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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1907
Page
8
The writer regrets late letters kept juniors from the honor roll and promises reinstatement. She advises earlier mail and announces a prize for the best story on topics including A Trip to the City and What We Saw How Nan Ran Away Farming. Helen Raymond signs the note.
A collage of brief notes from young writers in Nichols Muscatine West Liberty and Montezuma sharing May basket memories school outings and examinations. Letters mention pets May celebrations prizes and honor roll achievements reflecting early 1900s student life and community.
A collection of short notes and riddles from Iowa Juniors including Susie Jameson of Nichols and Verna Auten of Muscatine. Entries express school life, honor roll hopes, flower hunts, and playful puzzles dated April–May 1907 across Muscatine, West Liberty, Atalissa, and Columbus Junction.
Effie Concannon writes from Montezuma Iowa about a six inch snow on April 29 1997. She describes attending two surprise parties on April 29 and May 1 and receiving a book and a postal card from six people before signing farewell.
A note from Ruth Utt of Columbus City dated May 8 1907 thanks Miss Raymond for awarding a prize for the story A Narrow Escape and mentions limited time to write.
In a windy March day a doctor uncle arrives with a newborn girl wrapped in blankets. El sie and Eva, crying, watch as the tiny infant is brought inside and laid in bed after warm milk is offered by Mrs. Hawkins.
Roll of Honor lists Verna Auten Lovina Schwartz Blanche Birkett Eva Maurath Wayne Nichols Freddie Schwartz Nellie Hinkhouse Clio Rahmiller Wilma Croxen Emma Henderson Edwin Anderson Elsie Geertz Ruth Noble Ralph Wolf Minnie Rahmiller Helen Ringle Hazel Sarnes Goldia Showers Dorothy Birkett Nina Reeves Gertrude Gartenbach Karl Kruse Ezra Jameson Susie Jameson Effie Concannon Carrie Harned Marietta Marsh William D. Lee Jr Mabel Fultz Goldie McNall Sadie Loyd Georgie Mockmore Edith Volger Allen Eliason Charles Bretz Frances Maple Johnnie Ostendorp Ernest Lewis.
A baby found on a riverbank by a doctor is cared for by two girls. They reunite with the mother, and the baby becomes the doctor’s housekeeper. The story closes with the girls preparing for a baseball preference if they win.
Hazel Brown a four year old with blue eyes and flaxen curls plays with her Newfound land dog Rover at the seaside. The tide washes the boat away and Hazel falls in while Rover drags the child from the water and brings her to shore. Hazel recovers with Rover at her side.
A child writes about kite building and flying in Montezuma Iowa. She and her sister share tips, missteps with tail length and guide strings, and note different kite types. The writer asks for a baseball if she wins and signs as Effie Concannon.
Emily Marton turned nine on April 30 as a neighborhood party hosted by her mother. Friends gathered for games and a birthday supper in the front yard under trees before an April shower with parasols, after which gifts were exchanged and they formed a big nine and left, noting the rain had made the day merrier.
A birthday girl eight-year-old Dora fell into a sea sinkhole while playing with her shovel and bucket. Kind beachgoers heard her screams, rescued her, and returned her safely to her parents who thanked them for the save. The tale ends with a note of gratitude and a child’s brush with danger.
In Wilton Iowa Georie Mockmore recounts a town race between Harry and Charles. They ran a half mile with Harry overtaking Charles after the first quarter, winning the race and earning a baseball prize.
A 12 year old boy with a fine pony challenges a rival to a race to the fair. The race ends with the pony gaining speed near the end and winning the prize. The author signs as Your Junior Carl Kruse and notes a preference for a book if he wins.
Ruth Uit narrates a tense attic ordeal where a girl fears a trapped trunk will suffocate her. After escaping to Aunt Emma’s room and fighting through fear, she manages to break the trunk lock. Uncle Jim returns to find the child safe, and everyone remains well.
The piece outlines creating a garden with a level ground, fenced perimeter, and close placement to a house. It prescribes a 150 by 100 foot plot for a nine person family, long north south rows, diverse crops, and careful weed control. It mentions planting by Good Friday for some crops and lunar timing for others, plus aromatic herbs and a rhubarb and asparagus row. It ends with a personal note and contact box in West Liberty Iowa.
The guide describes ground cleaning and plowing to create ridges, harrowing, and leveling. It instructs forming beds, sowing radish and lettuce in ten inch rows, and broadcasting cabbage and tomato seeds. Transplanting occurs at two inch plant height with three foot and two foot spacings, while weeding is emphasized to ensure growth.
Instructions on preparing soil by fertilizing, clearing debris, plowing, harrowing, raking, and using a hoe to form rows. It lists radishes lettuce onions carrots potatoes peas beans as early crops and tomatoes cabbage celery eggplant cucumbers and sweet corn planted later. The note ends with a playful line about preferred prize tabs.
The piece outlines tasks for hogs cattle horses sheep and chickens along with grain farming. It describes plowing in fall and spring disking harrowing sowing oats in April harvesting in July threshing corn planting in May and multiple plowings finishing with husking in November.
Eightyearold Harry excelled in class and earned the prize after many good lessons and headmarks. His teacher praised his effort and regular school attendance.
Eight year old Dora White joins friends for a picnic then strays into a cave while wandering in the woods. She finds a way out to a distant light and returns to her worried companions and relieved mother. A new Junior Eaith Volger.
In Muscatine Louisiana dated May 7 1907 Harry wins the prize for most headmarks and receives a book. The submission also includes a note from Millicent Vance and a pretend girl Eva narrating a tale about two dogs Jack and Carlo with Eva wishing a set of tablets if she wins.
The text outlines garden preparation steps including plowing, furrowing, hoeing, digging holes, planting seeds, and watering. It notes transplanting tomatoes or cabbage in boxes with holes, watering at night, and mentions preferences for a set of tablets and names Montezuma, Towa, Mable Fultz.
A child describes garden preparation by burning yard waste and plowing to loosen soil. He lists crops to plant including lettuce radishes onions beans corn and more and notes that seed needs sunshine and rain to grow. The note ends with a playful line about a prize and a signature Junior P. S.
Hazel a three year old girl near a railroad was saved when her dog Rover grabbed her dress and pulled her off the track as a train approached. Her mother and aunt looked on unable to reach her in time in Muscatine Iowa.
A list of six classic riddles with playful answers. Riddles include a horse named Saturday, a table with legs that cannot walk, a clock that runs without moving forward, a ball of yarn that goes up and comes down, an egg that goes up white and comes down yellow, and a gun that can shoot others but not itself.
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