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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
10
The letter from Helen Raymond appeals to juniors to write more letters and join an upcoming honor roll. She plans a summer study contest and asks all students to submit stories about their plans for the coming vacation.
A Muscatine 1908 Junior Page collection shows several young writers. Blanche Fisher, age seven, describes daily life, family, school, and reading as she hopes readers will reply. Marietta Marsh, age unknown, reports exam success and offers a bird puzzle while seeking exchanges. Bertha Davis writes of missing a cousin, reading the Junior page, and prize wins as she signs off.
Contest entries from young writers in Wapello West Chester and Muscatine share hopes for mail replies school news and prize incentives. Letters mention age grade level vacations and a piece titled The Last Day of School as contestants seek bracelets and honor rolls while awaiting publication.
A Clark County Washington fifth grader, eleven years old, writes from La Center describing daily life and reading the Journal. She notes her height and dark complexion and mentions her teacher Miss (name incomplete) in a friendly Junior page submission.
Ethel Bevard writes from La Center Washington about pruning 200 Italian prune trees and enjoying them fresh canned and pickled. George M Huston from Muscatine Ja B F D No 82 hex 12s explains farming duties and plans to submit a story titled A Brave Adventure With a Runaway Horse.
A 1908 letter from a Wapello junior in the third room fourth grade at Miss Marie Boldrege’s school. He asks Eva Maurath about her grade, mentions summer travel to Franklin Mills Iowa, and notes the upcoming yearly test and absence of a school program. He signs as your unseen friend with love.
Two early 20th century letters from Miss Alice Van Pelt in Van Nebraska and Charlie Hahn in Grangeville Idaho describe school life pets and family activities Alice writes of teaching sister Myrtle Van Pelt and a school visit while Charlie shares his seven year old life with goats a lamb a dog named Carlo and mountain trips with his father He hopes to see his letter in print and mentions planning a story about a Narrow Escape
A letter from Jennie Knowles expresses gratitude for a prize and a wish to win again. She plans a story titled A Trip to the Mountains and asks Juniors to write to her to keep on the honor roll.
A collection of brief notes from young writers dated May 1908 from Iowa. Entries mention pen pals, rain, school, prize memories, and requests for their letters and stories to be printed, signed by junior correspondents including Gertrude Grace Lloyd Joy and Frances Marple.
A reader signs as Eva Maurath and Helen Raymond, addressing the editor about a prize winner and a prior story about a wolf encounter with a brother. They express hope to see their story in print and ask who the prize winner was.
Readable tale follows Jack Hartley captured by Comanche during raids that burn Morristown. He endures four years with tribes before returning to a scarred town and a tearful reunion with his Hartley family, amid frontier peril and rescue.
A short tale recounts Sydney Gorton a twelve year old boy who receives a pony named Blaze from his mother and plans a ride prompting uncertainty about his mother’s permission.
A speaker recalls spring flower hunting finding violets Jack in the pulpit and cow slips with ferns in the woods. Town visitors often collect plants to plant in yards and ferns require a cool shady spot. The writer and classmates enjoy all flowers and mention a concert featuring a piece about springtime flowers.
The three girls Bernice Lucile and Pauline talk about the final week of classes and the joy of a last day celebration shadowed by the sadness of leaving Miss Story their longtime teacher after five years in their room.
Nora A Irwin from Muscatine Iowa writes of finishing eight months of school with visitors and a noon session. She praises her teacher Miss Desch and notes plans for a four month vacation and a tablet prize if she wins.
A traveler recalls two months in the Allegheny Mountains visiting parks and three schools, noting a Newfound land dog and a girl giving water. The account mentions a Japanese, American, and Indian school with children seated on the floor.
A boy named John sees a doctor and a frightened horse escape its hitching post after an automobile passes. The boy runs to catch the horse, helps the rider, and earns a ten dollar gold piece for his brave deed.
Georgie and Clifford Briggs rode with their father when a horse tied poorly caused the sleigh to capsize. The younger boy rolled off before the animal plunged toward a mudhole, saving his life. They entered the house muddy while their father chased the horse through rough, hilly roads.
A short reminiscence about a chicken named Joe who would approach when called and chase food. One day the bird vanished during feeding and was found dead in the chicken house. The narrator, Hellen Ethal, notes the burial and end of the pet Joe.
The tale recalls a king disliked by his people who fled to France and hid in an oak tree. Soldiers searched the woods below, his heart racing as he watched their swords and muskets. He escaped, eventually becoming Charles II, King of Merry England. Betty Anderson. If I win I prefer the book.
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