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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-04

busy and gay
Then the raggedy doll in her calico
dress
Comes cheepity creep from the nur.
sery press,
l guess.
o, she never comes out through the
sunshiny day.
The fellows and l don't use dolls
when we play.
But she waits till the football and bat
are asleep
And she picks up her skirts and
comes creepity creep,
Does the raggedy doll in her raggedy
clothes
With holes in her elbows and holes in
her toes
And her sawdust all dripping wher.
ever she goes.
Then the grizzly black bear who hides
back of the door
Goes a-slinking away, and the imps on
the floor
Who chatter and point till I cover my
head
Go a-scampering off. There's quite
nothing to dread.
To keep little Me safe from all harm
And she climbs in the crib and lies
down. soft and warm.
o, what if she's dirty and really a
sight
And exceedingly old! She's my COM
fort at night
AS she snuggles beside me, so stanch
and so true.
With her battered old head so close
to my head Have you
A raggedy doll just as loving and
dear,
So very untidy and homely and queer,
But quite sure to be found when you
need some one near?
Carolyn S. Bailey.
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A LITTLE JAPANESE GIRL

In this picture l see little Japan
csc girl This little girl, like all other
Japanese girls, is very fond of flowers,
especially the chrysanthemums.
She takes three meals a day. She
eats much the same food at every
meal but breakfast is lighter than the
other two The principal food she eats
is rice, with fish and vegetables and
beans
Some of the principal things that
are raised on the farm, upon which
she lives are rice, wheat, barley, beans
peas, turnips and kind of large
white, bitter radish. This little Japan
csc girls loves to play games. Her
parents take great pains to teach
them to her. Her parents have taught
her to laugh quietly and never in a
boisterous manner.
Some Of the games that she plays
teach history, geography, and language
The house in which she lives have
no chairs or sofas but there are mats
on the floor, upon which they sit. SO
they are very carefulto keep them
clean. The family remove their san
dals before entering.
For a bed this little has one quilt
to lay upon and another for cover.
Bessie Duckworth, age ID
r R No Charlton Ia
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CHILDREN NEED SHOES.

How many of the Juniors want to
do little charity work? We think we
hear at least 100 answering, 81 do
/ do" Now you all are wondering
what prompted this question. Well
this morning person connected with
the Open Door Mission work told us
that many children would not be able
to go to school next week because
they had no shoes. Just think. dear
children, of being obliged to go bare
footed this time of year. We are get
ting pretty cold and "shivery' just
thinking about it.. Well, we want the
Juniors living in Ottumwa to bring
any shoes that they have outgrown to
the Junior Office and we will give
them to the Mission. The out of town
Juniors can send us ten cents in a let
So and perhaps we will get SO many
dimes that we can buy several pairs
III new shoes OF course the Ottumwa
r"niors can give US dimes If they
hove no old shoes to give. We will
r"hlish all the names of the Juniors
~i-ing shoes or dimes. next Thursday
This viii be nice way to make an
Easter gift
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING CO.,
OTTUMWA. IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAUx.
EDITOR.
THE EASTER CONTEST.

