Editor's Letter Reminds Juniors to Submit On Time
The editor thanks juniors for this weeks stories and letters and urges timely submissions by Wednesday night. She warns letters must be written on one side of the paper and notes upcoming themes for next week including How Harry Kept His New Year's Resolutions My Christmas Vacation and Body and Girl Life in an Open Winter.
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Harry
West Chester
Sarah
Eva Fisher
Helen Ringle
Ena
Viola
March
Miss Brookhart
Verna Auten
Marion Harland
Christmas Letters From Muscatine Junior Pages
A collection of 1907 era letters from Muscatine youths to Miss Raymond and Helen Ringle. Children describe Christmas gifts such as dolls, fur coats, teddies, and jewelry, share family notes, school details, and prize wins, and include stories and puzzles for the Junior page.
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Muscatine
Helen Ringle
West Liberty
Helen
Daisy Ethel Washburne
Muscatine, la
R. R. No
Roll of Honor Names Recited in Local Notice
A long list of individuals is presented in a roll of honor style notice. Names include Eva Maurath Gertrude Hill Eva Fisher Sarah Fisher Bertha Davis Elbert M Rowland Betty Anderson Helen Morehead Mary Goodman Dollie Stence Mamie Garrett Arthur Wendingela Helen Ringle Ralph Orr Frances Heindel Gertrude Loyd Viola Auten Esther Keimest Mabel Jarvis Ethel Washburne Katie McLeary Gertrude Washburne Bertha Schuessler Albert Schueessler Laura Schuessler Nee Payvenhill Harry Bradley Ruth Noble Gladys Guthrie Roscor Hankins Irene Kelley Hallie Conklin Grace Haynes Dona Warman Mabel Sell Chcis Brown Hazel Nickols Hubert Hoskinson Verd ie Hoskinson Chesil Hoskinson Hession Brhoskinson Clara Evans Katie Tobias Orville Hankins Hazel Noble Effie Concannon Glen Hamilton Vera Anderson Hazel Holliday Gladys Dickerson Mabel Buster Ruth Lilia William Rowland Ralph Wiesner
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Eva Maurath
Gertrude Hill
Eva Fisher
Sarah Fisher
Verna Auten
Bertha Davis
Elbert M. Rowland
Betty Anderson
Helen Morehead
Mary Goodman
Dollie Stence
Mamie Garrett
Arthur Wendingela
Helen Ringle
Ralph Orr
Frances Heindel
Gertrude Loyd
Viola Auten
Esther Keimest
Mabel Jarvis
Ethel Washburne
Clara Ruthenberg
Katie McLeary
Gertrude Washburne
Bertha Schuessler
Albert Schueessler
Laura Schuessler
Neee Payvenhill
Harry Bradley
Ruth Noble
Gladys Guthrie
Roscor Hankins
Irene Kelley
Hallie Conklin
Grace Haynes
Dona Warman
Mabel Sell
Chcis Brown
Hazel Nickols
Hubert Hoskinson
Verdie Hoskinson
Chcil Hoskenson
Hessell Brhoskinson
Clara Evans
Katie Tobias
Orville Hankins
Hazel Noble
Effie Concannon
Glen Hamilton
Vera Anderson
Hazel Holliday
Gladys Dickerson
Mabel Buster
Ruth Lilia
William Rowland
Ralph Wiesner
Miss Helen Raymond Joins Paper Following Christmas Gifts
A New Boston reader writes on January 1 1908 praising the paper and recounting Christmas gifts five or six items plus a banana and two oranges. She notes fifteen scholars going to our number.
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New Boston
Ill
Helen Raymond
Patsy Wins Skating Race in Christmas Gift Skates
Patsy receives new skates from grandma as a Christmas gift. She cautiously tests the three inch thick ice, learns to skate, and trains for a skating race where she finally wins a big doll that goes to sleep. Elbert Rowland.
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Patsy
Elbert Rowland
Why Ethel Was Disappointed
Eight year old Ethel Goodrich hoped for a pony for her May birthday. She missed the pony but earned a Christmas surprise with a doll, candy, and a singing crying doll. A white pony waited in the barn with a red ear tag reading ETHEL GOODRICH, and Ethel thanked her parents for the gift. Daisy Ethel Washburne.
