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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-02

The greatest satisfaction ia
always obtained from the best Of
anything. This is particularly
true of laundry work. If you
appreciate the truth of these
statements you will most certainly
send your washing to the Ana
darko Steam Laundry. Phone
No. 90. % II
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-04-02

Stop j. E. Farrington's red
cob wagon or call phone 176 for
cheap fuel. 36tf
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL.

My school is Union District No. 1.
I like to go to school. Ny teachers
name Is Miss Jessie Archer. like
her very much. We have about
twenty-three scholars on roll now.
My chum is Belle Polling. I study
seven branches now They are
reading, arithmetic, geography. ply
siology, grammar. spelling and his
tory. like history and geography
best of all, but don't like arithmetic
at all.
We play black man, blindfold aud
drop the handkerchief at school at
noon and recess. We have an organ
in our school house. I used to take
music lessons but can't take les
sons and go to school too. We have
an organ at home. Our school house
is new one. 1t was built in 1900.
If we don't whisper for a day the
teacher will put bright star by our
name on an honor roll. 1 like to
draw maps at school. l drew one of
the New England states yesterday. /
have box of map crayons but we
don't have to color our maps any.
We have so many little children
about four and six years old in our
school,
This Is all can say about my
school.
Your Junior
Mae shaffer, age IA,
Douds-Leando, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL.

go to Oak Ridge No. school, My
teachers name is Miss Peterborough
She is very good and like her very
much. Our school began Tuesday,
September 8.
We have only eighteen scholars.
Three Of my classmates moved away
and only have one now. Her name
is Hazel Kleinert. We have lots Of
fun.
study history, arithmetic, gram
mar, geography, physiology and spell
ing. like arithmetic, grammar and
spelling. am in the seventh grade.
have read many books in the lib
rary. The name of the one l am
reading now is "The Pathfinder" 1t
is about the Indians.
We have a new coal house at our
school now.
I have never been absent or tardy
this term. have one certificate and
hope can get one every month.
l received post card few days ago
and thank you very much for it.
Edna Meeker, age 10,
r. F. D. No. 1. Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL.

I attend school at Oak Hill No. T.,
in Pleasant Township, Lucas County.
Iowa.
My teachers name is Miss Nellie
Hawk. I think she is good teacher
1 go to school every day and my
studies are reading, history, arith-
metic, grammar, geography, writing,
physiology and spelling.
This school house is old. 1t has
been painted white but does not look
like it now. The door is in the front
which faces the south, and with three
windows 1t is real nice looking on
the interior. There are pretty pic
lures between each window, and
three groups at the back.
We have fourteen library books in
our school. There are only sixteen
scholars that attend school now.
like to go to school if can go
and never be absent or tardy. And
hope all other children do.
Elsie Terril, age Is,
r. F. D. No. 2. Russell, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL,.

Wyman School was named for
Henry Wyman, it Is beautiful
school with three big grass terraces,
flowers and trees. In the voteing
contest few months ago our school
took first prize for being the pref
test schools in st. Louis. 1t has
eighteen rooms, about nine hundred
and fifty scholars and kindergarten
with senenty-flve children. Our
school has library and beautiful
museum The teachers College Is
connected with our school, My Prin-
cipal is Mr.. Gerling. My teachers
is Miss VIM. am in room thir-
teen. There are fifty four scholars
in my room. Ny studies are reading,
writing. spelling, arithmetic, geogra-
ply, painting and drawing. My music
teacher is Miss Bray. My writing
teacher is Mr. Walker Our exercise
teacher IS Miss Weden. We have
large play ground for the boys and
one for the girls, lovely large bass-
ment where we play when it is bad
weather.
Margaret Smiley, age 9,
1921 Rutger st. ST. Louis, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
NY SCHOOL

think have such a nice
school house for country school.
1t is a rather large square building,
with vestibule on the south and
on the north there is a very large
round window. 1t is very nice on the
inside. The paper on the wall Is
white with a light blue flower in it.
We have ten large pictures hang.
Ing up, one of them Is the picture #
all of our Presidents.
Our library has eighty-nine books.
We Just get our new single seats in,
this fall, and think they are very nice
We have a very nice playground.
too Each one Of us have thrown in
nickle and got bat and ball. But
l do not think it will do me very
much good for I am not very good
ball player.
There is twenty-fv pupils going
to school this fall. Our teachers
name is Miss Jessie B. Evans and I
don't think I ever went to better
teacher.
I am in the sixth grade My stud
les are as follows: grammar, physio-
logy, reading. history, spelling, arith-
metic. geography writing and music
My music teachers name is Miss
Eugene Swanson. I have taken ten
lessons.
Yours truly,
Miss Bonnie Duckworth. age 10
R. F. D. No. 2 Russell, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL.


