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MAY AND HER DOLLS.

May is fond of dolls and does not
care for toys, but will play for hours at
a time with dolls. She has nice neat
ways for them. Every day she puts
clean clothes on them and when night
comes their clothes are taken off and
their nice clean night gowns are put
on.
One morning when May had gone
to Sunday school her dog Rags, went
in her doll room. He thought she
spent too much of her time in playing
with her dolls. Rags got one of her
dolls and went out of tn edoor dragging
the doll in the dust. May was just
coming home from Sunday school
when she saw him dragging her doll
in the dust with her dolls best clothes
on ooh, my doll, my DOLL she cried,
1.-The blood will rush to her head"
Rags ran around the house into the
back yard and ran up tree and hung
it on a branch by the feet.
May ran after him and looked all
over the back yard and into every
crack and at last looked up into the
tree and cried as if her heart would
break Rags ran up the tree and got
it. Rags was then always a good
friend and it would make you smile to
see rags and the doll.
Esther Anderson, age, s,
Hedrick, Iowa.
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THE Jle-sAWs AGAIN.

We have quite number of Jig-saw
puzzles and we want the Juniors to
enjoy them these long fall evenings
We enjoy "piecing' them together and
the Juniors will after they see one,
Now If the Juniors do not wHnt TO
work in the big "Billiken" contest they
can work in the Jig-Saw contest. OF
course they can work in both if they
want to.
But to get Jig-saw puzzle you all
must write short stories (not more
than 200 words) on one Of the follow
ing subjects:
STORY OF A cHiLD's SHOE.
WHAT l LIKE TO DO THESE
BEAUTIFUL FALL DAYS.
GRANpMoTHER's CHAIR.
WHEN MAMMA WAS A LITTLE
GIRL.
MAMMALS WEDDING DRESS.
The Juniors working In this contest
can send In their stories at once, as
we have many prizes to give away
and the first good stories get the
prizes at, once The contest will close
Tuesday, Nov. 16.
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THE ORPHAN.

Lite Sarah was three years old and
her sister was five years old. Jennie
was going to school but Sarah was
too young.
Mother told her If she would be
good. girl and be patient for just one
more year she would be stronger and
would be able to go to school.
She was very found of stories and
she would ask her mother II she
would please tel her story.
Once little girl and her mother liv-
ed all alone for her papa had died and
left them all alone. They were very
poor and the poor little girl was quite
too young to work. She was seven
years old and her name was Matilda.
She was very pretty and had pretty
golden hair and bright blue eyes. AL
though they were poor they had nice
house. The little girl had her flower
garden for everybody loved her and
gave her flower seeds to plant.
For pets she had little brown rab-
bit and little yellow hen and kit
ten. By and by her mother died and
she went to live with lady and gem
tleman in the city and when she went
to school and to college she married q
man who was quite well off.
Margaret Breese,
Abba, Ia, 500 n. Fifth ST.
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PAUL's PICNIC.

Dear Juniors:
1. will tell you about picnic. My
Sunday schol teacher sent me post
card inviting me to come to picnic
and telling me to meet them at the
Methodist church. Papa drove me
down Mr. Kramer met US and took us
out to the woods in spring wagon.
There were twelve of us and we were
pretty much crowded. When we got to
the woods we began picking up nuts
and then we went down to Cedar
Creek and waded for short time.
While we were there we met a man
who had gun from which he could
not extract the load and our teacher
took the gun and shot into the water,
and Oh! how it splashed.
Then he went after the team and
took us up to the house. where we had
dinner and after dinner we took four
horses and all took turns at riding.
Then we went back to the house and
had ice cream and cake Then we
played a while and went home.
stayed all night at grandpa's
Paul Angle.
agency, Ia.
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RoxlE TELLS OF HER HOME.

Dear Juniors
I thought I would write letter and
tell about where I live.
I live on farm of 200 acres with
my mamma, papa, grandma and
grandpa. 1t is five miles to the town
where our mail comes to, Granada,
and L X miles to little railroad sta
ton called Imogene and eight miles
to Fairmont. We do most of our
marketing in Fairmont. We have
COWS, pigs and horses, and lots Of
chickens. l have pet chicken. He
follows me whenever l go outdoors,
a dnI get corn and shell it for him. |
have received two nice postals from
the Courier Junior, also nice post
card album for a prize. wish to
thank the Courier Junior for them.
AS my letter is getting long, | will
say goodbye to all the dear Juniors.
Roxie A. Wood,
R. F. D. No 2,
Granada. Mimi.
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THE BLACK HEN AND HER TEN
LITTLE CHICKS.

