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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1909
Page
9
My Dear Juniors to improve the honor roll and submit prize-worthy stories. Theme prompts include How Harry Won the Medal Stella's Mistakes and Dogs. Write on only one side of the paper, signed Helen Raymond.
Dear Miss Raymond describes Honor Roll pride and future letters from Ralph Townsley. A poem note asks if Mab’s eyes would look different to another, and a Muscatine student mentions school disruption and lists a puzzle of girls names. Betty Andersen signs off.
A 9 year old Hazel P Hinkley from Lone Tree Iowa writes to Miss Raymond mentioning school and teacher Miss Hess. She ends with a puzzle listing scrambled girl names: Sile Nerf Raula Cillue Nenwiderf Turrdege Nehel.
Marie Overholt, 8, of Columbus Junction writes of welcoming spring, chores like feeding chicks, planting a pansy bed, and awaiting flowers and birds. Ida Mittmann from Muscatine shares her first Junior page letter praising teacher Miss Nellie Foley and hoping to see her note in print.
Miss Eula Downer writes from Muscatine Iowa R R No 6 to the Junior page. She is almost nine, enjoys reading and letters and often writes to family including grandma and uncles. She mentions a seven year old brother and signs with her location and address.
Mail message from Muscatine Iowa dated March 2 1909 addresses Glen Hants and Dear Friend Glen. The writer notes Hazel and Lee and asks which room is occupied, mentioning a moved address on Cedar street and the hope the new location shortens travel to his house.
Viola Skeels and Flora Marks send brief notes from Conesville and Muscatine Iowa dated March 2 1909 to Miss Raymond Junior page. They describe school life friendships and greeting a reader while posing light riddles and inviting replies from juniors.
A 1909 Muscatine letter to the Junior page describes Agnes Spieth joining the column. She notes Betty Anderson as a schoolmate who also writes in and hopes for weekly submissions and replies from unseen junior friends.
Nellore Lee writes from Fredonia Iowa on February 28 1909 describing school life in fourth grade and plans for next year. She asks Bertha about her school and notes her little cousin Flossie Wangner will start school soon along with Ina Nellore. The note closes with a postcard request and mentions having 206 cards.
A March 1 1999 Columbus Junction letter from Harriet Farmer to Hazel Tompson discusses keeping her name on the Roll of Honor, mentions 73 names, asks about Mildred and Arthur, and notes hopes the letter will be printed on the Junior page. The writer offers to answer a card soon and to send via papa.
Maude Stender of Wilton Muscatine County writes March 1 1909 to Miss Raymond asking to have her name added to the honor roll. She mentions two sisters Anna and Lora and three brothers Ernest and Fravel noting she hopes her letter will be printed and invites Juniors to write back.
In a 1909 exchange from Illinois City and Keota Iowa two young writers Blache Waters and Gracie Workman praise the Junior page and announce prize stories. They request letters in reply and describe their age and addresses.
A Muscatine resident writes to Miss Raymorth on March 1 1909 saying he will answer last week’s riddle and noting Cascer will reach forty years old and Earnest Sylvester is eight years old.
A Muscatine resident in March 1909 writes to Miss Anna Howell warmly asking about correspondence with the Junior page and mentioning a sister named Jes. The casual letter reflects school youth communication of the era.
A reader's short biography of Abraham Lincoln covers his youth in New Salem, schooling, debt struggles, roles as postmaster surveyor and lawyer, his honesty and public service, stance against slavery, Civil War presidency, and assassination on April 14, 1865, ending with a note of lament from the author Charlotte Timmersman.
