Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-24
Nora Mae Daley.

live at Winfield. Their names are
Fila and Lester Chilson. We have lived
IN Iowa 10 years, in the same place
all the time until February 2e. We
used to. live Az miles northwest Of
Fremont. After all the loads We're
started In our carriage and before we
mad gone three-fourths of mile our
carriage spring broke and we had to
borrow another vehicle to come in
We had to go eight miles and the
roads We're the worst I ever went
over, Mamma, Crystal, Ella and Les
ter and one of our neighbor boys
whose name is John Mahaffe went to
qttumwa today, Crystal, Ella and
lures taken. Garnett and will 20 TO
the Walnut Grove school this spring.
We used to go to the Concert school.
We will have to walk a mile and q
half. AS my letter Is getting quite
long will have to close. So good
bye. wishing the Junior success, / re-
main Your true friend,
Hazel Gilyeart, aged 10.
r. 3. D. No. 8.
Bddyville, Iowa.
Dear Editor; will write, as have
never written before. We have pony
and 1T Is white and brown, and we
have pet lamb I am II years old.
| have two brothers and one sister.
We live on farm one mile and a
half from town, and go to school.
MY teachers name is Mrs. Boyd. /
am In the second room,
Maude Oldham.
Bloomfield, Iowa.
Dear Editor: I am little boy IL
years old. / live on q farm twelve
miles northeast of Bloomfield. NV
papa takes the Courier and / like to
read the letters, live one mile from
tne school house and my teachers
name is Miss Eta Rity. | like her
very much. ] read in the fourth
ing. I have three sisters and four
brothers, besides myself. My sisters
names are zadie, Mamie and Bessie;
my brothers names are Harry, Roy,
Edgar and Emery. For pets i have
a pony. She is white and a spotted
colt, and a little calf and two dogs.
One is spotted, the other is black.
Their names are Shep and Trick. Well
as my letter is getting long viii
Close Your friend,
R. F. D. No. /,
Ottumwa, Iowa
Dear Editor: - " y :
nave never written to the Junior.
! live on a large farm in the country.
am ten years old. study reading.
arithmetic, grammar, spelling, physi-
ology. geography, history, writing and
music. My baby brothers name is
Neil. He is 7 years old. He has q
coaster. | have FIVE dolls, stoves,
dishes, wash tub and board, a tea ket-
tie that Will boil water. two beds and
doll cradle. am SO tired can't
think Of half Of the things, Goodyby.
Margaret Baker,
Route No. 8,
Dear Editor.
! have been reading the Junior mage
and what ! cannot read get my sister
to read to me. There are SO many lit
tie folks know, SO l thought would
like to write again. My papa has taken
the Courier for a good many years, 4
am SO glad that spring is coming. SO
us little hoys and girls can gather
wild flowers in the woods. | went one
day up to the timber with my papa to
burn brush and thought 1t was nice.
Next summerI am going to bring the
COWS from the timber at night.
From your little friend.
Floyd Clarkson, age 7.
r. r. No. 2, Floris, Iowa.
Dear Editor: AS am lover Of
flowers, thought would try writing
a story about them We keep house
plants. | think they are pretty.
The names Of the plants we have are
geraniums, carnations, chrysanthe-
NUNS, gladiolus, oxalis and begonias.
We have the elephant ear and the
rubber plant. They are pretty flowers
think And then we have Christ.
mas plant. 1t bloomed Christmas and
is still in bloom. think 1t is Just
lovely. Well, will now tell about
the flowers we are going to plant in
the yard. We plant our sweet peas
along the yard fence and have q bed
of phlox and Fundamentals. Well.
/ have told all | can about flowers
now. AS my letter is getting long
anyway | will close.
From your friend,
Leora Lewis, age II.
Russell, Iowa.
buttSi MOHt.
Dear Editor:
l have never written before. used
to live In Ottumwa. like the noun
tains very much. Butte has a good
many silver and copper and few
gold mines.
go to the Grant school and am In
the cixth grade. was 10 years old
the 9th Of February.
will close for this time.
Yours truly.
Isabel Rodgers,
324 Kemper ave-, Butte, Mont.
Foris, Iowa.
Dear Editor:
AS see the Juniors are to have a
flower contest / thought would tell
you about my flower garden which /
am going to plant this spring. have
pansies. sweet peas, nasturtiums and