Dear Junior:-I thought | would
write you, as have not written for a
long time.
Well, there was a black hen that
stole her nest out in the weeds this
fall.
There was another hen Matching,
SO when the black hen Matched. my
sister, Ruth. and took the black hens
chickens to the other hen She had
Matched eight little black chicks and
two brown leghorns. The old black
hen didn't like 1t because we took
her chickens from her: she would
come every day and try to coax them
away from the other hen and one
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day while we were all away she took
them away from the other hen and
went down below the house into a
cornfield and she seldom comes to the
house. But when saw her last she
still had her ten little chickens.
l believe the black hen loves her
chickens almost as much as some
mammas love their babies.
Mamma says Ruth and can have
the little chickens.
Bernice Baum, age Z,
r. F. D. No. 2,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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BERTHA FRANCES HARRY'S
SISTER.

Dear Editor
I am a Tri-Weekly Junior. I will
try and write a letter I am seven
years old. go to school to the Pleas
ant Ridge school house. My teachers
name is Miss Beryl Horn. I like her
very well. l have one little sister
Her name is Bertha Frances. My seat
mate at school is Clarence Pitcher.
have got two dogs. Their names
are Cute and Carlo. Bertha has a
kitty; its name is Tom.
Harry WILDER Parker, age Z
R. F. D. No. 2,
Floris, Iowa.
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near her when the lightning made the
room so bright.
So Nolita ran to call the deaf old
woman, but she could not waken
her,
The little girls cry of terror sound
ed still more pitiful. The poor little
thing was half dead with fright.
She cannot be more afraid of me
than of the Storm said Nol1ta, and
she went softly to the little bed, calling
the child's name. With cry of
rapture the baby sprang into her out
stretched arms and chung to her neck,
patting the hairy cheeks with one soft
little hand and kissing the red wolf
mouth again and again. The thunder
still crashed and the lightning scat
tered it's awful brightness, but the
child cuddled down in Nolita's arms
and fell asleep to her singing.
In the early dawn Nolita laid the lit
tie girl down and went to call the
past the mirror she had wonderful
glad surprise. The wolf face was
gone! the baby lips had kissed 1t
away. Nolita was seven times as
beautiful as before The first ray of
sunshine rested like a crown on her
soft hair. But she did not think CT
her beauty. She thought only of the
little girl
ooh baby, baby!" she cried, "now
I can be with you all day and we will
be SO happy!"
The baby awoke as Nolita came in
and stretched up her hands with a
glad little laugh.
Then all the joy bells in Fairyland
began to ring and that day the Good
Fairies came once more to Nolita's
home. and they brought back all her
wealth and her friends; and Nolita
was happy ever after, for she had
learned the lesson Of love.
Bertha E. Bush in the Children's
Magazine.
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b.
into the sod kitchen and watched
them through a crack.
One other time her father shot at
whole lot of blackbirds. He killed
some and hurt one. He told mamma
and her brother and sister If they
would go down and get the ones that
were hurt they could have them.
Mamma ran and got the one that
was and told her brother and sister
that they could have the dead ones.
She kept the bird and every night
he would go down into the cellar to
sleep, but one night he didn't go down
into the cellar and froze to death.
am Daily Junior.
Maude Skirvin, age IL,
R. F. D. No. 3.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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Age IS.
NORMA LIKES HER PEN.
Malcolm Trout.
Rirr1oinq cham T,

Dear Editor:
I received the beautiful fountain pen
sent to me from the Courier Junior as
my prize in the big letter contest. My,
but how delighted I was to get it as it
Is dandy and will be such help
in my school work. I am writing this
letter with my pen.
I had so much fun Halloween. Early
in the evening there were SO many
children at our home as we had a Hal
lowe'en social and after it broke up a
few of my friends and myself went
Hallowe' ening.
We had fine time and carried our
jack lanterns with us early in the
evening. but as they were to heavy to
run with we left them at my home and
put the electric light in them which
made them look fine. After that we
took tick-tack and corn with us to
make racket with. We had lots of fun
and it will be long remembered Hal
lowe'en night.
Norma Daniels,
Eldon, Ia.
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KENNETH WILL SPEND CHRISTI
MAS IN BELkNAP.

