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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
R. F. D. No. 2.
Hedrick, Iowa.

D5dT FultOT:
I am glad that little boys and girls
have a page Of their own. Papa has
taken the Courier ever since I can re-
member. have pony He is half
Shetland His name is Cute. can
ride and drive him everywhere. He
will eat candy or apples or most any
thing you will give him.
helped my papa do some farming
this year and l will help him lots more
next year. My sister Alley has written
two letters for the Courier Junior and
If see this in print will write again
next week. am II years old.
Rossie H. Davis.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
Aug. 23, 1905.

aug. 20, I5U0.
Dear Editor:-I see your puzzle con-
test in the Courier Junior. / believe I
can fill out the names correctly The
first is Montana, next California, next
Vermont, next Michigan, next Maine.
II the contest is all correct please
send me the circus. will write a
piece about 1.-THE Queer Little Man"
Verna Sample, age IL years.
Belknap, Ia, r. No. /.
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broke loose again, and when quiet was
restored and the business continued,
nearly half of the convention had left
the room, the remainder, being for the
most part, those who had supported
Mr.. Donoghue for president the day
before, the supporters Of the so-called
big Four"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
Moravia. Ia. Aug. %. 1905.


Dear Miss Sorenson: This is my
first letter to the Junior department
/ think 1t Is very interesting to read
the letters have chosen the compo
sition on the season. The names Of
the states are: Montana, California
Michigan, Maine, Vermont.
would like the note paper best.
Irene Woods.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
HOW ] SPENT THE FOURTH OF
JULY.

spent the Fourth with my grand
parents because it rained very hard
the night before and made it very
muddy so we could not go any place
else, and it rained that day.
Pearl West,
Age, IL years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

Sponges are the bones of animals.
They all grow on the bottom of the
sea.
When sponges first come from the
bottom of the sea, they do not look
like they do when we buy them at the
store.
Sponges grow in many beautiful
forms OF different sizes and shapes,
like ball. cup, top, and some
times like branches of small trees.
They have a soft fesh-like Jelly
which covers horny framework of
horny fibers. Some are red, some are
green and others are yellow.
Then men have to dive to the bot
tom Of the sea and cut them off the
rocks with sharp knives.
The men can easily dive down to
the bottom of the sea. a distance of
sixty feet or more. When the boat is
right over the place where the sponges
grow the diver takes large rock to
which rope is tied and jumps into
the water.
1t is impossible for the diver to stay
under the water longer than two min
utes at one time. When he has gath.
cred as many as he can, he pulls the
rope and the men in the boat haul
him and his load to the surface as
quickly as possible.
To get the flesh off they bury them
in sand till the flesh decays and then
wash them in acid and water till they
are clean and fit to sell.
Ivyl G. Clark,
Aged IL years.
drinlY To d D ~
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
August 23, 1905.

Dear Editor:
I have two pet squirrels. Their
names are Chippy and Bunny. They
are all one year old. | have a wire
cage for them. They eat corn. apples.
plums, acorns and hickory nuts. I
love TO feed them and watch them eat.
| have two kittens. Their names are
FrislSy and Tabby Mamma has
great many flowers. l help take care
of them. We have large orchard and
al kinds of fruit love to help pick
strawberries. We have an organ. I
Just began taking music lessons. will
close. will write again.
Your friend,
Alley Davis, age 8.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

We shall give beautiful cloth
bound book or a fine box of water col
oror paints to the Junior who sends in
the correct answers and writes the
best story on one of the following sub
jects:
"a Stolen Ride"
"The Well"
The Scarecrow."
"Marjor's Rummage Sale
Use one side of the paper only and
send in your papers before Thursday.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
WAR AMONG CLERKS
EMPLOYEES OF UNCLE SAM IN
CONVENTION AT CEDAR RAP.
IDS SPLIT RANKS.
Fifty.five Cities Bolt From National
orsanization-Led BY ST. Louis
Tear Badges From Breasts-How
the Split Came.

The expected split in the national
convention of postoffice clerks being
held in Cedar Rapids came Thurs
day afternoon and was marked
with sensation. The delegates from
tifty-five branches of the association,
after the tabling Of their resolution of
protest left the convention hall and
one or two of them went SO far as to
taar the badges from their breasts,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
Harold D. Mccullough.
Selma, Ia, Aug. %,
,ditnr see 60 MANY Z

Selma, Ia, Aug. %, 1908.
Dear Editor see so many other
little girls are writing letters that I
am going to write too. When we have
school never miss day. have
about mile to go. have SIS and my
sister has the same. / am 10 years
old and have a twin sister. My other
sister is years old. We live on
farm and have lots of fun.
Mary Locker.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
Belknap. Ia. Aug. 20. 1905.