Dear Juniors.-We are receiving
some very excellent drawings for the
Easter Contest, as we'll as some SPLEEN
did stories. But as we want all the
Juniors to try for the prizes, we will
print the rules for the drawing con-
test today for the last time, because
1t closes, Friday, April TO-
All Juniors under and up to IA years
Of age can try for the prizes which
will be awarded according to the
merits of the drawings and the ages
fthe little artists.
1t may be that some of the little
Juniors will want to send in some sill
houette work. If they do why we Will
rank them with the artists. We Will
let the Juniors select their own sub
jects for the drawing contest, only
the pictures must represent something
about Easter For instance. the pic
ture of a basket filed with Easter
eggs. a rabbit. Easter lilies or any 9th
er Easter ideas that you all can put
on paper. Besides the drawing we
want each Junior entering the contest
TO write about the subjects in his Or
her drawing.
We announce the close of the con-
test early because it will be quite
task for the judges to decide the best
drawings, and of course we want to
have the best of the drawings on the
Easter page. April II.
Besides giving prizes for the best
drawings we will give prizes for the
best stories, so if some of the Juniors
cannot draw they can write story
on one of the following subjects:
THE MEANING OF EASTER.
THE FIRST EASTER.
WHY WE GIVE GIFTS and
WHY WE RECEIVE GIFTS ON
EASTER.
MY IDEA OF. A HAPPY EASTER.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CELEBRATION
EASTER DAY.
Among the prizes will be an Easter
Lily, plant and bloom, bouquet OF
roses, an Easter basket full of little
trinkets, beautiful white rabbit.
box of candy or some other suitable
gift.
Remember this contest closes April
10.
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rabbits. l skinned the weasel apd
sold him for 40 cents.
| went to school down there. Vt
was country school. My teacher
name was Blanche NORM. l tell you
of all the good times ever had was in
the country school, We played ball
and never thought of playing marbles.
l will tell little joke on my brother
Harry.
The fattening hogs got out one day.
There were three of them, and they
were fat ones too. We went down to
put them in. We got them in all
right, but we had no nails or ham
mer down there. told him to watch
the gate while l went and got some
nails and hammer. Just as got
back the gate fell down and one Of
the largest Of the three hogs came
rushing out. Well Harry grabbed one
of those hogs right around the stom-
ach trying to hold him that way. That
hog dragged him through the buck
brush and when l came out he was
pretty well scratched up.
Ever since that l laughed at him
trying to stop hog by catching him
around the stomach.
Carl Criswell, age 10.
207 Keota ST., Ottumwa.
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Curtis, Neb.
Frontier Co.
PAUL LINDLEY WRITES OF HIS
TRIP TO WASHINGTON
Editor Courier Junior,

Editor Courier Junior,
AS | cannot write for any contest
will write about my trip from Iowa to
Washington.
We started March IS at Hedrick
Iowa, and changed cars at Ottumwa.
We left Ottumwa at APP and got to
Omaha in the evening.
l took my last look at Iowa soil as
we crossed the Missouri river. In
the morning We were still in Nebraska
| wouldn't live there if somebody
would give me farm.
l saw a pair Of prairie wolves and a
jack-rabbit.
The next state we passed through
was South Dakota
We went through the Black Hills
country and we went through Wyo-
ming in the night.
We got to the Custer battlefield
early in the morning. We passed
through Billings. Montana, the
silver mining country We passed
over and through the Rocky Mountains
as we went through five tunnels.
Some We're very short.
All through Montana it was very
beautiful scenery.
We passed through Idaho in the
night
We should have been in Spokane at
5 o'clock but didn't get there until 10
o'clock. on account of landslide.
We stopped three days in Spokane
at the California hotel We saw the
Spokane river and the falls.
We started to Addy Thursday morn
ing but when we got to Loon lake
We were delayed one-half day on ac-
count Of a wreck ahead of us.
When We started we got to Addy at
about six o'clock but they were wait
ing for us SO we got to the ranch at
last.
Paul Lindley, aged IL,
Addv Wacb
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THE SECRET IN THE TOOL
HOUSE.

81 wish you would all keep out of
the tool house for few days." said
George to his younger brother.
What for?" asked Frank.
"Oh, that's my secret"
Frank did not care much to go in,
but he did want to know what that
secret was.
Il don't like secrets he said.
Some are good and some are bad,'
said George.
Yes said his sister Emily, cts a
very puzzling secret where my gram
mar Is, gone. Have any of you seen
it,"
Mo- they said. Everybody hunted
for it but it could not be found.
At noon Emily said, eff don't find
it tonight must get another and pay
for 1T myself, for I've lost one book
before this term"
Playing on the porch with his toy
gun, Frank was very near the tool
house again and he thought of the Sc
cret. 1t would be SO easy to open the
door. 1t is pity to have to say that
Frank did open It, He looked around.
Certainly George had been at work.
The tools were on the bench with a
jar of red paint, and what was that in
the corner. A red sled. Going on
little closer Frank saw a name
painted on it in letters-F-R-A-N-K.
That was the secret He knew AT
once that George had made it for a
Christmas present for him. Don't
Don't you think Frank felt that he
had been doing a mean thing? Turn
ing quickly to go he saw Emily's
grammar lying by the sled NV how
cad she'll be, was his first thought.
Then came another what shall 1 say
when 1 tell them found it," do
not want to tell story.
At supper time he gave her the
book.
Where did you find it?" she asked.
In in the tool house." said Frank,
in low voice.
So you did go there, did you
81 did not want to tell, Frank said.
finding it hard to keep from crying.
Father looked up kindly at his little
boy. you've got yourself in mud
ole between your feeling Of having
done mean thing?'
Yes said Emily, che might have
left the book where it was and then
no one would have ever known he
went in. Please forgive him George"
But Frank soon learned that the
sting in even a small wrong doing
cannot be taken out
Your loving friend,
Grace Hawkins, age IL.
Blakesburg, Ia, No. /.
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SPENT SIX MONTHS IN MISSOURI.

