West Liberty Juniors Mail Puzzles and Letters 1909
A batch of letters from Iowa juniors to Miss Helen Raymond includes roll of honor updates, puzzles of girls names, and notes from Muscatine Keota Atalissa Lone Tree and other towns. Writers discuss school, vacations, family, and upcoming visits with playful riddles and questions to the editor.
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Hite
Etehl
Lehne
Meal
Lwmai
Ajuil
Njneie
Hbneal
Stee
Naan
Maen
Nages
Emlae
Amya
Memini
Pohar
Rebaht
Rhasa
Adam
Alca
Acger
Lehil
Teka
Eomama
Line
Lilinal
Acor
Apale
Ehinre
Helen Ringle
West Liberty
F. D
la Center
Wash
Helen Raymond
Muscatine
Iowa
Letter from Elmo student to Miss Raymond in 1909
A sixth grade student from Elmo Colo writes to the Junior page dated March 13 1909 describing a no school Saturday and listing subjects arithmetic physiology reading spelling geography grammar and history.
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Lone Tree
Miss Raymond
St. Patrick’s Day
Mildred Jones
Daisy
Kolp
Artng
Nolenil
Riharnos
Lyter
Yaterl
Atft
Hazel P. Hinkley
Wapello
Irma Schafer
Elmo
Colo
Raymond
Junior Page Letter From Mabel Schmer
A Muscatine letter from 1909 features Mabel Schmer, a new junior, addressing Miss Raymond. She writes about starting letters to the junior page and closes with a note that she prefers a set of tablets if she wins.
Junior page letter from Atalissa 1909
A reader writes from Atalissa Iowa in March 1909 to Miss Raymond praising the junior page for boys and girls. The writer requests junior readers to share letters and mentions a new junior, Sweetma Doty, age 14.
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Keota
Miss Raymond
Frances Parmelee
Steve
Nlace
Clocei
Lehen
Egrco
Degrureet
Oml
Hurt
Lzheal
Emo
Atalissa
Raymond
Vweetma Doty
Miss Helen Raymond Letter From Williamsburg Resident
Williamsburg Iowa March 17 1909 Miss Helen Raymond Muscatine Ia Dear Editor I am writing to share that winter seems to linger and our school will be out for two or three weeks vacation Elva E Milholin
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Moscow
Helen B. Morey
Helen
Tate
Raycee
Raula
Cyla
Erma Finley
P. S
Helen Raymond
Muscatine
Pearl Rhyner
Pearl
Grandma Mittman
Laura
Freda
Pearl Mittmann
Betty Andersen
Mamie Morris
E. 3Rd St
Keota
Vinnie Reddick
Conesville
Cousins
Vinnie
Emmer
Clayton
Jessie
Mamma
Della
Winnie
Winnie Westerman
Miss Raymond
Winifred English
Willis
Luella Reddick
Lone Tree
Bessie Moots
Sweetland
Mildred
Harry
Gertrude Beatty
Anna Bell
Eunice Kiefner
Ida Mittmann
Ike
Forest Rhone
Ruth Biggs
Columbus Junction
Ruth
Hiawatha
Williamsburg
Elva E. Milholin
Honor Roll Request From Grandview Writer
A short note from Grandview Iowa dated February 4 1909 shows a writer seeking inclusion on an honor roll and expressing interest in writing a story. The missive is addressed to Miss Raymond and reflects personal ambitions.
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Ainsworth
Iowa
Raymond
Marietta Marsh
Grandview, Ia
Junior Stories An Ocean Trip
George Nash lives on a farm with his uncle Charles. The uncle promises to take him aboard after he reaches twelve if he studies hard and answers twenty questions. George prepares by reading about distant lands, then travels by train to New York and boards a ship, where the ocean voyage makes him briefly seasick before adjusting to the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Nash
Charles
Mr. Nash
George
New York
George's Ocean Journey Taught By Uncle Nash
A short reminiscence from Lone Tree Iowa tells of a boy named George traveling by ship. He learns from his uncle Mr. Nash how winds and waves obey his will during an ocean voyage, even as a storm scares the boy. The note ends with a personal wish for a bracelet if he wins.
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George
Mr. Nash
Panther Attack Ends as Queen, Huntress Save Boys
Bertha M. Davis recounts a tale of siblings John and Ted aged 15 and 11 who chase cows with their loyal dog Queen. A panther attack unfolds with Queen mortally fighting a cub and an older panther, saving the boys before a hunter shoots the predator.
