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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1906
Page
9
Editor invites juniors to submit stories with preferred prize choice. Little Miss Eva Maurath wins this week’s prize and is asked to contact the Journal office to claim. Next week offers a bracelet book garden tools or knife for best story on specified subjects.
Des Moines boy Edward, seven, visits his Uncle Harry in Highland country for a rural farm stay. He meets cousins, tours the barn, meets ponies and livestock, helps with chores, then boards the train home to Des Moines after his country visit. Alice McMahon, eight, West Liberty, Iowa, RR 3.
Edward King visits his aunt over Easter to hide eggs and daily collects six to seven dozen. His aunt secretly colors the eggs and replaces them, surpriseing him on Easter morning when he finds colored eggs in his hat. Eunice Riley, age 12, Columbus Junction, R. F. D. No. 5.
Hazel a wealthy New York girl desires May queen status. Her mother plans a country trip but Hazel joins a city visit where an uncle hosts a May pole celebration for local children, promising a day of pleasures and anticipation. She encounters the social rite and the day arrives with excitement.
The children choose Hazel on the porch as Lola Robison notes Hazel appears sweet and beautiful. They cheer Hazel as their queen and proclaim her position with lively enthusiasm.
Irene Glass a wealthy girl loves her gentle Shetland pony Maud. After a surprise cart and harness Irene rides out crossing railroad tracks a train hits as the pony rears causing Irene to break an arm. She later receives a new pony named Blackie and heals at home. Grace Childress.
A reader writes a rural childhood scene featuring a portly new student nicknamed Shorty who hides in a rolling barrel during a hide and seek game. The prank ends with Shorty stuck and later freed, teaching him not to hide in barrels. The text also lists other anecdotes about Hazel, a May Queen, and a farm life note from Columbus Junction Iowa.
Jane and Ruth Smith walk to school with bags and an umbrella. They shelter under a pine tree as rain ends and birds sing. They meet a boy with a hat bird, but the bird is freed when he trips and falls. Both girls glad the bird is free.
A city girl Gertrude Gray is invited to a country party. Her mother sends her in an old dress to avoid spoiling a new one. Rain threatens the trip but Gertrude wears the new dress and heads home as a heavy downpour begins.
Multiple 1906 letters from young writers in Iowa and Missouri describe school life, gardens, pets, and prize hopes. Children from Muscatine Atalissa Letts Nichols St Louis and nearby towns share notes about flowers, bird shooting plans, and prize expectations for a story competition.
A student from Muccatine writes to the editor about a story titled How We Spent Arbor Day and mentions sending a letter and previous submission to the Junior page during Grace Sorenson’s editorship. The note indicates daily school attendance.
A girl named Margaret receives two white rabbits from her father and cares for them with help from her mother. She forgets to feed them at times and, one night, a dog enters the open cage and kills both rabbits. The letter ends with a personal note from Alma Blakeslee of Muscatine Iowa.
Farmers embraced a newly devised rail tack that sped field work and construction. The note reflects a pride in innovation and practical gains for rural enterprises in the era.
A summer incident ends with a runaway horse throwing a buggy party. Bystander aid arrives as the injured are taken to a neighbor for dressing wounds. Dr. Smith clinics the wounds and the group recovers. The horse returns home and the town vows never to ride again. Rose Weimann, 11, Cedar Street, Box 2.
Edward, a rich city boy of Troy New York, longs for the country and farm life beyond his May school break. His father offers a choice between California and visiting his country-uncle, after a letter from the uncle arrives.
Irene Woods recounts Myrtle's careful care for her Easter lily and the moment her baby sister pulls off some blooms. Myrtle chooses restraint, puts the lilies in a basket, and carries them to church, learning patience and duty over anger.
Masie a six year old girl eagerly awaits Easter. The next day she searches the barn hay loft cow shed manger and ice house in her egg hunt. She digs in the ice house seeking the hidden treasures.
A short tale follows Maisie a five year old who waits for Easter eggs. She searches the garden and yard in April and finds eggs under the pecans after delays from her mother.
Eunice Riley aged 12 of Columbus Junction Iowa tells of her five pets a dog Frisk two cats Pussy and Tab rabbits Bunny and Jack and the death of Bunny and Tab after Flo caretaker forgot to feed them. The story ends with Margaret vowing never to trust strangers with her pets again.
A country girl named Margaret aged about five lives with her father and siblings and loves many pets including a cat a dog a pony two white rabbits and chicks. She plans to move to the city in winter leaving most pets behind except the pony and is told she can visit next summer. Gertrude Greene R F D 5 Columbus Junction Iowa appears as the contact.
A two and a half year old boy named Robert wanders from home and is found on a mill bridge over a river. His mother searches in fright while his father reassures him. The child explains seeing the great wheel and avoids punishment, closing with a note from Lovina Schwartz at Muscatine Iowa.
Laura visits relatives, longs for chickens, and receives a gift of one chick and eggs for her birthday. She faces mishaps including lost beads, torn dress, a drowned brood in rain, and a final fall from grace after the wooden shed escape. Eva Maurath aged 8 of Muscatine recounts the tale.
Hazel and Ethel Smith want to go to their grandfather's farm. He comes to town with vegetables. They beg their mother to let them go back with him, and she fetches their clothes.
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