Dear Editor
I am a little boy Z years old. live
in Missouri l go to school every day
and am in the second room. have a
little brother, Clayton, who is going
to start to school after Christmas. My
cousin, Ida Gray, takes the Tri-Weekly
Courier and like to read what the
little folks write.
l have spotted dog; his name IS
Buster. He has a nice collar with
his name on it and have three kit
tens. I am going to Belknap, Iowa.
Christmas to see my grandpa and
grandma.
Well, will close for this time.
Kenneth Guile,
SIP Mable ST.,
Trenton, Mo.
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Age 8.
BUSTER is FLoRENcE'S DOG.

Dear Junior:
AS have never written to the Junior
I will write today. l go to school every
day I go to Hazel Dell school. My
teachers name is Ethel WINS like her
very much. I Study reading, arithme-
tic. grammar. physiology, geography
and spelling. l like to go to school and
learn. We have twelve scholars in our
school There is five girls and seven
boys. ] have one brother His name Is
Ernest have dog. His name is
Buster He is only three months old
He is black. brown and white. |
have cat. Her name is Tabby. She
is gray and white. Papa has five calves
and cows and one little colt. His name
is Frank. AS my letter is getting long
will close.
Florence Latta,
Agency, Ia.
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Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
1t has been quite a while since
wrote to the Courier Junior, so l
thought I would write. wrote a letter
to the Junior once before and it was
printed. l have been going to school.
My teachers name is Miss Nora
Brunk. I like her for a teacher. I
study reading. arithmetic, language
physiology and geography and spell
ing. I have one sister and one brother.
My sisters name is Myra and my
brothers name is Richard. He is in
Ottumwa. We have three quarters of
a mile to walk to school. like to read
the Junior page. My mamma takes the
Tri Weekly Courier. My papa has four
cows and three calves. We have two
horses and one little colt. we have ten
geese. My seatmate at school Is my
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MoLLIE LIKES TO FEED THE
CHICKENS AND DUCKS.

Dear Juniors
/ am going to tell you what I like
to do these beautiful fall days. like
to feed the chickens and the ducks,
and like to help mamma. I like to
go to the store for mamma and bring
groceries for her and like to sweep
the rooms for her. like to play in
my play house. have lots of toys.
1 was in Ottumwa last spring.
| will close for this time.
Your little friend,
Mollie Napier,
Box 303,
Hiteman, Iowa.
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Grandmother's chair is heavy
article made out Of oak and hickory.
This would make heavy piece Of fur
niture but in the days of early history
they would not think much about 1t,
because the furniture was heavy and
large. The people used to cut the
chairs out themselves. They would
peel the bark off the hickory and
weave 1t together for the seat. some
woould cut the rock ,rs out and some
would get curved sticks.
Our grandmothers would sit in the
chair on long winter evenings knitting
and sewing for In those day they did
not have factories to make things like
they do now and so our grandmothers
had to knit all our stockings. / will
send a card to any one who will send
me one.
Malcolm Trout,
Birmingham, Ia.
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LOWELL RAISED 8 PET LAMBS.

Dear Editor:
This is my second letter to the
Courier Junior i enjoy reading the
letters and stories on the Junior page.
go to school now. My teachers name
is Miss Anna Baggott. like her very
much. My studies are reading, arith-
metic, language. geography, history,
writing and spelling. There are twen-
lyon pupils in our school.
l raised three pet lambs this summer.
One belongs to sister. have nine
Rhode Island Red chickens and one
duck.
have one little sister five years old.
Her name is Miriam. She goes to
school and sits by me.
Lowell Sullivan,
Bloomfield, Ia.
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FLosslE's FLOWERS.

