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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-27

Earned runs-W Washington. 3. First base by er-
rors-MBnespolis. ]. Left on bases-Washing.
ton. Is: Minneapolis. 4. First base on balls
on Biersdorrer. - of Oberlin. l.: of Graham. 2.
Innings pitched Three by each pitcher. Hits
nsde-Oh Biersdorffer. .: of Oberln L. of
Graham. 3: OF Falkenberg. 3: OF Gates 3
Struck out-By Falkenberg. .: by Bersdorfer.
!; by Oberlin. /; by Graham. l. Home runs
i'"'chanty. Street. Pickering. Two-base hit
callahan. Sacrifice hits-Ganey. Buelow. Stolen
bases Mcbride. Street. Kay. Double play-Mc-
Bride to Dclebanty. Cmpire-Mr. Joe Cantillon
Lime nf GAME hour and q minutes.
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Side Lights on Contest.

Some $40 spectators enjoyed the game.
which was continued for a while after the
ninth inning in order to afford the late
Corners a treat.
Falkenberg was careless in watching his
bases in the first inning.
Pickerings homer in the seventh inning
went mile high over the right-feld
fence.
Altizer worked nicely for six innings and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-30
THE SOUVENIR PosTALs.

No doubt some of our colder" read
ers will not understand why we are
always sending out postals. We send
them because we realize that the
Juniors are delighted to get them.
However, we do not want the juniors
to acknowledge them by simply
thanking us or writing receipt, but
we do want them to write nice lit
tie letter telling us Of their pets,
their home, the beautiful flowers or
something else of interest. We will
give surprise prize for the best let
ter by June II. So If any of the
Juniors want to be ranked among the
prize winners, they must write pretty
soon. We already have some excel
lent letters. We will still send out
postals to Juniors the week in which
their letters or stories appear on the
Junior page. We have some beaut-
full new postals which we are sending
out. The Juniors might write letters
to some absent member of their fam
lily or else they might pretend to be
away on trip and write home.
We have splendid letter today
from an Otumwa Junior, Margaret
Whelan, who tells us many interest
ing things about California where she
is visiting with her aunt at Berkeley.
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Willow bank school is on Lincoln

Willow bank school is on Lincoln
street.
Iowa Wesleyan, German College,
and Hiowes academy and University
college are in Mt. Pleasant.
Mt Pleasant has three banks, Saw
ings bank, corner of Monroe and Main
streets, First National bank. corner If
State bank, corner Of Monroe and
Main streets. The Henry county poor
house is near Mt Pleasant One Of
the state hospitals for insane is in Mt.
Pleasant.
Mt. Pleasant is divided into four
wards.
Mt. Pleasant is the county seat Of
Henry county. Henry county is
divided into twelve townships, Jeffer-
son. Wayne, Scott, Trenton, Marion,
Canaan, Tippecanoe, Center, New
London, Salem, jackson, Baltimore.
Mt. Pleasant has all cement walks
all over the town nearly. 1t is a nice
clean town. The hospital is on East
Washington street. We lived in big
brown house on North Main street. It
is a nice street The depot is on Main
street. They are going to build new
court house and a new depot but do
not know just when.
The library in Mt. Pleasant is on
Main street and Boring street. l went
to the library.
The Y. M. c. A, building in Mt
Pleasant is on Jefferson and Berina
streets. 1t is a big building. They
have fine times there
Mt. Pleasant is noted for good
schools.
The skating rink in Mt Pleasant Is
on jefferson street.
Our doctor in Mt Pleasant was w
S. Leasanger. He is as good a docto!
as there is in the city.
My playmates We're Emma Ruga
Lucille Whitney. Lulu Cook, Florence
Anderson, Edith Effert, Marguerite
Hall.
Well, I will close My address is,
Myrtle O'Loughlin, age 10,
Batavia, Iowa, R. R., No. l.
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THE ROLLING PIN.