1oCIhi1upt To-, mug ~, I5VO.
Dear Editor:-My sister is writing
a letter and so thought I would
write one too. have two little nieces
and one nephew. Their names are
Mildred, Hazel and Harold. My
youngest brothers name is Edgar. He
has dog named Topsy. hope this
will escape the waste basket.
Yours truly,
Jessie Overturf, age 10 years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
PRIZE CONTEST.

The letters of the following mixed
words properly arranged will spell the
names of five trees:
PUCERS.
TAWLUN.
CIKYORH.
LEPMA.
TOCODNOTOW.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
Selma, Iowa.

Dear Editor:
live on a farm five miles from
Selma. | never wrote letter to a
paper before, SO | hardly know how.
For pets have dog and cat. l like
to go to school. study reading, geog-
raphy, grammar, arithmetic and spell
ing.
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Moss Davis, age II.
Belknap, Iowa,
r. r. No. l, Aug. "a.

DeIRHdp, TOWN.,
R. r. No. l, Aug. "a.
Dear Editor:
! see in the paper the reason why
my letter wasn't put in the paper was
because wrote on both sides, and SO
thought that | would write you again.
raked hay for Fernando and got new
suit. We have two little colts. have
a Grandma Youngberg. Grandma Adj
cock and Uncle ALI and Uncle Harve,
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Perle Sharp, age r..

stay with mamma and papa some
time. have no sisters or brothers and
get very lonesome, so | stay with my
grandparents, for I have little uncle
to play with here. will close for this
time. Your friend,
u! Margaret Coleman.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
Belknap, Aug. %. 1905

Belknap, Aug. %, 1905
Dear Miss Editor. Il will send you
my photo which was taken when
was years old. go to the mail box
the same days that Pearl Thorpe goea
to the postoffice. Yours truly,
Ethel A. Dorr.
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Eldon, Ia, Aug. 20, 1905

Eldon, Ia, Aug. 20, 1905.
Dear Editor:--I just found out yes,
terday that there was Courier Jul
nior 30 I'll write right away. / used
to write to paper and thought 1t
great fun.
! am going to try to get my chum
to write to the Courier Junior too.
l am staying in the country now.
My brotherand went UP in the woods
today to take some pictures. I want
to try some time to win prize.
Yours truly,
Moss Davis, age II.
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Eddyyille. Aug. q. ]

Eddyville, Aug. o., 1908.
Dear Editor.-I thought 1t would be
nice to continue writing to the Cou-
rier Junior. / love to read the let
tiers from the farm children.
l raised a little garden Of my own
this year. sold green beans to the
amount Of $1.50. Papa gave me lit.
tie pig. go to Sunday school and
take my little friend Hattie Nixon
with me. l am going fishing this even.
ing. Your loving friend,
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Selma. Ia. Aug. %, 100

Selma, Ia, Aug. %, 1908.
Dear Editor-I am a little boy, IL
years old live on farm with my
grandfather and my grandmother. My
father and mother are both dead. MY
mother died when was 2 years old.
My father died year ago, May 5. For
pets l have dog, cat and two calves.
like to live in the country. have
lived on farm all my life. My school
commences In September, but don't
expect I will be here to start. We are
talking of going to Nebraska for Wis.
it, l will try to write letter from
there. l have no brothers or sisters.
but l have one little brother dead.
Your friend,
Harold D. MCCULLOUGH.
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Belknap, Iowa.

Belknap, Iowa.
Dear Editor:
| see in the paper the reason why
my letter wasn't put in the paper was
because wrote on both sides and so
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Dear Miss Editor. have not
much to say, but am very glad we
girls and boys can have page Of our
own. love to read the stories. have
three sisters and three brothers. Their
names are Ernest, Willie and Jesse.
My sisters names are Edith, Ina and
Mamie My school will begin next
month. like to go to school very
well. Yours truly,
Bessie Smith, aged IL.
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THE PRIZE WINNER.
NOT e.

NOTE.
The prize for the Junior contest Of
August 26, will be announced next
week. Editor.]
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

There's something lcannibalistit
about vanity; it feeds mostly upon IL
SELF
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and an Uncle Fred AID Aunt Anna and
an Aunt Grace and an Uncle Frank.
and an Uncle Fin and Aunt Clara.
Billy Allen, 8 years old.

