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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1908
Page
9
Dear juniors readers are urged to contribute stories and letters as school begins. Mr Van Winkie letters inspire writing. a pony contest is over and postal cards will be sent together. Next week prize themes include My Pets and How I Care for Them Tom's Experience With the Calf and Laura's Brave Deed.
In Glenwood a four year gap ends as Miss Alice Winters arrives as teacher. After she lodges with Mr. White she speaks on sin and honour to pupils. The boys, previously stealing peaches, resolve to stop and repay what they took for the new teacher and for God and themselves.
A letter from A S Van Winkle sent to Miss Helen Raymond in the Muscatine Journal dated September 15 1908 reflects on past school days and invites young readers to share their views on the opening of school and classroom life for future Junior Page installments.
A letter dated Sept 12 1908 from West Chester Iowa describes the opening of the school on Sept 14 with Miss Louise Sears as teacher in a four room house. Vinnie Westerman notes paint and yard improvements and excitement for the Tony Pony Contest. Verna Auten looks forward to post cards and ponies contest results.
A Muscatine pupil writes to the Junior page after the Tony Pony contest. The writer, in Miss Kern's seventh grade at Jackson School, says school has begun and she likes her teacher.
In Joy Illinois Lone Tree and Lone Tree Iowa correspondents share school notes. Ruth Marple, Gertrude Klotz, and Johnny Wisener describe classes, teachers, and daily walks, plus light riddles and a request for a postcard prize.
Two letters from Forest Hill school in Letts Iowa dated September 15 and 16 1908 reveal a six year old pupil Verna McFaden writing through a friend Katharine Reed. Both letters praise teacher Florence Longstreth and mention primer class and sister Gertrude.
A letter from Gertrude McFadden of the country asks the editor to help obtain a postal card. She attends Forest Hill school and sits with her sister Verna, signing as a junior and mentioning it is time for bed.
Mary, a young girl from a northwestern Iowa village, encounters a wolf while delivering dinner to her woodcutter father. She climbs a rock, lures the wolf away with meat, and is saved when her father shoots the predator. Afterward wolves leave the area.
The fragment recounts a mother’s visit to Muscatine Iowa and letters from her son Anthony in Egypt southern Illinois. He describes school life at Mr Bottler’s ren as well as the harsh German dominated classroom, wishes for books on natural history, and family health and travel notes.
A letter from 1874 recounts Anthony's harsh experiences at Trenton Public School under teacher Bottler. He describes punishments, a locked ante room, and a plan to quit, plus later uneasy dealings over promises of reform and a reunion with school life.
Seven year old Mary tries to help an old neighbor by gathering hazel nuts. She loses her way in a field of cattle and is rescued by her frightened parents who carry her home. She then returns the nuts to the grateful old lady, who nearly cries with joy. Verna McFadden.
Four friends Jack Roy Sam and Dick camp by a stream with pack horses. A starving burglar Arnold Nickson enters their tent but is challenged. he is captured and handed to the sheriff. The reward money totaling about two thousand dollars is shared among the boys.
Morning Sun details visitors from Oskaloosa Selma and Brooklyn plus clergy sailing to Mersine Asia Minor for mission work. City to host Sept 24 horse show and fall festival with music by Morning Sun Oakville bands, grain display, fancy work, rest room, and a full schedule of events.
Victor Record commends A F Dawson for flawless work in Congress. It cites his leadership on important measures and committee roles, urging the second district to reelect him as his record in the house stands out in twenty five years.
Brief humor item quoting a line from the Houston Post about a man admitting to his wife he had had a highball because he had consumed six drinks. The snippet captures a witty exchange.
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