Prize Winners Named in Junior Honors Page Contest
The editor announces the May 5 prize awards for junior stories. First prize goes to MacFarland Hale of Columbus City IA, second to Lulu Depping of Attalas a, and third to Lura Johnson Rural Route No 5 Muscatine. A new contest follows with fresh subjects and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MacFarland Hale
Columbus City
Lulu Depping
Atalissa
Lura Johnson
Muscatine
Laura
Helen Raymond
Junior letters from Muscatine Iowa pupils march 1906
Letters from Mabel Sell and Louis Johnson at McKinley school describe gardens flowers and Arbor Day activities. A Columbus Junction note by Madge Duncan mentions reading 32 books in 1996 and prize deadlines with Miss Raymond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscatine
Iowa
Helen Raymond
McKinley School
Stella Ames
Mabel Sell
Miss Varner
Unior
Louis Johnson
Lucas St. Muscatine
Columbus Junction
Junior Stories of John and Helen Earning Money
John and Helen plan to visit their grandfather in Colorado by earning money. John plants watermelons and Helen tends a flower garden selling pansies and nasturtiums, pansies at fifty cents a dozen and nasturtiums at twenty five cents a dozen, then John sells watermelons at ten to fifteen cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Helen
Colorado
Children Earn Money to Visit Denver Grandfather
John and Helen save to visit their grandfather in Colorado by picking berries for Mrs Strand and taking odd jobs after school. Their perseverance earns them $24 from berry picking and later enough to buy train tickets, with kind help from a generous man who pays $1.50 for a day’s work and ensures their summer trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
John
Muscatine
St. Louis
Denver
Colorado
Fannie
Helen Simpson
Iowa
Miss Pearl Cheadle
Iowa City
Lura Johnson
Young John and Helen Earn for Grandfather Visit
In New York City poverty-stricken Mrs Norle sends her children John and Helen to earn money for a visit to their grandfather in Col orado. John works at a book shop earning $2 a week while Helen sells flowers despite a rude boy and a thief named Ragged Dick. After exposing misdeeds at Mr Brown's store, John and Helen finally earn enough for the journey. Letts Iowa. Vivian Gipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
John
Mamma
Mr. Brown
Ragged Dick
Iowa Children Earned Travel Money Through Farm Trades
John and Helen, 10 and 12, from a Iowa city, saved to visit grandparents in Colorado. They planted seeds, sold flowers and vegetables, harvested wild berries, and worked harvest for $10. A neighbor merchant bought their produce and funded their trip, teaching frugality and farming value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Helen
Iowa
Colorado
Twins Plans to Earn for Colorado Grandfather Visit
John and Helen, ten year old twins living with Aunt Kate in Ohio, devise a plan to earn $50 to visit their grandfather in Colorado. They secure a job at Mr. McCall’s office for five dollars a week, face sickness and an unfair kick from a policeman, and persist through two months of varied work to raise the needed funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Helen
Kate
Colorado
Ohio
Talk&g
Mr. McCall
Grandpa
Junior
Twin Haskins Children Save for Denver Visit
John and Helen, 14 and 12, children of a poor Chicago washing woman and later farm families, earn money by chores and selling produce to save for a trip to Denver Colorado to visit their grandfather. They improve finances despite losses, then earn over fifty dollars through farm work and selling crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Helen
Denver
Colorado
Naomi R. Evans
West Liberty
Haskins
Rev N. Pickens
Young siblings save for journey through hard work
Eva Powell recounts John and Helen, ages 12 and 8, working for pennies and dimes, sewing shoes, caring for a baby, and later for rich patrons to raise money. John sacrifices to care for his sick mother before the pair finally travel, returning years later with tales and a sore tongue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Helen
Eva Powell
Fruitland
Iowa
Orphaned siblings earn funds to travel to Colorado grandpa
John and Helen, poor after their parents deaths, work hard for five years to raise twenty five dollars for a trip to their grandfather in Colorado. John sells papers and digs gardens while Helen runs errands and tends children. They face misfortune, learn to persevere, and finally afford the journey plus gifts for their mother. Harold Rummells, 11, Nichols Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Helen
Colorado
Vincent Reynolds
Mrs. Brown
Harold Rummells
Nichols
Iowa
Prize Winners in a Kansas Town Reveal a Gentlemen's Lesson
The tale follows Helen and her cousin John from Longton Kansas as a letter from their Colorado grandfather invites two H and J initials to visit. John finds work securing funds for travel while Helen struggles, but John ultimately pays both fares, proving it pays to be a gentleman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Helen
Colorado
Longton
Kansas
Sunshine
Colo
H. J
MacFarland Hale
Columbus City
Iowa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Junior Stories
Letts, Iowa
Vivian Gipple
Nelle Duncan
R. No
Verna Auten
West Chester
Harold Evans
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