk with a friend, triggering punishment by Mamma. The author, Elsie Maine, describes a harsh spanking and remaining confined to her room all morning as penance.
Miss DeLane contemplates adopting a troubled boy at her home. A frightened, quiet child secretly prays to God to stay, confessing love and a wish to care for her. Her heart leads to a life saved when a doctor arrives, and the boy remains by her side. Grace Sorenson.
August McDonald, 15, reflects on working boys who quit school to earn a living. He notes risks such as danger and temptations, including smoking and drinking, yet argues work teaches independence and worldly awareness, though schooling and moral training remain valuable.
The piece describes Independence Day customs with speeches by veterans, downtown processions, music, and fireworks. It notes cannons are loud, children firing rockets, and a critique of spending on fireworks, yet acknowledges the day as a great, patriotic event.
A Muscatine boy, John Wiegand, stationed on the U S S Minneapolis, writes from Valencia Spain about Gibraltar’s mighty defenses and the fleet presence. He notes advances to petty officer, the warm reception for the American ship, and his plans to visit bullfights and sights while in port.
An advertisement from Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store promotes Dr King's New Discovery as a remedy against coughs and colds. It lists a 5 cent and 1.00 price and urges readers to fo il the massive conspiracy with this product.
The Iowa Central and other lines publish reduced round trip fares from Elrick Junction to several destinations. Fares include St. Paul Minneapolis to Duluth 13.30, to Denver 24.00, to Salt Lake City 37.00, and special G. A. R. encampment pricing to Denver at 15.55 with limited validity and extension options.
Adele H. Baldwin recalls a rural pastime of straw braiding for hats. Daughters braided yellow straw into cords, earned two cents a yard, and shipped braids to factories in towns. Women and grandparents wove cords while children helped at home during long summers and winters.
Dorothy Smith describes a summer trip with her father to Colorado. They climb Pike's Peak, experience altitude sickness, visit Denver's capitol, stay in a grand hotel, and tour Colorado Springs. The narrative notes seeing Helen Hunt Jackson's grave and house and mentions Manitou.
Alice Graham, 11, shares lessons from her mother on cooking. She describes frying potatoes four ways French German baked and boiled and lists meats she can prepare including mutton ham bacon veal and roast beef. She notes improvements needed for biscuits and two cakes chocolate and sponge with praise from her father.
A nine year old named Roy Pervis recalls school routines with teachers, seats, books, and chalk on the blackboard. He notes discipline by whipping and expresses a wish for endless vacations, ending with his simple longing.
In the early last century fewer factories operated in the nation and many goods were handmade. Rye straw dominated braid for straw hats with longer stems and easier handling, with rye straw more common than wheat. While traveling rural Massachusetts roads later in the century, the text notes observations of this craft.
A stanza from Mary Austin in St Nicholas celebrates blue eyed grass in the meadow, yarrow blooms on the hill, cattails, linnet and blackbird song, and milkweeds by the roadside signaling summer arrives. The poem evokes nature, birds, insects, and gentle winds as signs of the season.
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