February Birthdays Highlight Edison Washington and More
Readers submit letters and essays about notable February birthdays. Betty Andersen wins a silver spoon for her essay on The Famous Birthdays of February, while students rate Edison and George Washington as pivotal figures. The page features multiple youngsters from Iowa towns sharing notes on Washingtons life, winter games, and family stories.
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Betty Andersen
Esther
Jack
Russia
Spain
France
Junior Page Christmas Gifts From Lone Tree Reader
Dear Editor and Juniors writes of Christmas gifts received including two story books a small toy three mortals cards and much candy in Lone Tree Iowa on January 25 1908.
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Lone Tree
Hugh
Bertha Schuessler
Junior Page Letters From Joy and Bertha In 1907 1908
Readers Susie Odell Bertha Schuessler and Helen Ringle share school life Christmas gifts and daily routines in letters to the Junior Page from Joy Illinois Lone Tree Iowa and nearby communities. They describe schools, siblings, and a puzzle for the editor sealed with greetings and requests for postals.
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Miss Raymond
Miss Thornton
Patsy
Susie Odell
Joy
Ill
Lone Tree
Helen Ringle
Bertha Schuessler
P. S
Asret
Niko
Syanp
Esor
Junior Stories and a Maine Family Struggle
An old Maine widow, her idiotic son, and her lame grandchild live in a small cottage. Their father was killed by Indians in border warfare, and the daughter works in a factory to support everyone. She sends earnings home as storms and hardship press the family.
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Maine
Famous Birthdays of February
The piece lists birthdays of Washington Lincoln McKinley Harrison and other figures with dates February 2 22 9 26 3 7 14 27 1802 1811 1819 1809 1807. It offers biographical notes and odd anecdotes such as Washington’s log cabin holes and McKinley’s death.
Winter Sports Misadventure On a Pond
A Muscatine Iowa boy recalls skating on a pond near the railway where he chased a rabbit, shot three rabbits, then tried to outrun a train on ice. He fell through, was thawed by his mother, and vowed never to skate again. He later sold his skates.
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Ralph Wisener
George Washington life and legacy in early America
The letter outlines George Washington as the first U.S. president born in Virginia, his early surveying work, leadership in the French and Indian War, Mt. Vernon life, presiding role at the 1787 convention, and his death. It cites his mottoes and lasting influence as a model of unstained manhood and public virtue. It notes his height, appearance, and the famous phrase First in war first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Helen Ringle West Liberty Ia.
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George Washington
United States
West Moreland County
Virginia
Fairfax
Dinwiddie
Fort Necessity
Mary Curtis
Mt. Vernon
Philadelphia
Constitution
Mount Vernon
Washington
Congress
Helen Ringle
West Liberty
Robert A. L. Salisbury
Hatfield
Herts
Eton
Christchurch
Dwight L. Moody
Northfield
Mass
Richmond
Moody
William M. Evarts
Boston
Johnson
New York City
J. B. Gordon
Upson County
J. E. B. Stuart
Patrick County
Charles Dickens
All Kinds of Fun on the Junior Page by Eva Maiurath
Eva Maiurath reflects on fun in sports and candy making. Boys enjoy football and baseball with slips and injuries. girls find fun in making taffy though it burns or sticks. She ends by saying her fun is writing for the Junior page.
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Eva Maiurath
George Washington early life and schooling highlights
A compact account of George Washington born February 22 1732 with details on Old Field School leading quarrels his mother guiding his education his brother Harry urging army service and his early travels including the Blue Mountains noting his courage with horses and the impact of his father’s death when he was ten.
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George Washington
Washington
Old Field School
George
Harry
Blue Mountains
Famous February Birthdays Highlight US History Figures
A February birthday roundup profiles George F. Edmunds, Joseph E. Johnston, Horace Greeley, Sidney Lanier, Robert Salisbury, Dwight Moody, William Evarts, J. B. Gordon, J. E. B. Stuart, Charles Dickens, Millard Fillmore, William Sherman, Richard Gilder, John Ruskin, John A. Logan, William Harrison, Melville Fuller, Thomas Edison, Charles Darwin, James Dana, Peter Cooper, Abraham Lincoln, W. S. Hancock, Henry Watterson, W. W. Story, Joseph Jefferson, James Lowell, Buffalo Bill Cody, Henry Longfellow, and George Washington with birth dates and notable roles.
