Mary and Mice Clean the House and Find a Doll
Mary helps her mother clean the house over several days, discovers three mice, and crowds of chores. The tale follows their efforts to trap the mice, tidy the rooms, and end with Mary receiving a new doll and praise from her mother. The second fragment follows two boys, Tommy and Fred, at the seashore with Fred's uncle giving them a boat ride on his launch. They return home happy and report the outing to their mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Fred
Walter Sell
Lucas Street
Muscatine
How Mary Helped Clean House
A 12 year old girl Mary helps her mother clean the house after staying home from school. They clear the parlor, remove tacks from the carpet, move furniture, dust, beat dust out, lay and tack down the carpet, and arrange the room. Mary completes the work in about an hour and impresses her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Mrs. White
History of a Kite in Keota Iowa
A boy named Harry builds a kite with a lantern and candle, sails it in a half mile from home over streets, crowds gather mistaking it for a falling star or firefly, the string breaks and it lands in the main street, he heads home by nine, and his mother is surprised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Ralph Harding
Keota
Lowa
A Trip on the Seashore
A short tale about Tommy and his friend Fred wanting a day by the seashore. Tommy asks his mother for permission while she worries about the dangers of drowning and the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Fred
April Fool fire prank ends in reform school for Johnny
In Fruitland Iowa Everette Frye recalls Johnny the mischievous boy who after planning an April Fool fire scare with Carl Briggs rang in a false alarm. Police arrested them and the judge sent both to reform school for ten years. Johnny later becomes a missionary in South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Carl Briggs
John
Central
Second Ward
Reform School
South Africa
Everette Frye
Boy Harrys Wish for a Kite Sparks Everyday Woodwork
A nine year old boy named Harry longs for a kite. His mother promises the gift if he helps by gathering wood each day, teaching responsibility and patience through chores in the home.
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Harry
Boy Loses Kite After String Breaks
A boy named Harry trades for a dime to buy a kite and string. He flies it, it tears, fixes it, and later his string breaks causing the kite to drift away never to be recovered. Fiorence Becker, age 11, Clymer St., Muscatine.
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Harry
Fiorence Becker
Clymer St
Muscatine
Mary Helps Clean House and Breaks a Vase
A twelve year old girl Mary helps her mother clean the house and dust items. She removes carpet tacks and later knocks over a large vase causing a break. Her mother does not scold but worries about keeping a clean house. Gertrude Greene, Columbus Junction.
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Mary
Gertrude Greene
Columbus Junction
Adrift Sailors Remind Themselves After Stranding
Irene Woods recalls two sailors who were worn out after days at sea. They bathed often, collected many shells, and felt relief returning home. The experience makes them hesitate before risky acts, recalling the time they were adrift in a sailboat.
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Irene Woods
Fourth St
A Trip to the Sea Shore is Not Safe
Ruth and Hazel, daughters of wealthy parents, vacation at the sea shore. They enjoy bathing and shell collecting and later sail alone. Stranded far from shore they drift with no strength to return and call for help as a rescue arrives.
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Ruth
Hazel
Foley's Honey and Tar Ad From Havercamp's Drug Store
No case on record of a cough or cold leading to pneumonia after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The genuine product in a yellow package stops your cough and breaks up your cold quickly and safely. Havercamp's Prescription Drug Store.
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Foley
Havercamp’s
Imperial Shrine convention travel offers from Iowa Central
The Iowa Central Railway offers round trip tickets from April 25 to May 5 to San Francisco and Los Angeles for one fare, return by July 31. Travel can go direct both ways, stop overs allowed. For details contact A. B. Cutts G P T A Minneapolis.
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Imperial Council
Los Angeles
Calif
Iowa Central
San Francisco
A. B. Cutts
Minneapolis
Minn
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Atalissa
Iowa
Fruitland
Birdseye Maple
Stein Furniture Co
West Second St
John Redmond
Walnut Street
Opera House
California
Lee Coyner
Mark Coyner
OR. L. Reppert
First National Bank
Ave
Emtrance
East Fifth Street
FE. H. Kring
2Nd St
4Th Street
J. G. Henderson
Iowa Avenue
Cedar Street
Attorneys AT Law
FR. D. Horst
West Second Street
J. Carskaddan
W. D. Burk
Pepper
Carskaddan
Burk & Pepper
J. Muscatine
G. M. Titus
Titus & Jackson
Iowa Ave
Thos. Brown
Illinois
Fred S. Pentzer
East 2Nd St. Muscatine
Henry Jayne
Arthur Hoffman
Pamnrs
Wm. Hoffman
Wm. R. Jayne
Jayne & Hoffman
Journal
P. Ingham
Attorney AT Law
the Journal
Alford Glifton
Edward Holst
Avdante Espressivo
Sands
He Sighs
the Wildwood
Lis
Poco Agitato
Tle
The
American Melody Company
New Yould
N Tempo
Rose
Hola
Rail
Sage
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