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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1909
Page
13
The editor explains late geography questions and honor roll delays, noting a new honor roll will start soon. Readers are asked to send concise funny stories and participation is encouraged as part of the school column tradition.
A Keota Iowa reader recounts a comic tale about a farmer visiting an apothecary. The man describes recurring stomach sensations and the apothecary humorously asks if he has swallowed an elevator, delivering a light rural joke.
A collage of letters from Iowa junior writers across Letts Muscatine Sanborn West Liberty and Centerville describe geography questions roll of honor and daily school life. The notes name several towns ages and addresses and recount puzzles weather and school events with pride and curiosity.
Collected verse and letters from rural readers. A cake cat poem dated June 15, 1909 accompanies a short anecdote about two men Pat and Mike and a loaded gun misadventure told by Nellie Preston from West Branch Iowa.
A student writes that the school closed on June 4 and expresses relief. She plans to join the grammar room next year and mentions solving Sadie Loyd’s colors riddle and Hazel Pearle Hinkley’s vegetables puzzle.
Hazel Thompson writes from Letts Iowa dated June 16 1909 to Miss Raymond on the Junior page. She notes school is out and predicts warm weather possibly rain and mentions the Honor Roll is growing. She signs as R R No 3 Letts Iowa.
Wapello Iowa dated June 17 1909 a letter from Lulu F Walter notes she remains on the Roll of Honor after final examinations and school closing. She explains being busy during school and promises to write to juniors when free.
A collection of brief notes from young readers in Wapello and Columbus Junction, Iowa, dated June 1907 to June 1909. The correspondents greet Miss Raymond, discuss school, writing ambitions, letters not answered, a wish to receive cards in return, and a note about incubated chickens.
A resident from Wilton Junction Iowa writes to the page stating their name remains on the Honor Roll and mentioning a new watering pot. The brief message is signed from R R 1 Box 95.
A brief 1909 letter from Miss Marie Rhyner of R B No 3 Letts Iowa to the editor, noting she has little time to write and providing only her mailing address.
Miss Raymond requested addresses from everyone and Edna May Gerdts supplied her address at 1131 Logan St Muscatine Iowa.
Medagascar is an island nation located off the southeast coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. It formed from ancient land connections and is surrounded by the Mozambique Channel and Indian Ocean reefs.
A set of questions explores why a continental island concept matters in Africa, rapid colony growth in South Africa, and barriers to Congo opening. It asks which European nation seeks Egypt trade routes, how Amsterdam became an inland ocean port, which volcanic peak is visible from Mexico City, and compares climates of Mexico and Vera Cruz. It also asks about Vancouver’s winter status, rain patterns on population density, and tundra rainfall averages.
A Sanborn reader bridges June 1909 with geography questions and puzzles. Nelda Wacker from Letts and Helen Vibber of West Branch send letters with quizzes, winners, and notes on local schooling and the Junior Page roll of honor.
A letter from Erma Finley in Moscow Iowa dated June 9 1909 requests Miss Raymond to pick the winner of a geography prize. She notes heavy rain and invites juniors to send cards in return.
A Sanborn Iowa reader writes to the editor in June 1909, noting it is the first time they have ever written to the newspaper and sharing personal reflections. The brief item captures a local citizen’s first published letter.
Dear Miss Raymond from Hamlin Iowa dated June 15 1909 presents a vegetable puzzle answer by Winnie Hays age 12 listing cabbage onions cucumbers and beans as the solution. The note signs off as a junior writer.
Dear Editor I have a few spare minutes to write to the Turnor Page while we clean and paper our house this week and keep very busy with preparations.
In Granada, darkness and rain culminate in the Great River Dam breaking at midnight. The watchman raises alarm as torrents surge down to destroy homes, leaving residents fleeing by buggy and auto and losing their livelihoods. Paul R. Wagner.
Marian an eight year old girl with a ten month old sister escapes as a strong father carries the invalid mother and infant through a city quake. The family avoids a falling chimney while neighbors scream and seek help. Esther Browning signs the note.
The article surveys international expositions from Paris 1798 to Chicago 1893, noting major events in Vienna Berlin Brussels St Petersburg London Philadelphia Louisville New Orleans Paris Chicago Glasgow and Buffalo. It highlights scale details of the 1876 Philadelphia Fair and the Niagara Falls powered exhibits, with figures on buildings days and attendance. It closes with Hon. W I Buchanan as director-general.
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