I will write Of a good time that
had while spending six months in Mis-
souri,. stayed with my aunt and
uncle They had farm of 80 acres.
They had large walnut grove. My
uncle had seven head of horses, sew
en- head of COWS and seven head Of
pigs. could ride all the horses but
two. Their names were Maud and
Nellie
We had 225 chickens. 10 geese and
10 turkeys. He had large red barn,
and two large chicken houses. The
chicken houses had to be cleaned ev-
cry week. | bought six traps and
trapped through the winter. caught
l pole cat, ] weasle, opossums and 6
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Nh " AA>oW luS SIOIE VI tue
III porcelain Chinaman that
~ stands on the corner shelf in
the parlor, always oobbing it's head
and sticking out its tongue? No?
Well. then, | shall tell it to you at
once
You must know that this porcelain
Chinaman was a real, live Chnaman
once upon time who lived in the
large, imperial city of Peking and who
was called Kiing-Kiang-King
He was a poet by profession and
therefore a real decent kind of man;
besides this. he filled the Office of
the Chief Teller of Fairy Tales to Her
Highness Hsu-sing, called the "Beam
Of Sunshine" for this little six-year-
old prin cess was the brightest and
most delicate sunbeam to be found at
the court of her father 1t would be
difficult to imagine anything timer
than were the feet Of Hsu-sing. OF
course, she was not able to walk with
them, but then no Chinese princess
who expects TO marry real prince
can ever do that. Whenever she felt
like taking the air size would Tie on
her pink silk balloon = which was
made to At her bodv--and would fly
all around the imperial gardens with
it. Hsu-sing was so awfullv smart that
nobody could fool her; this being the
reason that she insisted on having
raspberry sauce with her custard If
anyone tried to humbug her she would
immediately threaten him with her
pretty little pointer. saying: "Fibber.
fibber! If you ever fib to me again
You can just be roasted on the spit
until you are we'll done!"
This will show you how dangerous
was the office of Fairy storyTel1er-in-
Chief, as such people are know to
have fondness for f1bbing.
When good Kjing-Kjang- King
began telling her stories-commenc
ing with the usual "Once upon
time there lived prince called Pr
the clever little princess would at
once interrupt him, asking "1s that
the truth you are telling me? Was
his name really only PIP"
KjingKjang-King would then only
nod his head and would be about TO
continue when the princess said:
Naughty King, tell me
nothing but the truth. as only wish
to hear that. Just put out your tongue
for if you have lied you know there
is sure to be a blister on it." But. of
course, all this was said in Chinese.
The poor FairyStoryT
Chief would therefore put out his
tongue@which would luckily show no
sign Of blister-and as 1t was now
proved beyond doubt that the
princes name had in reality been
only Pi, and the tale could once more
coed.
This same Prince Pi one day,
while walking in the garden belong
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| will write about by little SISTERS
silver thimble. 1t Is made Of silver,
and its home is in beautiful little
work box with many spools Of thread.
Its mistress never uses it very much
as she Is too small. She is only four
years old. 1t was given to her on
Christmas by her aunt.
Thimbles are made of several Diff
ferent things. Such as silver, gold and
brass. thimble is very useful
thing. Not many people can sew with
out a thimble
Its mistress sometimes sews her doll
clohtes: but she is very careful not to
get 1t lost.
l will close as this is all I can think
OF. Yours truly,
Lille Myers, age II. 4
Hlynes Iowa
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1.-THE BEE, THE DOVE AND THE
Boy"
Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,
A bee fell in we'll and could not
get out. A dove saw the bee fall and
threw leaf into the we'll The bee
got out safe, thanks to the kind dove.
One day the dove was building its
nest. 1t did not see boy standing
near. A dove is good to eat said
the boy, and took aim. The bee saw
the boy and said" buzz buzz" and
stung the boy and he lost his aim.
John M. Wright, age
Eldon la
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THE SOUVENIR PosTALs.

