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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-01-09

called eagles, halt eagles, double
eagles. There are also gold dollars
but they are quite small. Gold Is used
in making cases for watches and for
chains, jewelry. pencil cases, picture
frames are often gilded with gold
Gold leaf is gold beaten out very thin
much thinner than leaves of paper
Silver is white and shining. Spoons
are made of silver and there are silver
dollars and half dollars and silver
dimes and half-dimes. Gold and silver
are called the precious metals.
Quicksilver is very bright, like sill,
yer and it is very heavy. 1t is not
solid like the other metals, but liquid
like water. If you spill it it will run
about and you can not pick it up.
Tin is white and bright. like silver,
but it is softer The milk pan, the
saucepan. the pail are made of sheets
OF iron covered with tin. Tin does not
rust like iron.
Lead is soft and very heavy. The
water pipes are made Of lead, and the
cistern is lined with sheets of lead.
Bullets and shot are also made Of this
metal. Lead will melt very easily in
the fire.
Copper is of reddish color The
boiler is made of copper The bottom
of ships are sometimes covered with
sheets of copper.
Brass is made OF copper and zinc. It.
is bright and yellow like gold, but
soon becomes dull when exposed TO the
air
Zinc has a blush color, like lead.
but it is not so soft. 1t is used to put
under the stove to keep the floor from
being burned and for many other pur-
poses.
Iron is quite hard and although it is
not bright and beautiful like gold and
silver it is the most useful of all met
ais. Without it we could not have
railroads or steam engines. We could
not build houses and ships as we 10
at present. Ships of war are often
covered with thick plates OF iron.
These metals are found in places cali
ed mines. They are mixed with dirt
and stones when they are taken out
of the mines and this state are called
Cres.
Metals are sometimes obtained in >
pure state and are then called native
metals
From new Junior friend,
Ruth Powers. age r.
Cor. May and Mabel SITS, Ottumwa.
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FERNS CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Dear Juniors:
| expect All Of you Juniors are glad
Christmas is over. | am real glad it
is over. | will tell YOU what | got I
got scarf. sack of candy. twelve post
carus. five handkcrchiefs. pin cushion.
q little doll calendar. book Call Of
the Wild q glass and stone vase aud
Santa Claus. ] got the Santa Claus
from tho Courier Junior. and ! thank
the editor very much for it. / think it
is very cute.
. spent my Christmas at my grand
pa Russell's ~ Fremont. Ia. We had
lots of good things for dinner. My
Brother got a sled for Christmas and
he is wanting it to snow awful bad
Our school commenced Monday. and |
was glad for like TO GO to school. J
have nine cards from the Courier Jun
Tor. think they are all pretty and
thank YOU very much for all of them
have 95 cards all together.
l will close, hoping to receive a post
al. Your friend.
Edna Ferne Epperly
Ottumwa, la. r. ).
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cRANBERRlES AND WHERE THEY
GROW.

Cranberries grow wild in some
places and in others upon cultivated
vines. More than half of our crop
is now raised in Massachusetts and
about one-fourth Of it in New Jersey.
Indeed, Massachusetts, New Jersey,
and Wisconsin grow more than ninety
per cent of these berries, a compare
lively small area being devoted to the
industry.
The reason is the peculiar conditions
necessary to cranberry culture.
venture 10 say that none of us has
ever seen any other farm so odd as
cranberry farm The land must be
low and Doggy and SO situated that the
vines may be flooded at certain times
Of the year. The land must first be
cleaned of bushes and other vegeta-
ton and then covered with layer OF
sand to keep the earth beneath damp
and cool and to- prevent other things
from growing.
The plants are raised both from seed
and from cuttings. the sprouts being
set out in rows, about fourteen inches
apart. After planting the grass and
weeds must be kept down and the
beds flooded from time to time. AS
the vines grow they spread and run
over the ground somewhat like the
strawberry vines. When the are about
three years OF age they begin to pro-
6uce fruit.
The cranberry blossoms appear in
the early summer and the berries are
ripe in the fall. The are gathered by
hand or by little rake scoops and are
cleaned and sorted and then packed
in barrels and crates for the market.
The chief distributing points are
New York. Philadelphia. Boston, Bal
timore and Chicago. The berries will
keep for some weeks and in the late
fall they may be found Oh sale in al,
most every grocery store.
Retta Ruarlz, age II,
r T D No. 8 Pennington, Ia.
I am a Tri-Weekly Junior.
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where we can see all around over the
little river from the lake. Everything
in the school is now; seats. book
cases and books. Minnesota furnishes
its scholars with free books, writing
paper, pencils and pens in the public
schools. am in sixth grade My
teachers name is j. III. Lem. He is
a good teacher / like our new schoo
very much.
We have many new settlers NOV.
ing i'll here from other parts of Mime,
sofa and from other states This is a
new country, like Wapello county over
80 years ago.
must close for this time as my let
ter is getting along.
Your new Junior,
Edward Applequist, age II.
Wright. Mimi
Box Sc
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but his brain was so benumbed by the
cold that he could not think clearly,
and could not respond to boys ques-
ton: Say, old Teller, who are you
anyway? And what are you doing
in this fort?"
There were two boys. frankie
could make that much out and they
were half dragging him from the
cave. Come, kid, stand up one OF
them said. You see, LEFT my over.
coat here this afternoon when ! went
home, and now I've come back for T..
Gee, but it's cold, Come, get up and
tell us where you live. Well help
you home 1t was Bert speaking, and
Scotty was with him.
frankie tried to tell them about him.
self, but his tongue could not frame
the words. The boys knew from his
manner that he was all but frozen, and
hnrriedly held consultation regard
ing him. 1t was decided to carry him
between them TO Gn0ttys home, dis
tance of three blocks. i"Tss sssassE
After Scotty's mouier and father had
ministered to frankie the poor little
fellow began to remember things clear
ly and told his new found friends about
his old grandmother, who must be al
most beside herself with anxiety over
his continued absence. But the old
grandmother was notified OF FrankieB
whereabouts that same hour, ana
brought warm and song in cab to the
comfortable home where he awaited
her.
And when a few days later, frankie
and his grandmother departed from
Scotty's home it was to move into coy
quarters, where the sting of poverty
would not be felt. Scottys mother hal
seen their need and had come to their
relief. And frankie was allowed time
to go to school, working Saturdays
and evenings for Scotty's rather in re-
turn for the many kindnesses he AMI
his grandmother were enjoying.
And frankie was made member OF
the Fort Burton army, doing excellent
service.
THE old fort saved my life" he
said, land I shall be one OF her most
loyal defenders"
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EIGHT RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