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Landport
Millard Fillmore
United States
Summer Hill
N. Y
Buffalo
W. T. Sherman
Lawcaster
West Point
Army of
New York
Richard W. Gilder
Bellevue Seminary
John Ruskin
London
Copley
Ruskin
Oxford
Brantwood
John A. Logan
Jackson County
Illi
Congress
Washington, D. C
William H. Harrison
Melville W. Fuller
Supreme Court of the United States
Augusta
Harvard
Thomas A. Edison
Milan
New York Stock and Gold Company
Charles R. Darwin
Christ's College
Short excerpt on Washingtons cherry tree tale ends with farewell
The passage recounts the young George Washington admitting to chopping his father's cherry tree after his father left, followed by a note that he wrote rules of behavior. It then states he became U S president on March 4 1797 and died in December 1799, ending with a closing remark.
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George Washington
George
David Lyon
Illinois City
U. S
Lincoln’s Early Life and Kindness Told by Eva Fisher
A muse of local memory recounts Abraham Lincoln born in Hardin County Kentucky on February 12 1809 and died in Washington on April 15 1865. The tale highlights his boyhood toil generosity and a bird rescue as remembered by Eva Margreth Fisher from Muscatine Iowa.
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Abraham Lincoln
Massachusetts
Lincoln
Nolan
William McKinley
Ohio
Colgoes
McKinley
Clara Ruthenberg
10Th St. Muscatine
Ja. P. Ss
Abraham
Hardin County
Washington
Mr. Lincoln
Eva Margreth Fisher
Muscatine, Iowa
Winter Fun and Rural Life in New Boston Letter
A personal winter reminiscence from Carl J. Bear of New Boston Illinois describes snow days, snowball play, sleigh rides, and cattle pawing snow to reach feed. He recalls reading at school and a sled ride attached to his papa hauling wood, ending with a note about preferring a knife if he wins.
February births mark presidents poets and a Civil War general
Effie Concannon of Montezuma Iowa notes February as the birth month of George Washington Abraham Lincoln H W Longfellow James Russell Lowell and General W T Sherman. She recalls Washington Lincoln and Sherman’s deeds and Longfellow’s poems as enduring legacies from February birthdays.
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Cragie
Washington
Cambridge
Longfellow
H. W. Longfellow
James Russell Lowell
Harvard
Mass
W. T. Sherman
Lancaster
Ohio
West Point
Sherman
Effie Concannon
Montezuma
Iowa
Famous February Birthdays Highlight Notable Figures
The list notes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born February 27, 1807, James Russell Lowell February 7, 1819, Charles Dickens February 7, 1812, George William Curtis February 24, 1824, Margaret Deland February 23, 1850s, James Parton February 9, 1822, Russell H. Conwer February 15, 1842, Dwight L. Moody February 5, 1837, Abraham Lincoln February 12, 1809, Millard Fillmore February 7, 1800, and George Washington February 22, 1732, with a note of more not written.
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United States
George Washington
West Morland
Virginia
William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
Victor Hugo
Horace Greeley
Charles Dickens
New England
James Russell Lowell
Edgar Allen Poe
Henry W. Longfellow
Elbert Rowland
Yale College
Peter Cooper
New York
Trenton
N. J
Hardin County
Lincoln
New Orleans
J. Wilkes Boothe
W. S. Hancock
West Point
Mexico
Henry Watterson
W. W. Story
Joseph Jefferson
James R. Lowell
W. F. Cody
Iowa
Buffalo Bill
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
James Russell Lowel
Cambridge
Mass
Aare
Chas. Dickens
Landport
Portsmouth
England
George William Curtis
Providence
Rhode, Island
Margaret Deland
Kentucky
Millard Fillmore
Locke
N. Y
Bertha Davis
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Africa
Yours Truly
Helen Raymond
Conesville
Edison
Valley Forge
Fern Wolford
Cairo
Glen Hamiston
Columbus Junction
R. RK
Tipton, Te
William Harrison
Honest Abe
Roscoe Hawkins
Muscatine
McKinley School
Miss Franklin
Bertha Lange
Preacher
Bear
Albert Schuessler
Wapello
Land
America
Augustine Washington
Mary Washington
Rappahannock River
Fredericksburg
Hazel Nichols
P.S
Charles
Oliver
Charley
Grandma
Violet Kindler
Junior Stories
George F. Edmunds
Senate of
Joseph E. Johnston
Amherst
N. H
Poultney
Ile
Sidney Lanier
Lynn
N. C
Carl J. Bear
New Boston, Ill
R. R
Delaware
Abe
Illinois
Ford
J. W. Booth
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