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Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-07-16
AMERICAN ATHLETES
IN LONDON.
Ninety Strong, They Lead
the Parade Before King
Edward.
,s.., - e
They Expect tossBring Back Home
Many Trophies Of Their
Pswess in the Great In
ternational Contests
in the British Cap

Especial to The ARGUs.)
London, July 13.-Ninety members
of tho American Athletic Team now in
ENGLAND were today accorded the hon
Or of leading the parade that passed in
review before King Edward and royal
suite, preliminary to he first day OF
tho great Olympic games, to compete
in which the finest athletes of the
world have come to London.
The weather today is wet, but 75,oOo
men and women this afternoon swarm
! I'D to the great stadium to see b pre-
Hminary contests. The King was there
in the royal box, and applauded with
great gusto every close contest.
Mike Murphy, trainer of American
team, after looking his men over early
this morning said: A Americans
are in fine condition and will get their
share of the short races and Jumps
hough we don't expect to win the
Marathon. Not a man is overturned
The weather is wet for our training
but the Yankee boys will get the1
share of the prizes"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-07-16
ONNECTIONS

"Igalns Nos. 3 and 4 connect at
Guld~bor0 wttn A. @. L.. trains as
E.Lio>Ns: No. II ,aoathbound; No. AZ,
N~uYtnboAg,d, an't with Southern
Railway rruias Nos III, Westbouud.
sn,i NO. Ii .s4stbonnd.n
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-07-16
COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

The name of Needham H. Grady is
urged by many friends in Now Hope
Township for County Commissioner.
A DEMOCRAT.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1908-07-16
CANTATA.
An Opportunity Of Hearing Colds.
boro's Best Colored Musical
Talent.

Queen Esther, the Beautiful, a must
cal drama, will be presented at the
Messenger Opera House Monday night,
July 9th, under the auspices of Shiloh
Presbyterian church.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
Billings, Mont, R. R.. No. 2.
Hesper Ranch.
"a JUNE PlcNic."

One bright morning in June, when
five little girls, Ruth, Lucy, Edith,
Reva and Margaret, were playing,
their little friend Martha came UP
and said, Girls, let US go to the
woods and spend the day" All Of the
girls agreed to this and said they
would go If their mammas didn't
care.
So all the girls went and asked their
mammas If they could go to the
woods. Their m said they
might go If they did not stay too late.
These little girls were very happy
and each one hustled around getting
ready for their picnic. Their mammas
fixed them a nice lunch to take with
them.
The girls started off for the woods
They picked wild flowers, made
playhouses and played in the creek
until it was getting dark.
They started home in a hurry. BY
the time they got home it was dark
They all said they had a nice time
but their mammas said they could not
go again because they stayed SO late
this time. Goodbye.
Jennie Rupe, age 13.
Cabot Ark @R. r. No. 2.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25

Hedrick, Ia, July 10, 1908.
Miss Lena Davis
Dear friend Lena:
l received your post card, it was
real nice. l thank you eve SO much
for it. l will write this letter today,
and l will also send this letter to the
Courier Junior for l am sending two
little Dummies to the Editor. 1t is a
new contest of the Courier Junior. I
thought l would join it.
Are you going to join the contest?
I hope you will. 81 will send you a
pretty post card later on. | will tell
you about my home.
l live on a farm of ITO acres, our
house is a four room house and a big
pantry. The rooms are large too.
We have five house plants. The
name of our house plants are gera-
mum, double white ~petunia, red pink
christmas cactus and the lady cactus.
We have 5 head of horses, four cows,
10 two year old calves, l spring calf,
16 spring pigs, IL shoats, 6 old sows,
and we also have a fatting hog. One
of u horses is a ~sorreli, three Of
them are dark bays, and the other
one is a light bay.
We have ITO little chickens out Of
600 eggs. We have an incubator. We
have 100 old hens, s ROSTERS, and we
had is guinea eggs set and got eleven
and we haven't got any little guineas
left.
1 hope 1 will be a prize winner in the
contest of painting Dummies.
l have two sisters, and one broth
er. My brother Is An years old. MY
little sister was two years old yester-
day, July II, 1908, her name is Ella
May. My little brothers name is
Arnold William. My other sisters
name is Hazel Lovina. She is 8 years
old and my name is Leona Irena. l
am IL years old.
I will be 10 years old next June. 1
am a Tri-Weekly Junior. Lena ] want
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sToRIEs-LETTERs.
ETA WRITES TO HER UNCLE
AND AUNT.

