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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1906
Page
9
This week marks busy days for students with the Wallace circus and the final school week for many. Students are urged to join the Junior page, add names to the honor roll, and submit correct answers to a flower puzzle and a short story on selected topics for a chance to win prizes such as a book, knife, bracelet, or garden tools.
Muscatine Iowa May 28 1906 Vera Ingraham age 11 writes a story idea and puzzle list mentioning Pocahontas Hawthorne Edison Harrison Clay Hudson Wayne Irving Hancock Webster and others. Montpelier Iowa May 39 1906 Myrtla Plett age 11 writes about family school rain Decoration Day and summer chores ending with farewell signed.
Lovina Schwartz 13 writes from Muscatine Iowa with a riddle about a Roll of Honor. She invites readers to join and notes a target date July 14 1966.
A young student writes to Miss Raymond describing a four year old brother named Herschel and a Christmas birthday, a Christian preacher father, and their monthlong stay at school. The child mentions reading the Journal Junior and notes completing questions.
A set of letters dated May 1906 from youths in Keota Stockton Montpelier Stockton Muscatine Iowa discuss family, livestock, gardens, and daily routines. They mention birthdays, pets, farming tasks, decorations, and a riddle, illustrating early 20th century rural youth correspondence.
Nan endures a crowded dirty room with bed bugs and roaches in New York. The landlady makes her wash linens, pays monthly, and refuses partial pay after two weeks. After losing her valise, a kind policeman funds her return home to Muscatine Iowa.
A young girl named Nan travels from Muscatine Iowa to New York to visit her aunt Mrs Jackson. After a series of mishaps she loses money swallows a fare token and wanders the city seeking Mr Lincoln and a free hotel. She ends up working in a restaurant and later returns home after recovery aided by strangers and a boy named Clarence.
Clarence spots a blind girl wandering toward the sea edge and warns her to step back. She does not hear and nears the dangerous drop, prompting his quick intervention to prevent a fall.
Vera Ingraham of Muscatine Iowa wins a Great Wallace Circus ticket after answering ten questions correctly and submitting a fine short story. The piece follows tales of Nellie the blind girl, Clarence heroism, nan adventures in New York, and a boy named Allen Eliason seeking the prize.
A boy named Clarence encounters a blind 10 year old girl alone amid a town circus parade. He guides her to a safe bench near a store, where his mother helps her with food before Clarence plans to visit a home for the sick and blind with the girl, even if it means missing the parade.
Nine year old Nan from Muscatine Iowa runs away to New York with her cousin. They visit parks and shops, face a street accident, ride elevators, attend a circus, and get drenched in a storm. Nan loses her cousin, spends all money, and is eventually found by her uncle and returned home. She apologizes and pledges to heed her mother next time.
A young girl named Nan visits the city to see her ill grandfather and extend a stay in New York. After a detour by streetcar and a lost fare, a kind stranger helps her, and she returns home with gratitude. The tale ends as she heads to play with neighbors’ birds while an automobile approaches on the street.
Nan plans a trip to New York City to visit her uncle with her mother’s permission. She travels by carriage to the city, meets her uncle and a cousin at the depot, and is driven to her uncle’s home where dinner awaits as she answers questions about her family.
The clipping presents a Roll of Honor featuring Lovina Schwartz and a series of names including Mark Conway Harry Ehrecke Pearl Tohm Otto Schroeder Eva Maurath Mamie Plitt Mollie Voss Harry Boldt Myrtle Plitt Theresa Voss Herbert Fultz Maud Rehmel Alma Blakelee Irene Woods Edna Dutton Frances Davis Grace Childress Vera Ingraham Allen Eliason Lola Robison.
Clarence Brown a 12 year old boy from Stephens City Virginia saved a blind girl Merrie Comb from a streetcar danger. The tale highlights his Christian upbringing and willingness to help his poor family while showcasing a small act of brave kindness.
Ten year old Johnny in Muscatine Iowa endures nightly fears of a ghostly corner movement and a talking mother reminding him to be better. Maud Rehmel age 12 from 95 Walnut St. narrates the tale of a boy learning through dreams and apology.
Mark Conway an 11 year old from 1187 Hershey Ave Muscatine Iowa awoke to a blazing hay stack and with his father saved the barn and pony named Pet. The house fire alarm woke them early and they escaped with the hay stack burning.
Johnny recalls a dream on the last night of April where he travels beyond the five-acre lot before breakfast to collect a multitude of flowers for his mother. He describes climbing a fence, running downhill, and seeing roses lilies daisies pinks violets and harebells in abundant heaps.
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