May Smith, Marietta Marsh, Marie Overholdt, Paul Wagner, Amanda Rummell, Pearl Mittmann, Mamie Morris, Gertrude Beatty, Ruth Biggs, Leta Ke Brock, Geo. Rolland, Harriet Farmer, Glen Honts, Edith Shaffer, Elva Millholm, Lulu Walter, Frances Parmelee, Anna Marolf, Lena Marolf, Mildred Klotz, Gertrude Klotz, Irma Finley, Esther Stucker, Maude Jacobs, Thomas Wildman, Mabel Kemp, Zella Kemp, Grace Kemp, Ethel Bevard, Clara West, Herschel Davis, Betty Andersen, Grace Workman, Bertha Davis, Winnie Reddick, Clayton Reddick, Pearl Rhymer, Blanch Waters, Jeanette Dean, Clara Marshall, Hazel Hinkley, Mary Brock, Hazel Thompson, Leona Richards, Dorothy Smith, Helen Morehead, Bertha Lange, Irene Kindler, Hazel Sopher, Hazel Skeels, Alice Lorber, Anna Bell, Nellore Ler, Anna Howell, Anna Rehmel, Helen Wibber, Helen Ringle, Helen Bates, Herschel Davis, Frances Davis, Marie Criswell, Frances Parmele, Lee Honts, Celia Ticktin, Ruth Marple, Albert Sylvester, Erna Young, Muldred Jones, Florence Mittman, Maude Stender, Ida Mittman, Agnes Spieth, Ernest Sylvester, Elmer Funck.
In Muscatine Iowa on March 1 1909 Jeannette Dean age 11 writes to Miss Raymond about Longfellow and notes her letter to the paper could not be printed due to volume. She signs as junior and provides her address 906 E 8th St.
A Muscatine Iowa letter dated March 3 1909 from Bertha Davis declines a story but asks to keep her name on the Honor Roll. It includes a second short note to Esther Funk asking about friends Selma Edna and Elmer and signs off with Jeannette Dean.
A family of four takes a ride and a troublesome horse collapses the buggy. The horse drags off, then rears and lies down repeatedly, forcing the family to walk home in the dark. Witnessed by Ethel Bevard of La Center Washington.
A Christian Union account claims Abraham Lincoln, then seven or so, sought a new wife after his father moved from Kentucky to Indiana and his mother died. Lincoln reportedly returned to Kentucky to propose to Sally Johnston, who welcomed the idea and agreed to marry him.
A young couple in a 12 year old report parted with a quirky tale of love. Tommy Lincoln discovers a girl’s debt book listing small sums, pays every amount, and earns permission to marry. They wed the next morning at 0 o'clock. Alma Rehmel, 12, 603 West Fifth Street.
Clara M West recounts a family trek by horse to harvest wood, detailing harnessing procedures, logging, and a hard journey back home. The narrator notes Praire Dog Town with ground squirrels, Deer Creek stops, and tiring eight mile climbs before signaling a continuation.
Readable portions recall Lincoln speaking at Gettysburg on November 19 1863. He invokes four score and seven years ago founding liberty and equality while noting the Civil War tests a nation dedicated to that proposition and the duty to consecrate and honor the battlefield resting place for the fallen.
The text echoes the Gettysburg Address about dedicating ground and continuing the unfinished work for a new birth of freedom. It ends with a line from A new Junior, Gertrude Edwards, stating a bracelet is preferred if winning a prize.
A compact retelling of Abraham Lincoln born 1809 in a Kentucky log cabin. It describes his humble upbringing, self education, work on the family farm and as a steamboat clerk, early reading, a grammar quest, and a brief note on his 1832 Black Hawk War involvement.
The narrative recalls young Abraham Lincoln reading Weems Life of Washington by candlelight after borrowing a farmer's book and paying for it by work. It recounts his court interest at sixteen, his tall frame in buckskin, and a tale of a boy named George who learns honesty, chops logs, and recalls his father’s death and a cherry tree incident.
Washington was born February 22 1732 on the Potomac in Virginia in a small red farmhouse. A stone slab marks the birthplace and he moved at age three to a Rapidan area home near Fredericksburg. He grew into a renowned general and the United States first president with a first teacher named Mr Hobby.
Poem by 11 year old Jeanette Dean of Muscatine Iowa describes birds returning, violets blooming, and spring tasks like gardening. It notes children gathering flowers and trees budding with optimism for flowers and fruit. She adds a personal line about tablet prizes.
John rode his gentle pony Jerry at a neighbor's urging despite his mother's warning to be careful. The pony stumbled, throwing John and leaving him nearly unconscious. He later vowed never to race again.
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