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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-11
THE CHICKENS EASTER

It was Easter morning when the
egg shell was cracked and the little
chicken said peep, peep!'
The little yellow head was seen
peeping out of the shell. The she'll
broke and the chicken hoped out.
1t spread its wings as If it was glad
to get out of it's crowded little house.
What large world this is. l can
not see the end of it. 1t is lovely to
be out in the pure, sweet air"
After a while other little brothers
and sisters hoped out of their shell.
1t was just three weeks and two days
since the eggs were put under the old
hen.
After a while all the chickens were
out of their shells and their mother
took them out and showed them part
Of the big world.
am Daily Junior years old.
Cleora Bales,
213 Keota St. S. OttumWa, Iowa.
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Jerusalem is called the Holy city or
the city of David and is the Holy city OF
the Jews. The walls Of the city en-
close an area of 210 acres, the greater
part thicl1ly crowded with houses.
The houses are built of stone with
fiat stone roofs some having small
domes supported on arches in the
middle.
The streets have arches overhead
and some of them are entirely covered
in.
The Uia Dolorsa is the street
through which according to tradition
our Lord was led to his crucit1xion.
The Haram Enclosure occupies about
one-sixth of the city with the Dome of
Rock rising in the center and the
Asla mousque along the southern
wall close to the Jaffa gate is the tow
er of David.
The Holy Sepulcher with the two
domes Of the rotunda and choir. The
chapel of the Holy Sepulcher stands
under the rotunda Of the church of the
Holy Sepulcher It Is built of red and
white limestone Under the copula is
the traditional Sepulcher of Jesus. II
stands near the eastern enterance
The population of the city is about 20,
900.
Jessie Carter.
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DOES NOT TAKE JUNIOR BUT
READS NEIGHBOURS.

am not a subscriber to the
Courier at present but my papa has
been. get the Junior from my
neighbor and l thought l would write
my first letter to the Junior. I will
tell you how l color Easter eggs.
get piece of dark calico that l think
will fade all out when boiled and sew
it close around an egg and boil it as
I would to eat and it IS nice and dark
spotted. If any of the Juniors know
any other way wish you would
write and tell me. Perhaps it will be
a better way. I wish the Juniors
would send me some postals as l want
to get acquainted with them, and my
birthday was April I. l wonder #
any of the Juniors birthday is in
April. Well l will close.
Your friend,
Fac Clarridge, age 10.
R. R. No. l, Libertyville, Ia.
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EASTER EGGS.

Once there was little girl HeI
name was Nellie Brown She was II
years old.
On Easter she colored three dozen
eggs. Her mother said she might give
two dozen of the INTO her friends and
keep the other dozen for herself.
Nellie's mama gave her a pretty
basket to put the eggs in it, and take
them to her friends.
Each of her friends gave her an egg
for an Easter gife.
She had SO many she sent one-half
dozen to her grandfather and grand.
mother. They were very much sur.
prised to think of Nellie sending tho
Easter eggs SO far to them. They put
the eggs away and said they were go.
ing to keep them.
Nellie put her Easter eggs away
and took good care of them until the
next Easter.
Your Junior friend,
Lizzie Riegel, age -
EldOn Iowa
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AN EASTER EGG.

We generally eat all the eggs we
want to on Easter Sunday. There are
many colors of Easter eggs. There are
colors such as red, blue, etc. People
eat eggs on Easter Sunday as a g *
tom. There are little eggs and big
eggs. At the White House where tire
President lives the children. rich or
poor, can go and roll eggs down hill
on the lawn. We give and receive
many Easter eggs and Easter. cards.
have received an Easter card from
one of my friends this year. | also
have an Easter egg that have had for
about three years The color is blue.
Some people have parties and they
boil and fry eggs. Some children
steal eggs and do not let their father
and mother know it.
Maude Skirvin, age 8.
Agency iowa
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EASTER SUNDAY.