Dear Aunt and Uncle: How are you?
| am we'll and hope you are the same.
Weshave very dry weather here now
Papa has just finished harvesting his
oats. We have got about IS acres of
corn in this summer and about IL
acres of oats. We have about one
half acre of cane and a great many
potatoes. They are very nice, too.
We have a fine garden this summer.
We will not have very much fruit
only grapes and plums and blackber-
ries. The ~blackberries are getting
ripe now
We have AZ head of COWS and IA
little calves. One calf is all black and
one is just about all white. They are
very pretty calves. We have nine
head Of horses and two of them
would sell for $500. One is brown
and the other is a bay. And about Sc
head of hogs. We have about 1875
little chickens and "a ducks and 1S
little turkeys and three old ones.
We have one pet turkey, six pet
chickens and two pet ducks. We are
all bus. making dresses and working
to get ready for the Sunday school
convention at Sharon this week.
We will take u dinner and stay all
day.
l would like to see you and Uncle
Jessie very much. We went a fishing
one afternoon and caught eight
pounds Of fish. One day l caught a
fish that weighed two pounds. 1t twas
an awful nice one. We go fishing
very often this summer. We spent
the Fourth in Charlton. The parade
was very nice. There were three
clowns on the back of a wagon. They
looked very funny. Company H had
a drill. My uncle, Arthur Williams
was in the drill. l will close.
From Eta Rynn.
Charlton, Iowa, July Is. 1908.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
DELIGHTED WITH SKATES.

Jerome, Ia, July 18 '08
Kind Editor and Merry Juniors:
received the roller skates Thursday
July 16 and | thank you very, very
much.
l put-the pretty card you sent me on
the very first page of my album.
AS the Editor requested us to not
only thank her for the prizes, but to
write a nice little letter about some
thing of interest l will write about a
Glass Picnic
1t was held June 81.
Each member of the class was given
the privilege of inviting a friend.
invited my sister Maurine. We start
ed at 10 a. M, and went to a large
timber. We put up a large swing and
a hammock but the hammock soon
came to grief for we tore it clear into.
We had a nice dinner, five gallons of
ice cream, two big buckets of lemon.
ade and a hundred bushels of fun
After dinner we waded in the creek.
We came home about five o'clock.
Your Junior friend.
Orpha Sides, age Ia.
Jerome, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
Melrose, Iowa.
ELIZABETH A GREAT READER.

Dear Editor: l live in the country
on a big farm with a friend Of miae
south Of Ottumwa. We have lots Of
chickens and turkeys, For spets "a
have pigeons and kittens. I go "a
school at Fairview in Davis county.
My studies are reading, writing, arith-
metic, grammar, geography, spelling.
history and physiology. My teachers
name is Miss Phrona Fuller, OF
Bloomfield. l have two sisters, Har-
riet and Ruth.
Mrs. ]. A. Lutz and Irene schafer.
of Ottumwa are In the country visit,
ing us this week.
My teacher has been In Des Moines
and has Just returned home from g
two weeks visit.
I read many books. I will name
some of them: THE True and Beau
tiful," Scarlet Letter" 'Evangeline,"
"The Son Of Monte Cristo," 'tFairyland
of Science" "Browning's Poems"
I will close.
Elizabeth Erwin.
Ottumwa, Ia, Route No. 6.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
A PORTION TO
HER MAIDENS.
BY LOUISE H~ARDENBERGH
ADAMS.

Mother, can't we nave a party?"
Madge asked, with her usual brisk
ness.
All the girls are having parties,
an we never had n yeti" Emma
cried, a frown puckering her young
face.
"Lola's mother, Mrs. Belts, said our
house was SO lovely an big, she'd
think we'd want to have a party every
week. 1 didn't tell her, but 1t seems
funny that we've never had one" Ida
always fell into line with her sisters,
and usually added weight to their
cause.
Mrs. Cameron surveyed her daugh-
ters in surprise, a troubled look on
her worn face. This is a large
house." she said, slowly, with a soft
little sigh at the thought OF all it
meant to care for the many beautiful
rooms the house contained: but you
know your father thinks you must
have room to be healthy. You've
grown so fast, and I've been so busy
making your clothes and keeping
house, I never thought much about
giving parties"
Won't you now?" Madge begged,
gently but firmly taking the garment
her mother was mending out Of her
hands. you see, what started us
was, this very morning, we heard
some of the girls In school talking,
and they thought it was mean in us
to go to parties and never have one
Yes, an Nora's going to have a
great big One next month, an I'm
most sure she won't invite uH." Emma
looked defiant. AN If all the other
girls go we'll feel read bad, for Nora
gives awful nice parties"
Lola's going to have a blue silk
dress to wear, an it's to be all trim,
med with white lace" Ida's voice
grew eager. AN she's got blue shoes
an stockings to go with II, My!
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25