n !
thought would write about grand.
mas first rolling pin. When grandpa
and grandma were first married they
didn't have any rolling pin. Grandpa
made hard walnut rolling pin. It,
had two rollers on It. He made it.
out Of piece Of walnut wood They
lived on farm IL miles west OF,
Portsmouth. Ohio, Liota county, Jana
10, 1855. Grandma has moved It from
Ohio to Nebraska and then to Farms
ington, Iowa, and now to Ottu1nwa.
and 1t is still there now. It is good
yet, but she don't use 1t. She has
had two new ones since she had that
one. Grandpa is dead now and grand-
ma keeps it for a keepsake. He has
been dead for three years. AS my
story is getting long will close.
Wishing the Junior success, am
Your loving Junior,
Leona Vest, age IL
R. r. No. 6, Ottumwa.
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ed that this must be stopped as ac-
cording to their constitution all peo-
pie must be Free
The south wanted to draw away
from the main government, SO Presi-
dent Lincoln called for soldiers to
fight. The south lost and the slaves
were free.
There was many soldiers killed so
this is the reason the north, east and
west celebrate May 80.
The old soldiers and their wives
usually plan the services for Memorial
day and they always include the chill
dren in the parade. They first go to
the bridge and we throw our flowers
in the river for the sailors who died
for their country.
Then we march to the cemetery. We
see our beautiful old glory on the
flag staff. An old soldier speaks of
those dead heroes, and tells us we
should always remember them. He
teaches us to love our country and
grand old glory.
We then sing America" after which
we return home. Decoration day
l am a daily Junior.
Norma Daniels, age 10,
P. o. box 223, Eldon, Iowa.
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be the only one of it's kind tn this
country. They have nice amusenlents

be the only one of its kind In this
country. They have nice amusenlents
there.
Back Of the U. c., building are the
Berkeley hills or peaks, which are
twenty five hundred feet high At the
top they is big c. Mamma and
some young ladies and climbed up t.,
it. and coming down we had to run
fast as the climb is so steep.
In the U. c.. grounds there is a very
old tree. When General LaConta
died he owned the ground and re-
quested that they would let this ons
oak tree stand They have a slab
fiat under the tree bearing his name,
IN memory of his goodness to them Il
is so roomy that one day some little
friends and took our lunch and
climbed up an had our dinner in tina
tree.
We have been busy going to see ths
fleet. 1t is lovely sight. At night ]
can look out Of my bedroom window
and see the ships as they light up this
bay. We are about three-Quarters Of 4
mile from bay but we can see.
One day we went to Alameda to the
boat races. I enjoyed it. I never saw
so many people before.
Friday evening we want to take Laka
Merritt to see the fire works in honor
Of the fleet. They were beautiful. SAT-
urday morning we went to Oakland to
see the grand parade of all the mems
bers of the fleet. I saw Fighting Bob
as he is called. 1t took the parade
hours to pass by u.s. Every town is
decorated in flags and oh, so many
electric lights 1t is grand sight al
night Different blocks were wired in
for the different schools and every ono
was given flag and flowers. I was IN
the Berkeley school block
Really, dear Juniors. have seen 50
much that I must not try and tell
in one letter. Pardon me for so long
telling you Of my most enjoyable trip
as never have much time to write.
Yours sincerely,
Margaret Whelan, age 8,
Berkeley California.
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DECORATION DAY, MAY 80.

Decoration day has been celebrated
by the north, east and west annually
for the past forty years, by decorating
the graves of soldiers who gave up
their lives for the union.
This custom owes its origin to the
official order Of General Logan, de-
claring that May 80 was designated
for the purpose Of decorating the
graves of the soldiers who died in the
late rebellion in defense of their coun-
try and whose bodies now lie buried
in almost every city, village and
hamlet in the land
At first some of the states set a
day of their own for decoration, but
May 80 gradually became the national
decoration day. And now the whole
north, east and west decorate with
pride the graves of the veterans who
fought so bravely at Vicksburg, Rich
mond and many other places TO save
their country as well as those of our
countrymen who fell in the late war
with Spain.
Harold F. Warren, age II.
Chillicothe, Iowa.
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called the Little Colonels House
Party" 1t made me think of Betty,
one of the Little Colonels" guests,
who composed little piece Of poetry.
Her godmother sent 1t to publisher.
1t was accepted and printed in pa
per. Betty received q check, but poor
Betty was sick with the measles AMI
had her eyes bandaged when they
brought the paper up in her room
The doctor had little hope of her
ever seeing again. She could not see
her name in the paper, but she was
so proud, that they had to put her fin
ger on the lines to show her what
part Of the paper it was In.
/ am glad to say Betty afterwards
regained her eyesight and lived to be
a great writer. hope l will be able
to do SO, too, and thank you ever 50
much for the roller skates.
Your friend,
Juliette Eisenbeis, age II.
401 West Park Ave-, OttumWa
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sToRIEs-LETTERs.
y i. s.+3'o
HEDvEY TELLS OF TIMES LEAD.
ING UP TO DECORATION DAY.

