My Dear Juniors Holiday Puzzle and Harold's Sunday
The article invites juniors to send in Christmas presents stories and a puzzle winner, naming Raymond Preiss as prize recipient next week. It details contest subjects and a skate contest ranking change, plus a long anecdote about Harold playing with other children, his mother retrieving him, and Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Preiss
Harold
Nora
Muscatine
Myrtles
Santa Claus
Oniska Eshieman
Oregon St
Muscatine, Ia
Contest List Names Included Eva Maurath to Esther Stucker
A lineup of participants includes Eva Maurath Marietta Marsh Ruby Fitzsimmons Verna Auten Effie Concannon Christina Roberts Mabel Sell Maud Rehmel Raymond Preiss Louis Johnson Esther Stucker listed for an upcoming contest event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta Marsh
Ruby Fitzsimmons
Verna Auten
Effie Concannon
Christina Roberts
Mabel Sell
Maud Rehmel
Raymond Preiss
Louis Johnson
Esther Stucker
How to Enter Utest for Skates on Junior Page
Instructions from Helen Raymond describe how to enter the utest for skates by listing entrants on the Junior page. To stay on the list readers must write biweekly or more, and the prize on December 15 goes to the Junior who recruits the most writers and tracks who invited them.
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Helen Raymond
Harold's Promise and a Quiet Morning Helper
Harold, an eight year old, vows to help his mother but often resists when tired. He shifts to chasing his father after work, then returns to the house for supper. A visiting boy next day notes Harold as a good child despite the broken promise.
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Harold
Preparing for Winter and Thanksgiving Tales
A collage of rural lessons and tales begins with a cat and mouse planning for winter, a church hiding fat, and the cat's sly schemes. It shifts to a Thanksgiving memory of a missing goose found by Lee Hunter, followed by school notes from Effie Concannon on subjects and study priorities.
Corine Bisenmann Narrates Cat and Mouse Encounter
A short passage recalls a mouse attempting escape and being swallowed by a cat as Corine Bisenmann recounts the moment. The event unfolds with the mouse seeking aid from the cat before the feline consumes it.
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Corine Bisenmann
Harold's Trip to Uncle in Colorado and School Day Reflections
Harold leaves with promise to mind his mother and behaves well at his Colorado uncle's, climbs mountains, makes friends, and returns home proud for keeping his promise. The letter from Ena Auten, age 9, recalls a school day routine including physiology, arithmetic, reading, history, geography, and a prize wish as narrated by Verna Auten, age 11.
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Harold
Thomas
Colorado
Tom
Unecle
Ena Auten
West Chester
New England
Verna Auten
Arthur’s Thanksgiving Lesson on Getting Up
A child in a family tale disobeys his mother and misses a trip to grandmother’s farm. He wakes late, watches the house, then learns obedience after Thanksgiving visits to relatives seven miles away. The narrator, Clara Opelt, signs off with a prize preference for tablets.
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Arthur
Clara Opelt
Lucas Street
City
Thanksgiving Prep at Gertrude Home
On the last Tuesday of November Gertrude Charlie and their mother gather nuts hammers and nut picks for the Thanksgiving feast. They plan to host relatives and friends with pumpkin pies cranberry sauce dressed turkey cakes and cookies in the pantry they see shelves of pies apples nuts candies and cookies.
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Gertrude
Charlie
Turkey on the top shelf ends a happy dream
The family enjoys a well roasted large turkey placed on the upper shelf. They feel delighted and drift to sleep content, dreaming of the pleasures awaiting them the next day. Gertrude Bielefeld.
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Dreamland
Gertrude Bielefeld
Thanksgiving Kindness From Maud Jones And Mama
Maud Jones and her mother, living two miles out, prepare abundant food for Thanksgiving. They bake mince pies and many goodies, deliver baskets to poor neighbors, and host a large dinner for relatives. A little cousin wonders if any poor child would enjoy such a meal. Maud believes many near would benefit.
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Maud Jones
Maud
Mamma
Iva Maurath
West Second Street
Thanksgiving Dinner Describe A Family Celebration
A family prepares for Thanksgiving with chores, cooking, and baking. They gather in Sunday clothes to share a large meal of chicken, turkey, grouse, pies, and puddings followed by a rest under the oaks. Estelle Webber from Muscatine Iowa notes a prize preference.