We will still give souvenir album
TO the first Junior who has rs cards
sent by the Courier Junior. We will
commence to send out the Easter
postals this week
Besides writing letters we want
more of the Juniors to write short
stories, from SO to 100 words, on one
of the following subjects:
THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING.
EASTER SUNDAY.
THE EASTER BUNNY.
HOW TO COLOR EGGS.
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FREDA GOES TO RUTToNToWN
SCHOOL.

never have written before. go
to the Buttontown school. My teach-
er's name is Garrett Downing. I like
her very well. WY studies are read
ing, history, arithmetic, physiology,
geography and spelling. | have one
sister and two brothers. My sisters
name is Frances. My brothers.
names are Ernest and Willie. have
a big doll. My papa takes the Ottum.
wa Tri-Weekly Courier. will close. =
Yours truly,
Freda Fouts, age 10.
Drakeville, Iowa,
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her little rocking chair She lives in
Nebraska and she bought me at the
town of Curtis.
l have to stay at home when Susie
goes to school and I get very lone
some while she is gone. I am always
glad when she comes home.
Susie is in the third grade at
school. Well, as I can't think of much
to write, will close. Yours truly,
Susie Baker, age 10.
Curtis, Neb.
Frontier Co.
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MY PET
Dear Courier Junior,

Dear Courier Junior, IF
have pet Racoon. My brother
owned it and we worked for him, then
he gave 1t to us. 1t is pretty. 1t eats
cake, candy, bread, meat, potatoes. 1t
will drink water 1t will stand up
on it's hind feet and eat cake. 1t will
not run. If it is out of sight all that we
need to do is to call it and it will
come to us. This all for this time.
Alphon A. Wyant, aged Il
RF D No 2 North English Ia.
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GRANDMoTHER's THIMRLE.

Dear Editor Courier:
will write letter and story about.
the thimble T.
Once there was an old lady. She.
was sewing and dropped her thimble.r
In reaching for 1t she dropped herq
glasses and she was very uneasy about
them She saw boy coming home
from school. She said, my dear child
Will you get my glasses and thimble?'
Why, yes l WILL" said the boy. So
he got them for her. She thanked him
very much.
Well, as my story is getting long
will close. Yours truly. -
8 Elsie Ramfg age 10, a
OtturnWa Ia 500 Boone Ave
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EIGHT RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.

&. Use one side of the paper only
Q. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
3. Number your pages.
4. At the bottom of the last page
write your name, age and address.
5. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
6. Always tell whether you are
Daily Junior or Tri-Weekly Junior.
Z. Address the envelope to Editor,
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
8. Your stories must not contain
more than 200 words.
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ROLLING PIN.

Long ago there was an old oak tree
in the woods and man wanted roll
ing pin.
So he came through the woods and
cut this little tree down and made him
a rolling pin out Of it and put the rest
in the fire to burn, and then he took
it in and mamma she made dough
nuts, cookies. pies and other things
with it. Well l will close.
Yours truly,
Jennie Beaueath, age 10
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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RABEs IN THE WOODS.

do not have any of your
postal cards, but my sister has
three and I think the last one is the
prettiest. 1t is the picture of forest,
with deer running through it.
1t is just sunset, making the trees
look very pretty. I think it must be
the forest the Babes in the Woods
were lost In and the Robins covered
with strawberry leaves, like my NAM
ma sings to me about.
My papa has taken the Courier for
Is years.
Herbert Mendenhall, age 5
Richland, Ia, R. R. No. 8.
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HAS FOUR SISTERS AND TWO )
BROTHERS.

AS have never written before will
write. l am nine years old. I have
four sisters and two brothers l go
to the Plympton school house. MY
teachers name is Mildred Wiley. aay1
l like to read the Junior page. III
have little brother years old Hss
has some white horses that he plays
with.
My sister has two little girls. Their
names are Vera and Leona.
Your friend,
Minnie Halton.
Lucas, Ia. R, r. No. /,
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MARTHA WRITES FROM KANSAS

Dear Editor.
! live in Kansas.
read the Courier Junior and my
papa takes it. z
For pets have dog. two cats and
one pony. Her name is Nellie and my
dogs name is Dash.
I have two little sisters and one
brother dead.
Yours, truly,
Martha H. Miller
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SOME HISTORICAL CARDS.