I go to High school but I am only
in the eighth grade. My school mates
are Ruby Xix, Elsie Stroud, Clara
Hinton, Bessie Caps and Winnie
Harper. And Bessie Capp is my seat
mate. My studies are reading, arith-
metic. geography, history, grammar
and spelling. Ny teachers names
are Miss Merrill. Miss Krout and Miss
Nelson. The High school has organ
lied an athletic association but /
do not belong.
We have literary program every
two weeks. played an instrumental
solo the last program. We have
another one next Friday, Our school
commenced September 2. have
about half mile to walk to school,
Lena Davis, age II,
Hedrick, Iowa.
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story from building with a large bell
which rings morning, noon and recess
1t has seven windows, three in the
east, three in the west, one in the
north and the door is in the south.
In the school room we have an
organ, a globe, a book case and seven
lamps, one over each window.
My teachers name Is Miss Oden-
baugh. There are about thirty pupils
that go to school,
My studies are reading, writing,
grammar, physiology, geography,
spelling, arithmetic and music.
There are ten in my class five girls
and five boys. live about one mile
from school, Last spring the teach
er and all the school children had
their pictures taken out in the yard.
Merle Arie and held the slate which
had the date and the name of the
school. We have large playground
with several shade trees.
Yours truly
Gerena Schwartz, age 8,
r. F. D. No. 6. 'Ottumwa, Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
Ottunwa,
MY SCHOOL.

I go to the Benton school. situated
in the south part of town. The school
contains eight rooms. We have
beautiful yard and nice trees and
flowers. We got the prize for the
best kept school yard this summer.
The principals name is Mr.. Supple.
Ny teachers name is Miss Ola Hol-
laway. She is a fine teacher.
There are thirty pupils in my room.
am in the sixth grade. Miss Beatty
is my music teacher and art teacher.
She gives us lesson on them once
week but we have art every morn
Ing and music every afternoon.
Florence Kettle, Gladys Mullenix
and Gladys Still are my playmates.
There Is a moving picture shows
here and Gladly Stills papa gave her
some tickets and she took up girls
to it Thursday after school. They
showed the Life of Christ
study reading, geography. gram
mar, spelling, arithmetic, history and
writing
At the end Of every term we have
an exhibition and each of us has IA
portfolio to show our work during the
term
We have special progrom Thanks
giving and Christmas. We have two
weeks vacation Christmas.
Lucille White, age IL,
Box 256. Kirksville, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL,.

go to the Central ward school
house and am in the seventh grade.
Miss Hosbrook is my teacher and
like her very much. Mr.. Read is pro-
fessor of our school,
study reading arithmetic. geogra-
ply, grammar, spelling and drawing.
like geography and drawing the
best of all my studies. This week
we are to write all we know about
Indians and then. on the next week
we will write about some other race.
If we get forty examples in arith-
metic done before Friday we will get
half and hour off, either at noon or
at night
We went for a picnic one Saturday
away out north, we started to walk
1t but there was a wagon going our
way and he stopped for us so we all
climbed in.
When we got there we played
games until supper time, then we set
the table and ate our supper. after
we had watermelon and had our pic
lures taken with watermelon in our
hands. Then we 'oasted marshmal-
lows and gathered up our things and
went home.
We were all tired the next day but
we had good days fun SO we did
not care.
There are thirty-six scholars in
our room and 50 it had to be divided
in sections Our teacher numbered
us all !. My number is three.
was watching very eagerly for
the Tuesdays Courier Juniod this
time Monday 1 thought it was Tues
day and when I went to the post
Office there wasn't any Courier. ask
ed friend if it was not Tuesday
and she told me different.
Madge Barrett, age IL,
Box 497. Mystic, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
FIDELITY SCHOOL.

