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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1908
Page
9
Dear Juniors, you are urged to write for the Journal's page and enter the Tony Pony Contest. After the contest, and when school starts again, you can find time to write. A nomination blank is available for non entrants, and prizes will be awarded for the best letter on opening of school. Sincerely Helen Raymond.
Eva Maurath writes to the Journal ponies to share that 216 children are competing for a Journal pony and she hopes to earn one by hard work. She imagines naming a pony Journal and reflects on the honor of the prize.
A letter from ten year old Mervil Nolan of Ardon Iowa requests a pony and buggy prize from the Journal. She explains she will earn the prize through hard work and coupon collection to show her devotion and determination.
The author recalls two simple pickling projects for girls at home. The first preserves peaches in a cinnamon clove cider syrup and seals them for later enjoyment, while the second creates a no cook pickle with tomatoes celery onion peppers mustard seed sugar spices and vinegar that rests two weeks before use.
A narrative by Henrietta Stuart recounts a mother guiding two young boys in a Arthurian play. The boys, as King Arthur and Sir Galahad, sport red ribbons as tokens from their mother to honor their pretend ladies. The tale highlights playful family bonding and the budding sense of chivalry shaping their childhood.
The beaver and his cousin the muskrat build watertight homes by damming streams and creating lakes. Beavers gnaw trees with teeth to fashion dams and mud houses with chimneys, bury food under the ice, and endure winter with breath-warmed rooms. Enemies like wolverines wildcats and lynxes cannot enter frozen lodges.
A young housekeeper vents about first day bills while a chief counselor and mother share lessons on budgeting. The mother recalls her own path to financial control, urging self reliance and prudent household management rather than debt or outsider counsel.
Minnesota Democrats push to renominate Governor Johnson for a third term. Johnson refuses and warns he will be nominated only if his consent is given. The governor asserts he will rise to the occasion and resist politicians aiming to seize party control.
Lawton Oklahoma August 15 Blossom daughter of George W Wratten former Apache interpreter hosts a coming out party for tribal majority. Lovers dance follows secret courtship rituals under moonlight with Geronimo era figures, then medicine men perform sacred dances. Wratten once helped with Geronimo surrender and later became superintendent and interpreter before moving to Alabama.
Des Moines Aug 15. Iowa women gain right to vote on bond issues and public improvements that raise taxes after the state supreme court rules denial of ballots for a $350000 city hall illegal. Grace Ballentyne, the lawyer, won after lower court defeat.
Wilton Iowa August 14 delayed reports list Mrs K E J McCauley and Harriet visiting Chicago for relatives and a Great Lakes outing. Thurston couple depart for Muscatine to see friends. A group of young men including Wacker Shafnit Ringgenberg Looney Dornseff Nicolas Kiser head to Shafnit s Lake for days of camping. Mrs J O Whitmer and Roscoe spend afternoon in Muscatine. A B Tallman leaves for Chicago after visiting their son Reverend Tallman. Mrs Margaret Holzhauer returns from Luverne Minnesota. Grace Reformed Sunday school holds a picnic at the camp ground. Mrs George Holzhauer and Miss Elizabeth Holzhauer return from Cedar Rapids.
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