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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1909
Page
7
The editor explains juniors missed a page due to space constraints. She promises to restore the juniors page next week and invites submissions on May Day May baskets and the end of school.
A collection of brief handwritten letters from Mildred Burnett Grace Kemp Erma Finley and other West Liberty and Wilton juniors dated April May 1909. They discuss rain Easter post cards puzzles school ending June 4 and the Junior page in the Journal with a mix of greetings news and playful notes.
Nichols Iowa 1909 letters describe planting steps and crops to be planted including beans corn lettuce peas radishes tomatoes cabbage and onions. Muscatine Iowa writer notes eighty five names on honor roll and shares riddles and a short letter from Jennie Belle Hurlbut as junior page new entry.
Two letters from Muscatine Iowa dated April 27 and April 15 1909 describe a prize reaction and a school child Verna Hunter recounts family pets siblings and Easter eggs. The notes mention Miss Dungan Miss Freyermuth Garfield school and grade levels six and third with details on chickens a cat dog horse and a gray kitty.
Miss Helen Raymond writes Dear Editor that her mother is ill, she has been busy all week, and it has rained badly. She notes receiving postcards from Mary Hinkley who mentions her sister is a junior.
Nellie Preston writes from West Branch Iowa about welcoming her two week old baby boy Walter in a family of eight. She asks for postcards and notes she would have written a story if not busy, signing off with farewell.
In Lone Tree and Letts Iowa dated April 1909, young writers send notes to Miss Raymond and Edress with puzzles of girls and boys names, mentions of stories and poems, school ties, and a caller wishing readers to answer puzzles from junior students including Anna Bell Gertrude Beatty and Marie Rhyner.
A brief local note from Muscatine Iowa dated April 20 1909 records a mother cat with two kittens named Dick and Puss Floosey. The note mentions the cat chases mice.
A short letter from Freddie Schwartz, aged 11, Muscatine Iowa, describes loving pets including a dog, mice, a bird, and a ground squirrel. He mentions his sixth grade at McKinley School, Miss Franklin as teacher, and signs off from 700 West Seventh Street.
A set of brief juvenile letters from Letts Iowa Tilmots City Illinois Lone Tree Iowa Grandview Iowa and Muscatine Iowa dated 1909 describe school honor roll pride weather and upcoming vacations The writers Pearl Rhyner Helen Morehead Hazel Pearle Hinkley and Paul R Wagner note daily school attendance and eagerness to keep or end their place on the honor roll and share small personal details.
A short note from Mabel Schmer asks for a reply and signs off as Your Junior. The writer expresses a wish for someone to write back.
A pupil explains lack of time to compose a story this week, citing study sessions as the priority. The note suggests a short assignment and a plan to resume writing after school study commitments.
A fragment shows a brief farewell by Sadie Loyd with a signoff noting closure. The note leaves little additional context or names beyond the personal closing.
Mary Overholt, 8, Columbus Junction, shares a child's view of spring. She describes sap gathering to make maple syrup, budding trees, wildflowers, getting gardens ready, warm rains, and plans for chickens, highlighting nature’s lessons and play.
A ten year old girl with brown eyes and curly hair leads a pony and buggy from a farmhouse. She drives about six miles before the pony panics. she jumps clear unharmed and exits safely, escaping the runaway in a calm, brave act.
On a wet Saturday John Adam and his grandmother play store at home. John acts as shopkeeper while his grandmother buys items. A customer asks for silk, vinegar, and oranges, and they adjust to their yard and gallon pricing during the game.
A note from Amanda Rummells describes Granny letting a child go outside to play once the sun returns, with plans to resume playing store on another rainy day.
A poor hunter’s son Carl longs for Easter lessons. A neighbor offers help with his clothes, and an angel grants him Sunday school. Carl awakens to a transformed life as his family moves from a hut to a splendid castle with lasting joy.
An Easter tale describes Harry Brown refusing to join peers in a prank to steal a poor man's wood. The group contemplates deception, but Harry informs the man and helps secure the wood. The old man shouts April Fool as the prank backfires on the others.
Albert Sylvester writes about leaving school early to work in his garden this spring. He aims to plant fruit trees including cherries apples peaches plums and pears and to sow peas and flowers such as sweet peas roses asters carnations and geraniums in June. He signs off as a six year old.
The old rink owned by J. W. McElravy, used as an opera house, was sold Friday to H. C. Luse for 2500. Plan is to tear the frame building down and erect a brick armory style structure in town center with public donations urged to support the project.
A longing child pursues a rainbow to find his vanished mother. At the field by the creek the rainbow appears again, leading Bobby to a hidden grave and to his mother who has returned from heaven. There she holds him, revealing a reunion with a mother’s lost love and a child fulfilled.
Cedar Valley Iowa May 7 The M E church group is preparing a Children’s day program to be held on Children’s day. Roy Stephens visited Sunday with Clarence and Earl Lindle. Sarah James stayed with her parents Mr and Mrs Will James West Liberty from Friday to Sunday. Mrs Sarah Swain visited Wisconsin last week to see Mina Noble. Mrs Frank Flater is sick. Will Grigg Sr Ed Barnhart and J W Plater visited Davenport Friday.
Mrs Lucy Strauser and Mrs Alice Getts arrived from Newtown Missouri to visit their mother Mrs Eliza Williams and other relatives in Columbus City and nearby areas including City and Junction before returning home. Mrs Carson Duncan and Marjory, Mrs Tom Robertson and Wildliam were shopping in Muscatine.
A long column of names appears under Roll of Honor. Read across include May Smith Marietta Marsha Marie Overholt Paul Wagner Amanda Rummell Pearl Mittmann Mamie Morris Ruth Biggs Leta Brock Geo Rolland Harriet Farmer Glen Honts Edith Shaffer Elva Millholm Lulu Walter Frances Parmelef Lena Marolpf Mildred Klotz Gertrude Klotz Irma Finley Esther Stucker Maude Jacobs Mabel Kemp Zella Kemp Grace Kemp Ethel Bevard Clara West Herschel Davis Betty Andersen Grace Workman Bertha Davis Winnie Reddick Clayton Reddick Pearl Rhymer Blanch Waters Flora Marks Jeanette Dean Clara Marshall Hazel Hinkley Mary Brock Hazel Thompson Leona Richards Dorothy Smith Bertha Lange Irene Kindler Viola Skeels Hazel Sopher Hazel Skeels Alice Lorber Anna Bell Nellore Lef Anna Howell Anna Rehmel Helen Wibber Helen Bates Frances Davis Marie Criswell Frances Parmele Lee Honors Celia Ticktin Ruth Marple Alpert Sylvester Erna Young Mildred Jones Florence Mittman Ralph Townsley Maude Stender Eula Downer Ida Mittwanl Agnes Spifft Ernest Sylvester Elmer Funck Sadif Loyd Tracy Brisbine Bessife Moots Zaida Nicholson Helen Morey.
Tuesday reports John Hanft and wife staying with friends in the home vacated by Ray Burns who has bought the Frank Bowsman property on Mulberry street. The Columbus City storm damaged chimneys and a corn crib. The school board elected Mrs Hale as intermediate and Miss Chown as primary teachers. grammar and high school remain without teachers with only two rooms occupied.
George Hawkins suffers about a 3900 dollar loss when lightning strikes his barn on Thursday morning. Several horses hogs and other property are killed. He carries some insurance. The local high school baseball team will face Columbus Junction in Letts Saturday afternoon. Epworth League hours shift to 715 for summer with Evening preaching at 8.
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