Dear Editor: think your Junior
page is very nice. School commences
the 2Sth of August, like to go to
school because I have such nice.
kind teacher and such nice new
school house. 1t was built last fall
My teachers name will be Jennie We'll
don. She was my teacher this spring.
have little kitty. My cousin gave
1t to me. Her name is Elnora Wag-
ner. The name of my school is Sher-
man school, My birthday is Decem-
Der 80. l will be ten years old. To
make my letter short will close.
Yours truly, Josie Smith,
Keswick, Ia, r. F. d. No. 2.
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JUNIOR LETTERS.
Milton, Iowa.
August %, 1905.

August 20, 1905.
Dear Editor:
| have Just read so many nice little
letters in the Courier and thought 1
would like to Join them. am a little
girl 6 years old and go to school and
was neither absent nor tardy. MY
teacher gave me nice book which
pleased me very much. have S12
and nice little dog. 7 call him Cute,
| also have a. little play house. My
papa and mamma got me a nice little
doll carriage for my dollies. live
with my grandparents on farm two
miles from Milton.
Abingdon, la.
Dear Editor:
| am a little girl years old and
got one big sister. Her name is Ina.
have two pets, chicken and a kitty,
There names are Chippey and Beauty.
Yours truly.
Lena Davis.
Hedrick, Iowa.
r. F. d. No. 2.
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Dear Editor:---I'm a little girl
years of age. go to school. l like
school, I have one brother His
name is ri. I have a pet calf. Its
name Is Velma.
Yours respectfully,
Icel Stark,
Mystic, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12

Dear Editor.-I am boy II years
old live on farm two miles west
Of Batavia. have a mile and quar-.
ter to walk to school. There are thir-
teen children in our school
My studies are reading, arithmetic,
history, geography. grammar and
spelling. have two brothers and one
sister. I will close for this time.
Donald Lawson.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-09-12
Cedar, Ia. Aug. %, 1905

Cedar, Ia, Aug. %, 1908.
My Dear Editor.--I saw in your
Courier few letters Of my age and
thought would write too. My papa
and mamma have gone to Indiana to
the Maddox reunion. have one pet
lamb and dog. The dogs name Is
Jacob. My lambs name Is Run
Away. have two sisters Their
names are Hazel and Clara. Hazel is
10 years old; Clara 2 years old
Cecil Moore.
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Viola M. Watts, age II.
Ottumwa, Ia, r. r. No. Z.
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HOW ! SPENT THE FOURTH OF
JULY.
AS there was going to be no cele.
bration close enough for me to go, I
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Jefferson County, Box 112.
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sPoNGEs.

Mary Locke, Selma, la.
Frostburg mining journal., 1905-08-05
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The Adair County news., 1905-08-09
Brain JeakS.

The man who never fails never
tries.
A home without love is merely
a stopping place.
It is easy to make excuses for
those we love.
Gods throne is not reached by
way of the back pews.
The man who would be young
again should cultivate a young
spirit.
When a man begins wondering
if he looks his age it is a sure
sign he does.
Always speak the truth, but
don't forget that it is often wise
not to speak at all.
The man who enjoys what little
he has is far better off than the
man who has everything and en-
joys nothing.
What has become of all the old
men who could cradle ten acres
of wheat day when they were
in their prime?
Things would doubtless taste
just as good now as they did
when we were boys if We had
boys appetites.
No matter how rank the grass
grows in your yard, if your neigh
Dor goes visiting and asks your
boy to take care of his yard, the
neighbor's yard always looks
well.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-09
What Do You Say.

Paducah has 4 "hoss" case in
court which promises to be ex-
tremely interesting. A man had
a mare worth $500. She injured
herself in such a way that it was
decided to kill her. The owner
hired a negro to take her to the
country and kill her. The negro
sold her for 81 and came back
and reported that he had killed
her and was paid 81 for the job.
The former owner has discover
ed his mare, which is in fine con-
dition and again worth money,
her purchaser having cured her
He demands possession and dam
ages far her detention. The
present owner denies the claim
of the former owner, but asks
$500 for the trouble and expense
of curing her.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-09
Sane and Sensible.

tits a comfort to find that,
after the most careful work in
the feed lot and on the block
with beef and dairy types of
steers, the Iowa Experiment
Station reaches the following
conclusion: says National Stock
man. 1T is neither profitable
nor desirable to feed steers of
dairy type for beef purposes.
They are unsatisfactory to the
consumer because Ithey do not
furnish thick and we'll marbied
cuts; they are unsatisfactory to
the butcher because they furnish
low grade carcasses which are
difficult to dispose of, and they
are decidedly. unsatisfactory to
the feeder, because they yield
him little or no profit, and both
breeder and feeder waste their
time in producing such type of
steer for beef puroseps.
There is nothing new or strange
about this. Practical feeders
and killer have known it for a
long time. But every now and
then somebody who doesn't know
what a good steer is or what
prime beef is bobs up and de-
clares that dairybred steers and
beef are as good as any. Now
that the contrary has been dem
onstrated in a scientific way Git
is demonstrated in a business
The Adair County news., 1905-08-09
Mothers Vacation.

