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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1908
Page
9
The editor invites juniors to write and mail funny stories for a new contest. A prize will be awarded to the best entry, original or from another source, with emphasis on humor. Helen Raymond signs the letter.
A collage of short participations from young readers in 1908 writes to Miss Raymond sharing school life, pets, prize hints, Easter eggs, and Arbor Day pieces. The letters mention neighbors Hattie Beverlin Fannie, schools, and prize preferences like a postcard album.
A letter from Eva Maurath of Muscatine Iowa dated April 30 1908 to Miss Raymond discusses a story titled Laura's May Basket. The note compliments the week’s subjects and signs with sincere regard.
A Muscatine resident, Gertrude Lloyd, writes from 525 West St detailing five eggs sent for Faster and mentioning a pretty Easter book. She ends with a farewell. The fragment reads as a personal note dated April 25 1908.
Eva Maurath writes to Miss Raymond from Muscatine on April 22, 1908 asking about Easter egg counts. She notes she received 35 eggs with her brother sharing his haul, and asks how many Eva got.
A personal correspondence notes Joy writing to Miss Raymond on April 22 1908. Joy asks about her and the juniors and comments that it rained this evening while mentioning seen letters printed elsewhere.
A junior named Hazel Hall notes plans to write a story this week. She asks if her sister is involved and mentions Easter egg counts, saying she ate three eggs. She closes the letter as it grows long.
Dear Editor Helen Raymond shares a light note from Joy Hil April 238 1908. Eunice S Hall promises a possible puzzle of girls and boys names with entries such as Luba Ainn Leneh Leame Sthee Dnae Bailes Teeatrs Hjno Gergeo ay Oyr Lyrae.
Three brief notes from Illinois and Iowa pupils dated April 16 1908 recount school life. Mervil Adams writes of seven music lessons and a four subject curriculum with teacher Florence Kane and Eva Anderson, school ending June 12. Lutitia Adams hints at Mabels Playmate and Muscatine writer Bessie Walker plans Little Hen.
A brief reader letter from Wapello Iowa dated April 14 1908 addressed to the editor. The writer signs as Miss Hazel Reynolds and mentions an interest in the Junior page and a proposed story titled Preparing for Spring.
In southern Kansas the Carey family befriends a weary wagon dog named Hero. When a prairie fire threatens their haystack and May, Hero dives through flames to save the child and later the neighbor repents, deciding to keep the heroic dog. Ben and May learn kindness and bravery through the animal’s acts.
Nellie Brown and Kittie Black, two young playmates, rested beside a hay stack after a creek raid. They woke to find cows and horses surrounding them and fled in fear, later planning to avoid the hay stack on future outings. Eva Maurath signs the note as junior.
A girl named Bessie heads to school with her dog Rover. She meets classmates planning a holiday trip to the pond to gather water lilies, and they urge her to join them, promising her mother would not notice.
In January 1689 a group of Indian women sought shelter at a block house. While asleep, a massacre erupted as hidden warriors attacked, plundered, and burned. Twenty-nine captives were taken to Canada and sold to French, including seven year old Sarah Gerrish. She endured hunger and cold, was sold and later placed in a Quebec convent by a sympathetic French officer's wife. Dollye M. Longstreth. P. S. If 1 win 1 prefer a ring.
Jim is a loyal dog tied to grandpa's farm who stays with the children each summer. He greets the carriage, swims to rescue Eddie, accompanies sailing trips, and retrieves hats, making every visit joyful for the writer and family.
Early Easter morning in a rural home the Brown children find pasteboard eggs in nests built for jack rabbits. The eggs are colored with pictures of rabbits girls and birds and decorate the kitchen hanging on strings for a merry Easter day.
A playful tale of an April Fool where a boy challenges others and is later duped into believing a runaway rumor. In the afternoon he looks for the runaway and discovers R F D No 1, revealing the joke's outcome.
A group of boys staged jokes culminating around 3 PM when one boy noted his torn coat. The target of the prank declared no more tricks after this, ending with the line April fool. Bertha Lange signs the note.
A short tale of Helen a poor Swiss girl who arrives in a new country Easter morning with her aunt rich in hens and gifts. The family learns English gradually during the holiday gathering as neighbours Mrs Brown and Mrs Staier relay messages. Hazel Nichols of Wapello, Iowa signs off with a neck lace wish if she wins.
Ned a nine year old and Cassie ten set out with one unruly horse to fetch visiting cousins six miles distant. A log spooks the horse, Cassie is thrown and breaks her arm, an old man helps Cassie home while Ned is fetched back by a cousin. They return at eight that night.
A poor family near Easter receives kindness from a nice teacher who helps two children by placing twenty Easter eggs in a rabbit nest. The surprise leaves the children unforgettable memories of their first Easter nest and the teacher’s generosity. Mervil Nolan. Ardon Iowa.
A narrator describes a rainy April day, heavy rainfall flooding a creek and washing away a bridge downstream. After the rain ends, they repair a fence, climb a hill to gather a large bouquet of flowers, and arrange them in a vase after returning home for dinner.
A writer recalls meeting a family of gypsies in a covered wagon while traveling to visit a sick mother. The encounter occurs before nightfall as they hurry home, and the author expresses a cautious, hopeful view that gypsies would not harm anyone.
Gertrude Lloyd writes as an Old Junior about Easter meaning and Sunday school at the colored Methodist church. She notes Easter falls on April 19 and hopes Juniors have a good celebration with eggs and cheerful activities. She signs off wishing readers well and mentions a preference for hair ribbons if she wins.
In a cheerful Easter tale, Jennie aged 10 and Leo 12 discover an artificial rabbit left on their straw nest. They fear it at first but soon share wonder and play with Sandy the bunny. Their parents approve keeping it home and later craft tiny red clothes for the toy.
In a village May morning Laura Blake and her brother Ray planned to place wood on porches but Laura's father urged against it. They instead made kind May baskets and left a floral gift with candy and a note from three old ladies praising Laura. Laura remembers the three sisters and vows to avoid mischief in the future.
A lone little hen outwits a wicked fox and his mother as he sneaks into her home. The hen climbs a beam to escape, then seizes scissors to defend herself before the fox can trap her.
Bertha Davis recalls a close call as her cousin Johny falls into a slough while they walk home from the blacksmith shop. She grasps a limb, pulls him free, then both walk home. Johny, grateful, sends a pink box with a bracelet and note. Bertha signs off with a wish for a set of tablets if she wins.
A fox steals a bag and a girl escapes by cutting a hole in it. She tosses a stone back, the fox misses, but at home the pot boils and splashes water on them when the sack is opened. The Hen then lives happily ever after.
Mary Denver plays with dolls then enjoys a spring spruce up at home his mother decorates the house and fills it with furniture and gifts. On April first her birthday arrives with sisters and a silk handkerchief bracelet and note writing paper. She plants an eighth acre garden and looks forward to an Easter story next week by Wapello fa.
A writer recalls a first Arbor Day spent in the woods with students and Mr. Witter. They explore, plant cowslips, and plant a sugar maple tapped for maple sugar, sharing a picnic and learning flora while children gain practical nature lessons in Ardon Iowa.
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