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Shady Oaks
Estelle Webber
Lucas St
Muscatine
Thanksgiving Eve Pie Prep and Family Ailments
It was the day before Thanksgiving with everyone working hard to bake pies and prepare treats. Turkeys wandered the lane, sad and gobbling. A bounty of food followed, but the next day left the children sick and in bed with various illnesses. Helena Spillmann.
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Nettie
Johnnie
Bobbie
Helena Spillmann
When the Little Boy Ran Away
A nostalgic verse fragment describes a boy running away with nature urging him back. Birds, violets, and roses appear as gentle witnesses. The scene emphasizes the boy’s flight under blue skies and a soft wind whispering to return. The mood blends innocence with wistful, lyrical imagery.
Little Boy Runs Away in Light of Wind Ballad
A child writes to Eva Nelson age 10, at 211 West Second Street, recounting a tale in which a little boy laughs as wind and clouds urge the violets to close their eyes. She signs off with a light, nostalgic farewell.
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Eva Nelson
West Second Street
Jack's New Friend and a Grateful Canine Tale
The story follows Jack a mistreated dog whose tail was cut off by a cruel saloon keeper. Jack steals another dog’s bone and is pursued but befriended by a strong dog who nurses him back to health. The owner of that dog buys Jack, and he finds a good home and dies grateful. Marguerite Armstone signs off.
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Jack
The Misadventure of Jack the Dog and a Young Boy
A handsome ill treated dog and a puppy are separated from their owner and sold. Jack wanders to the country and finds a new home with a family who lacks pets. The children’s father trains Jack, giving him a harness and wagon, and the author signs as Alta Harding with a postscript about a prize preference.
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Jack
Jack Miller Helps Old Man and Finds a Friend
An orphaned nine year old, Jack Miller, lives in a neat garret and helps an old man who is fallen. He meets Mr Dale, delivers a message for his employer, and earns kindness from Mr Downe who rewards Jack with a new friend. The note closes with a student preference about a tab.
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Jack
Jack Miller
Mr. Dale
Snow Storm Story Submissions From Iowa Youths
Letters from Tracy and Ainsworth Iowa dated November 1906 show students Mildred J. Stearns Alma Rehmel and Marietta Marsh writing to Miss Raymond of the Journal Junior. They discuss a story titled Caught in a Snow Storm and upcoming exams with Thanksgiving vacation.
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Tracy
Iowa
Raymond
Ruby Fitzsimmons
Ainsworth
Miss Raymond
Marietta Marsh
Journal
Mildred J. Stearns
Alma Rehmel
Marietta
Marsh
Miles Charles Stearns
E. Hazel Barnes
West Liberty
Letters From Muscatine Journal Juniors Readers
A collection of juvenile readers from Muscatine Iowa write to Miss Raymond for the Junior page. children and their teachers, ages from 7 to 12, share stories, riddles, and puzzles, with notes on reading, arithmetic, and school life from towns including Ainsworth West Liberty Muscatine and Oregon Street.
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Muscatine
Raymond
Eva Maurath
Letter to enter contest and request prize book
The writer, Elsie Gertz, expresses intent to enter a contest and states a preference for the prize book if she wins. She signs as Your Junior and mentions having written a story already.
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West Liberty
Iowa
I Want a Sled and Tools for Christmas
A letter from Raymond Preiss aged 4 asks for a sled with iron runners and a set of shaping blocks for making churches windmills and more. He mentions using a slide near his home, walking on crutches as a cripple, and hopes for toys for him and his little brother this Christmas.
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Raymond Preiss
Junior riddles and conundrums from Muscatine youths
A column of young readers from Muscatine Iowa sends in riddles and conundrums. Freida Monson and Fresca Monson along with Oniska Eshlenan and Helen Ringle provide jokes, while Maude Rehmel signs a note for Miss Raymond about a Thanksgiving birthday and a contest prize.
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Freida Monson
Muscatine
Iowa
Harvest Song for All The Year
A plain verse on seasonal yield and gratitude. It notes corn oats wheat barley and root crops stored, harvest fullness, frost nearing winter, and prayer thanking God for nature’s gifts. The tone mirrors a rural hymn celebrating annual abundance and divine blessing.
Willies Question at Baptism Prompted Soap Inquiry
A church service for a child named Willie and his sister proceeded smoothly until Willie looked at the baptismal water and cried out in a loud voice where is the soap. The moment drew laughs from the congregation in a lighthearted anecdote recorded by Lippincotts.
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Willie
Little Willie
Lippincott
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