We want the Juniors receiving
the historical postals to write des-
criptive stories of the places shown
on these cards. We have some cute
little Easter trinkets, about fifty,
which we will send to the fifty Jun
Tors writing the fifty best stories.
This contest closes Friday, April TO-
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1. .
STORlES-LETTE
+ .
Ei...sxa
"MY FIRST GUM"
Dear Courier Junior.

Dear Courier Junior,
My first gun was an air rifle that
my papa gave me- We thought a lot
of it at first but now l hardly ever
pick it up. I shot rabbit or two and
some sparrows. Now I have real
rifle and it will hold Is shells in the
magazine. I will write abs my pets
next time, from,
Alfred A. Wyant,
Age IL, North English la
Il. F. D. No. 2
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BRYAN WILL PUT IN 20 ACRES OF
OATS.
Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,
I am glad when spring commences
and brings the birds, for then its nice
to hear them singing. I like to see
the squirrels playing in the woods.
but it isn't quite SO funny for the men
as it means hard work putting their
crops in. We mean to put in twenty
acres of Oats this year. I will close
for this time.
Bryan Benge
r No Bloomfield la
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CHANGE DAY OF JUNIOR.

AS announced in Daily Courier,
Tuesday, March 81, and the Tri-Weell-
~, Thursday April 2, the Junior
page will appear each week in the
Thursday Daily Courier and the Sat
urday Tri-Weekly
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THE WREN FAMILY.

The card which l received was a
picture of forest in which was the
home of wren family.
Mrs. Wren told hen children they
must not get down in the thick grass
and hide, or they would get caught by
a fox, or be stepped upon by deer.
So they stayed in and one day deer
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| AM A HIGH CHAIR.

| am high chair. My mistress re-
ceived me as a present when she was
but one year old. I was gave to her
by her grandfather. and she was the
only grandchild then. So she still
keeps me and now here baby sister
who is two years old sits on me now
and still thinks I am nice l am about
ten years old. Nv birthday will be
this spring. Yours truly.
Lois Hentz. Floris, Iowa
r. r .. No. 2 rroX H.
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When was small child, about six
months old. nv parents purchased for
me high chair 1t was made Of oak
used it for number of years, then all
of my brothers and sisters.
NY Youngest brother occupies it at
meal time. Now it was very strong
and is good for a number of years to
come. Yours truly,
Glenn W. Rodgers, age 10.
Pulaski. Iowa
Davis Co R. r No 9
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RUTH GOES TO SCHOOL EVERY
DAY

Dear Editor,
i go to school every day. My teach
er's name is Miss Warren and
like her very we'll
My studies are language and spell
lings
My class mates are Mary Swenson,
Edna Eyre, Marie and Carl Gunnarson.
Ny papa takes the Courier and
love to read the stories and letters
Your loving Junior,
Ruth Gustason, age 8.
r R No Box IS Dudley la
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A ROCKING CHAIR.

When was two years old my papa
gave me rocking chair for Christ
mas.
I like to sit in it and rock my doll,
My kitty gets in it to sleep soma
times. When ~ pup was little we
used to rock him in :. too.
My sister Marjorie rocks SO hard
that she tips over and bumps her
head. but she jumps up and tries
again.
My grandma made pretty cushion
for it.
Grace Barker, age 8. C
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Ny looking glass is new one. 1t
tells me lots that don't know
1t tells me when my face is clean
1t tells me when my hair is parted
1t tells my papa and brother when
they have shaved clean,
1t tells people when their clothes
fit neat. It also tells people whether
they are pretty or ugly.
My mamma takes the Tri-Weekly
Courier. AS my letter is getting long
/ will close.
Dora Adcock, age 5.
ChillicOthe Iowa
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I am an humble little thing that's
wore on a finger. q
| am not a pretty ring, but just "a
common ttimble. <.T5
am made Of brass, steel, aluminum !
and silver 80
| am used in sewing. tnts,
The children play a game with me-
that's called, Hunt the thimble." am
a very useful little article that is used
in nearly every country.
Earl E. Miller, age Z.
Bonaparte, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-04
THE RAGGEDY DOLL.

When the nursery blinds are all fast.
ened and tight,
When the curtains are drawn and it's
not at all light,
When my mother has kissed me and
hurried away,
And / hear them downstairs, very