Easter is observed in memory OF
the raising of the Savior from the.
grave.
was born on Easter. Some people
color eggs on Easter One Easter my
brother and I colored some eggs. We
boiled them and then put them in a
pan and set them out in the snow to
cool. When they were cool enough we
painted them all kinds of colors and
they looked real pretty. l have never
colored any Easter eggs since then.
Bessie Duckworth, age a.
Charlton, Iowa.
R. R. D. No z
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EIGHT RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

I. Use one side of the paper only
Q. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or a sharp lead pencil.
8. Number your pages.
4, At the bottom of the last page
write your name, age and address.
s. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
6. Always tell whether you are q
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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POST CARD STORIES.

| have received three post cards of
large buildings One is an old cottage
in Newport 1t is very old fashioned
building, two stories high with win
dows that swing on hinges and eight
ranes in one window. An old fashion
ed porch on one side and stone steps
with vines running up on the sides
Of the house, and large shades trees
on another side.
A lovely meadow seems to be near
the house. A lady is walking carry
ing parasol and dressed in real old
fashioned clothes. | also see rooster
and two hens scratching.
In another is the picture of Del
mingham hall. 1t is large building
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THE STAR.

Once there was a star in the sky
that loved to watch the red children
playing Oh the plain below. 1t once
thought it would go down. Then it
went down, down, down. 1t landed on
the plain and the people came run
ming out and asked what it wanted.
and it said: 81 love to see the chill
dren playing on the plain. l want to
come down to be near them"
So one chief said, ''you may live on
the mountain side" but it said, "that
is too far off" The next chief said it
could live on the hillside. Then it
said, then cannot see the children
The next said that it could live in the
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two stories high with great many
steeples on the top and ever so many
windows. 1t Is built at the edge Of A
lake with bridge extending from the
hall to the other side Of the lake. 1t
has vines running all around the
wall and sides of the building.
The other postal has lovely night
scene. The moon Is shining and peo-
pie walking around. There are two
buildings. One seems to be church.
One Is six stories high and the other
is four stories. There Is a large plat
form in front made of stones with a
railing around it, and at one corner
is little house for the people to sit
in. There are large trees all around
and many seats to sit upon.
Forest Weber, age 7.
1905 e. Main ST., Ottumwa.
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THE POOR cHILDREN's EASTER

Just the day before Easter little
girl asked her mamma if she could
get quarters worth of eggs.
Her mamma said: eyes, you may.
But what are you going to do?"
ooh, I will tell you when I get the
eggs" said the little girl.
So she went to the store and bought
the eggs. Then when she got home
she got her mammals shopping bas-
ket.
Then she got box of paints and
colored the eggs red, blue and yellow
And she wrote on them, Teddy
Johnny. Bertha, Anna, Ethel, Joe and
Elmer" and put them in the basket.
Then she tied ribbon on card and
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ulchre in the old ancient city of Jeru-
salem. Many people from all over
the country journeyed there every
year to hold a solemn feast in re-
membrance Of the time when their
forefathers had been delivered from
the land Of Egypt. Joseph and Mary
took Jesus when he was twelve years
old, for the first time. 1t was beau.
tiful morning when they started from
Nazareth, with their other friends.
The woman rode on mules or asses
while the men and boys went on
foot.
This was distance of about eighty
miles and the journey lasted several
days, camping each night by well OF
water where they rested until morn
ing.
Jesus mind was full of thoughts Of
the deliverance from Egypt, and he
thanked God for having brought his
fathers to such godly land
Jerusalem at that time was mag
nificent city with towers and pin
nacles Of white marble.
After eight days the feast was over
When they started home they dis
covered the Child Jesus was not with
them, SO they turned back. 1t was
not until the third day they found
him sitting in the temple among the
teachers Of law.
Clifford Johnson, age 8.
Floris, Iowa.
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THE SOUVENIR PosTALs.

