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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1905
Page
9
Greeting to readers from a moderator named Helen Raymond asks for longer letters and more details about lives, families, and schooling. She encourages prize entries, requests readers to write with real names, and suggests sharing friendly notes, crafts, and Christmas ideas.
Edith learns of Christmas generosity as she helps a crippled girl and receives a larger doll and turkey from Uncle Ben. The story traces Edith’s wishful year and a neighborly gift that ends in a joyful Christmas morning with a surprise doll and a festive dinner.
Wiss Ettie Wilson of Muscatine Iowa won the prize for the week’s Christmas puzzle. Readers praised correct puzzle answer and the story fulfilling the spirit, with many sending in thoughtful entries.
In a mid afternoon storm two children, Annie Brown and Harry Clark, discuss finding a Christmas tree on the mountain. Annie hopes for her first tree after seeing others trimmed for Santa Claus. Aggie searches for the tree as sunset approaches, with Annie’s mood lifting at the thought.
A little girl named Ammie travels to stay with her grandmother during Christmas. The tale follows Ammie’s excitement as she awaits gifts and a magical morning revealing a gold ring, a silver watch, a box of handkerchiefs, oranges, a doll, and other presents, ending with Ammie’s joy and gratitude.
Edith Hicks of Muscatine uses four dollars to buy dolls dishes and toys for a poor girl and siblings. Her mother adds more money as Edith shares Christmas joy with others. The story ends with Edith happily giving and a nearby note about Jack helping a poor boy named Johnny Jones and his seventeen siblings.
A string of short Christmas tales from a child reader canvas. Willie misbehaves then earns a skate reward. Annie is invited to a wealthy girl Marjorie home and finds a tree full of gifts. Edith Spent Her Christmas Money follows Ndilh Lang, a generous nine year old, who spends ten dollars on gifts for ten poor children and learns a merchant adds fifty dollars back for herself.
Edith saved her Christmas money to buy dishes and a doll for herself, then gave a doll to a poor girl in the store, spreading holiday kindness. Clara Gibson recalls two siblings helped by a poor girl Annie who, after her father’s death, faced a frugal Christmas until generous benefactors arrive with gifts. Carl Schroeder, age 7, Wilton, Iowa.
Two weeks before Christmas, a poor ragged girl named Bessie Greene is found by Edith, who learns of Bessie’s longing for a doll. Edith helps Bessie and her mother, inviting them to Christmas dinner and planning to buy the doll.
A collection of vignettes on Christmas kindness and mischief. Stories follow Edith Hains and Lillie Brown as they share gifts, decorate, and observe Santa’s impact on behavior. A neighborly tale set in small town life with moral undertones.
Muscatine and nearby towns publish a long collage of Junior Department letters Maria students Samuel Wilkinson and Viola Auten share festive wishes and school life. Authors request prizes for essays and puzzles while recounting family details and Christmas desires from Muscatine Iowa to West Liberty and Wapello.
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