am going to tell sad story and
yet one that we ought to be glad
that such men have lived. 1t happen
ed good many years ago on bright
Sunday morning in April. The tele-
graph wires were sending sad news
all over the country. Over and over
again it repeated, tic, tic, tictic; tic
tic, tictic, and the drowsy operators
sat up in their chairs as if startled
by the words the wires were saying.
The wires were repeating the same
thing all the time, and the faces Of
the telegraph operators were pale.
The church bells rang BIN!
Baum Bim!" All the people went to
church and seemed happy. Little did
they dream of the words the tele-
graph wires were saying.
In many churches the services were
over and great noise and hustle
was heard as the messenger boys
brought the sad news to the ushers.
The message was laid before the
minister and he read it aloud to the
people. This is what he said Our
flag has been fired upon; $4,000 troops
wanted at once. Abraham Lincoln"
Men came home hurried and excited
looking UP the law papers and told
the women that they would make the
business matters straight before they
went to war. Soon papas and uncles
and even some of the grandfathers
put on soldiers uniforms and started
to go to war, and sometimes they
had to lay on the ground with nothing
but army blankets around them, and
many day they had nothing but dry
bread and black coffee for breakfast,
and sometimes they had no breakfast
at all because they we're to be up at
daybreak and march on, even If the
rain poured down, as it often did,
wetting them through and through.
Then came the war that lasted four
years. The men that had not been
killed or had not died Of their suffer
ings, came marching home, many on
crutches and some that were dis
abled for life. But they had served
their country So in villages and towns
monuments were made for the men
that had died fighting for their ceun-
try and one day each year is set
aside when the children go to the
graves of the dead soldiers. This day
is called Decoration Day"
Hedvey Carlson, age 10.
1015 Locust st.
| Ottumwa Iowa.
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Dear Juniors:
AS have never written will write.
I am little girl years old.
I go to school. 1t is vacation now.
My teachers name was Clara Byesit-
er. like her very much.
live with my Aunt Susan and Uncle
David Huiett, just across the street
from the school house and my little
brother Lawrence lives with us to.
Papa is home at present
For, pets we have cat with three
kittens. The kittens names are Haze,
Cuba and Tom. The mother at, her
name is Dorothy. Auntie brought her
from Kirkville. Iowa. We love our
aunt, she makes us many nice things.
My mamma Is dead.
We have about $50 baby chickens
and 10 hens setting.
man just brought US two little
pigs for pets. ~
Yours truly,
Esther Mare Newman.
Cimmarongray county, Kansas
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DECORATION DAY.

There is beautiful custom of dec
Grating the graves of the dead SOL
diers and sailors who gave their lives
that the nation might not suffer.
And I do not think that Lois Mel
son, the little girl I am going to tell
about, fully understood the real
meaning of 1t or she would not have
acted as she did.
When decoration day came the
schools were going to have cele-
bration and the children were going
to march to the cemetery, each with
large bunch of flowers
AS Lois had been very sick in the
winter her mamma did not think it
good for her to walk a mile Lois
stamped and stormed and scolded I'M
til mamma felt very badly, for it was
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THE BOYHOOD OF ULYSSES
GRANT.

Jesse Root Grant was young tan
ner who lived in Clermont, Ohio. 1t
is said that his ancestors belonged to
Scottish clan whose motto was
Stand fast, stand firm, stand sure"
His grandfather was a soldier in
the French and Indian war, and his
father was a lieutenant in the Revolu-
ton. issH EFss
Jesse Grant was proud of his ances-
tors. He tried to honor their memory
by his own upright life, and often
said that "Stand fast, stand firm,
stand sure,' was just as good motto
for an American as for Scotchman
that he was respected by all who
knew him.
After he had saved money enough
to build a house, he married Hannah
Simpson. Their new home was at
Point Pleasant near the Ohio river
The country around them was rough
and wild. Indians prowled in the for
ests, but the young people were not
troubled by them.
Young Grant whitewashed his cot
tage inside and out. He planted seeds
for vines at the doorway and made a
gravel walk to the gate. Hannah wove
mats for the floor and put curtains at
the windows and hung all her new
bright tins on the wall
On the 9th of April, 1922, the first
baby came into the house of this hap
by couple. It was great event for
the whole neighborhood. Many names
were proposed for the newcomer, but
the doting young parents were not
satisfied with any Of them.
One day Hannah said: This will
never do. See what a big boy he is al
ready. He must have a name. Let us
drive over to fathers and ask him
about it."
And SO baby Grant was bundled up
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ETHEL'S GRANDFATHER WAS
WITH SHERMAN.