We will still give souvenir album
IN the first Junior who has 25 CARDS
sent by the Courier Junior. We are
sending out the Easter postals TINS
week.
Besides writing letters we want
more of the Juniors to write snort
stories, from SO to 100 words, on one
Of the following subjects.
THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING.
EASTER SUNDAY.
THE EASTER BUNNY.
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There's nobody that counts it JOY
To take kid to some cafe.
1t makes no difference how I sigh
An wish that could see a show;
Though twenty men were standing by
Nobody says: Lets 60
There's no one wants to pay my fare
An no one comes to call on me,
Or asks to take me anywhere,
An there's so much I'd like to see.
I wish | wasn't Dor a boy,
For, boys don't ever stand show;
There is so much I could enjoy
If only was asked to go.
Detroit Free Press.
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l would like to tell you of the hap
py times we have. every Easter morn
ing hunting and gathering the Easter
eggs from the rabbits nests hidden
in bushes and all around the yard.
My little sisters and l each put a
little basket on the porch the night
before Easter.
And in the morning they are filled
with beautiful colored Easter eggs.
Well, as my letter is getting long
will close. Your little Junior friend
Nellie Schwarz, age II.
42S E. Fourth ST. Ottumwa
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l will write story about the rabbit.
The rabbits are always about at
Easter time. The rabbits come and lay
eggs at everyone's house. The rabbit
is white and has a basket Of eggs by
him. He has an egg in his paw. They
have long ears and pink eyes.
Every since that bright Easter
morn when our Savior arose from the
sealed tomb He is at the gate OF
death to meet everyone who passes
through. This is a lesson CT hope IN
spired by the Easter message.
Your true friend.
Marie Millett,
Sacred Heart School,
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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
I do" Now you all are wondering
what prompted this question. Wen,
this week a person connected with
the Omen Door Mission work told us
that many children were not able
10 go to school because
they had no shoes. Just think, dear
children. of being obliged to go bare
footed this time of year. We are get
tine 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 let
ter and perhaps we will get so many
dimes that we can buy several pairs
of new shoes. OF course the Ottumwa
Juniors can give dimes If they
have no old shoes to give. This VIII
be nice way to make an Easter gift.
We have received a number OF
dimes and a few pairs of shoes in an
swer to the above request which was
on the Junior page last week. Think
ing perhaps that many more Juniors
would like to give little Easter gift
to some little child by giving pair
of shoes or a dime we reprinted it
today. The following Juniors sent in
either dimes or shoes:
CHARLES HUMPHREY, JR.
REGINALD AlNLEY.
HELEN ROWE.
KATHERINE BEATTY.
DONALD PICKETT.
SAMUEL HARPER II.
RAYNER HARPER.
HOLMAN FAUST.
DUDLEY FAUST.
AIDA KIRK.
MABEL JOHNSON.
MAE SCHAEFFER.
MAUDE AND MABEL SklRvlN.
MILDRED ADAMS.
RUAH KRAMER.
DORA ADCOCk.
PEARL WEST.
FOREST WEBER.
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STORY OF TWO LITTLE
RABBITS.

l went out one Easter Sunday In
April and found a papa and mamma
rabbits nest in the grass. They had
two young rabbits in their nest. There
were some flowers around their home.
brought them home and showed
them to my brother and sister ana
then took them back to their home.
We went over to grandma's for
dinner and l had all the eggs I could
eat. After dinner there were lot of
boiled eggs left over and she gave
them to us and we took them home
and colored them.
Robert Dunning, age 8.
ITO West Second street OttumWa Ia
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MAGDALENE TELLS OF A LITTLE
GIRL NAMED HELEN.