Dear Juniors:
l will write about flowers this time
and tell you Of flowers we have had
some experience with. Some Of them
are: hollyhocks. lilies, lily of the val
ley. dahlia, pinks, petuna, nasturtium,
aster, sweet peas, peoples, marigold,
ansies, zinnia. eladiolus, morning
glory, larksurs. touchmenot, cypress
vine. chrysanthemums. snap dragons,
mlgnonette, sweet william, tube lilly,
fever few. bouncing betty, golden
glow and we have three colors of lilies
that live out of doors al winter. The
colors Of these are white lavender, and
cream. These flowers are some that
we have had some experience with.
Besides these we have svral kinds of
flower shrubs.
Flossie Gardner,
Bentonsport, Ia.
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EDITH AND HER KITTY.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor
thought would write few lines
to the Courier Junior, as l have not
written for long time. have one
sister and three brothers. l have q
kitty, too. He is very nice. He
drinks milk and eats meat. If yon
pat him he will rub against your
leg and pudd His name is Tommy.
Sometimes he sleeps in the clothes
basket. Well, will close for this
time.
From your loving little friend,
Edith Parkinson,
1885 East Main ST.,
Ottmuwa, Iowa.
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Age 10.
IRA SICK FOR THREE WEEKS.

Dear Editor:
I thought I would write letter. as
have not written for a long time. am
in the sixth room. I go to the Agassiz
school. I like to go to school. 1 have
been sick for three weeks and could
not go to school. We moved from the
country last winter about the third of
February. 1 started to school the first
of March and was three months in the
fifth you ! lit~ twn b ocks from he
>cl1nln | have one brother. His name
is Harvey. lie goes to school every
day. He lives to go to school He is
seven years old and In thesf1rst room,
A class. 1 like to live in town better
than in the country. Our house has five
rooms in il. Wei | will close for ibis
time.
rnuyriro
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SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

l. Use one side of the paper only.
2. Write neatly and legibly, using
Ink or a sharp lead pencil.
3. 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 to us as your own work.
6. Also state choice of prize on 4
separate piece Of paper, with name
ind address in full.
Z. Address the envelope to Editor
Courier Junior. Ottumwa, Iowa
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Dear Editor:
This Is my first letter to the Cour-
ier. We moved from near Toolesbora
in Louisa county, Ia. 1t is a nice vii
lage situated on a Bluff. There are
many mounds that have been built by
the Mound Builders. A few years ago
they opened some of these mounds
and found some things made out of
stone and copper. On a clear day one
can see town called New Boston in
Illinois and also see the steam boats
as thew mass by on the Mississippi riv-
er. The mouth of the Iowa river is not
very far from there. 1t enpties into the
Mississippi river. Under the bluff they
call it Black Hawk after an Indian
chief. The Indians used to live there
good many years ago and they trap
ped and hunted there.
Anna McChesney.
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TEN LITTLE CHICKS.

! though l would write again this
week. I have little brown leghorn
hen and ten little chickens. l was out
putting them away one evening and
the hen was frightened and spread her
wings over the chicks and papa came
out and scolded me. When the hen
went to roost l though I would go and
ask forgiveness. l stole ont on tip-toe
to the hen house and crept in among
the hens and chickens They cackled
and cluckcd in great fright and papa
came out again, but he didn't Just
scold this time, but think he forgave
me when l told him what l was doing.
Bessie Smith.
R. F. D. No. 2, Floris, Ia.
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nn Guess SO Gown
How do Guess-o people ever
Find their way through Guess-so

How do Guess-o people ever
Find their way through Guess-se
Town,
Since the streets and by-ways never
Lead one safely UP or down?
Though the avenues are many,
No one there seems sure of any.
Guess-so people idly straying,
Chatter, passing up and down;
But there truly is no saying
What's the news in Guess-so Town;
No, there's little worth repeating
When the Guess-o folk give greeting.
Surely then, it is no wonder,
Be their mission what it may,
That the Guess-so people blunder
AT their duties every day;
Tell me now, could we do less so,
Always answering, Fl guess so?"
Frank Walcott HUT.
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Dear Editor
1t is some time tgo since l wrote
to the Courier Junior, SO l thought l
would write now. I received postal
card and thank you very much for It.
go to school every day. My teach
er's name is Miss Fiske. l think she
is a good teacher. My studies are
arithmetic, grammar, physiology, read
ing, geography and spelling. There
are thirty-eight scholars in school. l
have about q quarter of mile to go
to school. I have three brothers and
three sisters. Their names are Elgar,
Arden, Mervin, Ethel, Estella and
Edna.
My papa takes the ottumwa Daily
Courier.
l guess will close.
From Ruth Gustason. age 10,
Dudley, Iowa.
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WHEN MAMMA WAS A LITTLE
GIRL.