The north, the east and the west
celebrate May 80 because the soldiers
fought and died for our country, and
every decoration day my grandpa
marches in the parade with soldiers.
He is an old soldier of the grand army
Of the Republic. He was in Sherman's
march TO the sea.
My grandpa is Is years old and is
very lame, but he never forgets to
go to the cemetery on May 80.
The children are to put flowers on
the soldiers graves to show our love
of their bravery.
Ethel Mters, age II,
127 Van Buren, avenue, Ottumwa Ia
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DECORATION DAY.

We celebrate Decoration day in
memory Of the dead soldiers. On
Decoration day we have speaking in
the churches in memory of the sol
diers. We decorate the graves of the
soldiers with flowers and flags in
memory of their honored lives before.
The poor old soldiers that waded
through snow and storm and hard
ships are nearly all gone to rest.
My papa's oldest brother was a
soldier of four years. He Is still liv-
ing in Council Grove, Kansas. He
carried home bullet in his thigh and
is there yet.
How would enjoy hearing him tell
of the battles fought and won by his
army.
Yours truly,
Lena Yeager, age II.
R. F. D. No. 2. Agency, Iowa.
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DECORATION DAY.

think the custom of having Decora-
ton day every year in memory of the
departed soldiers very pretty one
The old soldiers that are left and
the school children always decorate
the graves. I don't know just what
the first decoration day was 1 have
heard that it was started by two
southern women who first commenced
by decorating the graves Of few
soldiers. This was kept up for several
years, each year more people doing it,
until 1t became a national holiday.
At Columbus, Miss, on Memorial
day 1867, flowers were strewn just
alike upon the graves of the northern
and southern soldiers think the
poem, "The Blue and the Gray" the
prettiest l ever read, and think 1t
would be nice to read it at all Me.
mortal day services.
Irene Shields, age IL,
HOG N. A. street Indianola, Iowa.
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IRENE LIVES IN GILLETTE. WYo.

Dear Junior:
This is my first letter to the Courier
I am eight years old and have two
sisters. Their names are Mary and
Lois.
We lived in Brighton, Iowa, until
last September. I would rather live in
Iowa than Wyoming.
We had big snow storm the TWEEN
ty-flrst of May and there were lots Of
sheep and other stock froze to death.
My grandparents live IN Eldon.
We are going to have picnic the
last day of school and are going to the
nearest woods, fifteen miles away
Irene Sutherland, age 8,
Gillette, Wyoming.
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for Lois good she did this. But Lois
kept pouting and scolding.
When the children were in the
cemetery it was reported that Lois
playmate and the girl that she was to
walk with had been bodily hurt by
the great crowd.
Lois stood quietly with her black
eyes shining when neighbor told
the story to her mother, but pretty
soon she crept slowly up and putting
her arm around her mothers neck,
said: please, mamma, I'm sorry l
acted 50 naughty"
After the crowd left her mamma
took her to see the flowers.
Genevieve Anthony.
1888 North Court Street.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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HAZEL WRITES ABOUT LITTLE
JAPANESE GIRL.

Dear Junior,
saw that little girls picture In
the paper that you wanted all Of the
Juniors to write about so 1 will try
to write story.
I think she Is little Japan girl
They have yellow skin, pearly teeth
and bright black eyes, and round
faces.
They live on the islands east of
Asia
The little Japanese girls tie the
little babies on their backs SO that
they can play with the other children
and take care Of the babies too.
The little Japanese girls like to
play with dolls and they have regular
parties for their dolls.
The Japanese girls dress very odd,
their dresses have large sleeves and
they are used for pockets, and carry
their dolls and other toys in them
They do not wear shoes like we do.
Their shoes have got wooden soles
and are tied on with strings. These
shoes are not worn IN the house but
are slipped off at the door.
The little Japanese girls have
ponies but they travel most in a cart
and two young men pull them and
they like that as we'll as driving their
ponies.
Your Truly,
Hazel Smith, Age SO
Box 267, Buxton Iowa.
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CITY LIFE IN MT. PLEASANT.