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Ethel
Ethel Goodrich
Daisy Ethel Washburne
Ethel Plans Sleighing Party at Uncle's Barn
A 10 year old girl Ethel whose parents are deceased asks to hold a sleighing party at her uncle's barn. The uncle agrees to host the event Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Ethel sent in preparations for the gathering.
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Ethel
Ethel’s Disappointment Over Skipped School Part
A young girl named Ethel refuses to learn her school part while her classmates practice. Her mother and the teacher encourage her, but she remains defiant. On the last day, 40 visitors hear others perform while Ethel remains partless, ending in her disappointment.
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Ethel
Henry
Laura Schuessler
New Year Resolve Turns Family Cheerful
The tale follows siblings Ralph Edna and Helen. At nineteen twelve and five Helen vows to laugh and not scold when teased. Her mother approves and Helen remains cheerful becoming the best natured in the family. Berdy Stanley Muscatine Iowa R F P D 8 Box 78.
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Ralph
Edna
Helen
Berdy Stanley
Muscatine
Iowa
Bobbie’s Cake Mischief By The Cupboard Door
A child is left alone at home with a clock ticking and a cook leaving the house. He fixates on the cake in the tall corner cupboard and acts on his impulse to approach the single large door for a possible theft.
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Bobbie
Bobby
Man Hides from Cook Delays Dinner
A man hides as the cook enters and slips to the other room. He remains until about supper time and then emerges after the cook leaves. The cake he tastes afterward is described as very good.
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Eva Fisher
Christmas Day Gifts and Ethel’s Flower Hunt
A reader describes Christmas gifts at home including two handkerchiefs two books beads a coat a dress and hair ribbons. Ethel planned a flower hunt with friends for Wednesday but clouds and thunder thwarted the outing leaving her disappointed. Esther Kliest Muscatine Iowa R R No 8 Box 6.
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Ethel
Tamma
Esther Kliest
Muscatine
R. R. No
Laughing Away the Rain
A short vignette features Royal gazing out a window as rain falls. He learns smiles are sun beams and laughs softly to drive away the rain, then a sunbeam appears, and he exclaims I laughed away the rain. Narrator identifies as Gertrude Dietrich from Muscatine Iowa at 1216 New Hampshire St.
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Royal
Roy
Gertrude Dietrich
New Hampshire St
Muscatine
Towa
Ethel's Chicago Trip Ends In Disappointment
Ethel planned a large party and sent invitations early but rushed to Chicago after a messenger boy misread a name. She learned her friend was not ill, the message was a mistake, and she enjoyed a pleasant visit instead.
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Ethel
Chicago
Eva Maurath
New Year Promise Fails Johnny Smith Mischief Test
Johnny Smith, a persistent prankster, tormented family members and animals until his mother forced a New Year's promise to stop. After a brief period of restraint a freeze over water on the back steps spurred his early morning rush outside, hinting at renewed mischief.
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Johnny Smith
Promising vows after fall and injury in Tipton
The note recalls Roscoe Hawkins of Tipton Louisiana who broke a leg and an arm in a fall. He spent six weeks in bed and upon rising vowed not to break his promise again, hoping for a baseball prize if victorious.
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Roscoe Hawkins
Tipton
Patsy’s brave skate trip on the Ottawa ends in peril
Susie Odell recalls little Patsy a Florida girl adopted by Uncle Nat in Montreal who learns to skate on the Ottawa river. She ventures far from home as a cold storm approaches a fisherman's son finds her and supports her rescue with a doctor keeping vigil until she recovers, a tale of courage and memory.
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Patsy
Florida
Nat
Montreal
Canada
Ottawa
Ethel Gray’s Christmas Surprise From Stranger
A six year old girl named Ethel Gray faces Christmas disappointment when Santa seems to skip their poor home. A noon knock yields a hidden gift bucket with a wax doll, tea set, coats, hats, and warm footwear for the family, ending her sorrow.
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Ethel
Ethel Gray
Santa Claus
Santa
Helen Ringle
The Boy and the Wolves on the River
Patsy Mulligan, a rural boy, saves for skates and learns to skate. He skates alone on a river where wolves pursue him. He spots a cattle hole in the ice and uses it to outwit the wolves as the pack closes in.
