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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1907
Page
9
The writer admonishes students who dropped from the honor roll urging careful effort as the contest nears its final phase. If unable to write a story, students may submit a letter and must state prize preferences to ensure receiving a desired prize. A prize will be awarded for the best story on the topics specified.
A May 1907 Juvenile page compiles letters from Fairport West Liberty Muscatine and Wilton students. Juniors share school life, riddles and puzzles, birthdays, garden notes, and requests for editor correspondence. Names include Nina Reeves Gladys Hobert Eva Maurath Goldin Showers Verna Autenzel Carrie Harned and others.
A list of honorees names is followed by a narrative about Captain Smith and Pocahontas at Powhatan's court. The tale recounts Smith's capture, Pocahontas rescue, and Powhatan's mercy, with reflections on Pocahontas's friendship and Virginia history. A first-person memory of a boy named Emert L Morehead ends the piece, noting a street address at 204 West Second Street.
Letters from Letts and Muscatine Iowa junior writers to Miss Raymond reveal farm life humor and reading interests. Young authors May Cotterill Verna Auten Fred H Jesse and Roy Cotterill share hobbies contests weather and farm folk details with requests for books and page success.
A brief handwritten note thanks Goldin for answering the prior letter and mentions sending another letter to Josephine Fowler. The writer signs as a friend, noting limited time before closing.
A personal letter begins with a greeting to Miss Raymond and notes the writer has more time to write. The author mentions three sisters and one brother with names starting Gladys and Ha- indicating incomplete genealogy details.
A Fairport Iowa reader writes to the Junior page on April 28 1907 praising the section and teacher Myrtle Mae Greiner. The note ends with riddles about farm roosters asking why the white crowed louder on Sunday morning.
A collection of letters dated April 29 1907 from Muscatine Tipton Columbus City and Ruth Utt in Muscatine Iowa describing school life ages from eight to twelve and experiences with teachers Miss Othmer Miss Bertha Fisher Miss Goldin Showers and Miss Raymond. The notes mention family, grandma in Oklahoma, school exams, prize questions and plans to write again for the Junior page.
A brief 1907 note from a junior to Miss Raymond from West Liberty Iowa mentions an upcoming history examination tomorrow and apologizes for a late letter. It reads like a schoolboy correspondence with a personal tone and a date of May 1, 1907.
A short note describes Bertie, a nephew living on an Iowa prairie farm. It mentions his reading and exchanges with his aunt and sister, reflecting a rural family correspondence style.
A young boy Bertie travels to school on a January morning across the prairie. His mother warns him not to return home if a blizzard hits, hoping his father will come after him. Bertie studies until noon and plays with classmates before the teacher signals the afternoon start.
A young writer recounts Pocahontas’s tale in early Virginia. The Indians greet English settlers, trade corn for beads and game, and witness Powhatan and Captain Smith interactions as tensions rise between colonists and natives.
Florence E. Maple describes the robin quail wren and blue jay with measurements nest construction egg details and feeding habits. The robin is 9.5 inches long with a yellow or black bill and red breast while the blue jay is 11.5 inches with blue back and white breast.
A narrator and a dog named Sport enjoy a playful afternoon. They walk to a hilly area with a creek, fetch a ball, and wade into the water together as the ball rolls away.
A youth recalls growing up with his father and mother’s picture, boarding a train to live among Indians, forming bonds, and aging into 17 before marrying an Lakota woman. The tale covers customs, schooling, and family ties, ending with a note from Eva Maurath and others seeking publication of stories and riddles.
Hazel a six year old girl plays alone in the yard and near a pond. She falls in but Rover barks and jumps into the water to help rescue her, keeping her head above water until help arrives.
Ruth Att writes about two garden types, flower and vegetable, detailing steps from soil preparation to planting. Flower gardens focus on beauty with sowing, raking, and seed plants, while vegetable gardens require plowing, harrowing, furrow creation, and beds for lettuce onions beets radishes peas potatoes corn beans tomatoes and cabbage. If she wins she prefers the book.
The article celebrates spring's arrival with birds nesting and singing, grass turning green, buds swelling, leaves growing, wildflowers rising, and people planting seeds and grain. It notes spring brings mud and warmth followed by nicer weather, signed by Blanche Birkett.
A brief story recalls George Washington born February 22 1732 in his boyhood days. His father bought him a hatchet and Washington famously admitted he cut the cherry tree saying I cannot tell a lie. The tale concludes with his father choosing not to whip him after the truth. Your junior. Gertrude Lord. H25 W Eighth St. If I win I prefer the pair of hair ribbons.
Millicent of Columbus Junction Iowa seeks a book on how people dressed rode wagons and rode horseback in Washington era customs. The writer notes no trains and different hairstyles and clothing for that period.
A short verse about weather moods urges calm through rain cold dryness and heat. The note ends with a church-like address at 70 West 7th Street in Muscatine Iowa.
A collection of quick pun questions and answers about dress satin coachman cock hair notion ocean and coach in China and the clock weights. The piece showcases playful wordplay and light humor from a historical dialogue.
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