Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-03

this time Hoping to see my name in
print, Yours truly,
Goldie Gibson.
r, F. ID. No. 8.
Abba, Ia. Sept. H.
Dear Editor: am boy 10 years
of age. 1 go to school all the time
l saw the contest in the Courier. j
Will write a story about the well. The
We'll is very deep. 1t is walled with
brick and mortar. Some draw with n
bucket and some with a pump. Some
wells a person can dip the water from
II person would fall in a well he
would be sure to be drowned, IL there
was water in it. Some wells get dirty
and have to be cleaned out. Men have
to have ladders to get in them. Some
wells have curbs and others have brick
and mortar is hard. A we'll Is dan
gerous when 1t is left open. A child
might fall into 1t. Ralph Gibson.
Charlton, Ia, Sept 8.
Dear Editor: ], have written before
but l thought would write again. l
am reading the book by the name of
BLACK Beauty" and i like it very
much. For pets have two kittens,
dog, some chickens. and my brother
and have a pony. My kittens names
are Lucy and Tom. The dogs name is
Towser The pony's name is Pearl
This is Saturday, and l do not have
to go to school. There are only five
girls that go to our school, There are
for this time, but 1t may be that !
Will write again. Bessie Duckworth.
Bloomfield. Ia, Sept. IL.
Dear Editor: | saw your puzzle
contest in the Courier Junior. be-
lieve / can fill out the names cor
rectly. The first is Spruce, next Wal
nut, next Hickory, next Maple and the
next one is Cottonwood II the con-
test is all right. please send me cloth
bound book. ] will write piece about
the scrarecrow.
Ethel M. Virgins, age 10.
r. F. D., No. 4.
Ottumwa, Ia.
Dear Editor: / am a little girl 10
years old. go to school. am in the
eighth room. ] have very good
teacher Her name is Miss Peterson
| am very glad we are going to have
page of our own. This is the first
time have written. I hope you will
put 1t in the paper. Your friend,
Maudie LaRew.
Dear Editor: AS saw In the Cou-
rier Junior SO many little boys and
girls have written letters, thought
would also write one. ] am IL years
olds~ ! was born In South Dakota In
1892. Then we moved to Iowa. We
have Lived here about one and a half
years. We had to go two miles to
school in Dakota, but here we have
just little ways. I'm In the 7th
grade. ! have two sisters, but no
brothers My sisters names are Mabel
and Leda. Leda lis IA. Mabel is H.
Leda and go to school. There are II
scholars in school. Our teachers
name is Clara. Johnson. 1t is the
Buckeye school. We live on farm
near Agency. Well as this is the first
letter ever wrote, / had better stop
II this appears In print will write
again. I hope this will not go to the
waste basket. Yours respectfully,
Julia Nelson, age ~.
r. +. d. No. 2.
Charlton, Ia Sept, 1900.
Dear Miss Editor: Will you let me
join your happy Junior? gee SO
many writing, SO I thought ] will
write ALSO saw Rhoda Davis. letter
She goes to our church and I am &C.
auainted with her. ! have been down
to the potato patch digging potatoes
and Of course am tired. There are
a good many around here who take
the Ottumwa Courier We have new
school house and school will begin
next Monday. How many of the
Juniors can ride a horse? / can.
have bay pony and ride him or drive
him when ever get a chance. / have
three sisters and no brothers. Their
names are Tillie, Blanche and Floy.
Tillie is sixteen, Floy is six and
Blanche is two. I am a country girl
and live four miles from Derby, eight
miles from Charlton and go to May
school and church. Well expect the
editor thinks I am writing too much
/ will quit If she says SO.
Yours truly,
Fern Young, aged 49,
Batavia Ia, Aug. 49, 1905.
Dear Editor: 1t looks very much
like rain this morning. Autumn will
soon be here. How many of you
Juniors are going hickory nut hunting
this fall? l am for one. live on a
farm. I do not have to walk hardly