am going to write about this lit
tie girl. It Is Easter Sunday Her
name is Helen. She is gathering eggs
before she goes to church. She has
her basket and the rabbits have laid
eggs for her all over the woods She
is gathering them for breakfast The
rabbits are her pets and they are not
afraid of her. She loves the rabbits
very much. They have laid eggs by
the trees and in nests all about her
Your friend,
Magdalene Robertson, aged II.
East Park Ave.
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hours old. Last January, at the age of 3
years and I months, he was appointed
in the midst Of imposing ceremony,
Grand Hetman of all the Cossacks, ana
when he Is I he will be breveted ad-
miral Of the navy. Now, at years of
age, his education has begun. Though
shorter, his study hours are as fixed
and as immovable as the recitations Of
collegians. The muture of this boy
prince looks dark indeed, but he ap-
pears jolly little fellow, who. it is
said, invariably brings his prayers to
a close with a loud hurrah. All re-
monstrances have been of no avail,
always greet his father with a hurrah,
and that, after all, the Almighty is a
more important parsonage than even
his papa.
But while the little Cars" proper
training is a matter Of much care to
his mother, his personal safety and
that Of her four daughters is of much
deeper concern to her. 1t has been
said often that the czarina, who is
deeply attached to her children and is
a mother in the true sense Of the word,
is on the verge Of losing her mind
| through constant fear for her chill
dren's lives.
Again and again have anarchist
plots been unearthed and only recent
ly. through the discovery of a servant
II bombs, veritable network of them
were found concealed about the roya
apartments, all connected with electric
wires waiting only until the family
should retire to exterminate the entire
ruling family. Fortunately they were
discovered in time.
The recent assassination of Don
Carlos of Portugal and the crown
prince while drivi- with Queen Anne:
liza and their younger son and brother
has added to the fears of the czarina
since, until this unhappy tragedy oc-
CURED, she believed always that al
attempt would not be made upon the
life of the czar while he was in he,
company or that Of their children
Especially are her fears aroused fo'
the czarevitch and aside from her per
sonal watchfulness all the intricate
machinery of the royal guards is il
constant motion to see to it that M
harm shall come to the future rule
! of all the Russians.
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EASTER.

On Easter morning Christ arose
from the dead and assembled to heav.
en-, and that is why people honor
Him by giving and receiving gifts.
Then the same day, being the first
day of the week when the doors were
shut where the deciples were assem-
bled for fear of the Jews came Jesus
and said to them, Peace be unto
you"
On this glad day we roll away
The stone that would our faith Inn
prison.
And praises sing to God our king,
For Christ, the Saviour hath risen.
Yours truly,
Helen Johnson, age IL.
Floris Iowa.
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tied it on the basket, and this is what
it read, 81 wish you happy Easter,
from a friend.
Her mamma asked, Nov tell me
what you are going to do
She said that she was going over
to some poor peoples house and give
them the eggs for Easter.
Then her mamma said, You are d
kind girl and after that she called
her my little kind girl"
(No nancy
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HOW TO COLOR EGGS

am going to write story of how
to color eggs. The incest way to
color them is to color them with dia-
mond dye. You can buy these colors
at the drug store. You can color eggs
with green grass. And you can color
them with the hulls of onions.
Some people take cloth of different
colors which they tie around them and
put them in water and boil them.
And some paint flowers on the eggs.
Mable Skirvin, age 8.
Agency Iowa.
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Jerusalem is big city with high
walls around it. 1t is an awful old
city where Christ was preaching to the
Jews 1t was all torn down once and
there is another city built There are
lots of people who go there to see it.
They had temple in Jerusalem to
which Christ used to go and all the
people would offer up sacrifices. 1t
would be a goat or some oXens. If the
people were rich they would offer up
oxen but if they were poor they would
offer up something else like some corn
meal or other things.
Alfred A Wyant, age II.
R F D No 2 North English Iowa
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HISTORICAL PLACES.