i. Use one side Of the paper only.
2. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or a sharp lead pencil.
s. Number your pages.
4. At the bottom of the last page
write your name, age and address.
). Do not copy stories or poetry,
and send us as your own work.
6. Always tell whether you are a
Daily JUNIOR br Tri-Weekiy Junior.
4. Address the envelope to Editor,
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
8. Your stories must not contain
more than 900 words.
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SOUVENIR PosTALs AGAIN.

We will still send out postals to all
the Juniors the week following the
day on which their letters, stories or
receipts appear. We do not want the
i.Iuniors to acknowledge them by
simply thanking us or writing re-
ceipt, but We do want them TO write
nice little letter telling us of their
nets, their home, or something else Of
interest.
We will still give soucenir albums
to the Juniors when they have % pos
tails from the Courier Juniors.
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w hat Happened
at the Snow Fort

During the evening after school, and
on Saturday afternoons Bert, Sandy,
Seotty and Benny We're busfly engaged
In building snow fort. A beautiful
snow had fallen, covering the ground
TO a. thickness of ten inches, and ma
terial for building q fine fort was to
he had in plenty. And the snow was so
fine and solid that it was nodded in
TO shape easily, hardening very rapid.
iy after being formed into walls and
towers.
II tell you fellers," said Scotty, not
overparticular regarding MS pronnn-
riation when out CT the hearing of
mother and teacher. well have fort
here tllat'lI stand the winters siege as
well as that of our enemy. Look into
this officers apartment, il you can,
and then say man couldn't sleep in
here without freezing. Pretty snug,
sb?''
Say, we've got a dandy fort all the
way round!" exclaimed Bert. And
It's a good solid one, too. as you say.
Pretty soon We'll invite the Smith
field school to engage us in battle
Bet they'll find us stronghold-to
their surprise
Its the most complete fort ever
built in this town. declared Sandy,
enthusiastically blowing upon his
fingers to get the cold out Of them.
Yes. the most complete and the big.
gest," said Benny. Gee, won't the
other boys wish they'd gone in with
us? They said we were building too
far away from town, that it took us
TOO long to get here after school for
half an hours sport. But was talk,
ing with a lot Of the fellers yesterday
and they said they'd come and join
lls-now that the fort is about done
! like their nerve, don't you?"
We'll, that's the way with a lot OF
kids dryly remarked scotty. "They
stay out of thing till the work S
done. Then in they come Willingly
enough after that. They like tbs
play, but not the labor"
Yes, but we'll have to let EN-
come in explained Bert. What sort
of a fight could we-four strong-put
up against the Smithield boys? We've
got to have the soldiers as well az
the foat. But there's one compensa,
ton for having done all the work our.
selves--we'll be the officers
.Sure!" echoed three vigorous
voices
And SO the evening wore away and
the fort was completed before the four
builders stopped work After survey.
ing it and pronouncing it "a cracker
jack they named it Fort Burton. Then
the four hanpy lads hurried TO their
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SUGAR MAKING.