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John
Ted
Queen
Bertha M. Davis
Indian Head on the Copper Cent Origins Story
A 12 year old white girl inspired the Indian head design at the Philadelphia mint after an Indian chief shared his feather headdress with her. Her photo sparked the mint officials to adopt the image for the copper cent. Letts, Iowa. R. R. No.2. If I win I prefer a post card album. Age 11 years.
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Ested
Harry McKlimney Rowe
Grandview
United States’ Mint
Philadelphia
Mint
Letts
Iowa
Milkman Dogs Rex and Rover of Switzerland
Two dogs named Rex and Rover served a Swiss milkman by drawing a cart for milk cans. They wake early, wait at the door, and bark briefly to signal readiness before serving customers along the route. The dogs are favorites and rewarded by maidens with meat after a day’s work. Florence Mittmann Muscatine Iowa R R 6 Box 83.
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Switzerland
Rex
Rover
Junior Florence Mittmann
Muscatine
Iowa
February Birthdays of George Washington Highlight Early Life
A note recalling George Washington born February 22 1732 in Westmoreland County Virginia and later dying December 14 1799 at Mount Vernon. It mentions his 1759 marriage to Martha Custis expanding his Mount Vernon estate.
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George Washington
United States
Westmoreland County
Mount Vernon
Martha Curtis
Mount
Roll of Honor names from Marietta school roster
A long list of individuals including May Smith, Marie Overheldt, Paul Wagner, Amanda Rummell, Pearl Mittmann, Mamie Morris, Gertrude Beatty, Ruth Biggs, Leta Brock, Geo Rolland, Harriet Farmer, Glen Honts, Edith Shaffer, Elva Millholm, Lulu Walter, Frances Parmel ef, 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, Grace Workman, Bertha Davis, Winnie Reddick, Clayton Reddick, Pearl Rhymer, Flora Marks, Jeanette Dean, Clara Marshall, Hazel Hinkley, Mary Brock, Leona Richards, Dorothy Smith, Helen Morehead, Bertha Lange, Irene Kindler, Viola Skeels, Hazel Sopher, Hazel Skeels, Alice Lorber, Nellorelf, Anna Howell, Anna Rehmfel, Helen Wibber, Helen Ringle, Helen Bates, Frances Davis, Marif Criswell, Frances Parmel e, Lee Honts, Celia Ticktin, Ruth Marple, Erna Young, Mildred Jones, Florence Mittman, Maude Stender, Eula Downer, Ida Mittman, Agnes Spie th, Ernest Sylvester, Elmer Funck, Sadie Loyd, Tracy Brisb ine, Bessie Moots, Zaida Nicholson, Helen Morey.
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Harriet Farmer
Glen Honts
Edith Shaffer
Elva Millholm
Lulu Walter
Frances Parmelef
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
Flora Marks
Jeanette Dean
Clara Marshall
Hazel Hinkley
Mary Brock
Hazel Thompson
Leona Richards
Dorothy Smith
Helen Morehead
Bertha Lange
Irene Kindler
Viola Skeels
Hazel Sopher
Hazel Skeels
Alice Lorber
Anna Bell
Nellorelfef
Anna Howell
Anna Rehmfel
Helen Wibber
Helen Ringle
Helen Bates
Frances Davis
Marif Criswell
Frances Parmele
Lee Honts
Celia Ticktin
Ruth Marple
Albert Sylvester
Erna Young
Mildred Jones
Florence Mittman
Ralph Townsley
Maude Stender
Eula Downer
Ida Mittman
Agnes Spieth
Ernest Sylvester
Elmer Funck
Sadie Loyd
Tracy Brisbine
Bessie Moots
Zaida Nicholson
Helen Morey
Lincoln Birth and Assassination Noted in Brief History
The text recalls Abraham Lincoln born in Kentucky on February 12 1809 to poor parents. It notes he became the 16th president and the first slain by an assassin when John Wilkes Booth shot him in 1865 amid a celebrated yet tragic career.
Longfellow Biography and Legacy Highlights
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born February 17 in Portland Maine, graduated Bowdoin 1825, wrote early poems there, studied in Europe, taught at Harvard, published Voices of the Night and Ballads, later Poems slavery, lived in Cambridge at Washington House, endured personal losses, died March 24 1882, remembered as a leading American poet.
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Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth
Portland
Bowdoin
Brunwick
Europe
Harvard University
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Harvard
T Washington House
Washington
Jeanette Dean
Muscatine
Sherman Street
Hawaii Exhibit at 1999 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Expo
Hawaii plans a school exhibit at the 1999 Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. The display aims to demonstrate innovative educational methods in the mid Pacific territory and rank among the five most ambitious exhibits ever attempted.
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Hawaii
Alaska-Yukon - Pacific
mid-Pacific
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