During the hot enervating days now
upon us, it is better to feed the family
on bread and milk, or let them forage
for themselves awhile, and give the
tired mother a vacation, than to keep
her grilling over hot cook stove turn
ing our roasts, pies, cakes and other
cooked things" to please capricions or
voracious appetites of the family.
Mother is the last of the family to think
she needs a vacation. Indeed, if you
should hint such thing to her she is
usually surprised into speeOhlessness at
the folly of such suggestion. She
would tell you that :suTh a thing was
utterly impossible. There is so much
necessary work, these days, that can
not possibly be shirked, she thinks; and
really, when you sit down, and think of
it, you are almost persuaded that she is
right. No one could be SO lily spared
as mother. She must not neglect the
putting up of her fruits and filling her
shelves with the product of the fields
and gardens; then there is butter, and
in many families, cheese to make, aud
nobody can do all this but mother. The
poultry must be looked after too, and
in the multitude of her duties, she for
gets that she owes higher duty to her
family than merely to look aster their
material wants. She forgets that it is
her duty to look after herself; to at
tend to keeping herself wide awake,
wholesome and healthful both mentally
and physically. Mother too often be-
comes a machine and grinds away as
any other machine does until it breaks
down or wears out, and then, patching
herself up temporarily with drugs or
drenchings, she goes on little further,
''even unto the end'' And the pitv of
it is, that her family will let her do it:
they even get to expecting it of her,
and accepting it as their right, 90
blindly on, always pushing her into the
background which she seems to like
best, until some day the cord will snap,
the wheels get out of gear, and-they
will sit down helplessly and wonder how
they can ever get along without
mother.
Now, girl, just give mother a
thought. See that she has her vaca-
ton too. She won't have many more
of them, but she ought to at least have
a rest, and change Of scene. Cannot
you advise one for her?-The Common
er.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-09
''MySaIf And Me-"

George NJ. Cohen, the actor
and author, is always scribbling
at something. If it is not bit
of dialogue for play, it is a bit
Of doggerel-beg pardon. He
handed out what he choose to
call Myself and Me" a few days
ago. Here it is:
Pm the best pal that | ever had,
| like to be with me,
l like to>sit and tell myself
Things confidentially.
| often sit and ask me
If shouldn't or I should,
And | find that my advice to me
Is always pretty good.
| never got acquainted with my
self
Till here OF late,
And | find myself a bully chum,
/ treat me simply great,
/ talk with me and walk with me,
And show me right and wrong,
| never knew how we'll myself
And me could get along,
/ never tried to cheat me,
I'm as truthful as can be,
No matter what may come or go
I'm on the square with me,
It's great to know yourself
and have a pal that's all your
own,
To be such company for yourself
You re never left alone,
You'll try to dodge the masses
And you'll find a crowds joke,
If you only treat yourself
AS well as you treat other folk.
I've made a study Of myself,
Compared me with the lot
Ard I've finally concluded
I'm the best friend that I've got.
Just get together with yourself,
and trust yourself with you,
And you'll be surprised how well
yourself,
Will like you if you do. Ex-
change.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-09

way every market day. let us
remember it. There is no need
to waste time or lose money on
dairy steers in the feed lot any
more than on beef COWS in the
dairy.
Parents do wrong in keeping
their children hanging around
home in idleness and sheltered
and enervated by parental indul-
gence. The eagle does better.
1t stirs up it's nest when the
young eagles are able to fly.
They are compelled to shift for
themselves for the old eagle
literally turns them out and at
the same time tears all the down
and feathers from the nest. IT'S
this rude and rough experience
that makes the king of birds so
fearless in his flight and so expert
in his pursuit of prey. 1t is a
misfortune to be born with a
silver spoon in your mouth. Riches
often hang like a milestone about
the necks of ambitious young
people.
The Adair County news., 1905-08-09
The conductors and breakman

The conductors and breakman
on the NOrfOrk & Western got
to be such dudes and mashers
that the company had to issue an
order forbidding them to wear
or accept flowers. Some Of
them got so that they were a
walking flower garden. Strikes
us that the company is unreason-
ably interfering with personal
rights. A man should be allow
ed to make himself as attractive
as possible and it certainly
couldn't hurt the road to have its
employs popular with the ladies.