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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1908
Page
9
The editor addresses juniors about holiday prizes for honor roll students, notifying city residents to claim prizes at the Journal office on Monday. She invites further submissions with new writing topics such as Preparing for Christmas and A Trip Through Santa Claus Land.
A collection of brief letters from young readers across Iowa towns including Blue Earth, Muscatine, Lone Tree, Letts, Conesville, and Colesville in 1908. Juniors announce puzzle solves, birthday plans, school notes, and hopes to influence the Junior page with stories and mail prizes. Several writers share birthdays, school work, and family updates, while others request pen pals and praise the Junior page.
The writer expresses intent to keep the roll of honor, notes not receiving a present, and asks Juniors to write. The message emphasizes the cold day and willingness to reply to correspondents.
A resident in Ainsworth Ta reflects on gifts not arriving yet and plans to answer Pearl Ryner's letter She also mentions writing a story this week titled How Har- with the intention to complete the piece soon.
A group of girls recalls Halloween night mischief starting around seven. They gather at a house after chores, visit a teacher's home, and include a two year old neighbor in their rounds. They display jack-o-lanterns, hang tick-tacks, and create noisy, playful chaos before escape.
Iona Garrison writes about spring as preferred due to green grass blooming flowers and birds. She describes country life with trees nests and violets, and expresses a wish to see and pick flowers in spring.
Dear Miss Raymond and Juniors I write to the Junior page this week. I attend school daily and my cousin Florence Longstreth teaches there. Eighteen scholars attend, but three families plan to move this fall. Our Journal arrives with a growing Roll of Honor and I hope to see my story Thanksgiving in print.
A young proud turkey dreams of pumpkins and a lantern image of himself then fears an axe wielding boy on the eve of Thanksgiving. The boy hunts another turkey while the dream ends with the predator’s threat and the fatal harvest. Adele Field Muscatine Iowa signs the tale.
Clara Ruthenberg hosts a charitable Thanksgiving party at 517 East 10th Street Muscatine Iowa inviting every poor child she knows. Alice plans invitations buys paper decorations and outfits. Mother cooks pies cakes roasted turkey and many treats as children arrive play games sing piano receive clothing as they depart.
A turkey on a Troy New York area farm dodges capture by flight to a tree and a roost away from farmer Mr White and his son. A dream sequence ends with the family eating chicken instead and the turkey surviving the peril. The tale ends with a junior Paul R Wagner signing off and a postscript about preferring a book if he wins.
A whimsical tale told by Leona Fowler follows a boastful gobbler who dreams of pumpkin pies chasing him and ends up captured by pies and cooked. The narration shifts from pride to fear before the fairytale conclusion.
A reader shares origins of Thanksgiving from the Mayflower voyage to 1620 and the first feast with Indians. The letter recalls neighborly feasts, harvest celebrations, and gratitude to God for crops, ending with a dream about a Thanksgiving turkey and a farmer.
A summer day story recalls two sisters May and Nellie with their dog Carlo venturing into the woods. A gunman appears, the bullet misses, Carlo wounds the attacker, and the girls flee home to tell their mothers they will avoid the woods. Bertha Schuessler signs the note. P.S. If I win I prefer the neck lace. The First Snow and What it did.
A nighttime tale follows an old turkey on a perch who dreams of a companion. In the darkness someone steals toward the perch and grasps the bird, setting a quiet, eerie scene of loss and mystery.
The story recounts a turkey waking with its companion on a porch then finding her gone. After a dream and another sleep the gobbler searches the farmer’s yard and house. He discovers the farmer killed the companion for dinner and is left very sad. George Rolland, R. F. D. No. 4.
A nostalgic account describes Christmas as the happiest holiday celebrating the Savior’s birth. It covers gift giving, evergreen trees, decorating, festive dinners with pies and fruits, stockings filled by Santa, and the joy of sharing with the less fortunate.
The writer outlines Christmas tasks from choosing presents for family to preparing the turkey and pies. A memory recalls staying with Aunt Harriet and Aunt Lyda, ending with discovering a new piano Grandpa gave the narrator. Harriet Farmer, Columbus Junction, Iowa, RR 4.
A grandmother hosts Thanksgiving with Ellen and Ruth as family recounts a journey. Father drives a sleigh with Bill and Jerry as a snowstorm halts progress and tiresome delays unfold before arrival.
A fragment recalls a family moment where a sudden shout led to the sight of grandpa, yet the Thanksgiving meal was enjoyed as planned. The scene preserves a warm memory of reunion and shared food.
December brings festive work at home with tidies on shelves homemade gifts for children and a stocked Christmas tree full of candies nuts candles popcorn drums dolls and toys. Grocers supply sweets cakes pies puddings and more while many people move about as children await Christmas joy. Katharine Reed.
In Grandview Iowa dated November 24 1908 residents anticipate Christmas two to three weeks away. Fathers and mothers buy gifts for children and friends while churches plan programs. Boys and girls host parties and neighbors visit. Children look forward to Santa Claus as the season brings baking pies and shared hospitality. Paul R. Wagner signs off.
A Muscatine youth recalls a very cold Thanksgiving in 1908. He notes boys skating all day and credits the pilgrims for the holiday. Schools were closed for two weeks minus one day from that date, reflecting a local remembrance.
A narrator recalls a Thanksgiving with Alice Helen and family visiting grandma. A bob sled trip ends near town when Helen recalls King Cole the cat. A stray cat is warmed, a dinner is shared, and Grandpa tells of the first Thanksgiving. They wander home but get stuck in a snow bank and stay overnight. The letter ends with a question about a set of tablets.
A turkey gobbler in a tall tree dreams of capture and a red dressed girl guiding him to a pen then a wagon ride. He hears a girl cry out and is later beheaded in the dream before awakening to realize it was only a dream by Katharine Reed.
A November snowfall brings joy to children who play outside. All the kids enjoy sledding until one lame boy, unable to slide, receives rides from many neighbors with their sleds. The community shares kindness as he joins in the fun.
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