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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1908
Page
8
The editor notes many letters and puzzles this week but says stories were not prize winners. She invites juniors to write new pieces with topics for the next week including When John Went to the Chautauqua and The County Fair. Prizes remain, with a surprise planned for Muscatine Journal Juniors.
A collection of short letters from young writers in Iowa and Illinois dated July 1908. They describe Athens and other cities, puzzle answers, birthday notes, and prize preferences like candy, a necklace, or a book.
By Addie S. Winnek a bright summer day opens a tale of raindrops gathering in a cloud. They debate their next move and propose a voyage to Earth to cool it, with lively, playful dialogue among the droplets and a chorus of eager exclamations.
A tale follows raindrops riding a breeze from a tree leaf to an oak, down to earth, through springs and brooks, and into a river. They meet fawns and a child, join a larger stream, and fear a waterfall as they glimpse the sea beyond.
A poetic raindrop narrator recalls river journeys from mills and ships to the ocean. The raindrops drift past bustling industry, feel a salt breeze, meet waves, and rise into a warm sleep above the sea, dreaming of returning for another journey through the great wide world.
A Muscatine reader pleads to keep the Junior page alive, explaining busy domestic duties limit writing and urging fellow Juniors to contribute. Eva Maurath signs the note from 204 West Second Street. A separate cousin letter asks Clara Kothe to write back and mentions turning 13 in August.
Muscatine July 22 Dear Lutitia N Adams I read your letter on our junior page Saturday evening I think it very nice of you to write to me I am sure I appreciate it very much I have one brother no sisters Alta Vista Ia July 15 1908 I will not write a long letter today I will answer your puzzle of cities I got all of the answers I dont know whether they are right or not I guess I will close Goodbye From your Junior
Clarence Hawkes surveys frog life from eggs to adults, noting breathing with lungs and gills, pollywogs turning into frogs, tree dwelling piping frogs that shed skin, and frogs springing to life after freezing. He also explains frog tongues, slime coated tips, toads as garden helpers, and a note on Hop Toad’s song. A dawn scene from Omaha closes the piece with a rescue at the lake and a postcard signature.
A collection of short reader notes describes London as a vast city with bridges and fogs, and Oakland as a California city that gained refugees after the San Francisco quake. Marietta Marsh, Bertha Lyons and others share impressions and personal details in a youthful column.
A parent recalls taking Pauli Burr to the beach where the infant, only just learning to talk, viewed the sea as a big dog. He laughed at the surf, calling it a doggie bow wow, and crawled toward the waves thinking they were a dog’s tail.
Key West, the largest city in Florida, sits on a coral island. The chief industry is cigar making from Cuban tobacco, with sponges gathered from surrounding waters shipped from the port. It is noted as a United States naval station.
A brief sketch of Augusta in the northeast Georgia region noting its role as a market for southern products, its many cotton mills, and location on the Savannah River. Ends with a sign-off from Lutitia N Adams aged 11, who mentions a necklace if she wins.
Key West is described as a naval station and Florida’s second largest city. The text notes cigar manufacture using Cuban tobacco and sponge shipments from Key West, credited to a junior named Lutitia Adams.
Athens, Greece, the nation’s capital, is famed for its ancient ruins while embracing modern life. The city blends historic sites with contemporary culture and serves as a hub for politics, education, and tourism.
The article extols Washington as the United States capital on the Potomac. It notes the city’s deliberate planning before growth, its role hosting the president and cabinet, and its international diplomatic presence, while acknowledging limited local manufacturing beyond government printing.
A reader from Grandview Iowa mentions removal of statues ornamenting buildings to museums in London Rome or Paris and notes her junior Mabel Buster aged 13. The reader adds a quip about preferring a box at writing paper if she wins.
Indianapolis emerges as a major rail center with a belt railroad linking centering lines to grain elevators, flour mills, stock yards and machine shops, underscoring its vast domestic trade network. Sylvia Powell.
Helena Montana showcases a large trade in mining outfits and hosts extensive smelting works. The note ends with a closing remark from Frank Anson of Muscatine Iowa R R 9 Box 4. The speaker expresses a preference for candy.
A child recounts sewing buttons and helping mamma with chores while mamma visits. The writer plans a visit to a schoolteacher and hopes for candy if they win, and signs off with a cheerful goodbye.
Muscatine Iowa sits on the Mississippi River’s west bank where a great bend forms and rail routes connect to Chicago. The city, founded in 1836 and incorporated in 1853, has pearl button manufactories employing over 2,000 people along with furniture mills and flour and lumber plants. Population about 14,073. Betty Andersen. im Le
Eleanor H. Johnson recounts the mythic naming of Athens during a divine contest between Poseidon and Athena. Athena's olive tree gift wins, earning Athens its protection under Athena and making the olive branch a symbol of peace and abundance.
The roll of honor lists dozens of names with hometowns across Iowa Oklahoma Washington and Illinois. Recurring surnames include Hubbard Nash Adams Owens Lyons Marshall and Tetr ich among others.
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