1 go to Fidelity school. I live just
a little way from it. My teachers
name is Miss Elsie Dolly. like to
go to school to her l have been
neither absent nor tardy this term
There are twenty-one scholars en-
rolled.
The names of my classmates are
Mae Baily, Agnes Sloan, Harve
Smith. and Glen Townsend. I am In
the Fifth reader, history, arithmetic,
grammar, physiology, geography and
spelling. I am working in fractions
in arithmetic.
We sing every morning except
Wednesday and Friday. We have
memory gems.
There is library box in the school.
l Eke to read the books.
My seat mate is my sister Lucy,
She is eight years old.
Glare Mcconnell, age u,
Drakeville, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
NY SCHOOL,

l go to school at Belknap. We
have nice school house. 1t is
square with one room and a hall up
stairs and down we have slate
black board. We have big play
ground and nice shade trees.
Mrs. Mccormick is the principal
and Miss Zoe Mccormick teaches
down stairs.
/ am up stairs and like my teacher.
There are twenty-four in my room
and about twenty in the other.
l study reading, arithmetic, physio-
logy, geography, history, grammar,
and spelling. like arithmetic the
best.
We have lots of fun at noon and
recess. We play ball, flying dutch
man and lots Of other games.
AS my letter is getting long ! will
close.
Robert Randolph Cox, age is,
Bellinap, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
wINoNA SCHOOL.

Dear Editor.-The school I go 10
is the Winona school, like 1t very
much. There are forty-eight
scholars in one room alone.
My teachers name is Dora Hener.
l like her very much. Our music
teachers name is Miss Brookert. She
teaches us music and drawing. The
boys have the largest play ground.
They play football
One of the little school girls died
Friday. Her name was Mamie Gavin
She went to my school and was in
the same room am. She had MANY
friends and everybody liked her. She
was eleven years old When the doc
tor came he said she had the diph-
iberia. On Friday the child grew
worse and died Friday evening about
$3.50 o'clock. but the diphtheria is
not scattered here.
Myrtle O'Loughlin, age 49,
307 N. Main St. Mt. Pleasant, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL,.

My school-house is a frame build
ing and divided into two rooms and
above it floats the American flag. We
also have flags draped above tia
teachers desk
Our teachers name Is Mrs. Winsor,
and the other teachers name is Miss
Shell.
There are twelve pupils in my class
five girls and seven boys. am in
the fifth grade. There are about
thirty-four children in our room.
Among the trees in our school
yard are the Acacia, Umbrella, Pine
and Cork Elm. The Acacia blooms
in February and has small yellow
blossoms that smell very sweet
Our school Is known as the Willow
Oak Park school and is situated about
three fourths of a mile from my home
have good times as well as work
at school.
My studies are arithmetic, reading
drawing, language, writing, spelling
and geography. The first thing in the
morning we have song.
We have an organ in our school.
My classmates are all about my
age 1 walk home at night with a
girl named Christine Hansen who
also came here from Iowa.
Elma Gladys Gordon, age 10,
R. F. D. No. /. Woodland Cal.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
CEDAR GROVE SCHOOL.

My school is Cedar Grove in Cedar
township, Lucas county, Iowa. 1t is
a large building with one room and
a vestibule on the south. There are
some single seats and desks. There
is a blackboard and a nice library
with eighty-nine books. have read
eighteen of them and thought they
were very good My teachers name Is
Miss Jessie B. Evans. Our schol-
house is painted, plastered, papered
and is decorated with cards AMI
pictures. There are twenty-four
pupils. l have seven studies, arith-
metic, geography, reading, history,
grammar, physiology and spelling.
There are twelve big trees in the
school yard.
l live a quarter of mile north Of
the school-house. I have fifteen
monthly certificates for not being
either absent or tardy. I have gone to
school three years and am now nine.
I would rather go to school than wash
dishes.
Your friend,
Ruth Goltry.
p,,e,a1l To
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL.

