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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1908
Page
9
A note to juniors promises a present on November 21 for all names on the Honor Roll at that time. To earn a spot, write a letter or story to the Junior Page and contribute at least every other week. Readers asked to report prize issues promptly and this week’s topics include a straw ride, Alaska children, and Halloween knowledge.
A group of boys attend a Hallowe en party with jack lanterns on a wagon. The lawn is lit by Chinese lanterns, they play games, enjoy pie and cake, and after supper head home. On the way they crash into a woodpile in the road.
A collection of short letters from young readers in West Chester Ainsworth Letts Pittsford and Illinois City dated October 1908. Juniors write about diaries birthdays attempts to join the Honor Roll and prize hopes while sharing school notes and thanks to Mr Van Winkle.
In a dark stretch, horses spooked causing a fast dash. A stump struck the team, knocking everyone unconscious. They recovered and returned home safely. Signed by Earle Haroff, a junior.
A letter from a reader addresses the editor and juniors, promising another correspondence this week. It reflects a community or school issue discussion and ongoing engagement with the periodical.
A letter from a reader requests continued inclusion on the Roll of Honor and notes missing a prior submission. The writer also compliments Mr. Van Winkle's story and letter as very nice.
A youth letter from Ralph Wisener dated October 10 1908 in Muscatine Iowa to Elsie Hank at 1135 Logan Street references seeing Taft and Bryan, attending school, delivering papers after classes, and hope of prizes for a painting. He signs as Your Junior.
Eva Dean recounts a friendly Halloween party plan for Circle children aged about five. Activities include cap and wand crafts, story telling by a witch, nut hunts, soap bubble play, bobbing for apples, tiny walnut boats, Jack Horner jokes, orangeade, junket, gingerbread, and orange skin Jack-o'-lantern favors, ending with a second tale about Japan's fox spirit.
Flossie Helverson Elsie Hank Vinnie Westerman Mamie Morris Pearl Rhymer Katherine Reed Lucile Mylon Blanche Mylon Hazel Barnes Zella Kemp Mabel Kemp Grace Kemp Bernice McJunkin Orpheus Anderson Karl Haropf Tacy Smith Willard Ransch listed in a regional Roll of Honor.
A Kansas City Journal item records a playful exchange where a woman declares that women possess bigger intellects than men and a man concedes the point, joking that footwear would need mental effort to stay on.
A humorous exchange notes that a woman's coiffure once kept a man from seeing a play, illustrating hairbreadth escapes with a witty remark drawn from Harper's Bazar.
A Shakespeare line contrasts enduring friendship with folly. The aphorism notes that wisdom cannot be restrained by affection yet folly can join what wisdom divides.
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