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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1908
Page
9
The notice from Helen Raymond addresses junior readers about improving this week’s student stories. She notes the prior submissions fell short and urges stronger entries with topics including A March Wind and What It Did, A Trained Dog, and What the Children Play in Japan.
Two letters from young readers Betty Anderson and Lawrence Goetzmann in Muscatine Iowa in February 1908 discuss starting a new Junior letters contest. They describe their age, school, addresses, birthdays, and hopes for prizes and marbles, with questions about prize delivery and weekly submissions.
A collection of brief notes from young readers in Stanberry Letts Muscatine and West Liberty sharing life at school, pet counts, valentines and puzzle efforts. Readers ask for letters, prize stories, and contests while noting muddy roads and daily routines.
A collection of five old time riddles with humorous answers such as hair in the butter and needle and thread. The lines end with playful puns and a final attribution to Helen Ringle.
Six year old Johnny Wisener of Muscatine writes from Muscatine Iowa asking Miss Raymond to publish his letter on the Junior page. He mentions relatives in Tipton, Xmas gifts including a suit, six dollars in Cedar County Bank, and plans to sell Brahma chickens this summer.
A Muscatine Iowa group writes to Miss Raymond for the Journal Junior page. Children describe school, teachers, and Valentine Day greetings while answering Marietta Marsh’s fruit puzzles and noting prizes and hopes for print inclusion.
A boy named Jack delays his mother’s call then fetches bread downtown. On the way home he discovers a quarter and ponders what to do next.
A boy named Jack finds a quarter and hurries home to show his mother. She asks for a guess, cannot, and asks him to keep the coin as a keepsake. He places it in his small bank, as Elbert Rowland notes.
Two stories from a children's page recount Mildred misplacing James money while buying a birthday set for her mother and an unnamed girl’s surprise of a baby brother. The tales end with affectionate lessons about honesty and family love as the girls reflect on the day’s events and joys.
A group of boys pursuit work across town ends when a button shop hires them for six dollars a day. They pool their earnings to rent animals and stage a weekday circus with high rope walking and singing by girls, inviting others to join. Fern Wolford signs off.
A girl Mildred Black ignores her mother and leaves a bird Dick free. The cat Ted kills the bird before Mildred returns, leaving her with two pets instead of three. The tale ends with a lesson to follow instructions promptly.
A short handwritten note from Hazel Nichols narrates Dorothy a six year old girl awaiting Valentine cards. The letter mentions a one year old brother, a poor family, and gifts from an aunt including a hair ribbon a new dress and a doll. The writer closes with a hopeful wish for a prize.
Ellen, seven, will turn eight soon and asks for a gift from her mother. On her birthday she finds a baby sister named Florice in her mother’s room, a gift Ellen loves and calls the birth day baby. The family voice notes the sister will be cared for by Ellen.
A 15 year old girl Bessie fears news of her mother’s death after a mistaken phone call. She is reassured by friends and nurse and returns home to meet her mother and the newborn baby boy. The family celebrates a safe return and a new sibling.
Mildred, a poor girl in a dreary house, asks for valentines but is refused due to money. On Valentine night many girls arrive, sharing food and joy. Mildred receives numerous valentines, and Gertrude Loyd signs the note from 325 W. S8th.
A group of girls and boys from school decide to hold an evening skating party. They plan to bring food and coffee, build a fire, and skate at Skunk River beginning about eight o'clock.
A six year old Theodore with a missing boy tale ends with him waiting at the door after a two day search, flowers in hand, while a second note recalls a skating party at Glancy Lake in West Liberty Iowa. The writer signs as junior Lawrence Goetzmann and Junior West Liberty IA. The final line expresses a wish for a necklace if victorious.
Mabel Smith learns Dorothy Stewart never received valentines and buys a pretty valentine from a near bookstore. She leaves it at Dorothy’s door on Valentine’s night and rings the bell before running away, leaving the girl surprised and grateful. Story by Mildred Jones from your new Junior.
Esther falls from a sled while being pulled to a pond for skating. Her arm breaks and she must stay in bed for a long time. She vows not to skate again after the accident. The incident ends with a prompt doctor visit and a cautionary message from Helen Morehead.
Hazel a 12 year old girl from a poor family pleads for a new white dress and slippers for a church program. Her father loses work and her mother cannot buy them, Hazel cries then apologizes and vows to be better. The story ends noting Hazel grew up to overcome selfishness. Katherine Flood. 425 West Front St. Muscatine La.
A nine year old girl Mildred is sent on an errand to buy cookies for a tea with visiting ladies. She stops to play with other girls, forgets the store run, returns home, and is punished with no supper. The note signs off as junior Helen Ethal.
Ten year old Esther and her friend Marie are late to school after a morning mix up over timing. They confess tardiness to their teacher who praises their honesty and refuses to mark them late. After quarrels at home and school they reconcile, with Esther's mother urging them to be friends again.
Mildred, living by a river, longs to row the little boat at the landing but cannot enter the locked boathouse without a key. Her parents must leave for the city, leaving her at home and unable to access the boat.
Theodore Woods a ten year old boy living with his parents in the back woods sets out with a rifle. He climbs a tree to escape a bear, hungry and stranded after dropping his lunch, until his father arrives and shoots the bear. He returns home safely praising the adventure and requesting a set of tablets as a prize.
A girl named Mildred sails alone, drifts to a river island, and waits as her parents search. After a tense day, her father retrieves her at night, and Mildred reflects that staying home would have avoided the mistake. Violette Kindier.
A group of girls planned a skating party, traveled a mile to a pond and skated from about 1 30 to 5 30 PM. One girl fell through unsafe ice and a man rescued her. both reached shore safely and mothers then forbade further skating for the winter. Laura Bilkey of 315 Sycamore Street, Muscatine, Iowa.
Mildred Smith, age nine, bought new skates and fell into a pond after missing an air hole. Nearby workers rescued her and brought her home. Zella Shepard introduces the new junior in Fruitland Iowa.
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