1 attend the Washington school, 1t
is built of red brick and is three
stories high. On each side there is
paved yard, one Is the girls and one
the boys.
The girls and boys go up separate
stairs.
The principals Office is on the sec
ond story and above It on the third
floor is the library. There is small
fourth story under the roof that Is
not used for school rooms and sup
pose it is used as sort of store room
There are eighteen rooms in the
school, The Kindergarten is No. IS.
and the eighth grade is No. l. I am
in No. 8, seventh grade. My teacher
is Miss Hancock.
There are forty-eight seats in the
room; but there are only forty-three
pupils. am in the first or A class.
The principal is man; his name
is Mr.. Miller. He used to be pro-
fessor In one of the High Schools
here.
For singing we go into No. 4, the
room below; because there Is piano
there and there is none in our room.
Our music teacher is Miss Finn. She
comes every two weeks.
We have for our studies music,
arithmetic, history, geography, spell
ing. grammar and domestic science,
which is sewing and cooking. We
have sewing now. We have to go to
the Eugene Field school for it be-
cause we haven't any domestic
science rooms in our school. We go
once week and have lots of fun.
The boys have carpentry and things
like that.
Beatrice Lynch, age ~,
Oil Walton Ave- st. Louis, Mo
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING CO.,
oTTuMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAUx.
EDITOR.
THE PRIZE WINNERS.

Dear Junior: The contest closing
today has proved to be a splendid one.
We intended to announce the names
Of the prize winners today but we
have decided to wait until we have
their pictures, the pictures of their
teachers and the pictures OF their
schools. We will notify the three
prize winners by letter today, as we
want the result of the contest to be a
complete surprise. We hope to have
all the pictures by next week.
All the Juniors have done excellent
work and each one will receive a SOU
venir the week after their story ap.
pears in the Junior.
But to make this contest all the
more interesting we have decided to
let the Juniors pick out prize win
ner, filling out the blank spaces IN
the following ballot:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL,.

Since this is the busy time, when
everybody Is going to school. think
that these subjects are very good to
write about. Every body knows a
great deal about school and studies
now,
attend the Adams school and am
in the first part of the eighth grade
My teachers name is Miss Peters.
There are thirty-five pupils in my
room. consisting of sixteen boys and
nineteen girls.
The principal Of the school go
to is Miss Fielder. The music teach
er Is Miss Harrison. There are
twelve other teachers besides the
principal.
The studies 1 have are grammar,
algebra, history, spelling, music,
drawing and English.
l like to go to school very much
and like my teacher, too
AS l have written a pretty long
story I will now close, hoping the
Junior much success.
Your Junior friend,
Edna Nelson, age 13
III Kruger st. Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL.


go to the North school building,
called the Bancroft building.
My teachers name is Miss Helen
Van Arsdale. I like her real we'll.
My music teachers name is Mr..
Hayes. like him better than any
music teacher I ever had You can
not help but understand him.
The professors name is Prof. John
son. He is fine professor.
There are 46 pupils in my room.
There are only two empty seats in
the whole room.
We are all sixth grade pupils. My
studies are easy for me. My studies
are reading, writing, spelling, afith-
metic, geography, language, and
drawing.
We will take up history after
Christmas.
l have to walk about eight blocks
to school, have one sister in the
fifth grade. One brother N the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22

second grade and one brother in the
Busy Bee.
He Just started this term. He likes
to go to school and so do l. My school
is the largest and best school in the
town.
1t has the high school. It has only
one-half Of a block for the ground.
There are the first, second, third,
fourth, fifth and sixth grades down
stairs. And the ninth. tenth. eleven
tn and twelfth grades up stairs.
Yours truly,
Iva Curtis, age 10,
Charlton, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY

Over the hills and far away.
A little boy steals from his. morning
play,
And under the blossoming apple tree
He lies and he dreams of the things
to be-
OF battles fought and victories won,
Of wrongs DER thrown and great
things done
OF the valor that he shall give some
day,
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away.
Over the hills and far away.
It's oh, for the toll of the livelong
But it mattereth not to the soul
aflame
With love for riches and power and
fame!
On, o man! while the sun Is high
On to the certain joys that lie
Yonder, where blazeth the moon Of
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away!
Over the hills and far away.
An old man fingers at close of day:
Now that his journey is almost done.
His battles fought and his victories
won
The old-tme honesty and truth,
The trustfulness and the friends Of
youth.
Home and mother-where are they?
Over the hills and far away
Eugene Field.
Over the hills and far away!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY TEACHER, MY SCHOOL AND
MY CLASSMATES.

