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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1909
Page
6
The editor invites juniors to review the revised honor roll and asks for corrections. It suggests topics for the week including closing of school plans, classroom activities, or vacation plans. The message is signed by Helen Raymond and emphasizes reader input.
Local youth columns from Moscow and Muscatine reveal letters to the editor dated May and April 1909. Children like Hilda Will Agnes Spieth and Erma Finley write about school life gardens postcards and garden notes, sharing daily joys and requests for exchanges.
Eleven year old Anna Ticktin writes from Wilton Ta May 9 1909 to start a Junior Page entry. She says she likes her teacher Miss Atwill and signs off as a new Junior.
A junior student Celia Ticktin writes to Miss Raymond to request keeping her name on the honor roll and notes she has not written for a long time. She mentions a story titled May Baskets and closes her letter as night falls.
Two sisters Margaret and Frances enjoy the last days of school with picnics and a visit to a barn loft filled with hay. They plan exhibits, seed boxes, and flower showers while sharing meals with family and friends. The tale also recounts Anna Green’s near pony surprise and a charity for a head necklace.
A cheerful account describes a group of children and teachers on a May Day outing with dapple grey horses. They visit woods, drink cool water, pick violets, enjoy dinner, swing on hammocks, hear tales from Harold and Tom, and receive decorative cards before returning home.
Two enterprising youths, James Conroy of Plainville and Joe Sargent of Monroe, start shoveling and carriage services via contracts and a small brigade. James builds a seasonal lawn and sidewalk business. Joe expands from a single team to a growing livery venture and plans three teams, aiming to dominate local services.
A long roll of honor names appears in the Marietta hospital record listing patients or staff. The roster includes MARIE OVERHOLDT PAUL WAGNER AMANDA RUMMELL PEARL MITTMANN MAMIE MORRIS GERTRUDE BEATTY RUTH BIGGS and many others such as HAR RIE T FARMER LULU WALTER FRANCES PARMELEER ANNA MAROLF LENA MAROLF IRMA FINLEY MAUDE JACOBS THOMAS WILDMAN MABEL KEMP ZELLA KEMP GRACE KEMP ETHEL BEVARD HERSCHEL DAVIS BETTY ANDERSEN and more.
A seven year old girl named Anna nearly drowns when she leans over a boat rim to pick a water lily and slips into the water. Her father rescues her just in time, saving her from drowning.
Mildred, seven, attends her first term at a country school. She dislikes school but looks forward to the woods picnic with classmates who bring items. The warm day yields little flower finds yet joyful moments as all pupils return home happy until September.
A country school held its last day picnic beside a grove with a student-teacher who guided dialogues and recitations. After a joyful program and lunch, the children played games and received keepsakes. While flower hunting in Nebraska, a rattlesnake was discovered under a table cloth and killed before the group finished their meal.
On May first the Canton public school invites all students to participate in a spring adventure. Teachers organize activities across campus highlighting exploration, cooperation, and community spirit for the new month.
A brief scene of a chat as two characters greet Ned and Mr. Jones in a polite night greeting exchange. The dialogue centers on a cordial, informal social visit and introductions.
A Gloucester printer sees ragged street boys misbehaving on Sunday morning and starts a free Sunday school in his home. The idea spreads worldwide, inspiring Bible-based instruction without money or price as Robert Raikes began in the old New Inn garden.
Alaska, bought from Russia in 1867 for 7 200 000, spans from the Queen Charlottes to the Aleutians with a vast area, mountains, rivers like the Yukon, and rich mineral wealth. Gold, fishing, sealskins form the core industries, while exports include gold and cured fish. trade flows with the United States.
May 1999 in Wilton Iowa features children busy crafting and hanging May Baskets on May Day. Girls plan a large gathering at Anna Wallace’s house to hang 20 baskets despite scarce flowers, filling them with various treats for those who retrieve them.
In Tone Tree Iowa Joe White takes a market job and faces a tempting ten cent trout sale and a five cent lie. He confesses to Deacon Jones, restores the coin, receives forgiveness, and is urged to forsake the temptation while keeping the coin as a reminder.
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