Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-06
JUNIOR LETTERS.
Hedrick, Iowa,
r. F. D. No. 5.

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Hedrick, Iowa,
r. F. d. No. 8.
Dear Editor:
will try and write letter to the
Junior. would like to join this happy
circle. | am little girl IL years old
the tenth of last November. go to
MT. Tabor school No. 1. There are sew
enteen scholars in roll that go to
school. My teachers name is Miss
Lottie McCamick. We had week.
vacation during Christmas We had our
| pictures taken some time ago.
| have a shepherd pup named Tip
and three kittens named Muff, Cricket
and SNOWFALL and a pony named Nelly.
In Holland the peoples Christmas is
not like ours. They think that Santa
Claus is a little old man who lives
underneath the ground The people
are very different from people in the
United States. Well, l will close, as
my letter is getting long and it is
my bed time.
Yours truly,
Emma Eva Young.
Lucas, Iowa.
| DcdT EQlCOTs
| AS l have seen so many letters in
the Courier Junior l thought would
write too. am nine years
old. am in the third grade.
My teachers name is Margaret
| Watkins. have sister named Bessie.
She IS IL years old and she is in the
sixth grade. have a dog named
Sport. He is a good dog. He is a
bird dog. Well. I will close.
Harry Warren Brown.
| Farson, Iowa.
Dear Editor:
AS SO many other little girls are
writing to the Junior department too
want to write a few lines.
have one brother and one sister
and we all like to go to school. AS
we live quite Always from the school
house, we have a pony and drive. AS
name is Dolly and she is quite a pet.
When any of us open the school house
door she will nicker at us, for we feed
her apples, cookies, etc.
have pet maltese cat. Mrs. Mag
gle Davis gave him to nlg when quite
little kitten. I call him Dutch. He
is not quite year old and weighs
eight pounds.
I will close for this time.
Vera Dickens, age II.
Avery, Iowa.
Dear Editor:
am a little girl years old. | have
siven sisters living and one dead and
each sister has a brother. go to
school, every day. My teachers name
is Miss Anna Bell think she is a
good teacher. I go to Sunday school.
My Sunday school teachers name is
Miss Susie Roberts / think she is a
good teacher.
I got a new sled for Christmas and
two handkerchiefs and story book.
am writing this at home. am going
to school today. / am in the third
reader and primary arithmetic and
first part Of language 1 guess | will
close, as my letter is getting long.
Bessie Stewart.
Charlton, Iowa.
| Dear Miss Editor: / have written
a letter and story to this paper be-
fore, so 1 thought would write again.
My little brother Ferris is sick, and
the doctor was out to see him today.
Papa has taken the Courier for quite
a while and thinks 1t is a splendid
paper. I love to read the little let
ters. I attend the Vawter school.
think the boys and girls are doing
fine. I will close for this time.
Yours truly,
| Edith Vawter aged IL.
Eldon, Iowa.
Dear Editor: am little girl 9
years old I go to the .Eldon public
school. I am in the third room. My
| teachers name is Miss O'Brien. /
one brother. His name is Clarence.
/ love to read the children's letters in
| the Junior. My schools-began Sept
| H. haven't missed but one day.
love to go to school. My papa has
taken the Courier for a long time.
| go to the Christian Sunday school.
AS my letter is getting long, I will
close. Yours truly,
| Gladys Bightol.
Garnet, Kansas.
Dear Editor: am little boy II
years old. Ny Grandma Sage takes
the Courier and I have been reading
the Courier Junior. / like it very
much. go to school every day. I am
| III Inc ScSeHLil SIdu0. MY SIuQleS are
spelling, drawing, arithmetic, history
] geography, grammar and music. My
1 teachers names are George LlewelIyn
and Mr. Whitehead, music. have
one brother and three sisters, Hazel
Zoe, Joyce and Ramona. My papa,
| CDR Kirkpatrick) used to live in OF
| tumwa when he was a young man. /
visited in Ottumwa four years ago
! last summer with mamma at her
uncle's, J. M. Murray, on Clay street.
My mamma was raised in Agency.
! She was member of the first grad
uating class from the high school
| there In the year 1881. Well I guess
my letter is getting long, SO I will
close.
Thomas Sage Kirkpatrick.
Bloomfield, Iowa.
Dear Editor: I thought / would
join your merry circle. My papa takes
| the Courier. like to read the letters
| / am little girl 10 years old. / am
| in the fourth grade. I study reading
arithmetic, geography spelling and