George washington was born Feb
ruary %, 1882. He. was the son OF
Mary and Augustine Washington.
His boyhood was spent on q planta-
ton.
His father died when he was eleven
years old.
He was married January II, 1859.
to Martha Curtis, the rich widow of
John Curtis.
Shortly after they moved to Mt.
Vernon, the estate having been given
him by his brother Lawrence.
For sixteen years he led the life of
q planter.
The second continental congress APP
pointed him commander-in-chief Of ths
army on June IT, 1775, and he hasten,
ed to Cambridge, Massachusetts,.
where he took command of the army
July 8, under the historic elm.
The first of half of the year 1777
was discouraging to the patriots, but.
Washington's brilliant surprize of
Trenton and the victory at Princeton
suddenly raised their courage.
He continued commander-in-chief all
through the revolutionary war, and
through d~isaffection, defeat and lack
of supplies disheartened others, ha
remained firm and p~ersevering.
He was chosen first president Of
the United States when peace was
won.
He died December IA, 1893.
Congress adopted resolutions at his
death, their passage being moved by
John Marshall, and in them occur the
words First in war, first in peace,
first In the hearts of his c~ountrymen,s
Edith Johannessen, age 13.
Floris. Iowa, r. F. d. No. l.
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But it's the funniest thing" Emma
conf1ded to Naomi, I'VE girls don't
know one thing about III party.
Mothers going to give us a surprise:
an your mothers coming to help her"
Their surprise began with the pretty
white dresses, dainty trimmed with
lace, which their mother mad ready
for he occasion. Then as h bright
raced, happy guests arrived, Mrs.
Cameron received them in the hal.
and. selecting carefully from a basket
OF flowers the one best suited, she pin
ned it on the girl before her, with 4
whispered word that its name was
loaned to her for that evening. it
started the party in a happy direction.
and brought a glow to the cheek OF the
shyest.
Its a most wonderful party" Madgo
whispered to her mother; for every
girl we asked is here; not one stayed
at home"
This is a flower kindergarten" Mrs.
Cameron announced. smilingly. as she
STEPPED into the parlor and gazed at
the bright faces turned expectantly tt
her. I'm going to read the story of
a young girls walk in the garden
among her flowers, and Well Just
imagine this room is the garden and
you are he flowers; and to make the
story come true, whenever your
flower names are mentioned you're To
do just what the story says"
Then the story began; the roses
nodded their heads. the pansies held
up their faces, the violets opened their
eyes, he lilies swayed and the pinks
bowed low. 1t was a charming story:
even the older girls who had grasped
their dignity in the beginning, drop
ped 1t as they grew in ffower-like-
grace. 1t ended with the march Of
the flowers. The lightest OF cakes,
sponge and angels food, made from
famous family receipts, were served
with homemade vanilla and straw
berry ice cream under the name IF
dew.
"All the girls say that they never
went to such a lovely party!" Ida
declared, the next day.
And not one OF them was sick from
What. she ate" Emma said, wisely;
sometimes they can't come to school
for days after a party"
There never was such a beautiful
party!" Madge was quick with her
testimony, land the girls all fell in
love with our sweet mother"
"They car love her all they want,
but she belongs to us!" Ida cried, en-
forcing her words by kissing her moth
err.
I'm giving a portion to her maid
ems" Mrs. Cameron filled her own
cup OF happiness to o~verflowing.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
DoNALD's VISIT IN THE COUNTRY

Dear Editor and juniors:
I have never written the Courier
Junior and thought would write
about my visit in the country.
There is q creek right below my
Aunt Maude's house and l go fishing
whenever / want to. l bought a new
straw hat.
Aunt Maude has eight little turkeys
and fifty-nine little chickens.
There is a robbins nest in a cherry
tree with just one little Robin in It.
1 help the father and mother bird to
feed it. l take the shovel and dig fish
worms and put them in my pocket and
take them up to the little Robin. 1t
hears me coming and opens its mouth
as wide as 1t can and l break the
fshworms into little pieces and drop
them into the little birds mouth. l will
have to stop for Aunt Maude has din
ner ready.
If this letter Is printed / will write
again, and tell the Juniors about living
on a ranch in Colorado.
Best wishes to the Juniors and
Courier Junior.
Donald Grave, age g.,
GlenWood. Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
EIGHT RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.

