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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1909
Page
13
A school note from Helen Raymond explains that last Saturday’s letters were printed first due to excess submissions. She asks juniors to write on Easter for next week, urging thoughtful stories about its meaning to Christians worldwide.
Muscatine Iowa letters from March 8 and March 17 1909 reveal young writers sharing aims to stay on the Roll of Honor and participate in the Junior Page. Elmer Funck eight of Muscatine asks a mine puzzle conundrum and promises an answer next week.
Elva E Milholin describes spring arriving on March 21 in Williamsburg Iowa. She looks forward to nesting birds flowers and picnics while farmers prepare fields and gardens. She plans to stay home this spring to help her mother then visit Muscatine county.
Eleven year old Harry faced family loss after his mother and father died. His angry uncle dissuaded him yet Harry saved a train by waving a red table cloth from a widow’s fence, prompting cheers, a collection, and a gold medal. Tracy Brisbine Downey Iowa Box 75. If I win I prefer a bracelet.
In Martin the townspeople challenged each other to a winter skating race on a two mile ice stretch. Harry led from the start and neared halfway before spotting a wide crack he jumped across, surpassing the others to win the gold medal.
In Nichols Iowa a young rider sprinted across safety to reach a finish, tripped at a crack spraining his ankle, then warned teammates before sliding to a sled and being carried home. He fainted on arrival but recovered with a two week stay in bed and still earned a medal. He adds a postscript: if victorious, he would choose the tablet set.
In Bluegrass a hotel worker named Harry, while off duty at noon, jumped into a lake to save Madge Brown who fell in after being jostled by two boys. He pulled her from the water and, though exhausted, saved her life. The Humane Society awarded him a gold medal for the act.
The writer, 11, describes spring plans including selling plants and planting pansies asters and geraniums once frost ends. She mentions a school picnic at Weed Park with big swings and dinners, vacation travel to California, and gratitude for nature. She also notes a wish for tablets if she wins.
Albert Sylvester, age 5, recounts a tale where John tames two dogs and builds a wagon to ride. They venture into the woods to find nuts, encounter a lion, the dogs are chased and eaten, and John escapes.
A school awards a spelling prize on the last day. Harry Brown, a poor boy, wins the medal after hard effort. He vows to keep it for life and he does. Signed by Amanda Rummells, age 10.
Stel Dean is described as very pretty in a fragmentary text from a historical page, focusing on appearance rather than complete events or context. The snippet lacks clear action, date, or local relevance to form a fuller record.
The crown prince's sons, aged three and under two, play with a simple dog cart in Potsdam gardens. Their nurse accompanies them as court formality yields to childlike play. The elder may become crown prince, and if he lives, emperor of Germany.
A wilful girl named Stella insists on going to the woods for a picnic despite rain. She faces a frightened trek home after the wind and cold, vows to obey母, and returns a better child. Irma Schafer of Iowa signs the piece with a playful postscript about tablets.
A short tale of a poor boy named Harry who helps a woman with a heavy box. She rewards him with a quarter, which he gives to his mother to ease her burden. The writer signs as junior Anna Howell.
In New York City rich John Hill, a smart fourteen year old, goes fishing with neighbor Mr. Bell to Lake Chautauquin. He pushes farther by boat, the craft capsizes, and he spots a tree as he resurfaces.
John and Mr. Bell were in a boat when a scare forced them to shore. Mr. Bell swam out to aid John then urged caution saying he would not take anyone with him again. John told his parents and Pearl Mittman signs off from Muscatine Iowa.
A young girl named Ethel learns from her mother that mistakes happen in daily chores. She attempts sweeping, bedmaking, and ironing but mistakes pile up, from dust to scorched towels. The mother reveals the lesson that imperfections occur when learning and not yet knowing. Jeannette Dean. 996 East Eighth Street. If I win I prefer a set of tablets.
A story describes a boy named Harry who struggles with attendance and effort. The teacher promises a reward for punctuality and absent-free days, prompting Harry to rush home to report the news to his mother.
A pupil who feigned illness to skip class later earned the gold medal for perfect attendance, remaining the only student not tardy or absent that term. Now an adult, he values the medal and often shares the story, while Dorothy Smith of 624 S. Lucas Street, Iowa City, Iowa, recalls the episode.
A boy named Johnny Jones helps a wood passer, earns a pair of skates, and skates with friend Milton on a pond where Johnny falls in but is saved. An incident near an engine injures Harry, who loses a leg but receives a gold medal for survival.
A traveler crosses Deer creek on a main road nearing home. He views the Yellowstone river and railroad track, spots a schoolhouse and cheerful children, and climbs the final hill toward a stone house and his bed after a day of travel.
In Brighton Nebraska John Tompson and his cousin Ellis St. John hunt quails in snake infested woods. They climb a fir tree when a eyeglass snake approaches and shoot it dead, then return home unharmed. Signed: Your Junior Paul R. Wagener.
In a simple schoolyard race, Harry and a playmate agreed that the fastest would earn a medal from mamma. They ran a half mile. though Harry started behind, he gained and finished ahead to claim the prize. DP -If I win I prefer a set of tablets.
Warry Jefferson, son of a seoren, lived in San Francisco. A fireman on the Golden State Limited spotted a boy on the track ahead. As the train neared, Jefferson leaped onto the den and catcher, yelling for the boy to move. The engineer shouted to step off, but the boy stayed. Jefferson braced himself as the engine closed in, risking his life to save the child.
John a poor colored boy of 11 seeks squirrels to aid his family. After spotting a mother and litter he is lured by a buyer, climbs a tree, is struck by a snake, falls, and helps recover a squirrel. His effort earns fifty cents and a large silver piece from the buyer. Bertha Davis, 12, Muscatine, Ta. 402 Lowe Street.
A Canadian couple, Mr and Mrs Graves, send their son John to school. A fire breaks out trapping students. Firemen rescue John from a garret as the schoolhouse burns. John survives though the building is lost. Leona Richards of Reynolds Illinois is listed.
A four year old boy with diphtheria, isolated from family, hopes to spend a moment outside. His mother and grandmother care for him as doctors visit daily. The boy agrees to go out briefly but finds it too warm and resents re-entering the house.
The page lists over 100 individuals including May Smith Marietta Marsh Marie Overholdt 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 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 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 Soper Hazel Skeels Alice Lorber Anna Bell Nellore Lef Anna Rehm el Helen Wibber Helen Ringle Helen Bates Frances Davis Marie 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 Spie th Ernest Sylvester Elmer Funck Sadie Loyd Bessie Moots Zaida Nicholson Helen Morey.
The morning after he caught a bad cold his mother cared for him. John suffered a severe sore throat and was not expected to live that day. He recovered and told his mother everything, who did not scold him and urged caution next time.
A 19 year old boy in New Boston Illinois nearly drowns crossing a brook. His Newfoundland named Nero jumps in, pulls him to shore, leaving the boy cold and weak. The dog signals distress with howls until the father arrives. The boy recovers after pneumonia and careful nursing. The account ends with a young girl’s note and signature.
In the night John awoke during a fire and escaped downstairs to wake his parents. The family hurried from the burning house with Aunt Marie and Cousin Mary present. Irhn is credited with saving their lives.
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