Dear Juniors:
1 think it. is nice to write about your
home and the city you live in but do
not live in the city now but am going
to tell about it when I lived there. Wo
live on the farm now but do not like
1t here like I do in the city. When I
lived in Mt. Pleasant I went to the
Winona school,
Mt Pleasant has Is churches.
went to the Christian church. 1t Is a
nice church.
The preachers name was L A.
Chapman.
The court house in Mt Pleasant IS
on the corner Of Main street and
Washington street. The postoffice IS
on Main street.
Mt. Pleasant has four public schools.
Central school Is on Monroe street,
Winona school Is on White street,
Centennial school is on Adams street.
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Dear Juniors:
I will write and tell you of my new
home. We came to Wyoming from
Brighton, Iowa. last September and
live on ranch 1h miles from Gillette.
My aunt lives with us and takes thu,
Daily Courier. and I like to read the
Junior letters.
Ny Grandma and Grandpa Shive
live in Eldon.
Our school closes May 10th with a
We gather wild flowers on our way
home from school.
My ant is going to to take home
stead just across the road from us.
From YOUR friend,
Mary Sutherland, age 10,
Gillette, Wyoming.
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HENRYs FIRST LETTER.

Dear Editor,
l am a boy II years old. I live In
the country. l go to Sunday school
every Sunday.
have five sisters and six brothers
Their names are: Ruth Wagner
Hannah Jones, Mary Campbell, Aaomi
and Annie Hyde.
The boys names are Charles, Sam
pson, Thomas, Job, Willie and John
This is my first letter to the Courier
Junior.
We take the Daily Courier.
I remain,
Yours truly,
Henry Hyde, age IL,
R. F. D. No. 5 Ottumwa, Iowa.
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TO REMEMBER DEAD SOLDIERS.

Dear Juniors:
May 30th is the day set aside to re-
member the dead soldiers The flowers
are put on their graves out Of respect
for the soldiers so that the
children will learn to love and
respect those that saved their
country. The band always play
ed in the war, so they think necessary
to have the band play at the graves.
They shot the cannons off to show
how they do in the war. The soldiers
have to live dreadful life They live
on beans and bacon. The men have TO
have courage if they go to war
An old man lives next door to US
who was in the Civil war.
Next month is my birthday. I will
be II years old.
Bertha Swanson, age 10,
123 Van Buren, avenue
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Dear Editor
l will write you letter as have
never written before.
l am ten years old. have two sis
tiers. Their names are Goldie and
lola. One of them is Z years old and
the other is years old.
have no pets at all.
go to school. My teachers name
Is Nellie Montgomery, from Moulton.
l go in the second room and I am
in the sixth grade.
My studies are arithmetic, Ian
guage, spelling, geography, history
and reading.
My playmate's name is Clara Hicks.
Well as my letter is growing long
I will close.
From your Junior friend,
Leila Saum.
Unionville, Iowa.
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PEARLS BABY SISTER.

Dear Editor:
AS have never written to the Cour-
Ter before 1 thought I would write.
My papa takes the Tri- Weekly
Courier.
very playful. She can talk little bit.
We have one bush Of ponies and
they are white ones. I hope they will
be in bloom Decoration day.
Mamma had nine little ducklings
and one got fast In the mud and died.
Our school was out the first day of
May.
WE'LL can't think Of any more so I
will close hoping to receive a post
card.
Your little friend,
Miss Pearl Kennedy, age II,
Mt Zion, R. r., No, 1, Box 40,
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Dear Editor,
l go to school in Milton.
1 am in the second room.
The second and fourth rooms had
their pictures taken today.
My studies are reading writing
arithmetic, physiology, grammar,
geography and spelling.
My teachers name Is Addie Hale.
like her very much.
Well as my letter is getting long l
will close.
Yours truly.
Lester Barthelow, age 9,
Milton, Iowa.
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Dear Junior.
AS have not written for long time
l will write letter.
1 live on a farm of 120 acres, ~
miles south of Oskaloosa.
I have four sisters and three broth
ers. One of my sisters is married. l
have one niece years old She has
brown curly hair and blue eyes. l
go to town school and am in the fifth
room A class. My studies are music,
arithmetic, geography, language, read
ing, and spelling. My teachers name
is Miss Edith Frost.
Your friend,
Faye Westercamp,
Box 12S OSkaloosa Iowa