/. Use n side of the paper only.
3. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or a sharp lead pencil.
8. Number your pages.
4. At the bottom Oh the last page
write your name, age and address.
5. Do not send stories or poetry,
and send III as your own work.
8. Always tell whether you are a
Daily Juniorlor a Tri-Weekly Junior.
z. Address the envelope to Editor,
Courier Junior, Ottumya, Iowa.
8. Your stories must not contain
more than three hundred words.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25

I am trying my luck with house plants.
We have two large bushes of peoniea
in bloom which are very pretty. Snow
balls are very pretty, too, but they are
all dried up now.
We have three large forests where
all kinds of wild flowers grow, but
theytare all gone.
l would like to send each of the
Juniors a bunch of our roses.
Well, as my letter is getting long
I will close, hoping to see it in print.
Grace Miller. age IA.
Bonaparte, Iowa, R. R. /, Box sc,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
MARA HAS A PARROT.

Dear Editor:
AS 1 haven't written for a long time.
/ thought I would write.
My teachers name Is Miss Jessie
Archer. l like her very much. My
stldies are fifth reader, B. arithmetic.
B. physiology. B. Geography, Ian
guage and B. spelline I go to Rosscr
school. We nave twenty-seven
scholars.
I have three brothers and one sister
For pets we have a dog. named
Rover. and some little kittens. When
the kittens were young they were wild
but they are tame now. We also have
a parrot. His name Is Dick. He can't
talk much yet .
have three postals from the Cour-
Ter Junior and hope to get many more.
Well, I must close, wishing the
Junior success,
Maera Lasley, age IL,
Selma Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
1 spent the afternoon at Celebration.
I got f1recrackers. cream candy. ice
cream soda, pop, crackerjack, por
corn n peanuts. I went in to the
show, tow times. A man got drunk
and his wife made him crow like a
rooster. The other mans wife whip
ped him. I had a good time. Some
of my schoolmates were there. We
saw the fireworks. The speaking was
at half past n
Your Junior friend,
Fay Lynch, age II,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25

Dear Juniors:
AS | nave not written for a long
tine viii write a few lines. I like 70
read the nice letters and stories.
| live on a farm about five miles
from town. I like to live on the farm.
There are lots of flowers on our farm.
We have some white roses in bloom
They are pretty.
We raise horses, cows, sheep,
chickens. turkeys, guines, pigs, pote-
toes, tomatoes, cabbage. lettuce,
r%adishes, turnips. corn, oats, rye,
clover, hay and millet
I nave two brothers and one sister.
My brothers names are Andrew and
Veo. My sisters name is Lucille.
Ny school is out now. Ny studeis
are reading, writing, arithmetic.
geography. language, spelling and
physiology. We had a program the
last day of school and we all had a
good time. We had a dinner and then
in the afternoon we had the program,
I thank you ever so much for the
postal you sent me.
Your friena
Lena Souer, age 9,
Ott1mwa Iowa r r No e.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25

Dear Juniors: I have written once
before but it has been so long ago
l expect you have forgotten me.
spent a pleasant Fourth at North
English. There was a large crowd
there. 1t rained the day before and
that morning, but cleared off and was
real nice in the afternoon.
I hope you all had a pleasant time
l go to school when it is going on
but this is vacation now. l will be
in the fifth grade next year. Well, ]
will close for this is getting a little
long. Ever so many thanks for my
postal. Your kind friend,
Ida Burns, age 10.
North English, R F D /, Box 80.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
The Courier Junior
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING Co.
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA pEvEREAux.
EDITOR.
THE CONTESTS CLOSE SATURDAY
AND MONDAY.

