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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1906
Page
11
A fragmentary note from Muscatine Iowa quotes Verna Sheldon sending a cart and watching it fly away before she runs home. The file gives a stray personal anecdote from 505 W Third Street.
A boy named Harry learns smoking harms him after finding a discarded cigar. He feels sick and vows never to smoke again, realizing it makes him poorer and less able to buy clothes. The narrative then shifts to a family trip by train to a fair in Burlington and St. Louis, including visits to the Missouri state building and an Indian exhibit with beadwork and crafts.
A narrator recalls plans to travel to the St Louis World's Fair on August 29, 1904. The family rises early the next morning, attends the train, and buys tickets as they prepare for the journey.
A Muscatine party left at 4:30 Tuesday and reached St Louis by 10:00 am. They registered at the Iowa building, received Pearl City badges, and some obtained a building card with events. The group toured exhibits, met a dummy sweep, and rode the Scenic Railway on electric cars.
The report notes young Japanese girls in costume, newly learning alphabets, performing songs at the fair. Rita Gladstone, age 12, of 211 Cedar Street is mentioned among attendees.
A short tale recounts Rose wandering away while playing, later found by a bell ringing man who questions names and returns her home. It also retells the familiar George Washington hatchet tale with a boy’s claim of cutting down the cherry tree and his father's praise.
Warren Seright, about fifteen, journeyed from Fruitland Iowa to the World's Fair starting August 25 1898. After two weeks he returns amazed by the Ferris Wheel the vast buildings and a large airship. He feared the airship could fail but believes he could build one and potentially travel the world.
Mr and Mrs Jack Brown of four miles from Hask tns Iowa prepare to begin a train journey to New Orleans on Monday morning March fifth with four children aged fifteen twelve eight and five years old.
They left New Orleans on Monday March 27 and reached St Louis by Wednesday. On a train and steamboat they toured cotton, cloth machinery, steam ships, and sugar cane in Cuba. After a week in Cuba they returned to New Orleans for two days then home arriving Sunday at 9 17 p m. They spent a night at Haskins hotel.
A family outing ends in fear when a horse bolts after a dot darts from a shop. Helena girl Bessie McGrew, age 10, remains seated as her father and brother are tossed from the buggy. A man on a horse halts the runaway. all are shaken but unharmed. Bessie calms and returns home to rest.
Bessie Brown rode her pony drawn cart, believed it rideable, but a deep ditch frightened the pony. The runaway broke the cart, threw Bessie, and she broke her arm. She required a doctor and stayed indoors for a long time. Report from Muscatine Iowa mentions Miss Lucile Maud Powell of R F D 8.
A short tale follows Harry an eight year old boy visiting relatives. He mistakes eggs for fruit and milk for horse products, while his cousins Alice and Paul tease him. The piece ends with Gertrude Fuller and Carl Husen noted with address credits.
The story follows Harry a 12 year old with two younger siblings in a large city. His rich father plans a reward if he cares for the children, but a derailment delays him and Harry’s behavior worsens before a neighbor intervenes and improves the situation.
A 12 year old girl named Bessie runs away from home after flooding a bucket and heads toward gypsy tents in a long lane. She seeks food and encounters a gypsy man who asks her what she wants, and she explains she needs something to eat.
Bessie and her goat Billy caused a lively afternoon party as the goat bolted while riding in a wagon. Bessie fell off and, after laughter from onlookers, was found lost but soon returned home by a passerby. Clara Evans of 207 W Front St provided the concluding details.
A bright spoiled boy named Harry slips into a parlor prank and ends up across the street in a cousin's bed. He fears ghosts but learns his mistake, then faces long teasing for the mishap and vows to stop tricks.
A 13 year old girl from Columbus Junction Iowa writes about a past fear from walking home in night clothes. She signs off as Nelle Duncan R No 2 Box 8.
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