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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1906
Page
11
John and Helen Loring of Iowa, aged 15 and 14, toil to earn money to visit their grandfather in Colorado. They sell papers and care for children, face setbacks, save, and finally travel by train, enjoying a rewarding trip and the granddad's home.
John and Helen, siblings aged 12 and 14, share a close bond and plan to visit their grandfather in Colorado. John hints at a secret money-earning plan they both intend to keep quiet until it materializes.
John and Helen, two twelve year old orphans from Chicago, are very poor after their parents died. With relatives in Colorado, they plan a visit to their grandfather in Denver and apply for cash boy and girl positions at a large department store.
John and Helen lived with their father and step mother who was harsh. They worked on a pickle farm to earn money and saved about ten dollars to travel to see their grandfather. On the train they viewed sheep cows and horses through the window.
A nine year old girl and a twelve year old boy narrate their frugal earnings from making May baskets and other items. They repay borrowed money, buy calico, sew aprons and bonnets, and sell them to accumulate seven dollars and fifty cents. They travel with two adults to Julesburg, Colorado to visit their grandfather Will L. Bird, returning home with one dollar left for their parents.
The Muscatine timetable lists Steamer Helen Blair sailing Sundays at 7:00 a.m. and on Mon Wed Fri. Steamer Columbia runs Tue Thu Sat and 8:30 p.m. for New Boston, Keithsburg, Oquawka and Burlington with Saturday 11:30 p.m. runs. A moonlight Muscatine excursion is offered Saturdays 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. Until May 20 and after Oct 15 Helen Blair returns to old hours. Round trip to Davenport on Sundays costs 50 cents.
Helen and John left home to visit grandfather in Colorado. They paid about $35 for the trip one way. Helen planned to teach, securing a job 15 miles from home, while John found a 10 mile distance job. They earned about $30 monthly and paid $3 weekly for board. After one term John farmed using his father’s land and crops, while Helen earned $2 a day as a stenographer and boarded at home. They earned $200 each by the time they turned 18.
The Iowa Central will sell round trip excursion tickets every Tuesday to Minnesota Wisconsin the Dakotas Manitoba Saskatchewan and the Canadian northwest and on the first and third Tuesdays to the south southeast west and southwest. Rate one fare plus 2.00 with liberal limits and stop over privileges. For rates and further particulars call on agents or address A B Cutts P T A Minneapolis Minn.
Claim of a splendid record for Dr King s New Life Pills curing headache biliousness constipation etc priced 25c advertised by Havercamp s Prescription Drug Store.
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