My teachers name Is Miss Nellie
M. Miller. She is very kind. She
has black hair; she is not very tall.
Miss Miller teaches the sixth and
seventh grades in the fourth room.
My classmates are as follows. Bees
sic Cunningham, Tessie Pierson,
Hazel Seaman, Ida Brooks, Nellie
Mcclure, Nellie Lyons and Nina
Lyon.
We have lots of fun playing
games before school takes up.
My school is a two story building
in the west side Of Eldon, Iowa. It
has four large rooms in it. It Is
made of brick. The school house Is
on the hill about two blocks from
my home. AS my story is getting
long. I will close, hoping the Junior
much success.
Miss Katherine Barley, age IL,
Eldon Iowa.
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MY CLASSMATES.

My teachers name is Henry Hol-
len. He lives in Eldon like him
very we'll. He is good teacher.
My School.
Our school house stands upon a
hill. The color of it is white. 1t s
not very large. like to go to
school in the country.
My Class Mates.
In my class my CLASSMATES are
Reva Hart, Anna loops, Della Ellis
worth, Eva Ellsworth. Earnest Nc
Carly and Clyde Rourke.
Well, as my letter is getting long
will close.
Your little friend,
Minnie Canny,
Eldon, Iowa.
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MY SCHOOL,.


On one of the principal streets Of
Ottumwa stands an old brick building
which is known as the Douglas
school On the second floor is
pleasant room where my classmates
and I study with my teacher. Miss
Kline, who we all love. Our studies
include geography, arithmetic, SPELL
ing language reading, writing, com
position. music Every two weeks we
take our music lesson from our music
teacher, Mrs. Harrison. enjoy all
my studies.
My favorite study is music. We
have forty-three pupils in our room.
On the same floor east of us is Miss
Wagner. who is our principal.
Yours truly.
Mildred Mckinley, age 10.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
MY SCHOOL.

I 20 to school in Abba, Iowa.
am in the seventh grade. My techer's
name is Miss Ida Piper. She is
very good teacher. I study reading,
writing, arithmetic, geography,
music language, drawing and SPELL
ing
Our music teachers name is Miss
Newton.
Our professors name is F. e..
George.
There are thirty-nine pupils in our
room.
My studies are not very hard The
name of our school house is the Abba
High School.
My teacher explains things very
plainly to the children. The chill
dren are all pretty good in our room.
The Professor comes in every once
and while and gives US a drawing
lesson. It Is mostly Of landscapes.
The other day we were surprised
because he came in before we knew
he was going to.
We get out twenty minutes Of four
every evening.
The music teacher can sing.
There are twelve grades in the
Abba High School.
One of my class mates moved away
to Indian Territory. Her name Is
Vera Bay.
I have not been absent or tardy
this year.
The other day we drew maps of
the New England states. and the
teacher hung them up on the wall.
This is all about my school.
Your Junior,
Helen Yale, age IL,
Abba. Iowa,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-10-22
THE WILLIAMSBURG
SCHOOL,

Onr school was built in the year o.
1887 It took about a years to build
it.
Mr.. Mark Mullin was our first prin-
cipal, and the principal now is M.
Beaulieu
Our school has ten rooms in It,
One room is on the east side of the
public square. There are nine
teachers besides Mr. Bealien.
am now in the fifth grade and
there are two divisions in our room
There are fifty scholars in my room
also.
My studies are geography, reading
arithmetic, lessons in English and
writing, which is Palmer's Method. CT
Business Writing.
Every Friday is our composition
day. The last time we had compost
tons the title was '.The House You
Live In
My teachers name is Alma F.
Lortz. She awarded prize for the
neatest work in penmanship. She
also awarded prize for spelling the
one missing the least during the
month should get the prize.
My schoolmates are Cora Scholl,
Era Mcnamara, Mary Montgomery,
Ethel Durr, Leona Lortz, Helen
Doherty, Edith Durr, Margaret Jones,
Gertle Whitford and Rosetta Gaffney.
The school yard is divided into two
divisions, the boys playground and
the girls playground.
The school Is situated in the center
of the grounds. 1t has tall cupalo
where the bell is hung,
Three years ago the Woman's Re-
lief Corps presented the school with
flag sixteen feet by ten feet and q