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Patsy Mulligan
Patsy
Fatal doubled tragedy at river bank linked to axe incident
An account describes a man who seized an axe left by another and killed two people at a riverside escape point before fleeing. He collapses exhausted, rests, then returns home by night. The note mentions a new junior, Orville Hawkins, and a tip from Tipton Iowa R F D No 1. The writer preferrs a knife.
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Orville Hawkins
Tipton
Iowa
Ten year old Nora injured by pony and auto ride
Nora, age ten, rode her pony Prince toward her grandma three miles away. An automobile frightened the pony, threw Nora, injuring her ankle. Passersby stopped, returned her home, a doctor said a sprain would heal in days. Nora vowed not to ride far alone again. Elma Storms.
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Nora
Prince
Ora
Tom
Elma Storms
Joseph and Mary and the Nativity Tale
The text recounts Joseph the eleventh son of Jacob and Mary traveling to Bethlehem for a Christmas Eve birth, finding no room at the inn, and Jesus being born in a manger. It mentions shepherds, a star, gifts, and Joseph's family disputes, ending with family home life and a street address.
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Joseph
Mary
Jacob
Bethleham
Jesus
Ruths Thanksgiving Surprise Encourages Neighbor Supper
A little girl Ruth cleans the house in anticipation of her parents return for Thanksgiving. She asks neighbors to join for turkey and supper, hoping to surprise her parents. They arrive to find the neighbors there, and Ruth receives a dollar from her mother for her good care.
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Ruth
Mildred Johnson
Ethel’s Christmas Lesson From Santa Claus
A young girl named Ethel writes a wishful letter to Santa. On Christmas Eve Santa fills her stocking with sawdust, leaving Ethel disappointed. Her mother explains that Santa rewards good behavior, and Ethel becomes a better girl afterward.
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Ethel
Santa Claus
Nellie Havenhill
Nora's Adventure in the Bear Encounter
Nora and other girls went nutting one morning near town. They read while eating, a big black bear approached and Nora instructed them to pretend dead. The bear left without harming them, they returned home with the dishes but left nuts. Nora's papa later retrieved the nuts.
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Nora
A Trip to the City With Family in Cedar Rapids
A grandmother, sister, and I visited Cedar Rapids to see my aunt. We enjoyed the churches with tall steeples and streets lively with wagons and horses, making for a pleasant day.
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Cedar Rapids
Prize Story: Bingo Prince
Harry a ten year old vows to kill his dog Prince who he thinks useless. A Chicago cousin visits with a six week old baby. A wolf nearly harms the sleeping infant but Prince's barking alerts Harold. Harold toils to trap the wolf and chooses Prince over his earlier threat. Gracie Dietrich.
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Harry
Prince
Iis
Chicago
Harold
Gracie Dietrich
What Did Santa Do
A Christmas morning tale describes Santa visiting town to buy toys and candy and delivering them by sleigh. He fills stockings while children sleep, leaving drums dolls teddy bears fire engines and other gifts. The note ends with a name and address offering a preferred skate pair.
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Santa
What I Want For Christmas Keepsake Letter
A child writes Christmas wishes listing a sleeping talking doll a large doll black side combs a sack of candy and gum. The sister wants a doll and a doll hugegy while another asks for dishes and candy. The writer hopes for two speaking pieces and a merry celebration.
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Helen Morehead
P. S
How Santa Prepares for Christmas
A concise childhood view describes Santa Claus donning boots cap and coat, loading a sack with presents for good children, delivering them by chimney and placing gifts under trees and in stockings. The figure is depicted as a plump man with long white whiskers.
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Santa Claus
Eva Maurath
Christmas Gift Letters From Miss Raymonds Class
Illinois city and Conesville juniors write to Miss Raymond about Christmas gifts. Helen Morehead and Ralph Wisener share items received such as books toys mittens candy perfume and a neck tie. The letters express holiday wishes and reflections on vacation.
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Illinois City
Helen Raymond
Helen Morehead
Miss Raymond
Ralph Wisener
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