When mamma was little girl she
lived in Nebraska. She hadn't lived
there very long when two big Indians
came and wanted some water
Mamma was just little girl and
she was afraid of them and she ran
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PUN PklNS.
Hedrick,

The seed is first planted in the
spring with the corn. After 1t has come
up and is ready to vine it begins to
bloom, but the first blooms do not
yield pumpkins. After the bloom that
yields a pumpkin has fallen off and
has grown for two or three months
it will begin to turn yellow and grow
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Dear Juniors:
I am writing to the Junior for the
first time. My teachers name is Pearl
mMorris. like her very much. My seat
mate is Earl Snyder. I used to live in
Wapello county, Iowa. I would rather
live in Nebraska than Iowa. My fav-
orite study is history
Roy White,
Foster, Nebr.
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Dear Editor
I go to school almost every day and
like to go very well. My studies in
school are arithmetic, grammar, ply
siology, history, reading geography.
spelling and writing. My teachers
name is Miss Fiske. My papa takes
the Ottumwa Daily Courier. ] like to
read the letters and stories very we'll
and can hardly wait till the Junior
Games each week.
/ will close, and hope to receive q
postal card.
From Estella Gustason. age IA,
R. F. D. No. l.,
Dudley, Iowa.
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sister, Myro. My playmates are Hazel
and Flo Rachford, Lois Marrow. Grace
Horn. Floy Stansberry Fay Staten.
/ have a big doll about two feet tall.
Mama got 1t for me. 1 got 1t for a
Christmas present.
Marjorie Brunk
Moulton, Ia.
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THE SOUVENIR CARDS.

You all know that we give the Jun
TORS souvenir postal album when
they have twenty-five cards from the
Junior We will not use the letters
when the Juniors simply acknowledge
the postals. We always want nice lit
tie stories when the Juniors do not
want to write letters. If you ali do
not want to select your own subjects,
you all may write on one of the fol-
lowing subjects:
APPLES.
SWEET POTATOES.
PEARS.
GRAPES.
IRISH POTATOES.
Besides sending souvenir card, we
will give surprise prize to the Junior
writing before December / the best
letter or story on the subjects under
the heading Souvenir Cards." which
appear each week.
Beatrice Parkinson gets, the surprise
letter prize for November.
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to its natural size. Then it Is picked
with the corn or gathered separately.
1t is picked in October SO it will not
freeze or rot. 1t is then laid away
until ready to eat or used as pumpkin
lanterns.
GLADDEN. Archer, age 10,
Troy Iowa
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PEARS.

There are several different kinds OF
pears. We have four different kinds
There are early pears and late ones
The Bartlett pear is an early pear
Pears are yellow when they are ripe
The snow pear is fine pear. We have
two trees of them. The dwarf pear
trees are small. If you pick the winter
pears they will keep until Christmas.
Leila Shaffer,
Douds- Leando, Ia.
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APPLES.

There are many different kinds OF
apples. 1 hardly know which kind
like best. The early apples begin to
ripen about June. then we have apples
until spring. The Ben Davis is good
keeper. There was a pretty large apple
croo this year. 1 think apple blossoms
are very pretty. like to help pick APP
pies.
Mae Shaffer,
Dn11ds- aa ndn la
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE couRiEr. PRINTING co.
oTTuMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA pEvEREAux.
EDITOR.
BILLIkEN TALKS TO JUNIORS.

Dear Juniors-The Biliken dolls are
here and they are the prettiest ana
cutest little objects you ever benelo.
A few Of Billiken's cute little sayings
follow:
I'm Billiken whose lucky grin
Makes gloom run out and JOY run IN.
Pm fond of little boys and girls,
I love to nestle 'gainst their curls;
And so that it could be all arranged,
Into a doll myself I'VE changed.
.Billiken."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-06

l will write letter to the Courier
Junior as have not written for a long
while. l have three little chickens.
They are Rhode Island Reds. I did
have four, but one of them was kill
ed. l had three little pigs but they
died.
John Skirvin,
R. F. D. No. Z, Ottumwa, Iowa