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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
8
The editor invites juniors to submit stories for the Fourth of July. Prizes were awarded for a humorous and a serious piece and next week readers are asked to write about How I Spent My Fourth of July Bobby's Accident and The Sunday School Picnic with signed guidance from Helen Raymond.
A collection of letters from Muscatine Conesville and Wapello Juniors dated June and July 1908. Writers discuss vacations, schooling, friendships, Fourth of July plans, and upcoming writing goals, naming Frances Parmelee Jennie Knowles Vera S. Raymond and others.
A pair of handwritten notes from Wapello Iowa entries describe a girl writing to Jennie Knowles and another note to Helen Raymond about a story titled Peck of Trouble. It includes personal details ages heights and five misspelled junior names listed as puzzles.
A brief note dated June 30 explains the writer has not contributed to the Junior page for several weeks and intends to respond this week with letters about their plans. The tone is informal and aimed at the Junior page’s editor, Miss Raymond.
A youth from Gate Oklahoma Lucile A Hubbard age 12 writes to the Dear Editor column on June 29 1908 promising to keep her name near the top of a contest honor roll to win a prize. She signs respectfully and states her intent.
A teacher asks students to observe acts of kindness and reward the most helpful pupil. Mary helps stop stone throwing at frogs, but Tommy saves a wounded dove and takes it home. The teacher reveals a golden angel prize, awarding Tommy for compassion amid tears.
The Fourth of July stirs deep pride as Americans remember Independence Hall in Philadelphia where the Declaration was signed. John Hancock and Charles Thomson helped shape the document while the Liberty Bell rang for two hours after the proclamation.
A compiled roll lists names and hometowns of service members from Iowa Oklahoma and nearby towns including Sylvia F Buser Conesville Ia Lucile Hubbard Gate Okla Gardner Hubbard Gate Mervil Nolan Arden Ia Bernice Holmes West Chester Ia Verna Auten West Chester Iowa Dorothy Kueneman Riverside Ta Frank Schafer Wapello Ia Bertha Lyons Muscatine Ia Imma Dunker Muscatine George Huston Muscatine Ia Ephrnice Crapnell New Boskwa Maurath Muscatine Ia Marietta Marsh Ainworth Jennie Knowles Wapello Ia Georgiana Bromley Wapello Ia Bertha Davis Muscatine Ia Clara Kothe Muscatine Ia Hazel Reynolds Rosina Johns Columbus Junction Ia Elsie Hank Muscatine Clara Evans Muscatine Inez Harrison Muscatine Flossie Helverson Conesville Ia Wilma Croxen Atalissa Ia Betty Andersen Muscatine A S Van Winkle Keota Ia Gertrude Orr Gladys Cummins Wilton William Owen Morning Sun Ethel Berard Law Center Wash Mervil Adams Alta Vista Ia Lutitia Adams Alta Vista Ia
Edith plays alone in Aunt Hattie’s garden hoping for a quiet day with James the white cockatoo and a cat nearby. A mishap unfolds as the girl encounters unexpected trouble during her visit.
A fragment from a 1900s style reader page recounts a hospital scene with a glass-for-suck joke, a Grover Cleveland obituary with dates and career milestones, and a child’s tale about rats and a trap. It mentions Bertha Lyons Muscatine Iowa and William Owens Morning Sun Iowa.
The wild goats of Hawaii threaten agriculture and mountain forests by increasing rapidly in inaccessible ranges. They feed on vegetation, harming water-supply forests and crops, while hunting is a difficult sport with little market for skins. Conesville Iowa July 2 1908 and a student letter from Ernest L. Wagner about a Sunday school lesson follow.
In New York a poor widow and her lame son Howard dream of fireworks. A girl named Helen brings a box and reveals Howard is her cousin. They move to a big hill house where mother and son live happily ever after after a sad start on Friday the 3rd.
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