Dear Juniors: We are receiving
some beautiful Dummies for the paint
ing contest, which closes for the Daily
Juniors Saturday and for the Tri-
Weekly Juniors Monday. You know
the drawing contest closes at the
same time. We will announce the
names Of the prize winners next week
and we will also announce another
spleudid contest.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
HER GRANDPA's OCH

Dear Junior: I thought I would
write about grandpa's clock. 1t was
bought fifty-seven years Ago.. He gave
$124 in gold for it. We do not use
it now. 1t don't run now, but would
If we would put cords on 1t. It runs
with two great big weights. Grandpa
gave it to ann thirty years ago.
Grandpa and grandma are dead now
and we will keep the clock to remem-
Der them by. The clock is two feet
nine inches long and one foot seven
inches wide. There are two weights
for the clock, each n weighing
eight pounds.
Your little friend,
Grace Hawkins.
Blakesburg, Iowa, R. F. d. No. l..
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
THE NAVE OF GLOUCESTER
CATHEDRAL.

The nave Of Gloucester is one hun
bred and seventy-four feet long and
thirty-four feet wide. The Cathedral
date was 1899, but this building has
been altered and rebuilt several times
chiefly in 1919, 1918 and 174O. The
notable feature Is the unusual height
Of the piers.
The east window is remarkable as
being the largest In the world, u by
3S or 2,736 square feet. 1t is the
largest cathedral in England. 1t is
beautifully painted on the inside.
Gloucester is along the Avon river,
Well, as this is all I know I will
close. {
HelenJohnson,
r II n M . Floris. Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
FRANCIS VISITED COURIER.

Dear Editor:
I will write to you for l have not
written for a long time.
had a nice time the Fourth %
July. They had a merry-go-round
here and ! rode twice. We got twenty,
five rides for five cents. Mr. Dan
Hamilton spoke here and the Fiiteman
band played. Some of the girls were
In a pantomine. I wasn't in 1t.
Our school was out the 22nd Of May.
! passed from the fourth grade into
the fifth grade.
My birthday will be the 2sth Of
this month. I will be II years old.
| was in Ottumwa two weeks ago
Wednesday and visited the Courier Of
fee.
Francis Norton, age 10.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
MILE LIVES ON A RANCH.

This is the first time I have written
to the Junior.
I am a little girl Z years old.
I live on q ranch 10 miles west of
Billings.
1t is a fine country. Some times
go with my papa to ct the cows, and
gather flowers and hear the prairie
dogs bark. They look very funny.
There is a little rabbit that stays
under our wood pile. I like to watch
it when 1t comes out to eat grass.
We can see some mountains and
they are covered with snow. There
are lots Of hills close to us.
AS my letter is getting long I will
close.
My papa takes the Tri-Week!y
Courier.
Marie Shaw,
Billings, Mont, R.. R.. No. 2.
Hesper Ranch.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
MOUSE.

This Is a true story about a NOUS.
One night a mouse came down stairs,
jumping from step to step and cam
around the edge of the wall Of the
room, ran into the next room where
my brother was sleeping. He was
startled because the mouse made so
much noise and he raised up In be.
and said "shoo.s,, We all laughed at
him for days about it. The mice often
come into my room.
Your friend,
Vera Kendall, age 10.
Agency, Iowa, r. R. No. 2.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
PRIZES FOR POSTAL STORIES.

We are certainly delighted with the
postal stories. The souvenir postals
that we. are sending out this month
are particularly beautiful. We have
decided to offer ~surprize prizes for
these souvenir postals picture. We
do not want the Juniors to simply
send US a few lines but we wish them
to find out many of the historical
facts Of these places and write splen-
did essays. This contest will not
close until Saturday. August 1, SO the
Juniors receiving postals this month
will have a chance for the prizes.
We will publish the stories as soon
as they are received but will not
judge of the merits Of the essays I'M
til the contest closes. The prizes for
these stories will be rs beautiful SOU
venir cards or a large souvenir pos
tai album. We thought that many
of the Juniors would like to exchange
postals with their friends SO decided
that such a prize would enable them
to do SO.
OF course we will still send out
postals to all the Juniors the week
following the day on which their let
ters, stories or receipt sappear. How
ever, we do not want the Juniors to
acknowledge them by simply thanking
use or writing q receipt, but we do
want them to write a nice little letter
telling us Of their pets, their home,
the beautiful flowers or something
else Of interest.
We will still give souvenir albums
to the Juniors when they have Is pos
tails from the Courier Junior.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
MY PETS.

For pets I have four little ducks
three Bantams and n cat.
I have three dolls. Their names are
Eva, Ethel and Bessie. I like to play
with my dolls.
/ have three brothers..
We have two little colts and two
little calves.
I went to Bloomfield the Fourth y!
July.
1 have received one postal from the
Courier Junior and thank you very
much for 1t.
Ruth Smith, age 10,
Bloomfield, Iowa. r. R. No. 8.