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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
8
The letter from Helen Raymond instructs Juniors on submitting stories by June 6 to compete for prizes. Only honor roll juniors may participate. winners will be announced June 8 with first prize a baseball bat for boys and a parasol for girls, followed by a book and a baseball or hair ribbon.
Dorothy Gilford and her mother transform an old straw hat into a grassy May basket. They weave a rug from straw, dry it with a stone, then decorate with ribbons rosettes and flowers gathered from the countryside. A handcrafted May basket arrives on grandma's door on May Day.
Ethel Morris a fourteen year old girl lives with her brother Tom and father in the mountains after her mother’s death. Tom earns two dollars for a birthday party and buys three yards of red silk which he gives to Ethel. A landslide covers a nearby railroad track as a train approaches she runs to the track waves the silk to signal the engineer and saves the moment with the silk visible to the train.
A girl named Ethel narrowly avoids danger when a train slows to a stop. Passengers rally with thanks and gifts, the conductor collects tips totaling 25 dollars, and a kind crowd arranges an impromptu birthday party with fruit cake and candy on board.
Three girls plan an April fool that turns into a generous act. Esther, Bess, and Gretchen devise a scheme to gather ten dollars, buy groceries for Gretchen Dawsons, and present a gift as an April fool. Gretchen and her mother are touched by the kind gesture.
A town girl Dollie Jones makes a May basket for Dorothy Brown, a poor shoemaker's daughter. Dollie's mother and classmate Emma Hendrickson inspire generosity, reminding all to help the less fortunate. Dorothy learns she is remembered with a simple gift. If I win I prefer a book.
Observers note the arrival of spring with signs of warmer weather and singing birds. Amid a gloomy winter, people welcome longer days and new life as lambs skip and the season’s joy returns.
Wilma Doty of Atalissa Iowa writes about the cheerful spring ritual of gathering wildflowers to make May baskets. She celebrates the trees in leaf and the beauty of the season.
A nine year old girl in New York makes a May day basket for her mother. She braids a handle, fills it with violets and other flowers, and leaves it at the door with her mother named on a card. A Roll of Honor of local names appears after the tale.
A Montezuma Iowa reader recounts a March day prank by John Smith who printed April Fool on pasteboard, formed clay plates with rotten apples, potatoes, and flour marshmallows, placed them in a market basket with napkin, and handed the bundle to a friend who found the message April Foolingly on opening. The note signed by Mabel Fultz.
A reader from Columbus Junction Iowa shares a gentle lesson about birds nests and honesty. The essay describes quail and robin nesting, a child's disobedience, the lie told about broken egg, and the remorse that followed, ending with a moral about respecting bird nests.
Five Easter eggs lay by Ethel a five year old girl. She finds a blue red pink white and purple egg, brings them indoors and eats them, making Easter day a happy memory for Your Junior a0uls Johnson Muscatine fa.
Two children from Buffalo describe their poultry venture with about 40 chickens, each keeping 20 birds, selling eggs to help the poor, and sharing surplus with those without poultry. They also recount a last day of school picnic at Lone Tree Iowa with Miss Gertrude Mumm, joined by 40 visitors, featuring a lunch and student performances.
A narrator recalls a masked party hosted by friend Alice in Letts Iowa. Guests played hide and seek and called out assumed names until unmasked at 10 pm for supper. Laughs ensued when Emma Grey’s name was mistaken. message ends with a pleasant evening and a note about a book prize.
The article describes how several birds build nests. It notes the tailor bird sews leaves, the robin with a red breast nests in trees with twigs and mud, the blue jay steals eggs and uses varied nest materials, and the oriole hangs a nest on a branch with a side entrance. It ends describing the kieldeer snipe making a ground hollow with gravel stones.
The text describes bird nests including the swamp sparrow building between four weed corner posts, the nest lined with wire grass, and the night hawk laying two large dark eggs on the ground. The night hawk protects its nest by fluttering before cattle to scare them away. Fruitland, Iowa. Mildred Beatty.
In Montana last November a 10 year old girl, Anna Davis, riding a pony along a ravine trail, was seized by a mountain lion from a tree limb. She was swept over a cliff but climbed back to her pony and rode home with minor scratches. The lion died after smashing against rocks, its body found and skinned. its pelt given to Anna for a rug. Edna VY Petersen, 13.
Ethel at eight celebrates with mother and father inviting many girls. She receives a chair and a pin, then the group explores woods and flowers before dinner. After lunch they rest in shade, tell stories, and enjoy music and corn. The girls depart tired but happy. Ruth Gast. If I win I prefer the tablets.
Ida a ten year old girl who uses a chair is visited by five girls who come to see her. They play games and promise to return, brightening her day in Washington County Iowa with a friendly afternoon. Lois Bacur, R. R. No. 1. West Chester, Ia.
A group of birds from robins to blue jays gather for a nest building lesson. One bird boasts mastery and leaves, others follow suit, but the patient bird finishes the task and teaches why many nests exist today. Viola Skeels, age 11.
Letters from Edith Boden Montpelier Ila Lillie Mockmore Gertrude Klotz and Charles Mockmore discuss puzzles prizes and stories for the junior page. They note school days vacation planting at a prison warden and a last day of school picnic while seeking roll honor and contest entries.
A June morning follows eleven year old Ethel Lambkau as she carries milk to a neighbor, recalls her late father, and fends off a snake with the spill. Her birthday party at home brings gifts, a lost ring, and a simple family celebration with her parents and Benny.
Several birds share the area including robin blackbird oriole sparrow chicken hawk crow owl and swallows. The oriole builds a swinging nest while swallows nest in chimneys and the owl roams at night feeding on mice. Lola Hummel Nichols Iowa writes about spring birds and a possible prize.
A poor family in a mountain village struggles with hunger and scant resources, living near a towering peak and relying on limited sustenance to survive.
A child describes discovering a robin nest with three hatchlings under a large oak in a forest. She visits daily until the birds grow and leave, noting the nest becomes empty. Minnie May Rahmiller signs from Columbus Junction Iowa.
On April Fool's Day we enjoyed a picnic with egg rolling and ditch hopping. An egg-rolling contest left one girl and me as winners, rewards a plate of marshmallows. At supper a bite revealed clay with flowers, a joking twist from BMt.
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