have two beautiful postals l got
from the Courier last week. One of
them is ST. Johns chapel, tower of
London and it looks like the depot ut
Denver, Colorado
1t is a big room with seats in it and
there are two men there. One of
them looks like a policeman and the
other a floor walker. 1t is big
building and has the word welcome
on it.
The other is Cevlon. sacred temple
of Buddah's Tooth Handy, and 1t
looks like a big park in Chicago, Ill
1t is beautiful scenery of trees and
buildings.
Addie Bradbury, age IA.
R. R. No. 2, Pulaski, Ia.
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completely did he capture their hearts
that at the luncheon that followed the
audience he was toasted and cheered
Little Alexis is the first czarevitch
of Russia in centuries to be born while
his father was a sovereign regnant.
Before he is 10 he will have the burden
Of 22 titles of honor to struggle under,
and the first Of these. that of honorary
colonel of the Finland guards, was
conferred upon him before he was "a
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My postal card is Isleworth on the
Thames. 1t is a very beautiful card
and l thank the editor very much for
it.
The Thames river is in England.
London, the largest city in the world
is also on the Thames river.
Isleworth Is very beautiful city
and it is just opposite the Ken gar.
dens The district is famous for its
trees, garden markets, flowers and
other plants. 1t is also a favorite
residential center.
1t can be reached very easily by
electric cars from Hampton and Ken
both.
Isleworth has many beautiful trees.
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EASTER SUNDAY.

On Easter Sunday l am going to
color a lot of eggs. My little brother
and sister are going to color some
too. l think it is nice to color eggs.
l am going to color with egg dye. The
colors are red, blue and yellow. A lot
of my little friends are going to color
eggs too. Wishing you a happy Eas,
ter, remain
Agnes Adcock, age IL.
r r No I ChillicOthe
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THE LITTLE RED RABBIT.

The little rabbits are all around their
mother. They are laying Easter eggs
for the little children. They are
pretty. The children go out on Easter
morning to gather Easter eggs FOL
their dinner.
There are five little rabbits. The
children found the rabbits and they
found five little eggs.
The rabbits mother is in the middle
and the other four are close to eacf
other.
From your friend.
Clara Bradley, age, 10,
Ottumwa, Iowa. Ostdick Brick Yard
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING CO..
oTTuMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA pEvEREAUx.
EDITOR.
THE EASTER CONTEST.

Dear Juniors We have received
so many Easter stories and drawings
that we have an Easter page TO-DAY:
The names of the prize winners VIII
appear next week on the second EAST
er page.
The contest closes April TO-
The stories appearing today are
mostly descriptions of the drawings
which the little artists sent IN ana
which are all excellent.
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AS this is my second letter to the
Courier Junior I will tell you how We
color eggs.
We most generally buy the colors.
They are like powders. Take and
dissolve them in separate waters. Boil
the egg hard and dip them in the col,
ors while hot. Then rub them with !.
creased cloth until dry. could tell
many other ways but as my letter is
getting long. will close. remain a
true Junior,
Florence Johnson, age 10.
FloriS, Iowa
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EASTER LILIES.

I have selected for my drawing a
horseshoe wreathed with Easter
Lilies" which think one of the low
Hest Of flowers.
We children think spring time the
incest season of the year.
l love to stroll through the woods
and gather the many pretty flowers
that are to be found growing every
where.
From your Junior friend,
Nellie e. Rodgers, age II,
Pulaski, Ia, R. A., No. 2.
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Diamond, Iowa.
HOW TO COLOR EGGS.

A simple way to prepare easter eggs
is to put them in hot water long
enough to get hot, write the names OF
those to whom they are to be given
with tiny candle, lay them in pals
of dye.
When taken out the names VIII
stand out in white against the colored
background They need simply TOUCH
ing up with little gold paint.
Well will close.
Pearl Tharp, age IA.
R R No 2 UnionYille, Iowa.
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He is cute little rabbit. l like
rabbit and the Easter eggs, too.
On Easter we have Easter. eggs.
The basket is full of eggs and the rab.
bit has an egg in his paws and he is
pretty
He is my pet.
like pets and so does the one sit
with
The basket is pretty
From your friend,
Elizabeth Turner, age 8.
1872 North Cass st.
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This old hen has been out in the
field for about q week or two laying
some eggs. After about the end of the
two weeks she put her eggs in cart
that was lying near and put few
violets over the eggs and hauled them
home for Easter. These little chickens
were another hens little chickens that
had followed her.
From your dear little friend.
Flora Weems, age 10,
Ottunawa, Ia. 1908 West Main ST.