Upon the Green mountains they
make sugar The Vermont boys think
the merry season is when they gather
sugar. Sometimes they go far from
home and the men make tent or a
house large enough to cook or sleep
and make sugar in it. They sleep in
hemlock boughs Or bunch of hay and
that is their pillow.
They take the trees by boring a
hole three or four inches, then fasten
a trough to it and some buckets at
the bottom and the sap drops in the
buckets
They make thousands of tons OF
maple sugar. After they gather it
they put it in deep kettles that they
have. Some is cooked to sura" a~,l
some cooked longer and made to
brown sugar
Your loving Junior,
Dorothy ScanneU.
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MY PETS.

Dear Juniors:
As | have not written for some time
] will write a story of my pets. | have
one COW and three dogs and my cows
name is Daisy. One dogs name is Spot
one Prince and the other Friday. l
am going to the Adams school
Monday. My playmates names are
Edith Rarmash Jenny Horwitz. Ber-
tina Redman and Bessie Cohn. I thank
You Very much for the two post cards.
! have received from the Courier Jun
ior and | think they arc very pretty.
One of them is 4 picture of Il noun
tain forest, tho other is a picture of n
cool resting place i will close for
this time. | ann Il Tri- weekly Junior
lilly Teichman,
OttumWa. Ia.
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The national temple of Westminis
ter Abbey was built during Edward
the Confessor's reign. Here kings ard
queens are crowned and buried.
He had just completed it when be
died, so he was buried there. his tomb
is in the basement above the center
and around it is the royal graves. The
Abbey was rebuilt by King Henry VII
He built the largest part OF Westminis
ter Successive kings rebuilt it since
il is left as we see it today
Lena Davis, age -,
Hedrick Iowa,
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OLIVES PET CAT is WHITE.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
| enjoy reading the junior letter y
much that thought would write too
This is my first letter. I go to the
Jefferson school every day. | am in
the fourth room and fourth grade
Ny teachers name is Miss Kline Ny
principals name is Miss Empie. They
are both good. I have two sisters ana
no brothers. l have pet cat. She
is white. l have fine times in sum.
mer and go skating in the winter. |
received many postal cards and sent
many away for New Years.
Olive Mclaughlin. age H.
SOC S. Davis St. Ottumwa.
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----------------------
WHAT I DID CHRISTMAS.

Dear Courier Junior:
I thought ! would write few lines
to the Junior Courier We had a
Christmas tree at home and ] got a
sack of popcorn and little picture a
watch and pocketbook. a handker-
chief. My brother Ernest got a sack
of popcorn and a lead pencil and a
mug and five or six post cards, and a
game of Man in the Moon" All OF my
cousins but two were here Christmas
day Well as my letter is getting long
I will close for this time.
Earl Mullen.
Ottumwa, Ia, z. No. 3.
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ANNA WRITES OF A PARTY.

Dear Editor:
On October &c, 1907, party was
held at the home of Miss Vera Kendall
for her tenth birthday. There were
sixteen children there. We had a
verv pleasant time. We played many
games and after we were through we
went into the house and we guessed a
puzzle and We're to get a prize, if we
could put the tail on the donkey. There
was strings of peanuts and some that
was not In strings. They hid them
and we We're to find them. What we
could find we could have for ourselves.
We had candy and bananas.
Anna O'Connor
Agency, Ia r, No
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Dear Junior
thought that | would write TO you
nave written once before. | like t.
read the letters in the Junior.
! go 20 the Comprehend school. My
teachers name is Miss Nola Oden.
baugh. | am in eight different studies
! have four brothers.
AS my letter is getting long I will
close hoping to receive postal card
Alice Phillips. age Il.
r. F. d. No. ..
OttumWa Iowa.
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CORN PUDDING.

Crack . eggs in baking pan or
pudding pan, then add 3 tablespoon.
fuls of sugar with the egg. Put in a
piece of butter about the size Of a.
hen egg, then beat that a little, not
too much. Add then a can Of corn a
little salt to suit taste. Mix the corn
eggs. sugar and salt all we'll together.
Pour in / Z pints of milk. Then put In
a medium oven not too hot. Bake 90
minutes. This is fine.
Vasila Sears,
Buxton, Ia.
4 IN
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! cup of rnstarch,
j cup butter, r.
2 cups of sugar.
cup sweet milk,
?. cups -four,
Whites of { eggs. j
Rub butter and sugar to cream.
mix one teaspoonful cream of tarter
win hour and cornstarch, one half
teaspoonful soda, with the sweet milk.
add the milk and soda to the sugar
and butter. then add flour, then the
whites of eggs Flavor to taste.
Anna O'Conner,
Agency. Ia. r. No. l.
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a MELRoSE GIRL WRITES A NICE
LITTLE LETTER.

Dear Junior:
AS | have not written to the Junior
for long time | will write this Week.
go to the Melrose school. My stud
les, are reading. writing, arithmetic.
language, spelling. geography and ply
siology. My playmates are Doras
Thompson, Pearl and Olive Lem.y,
Blanch and Marcella McDonal. Helen
Parschel, Helen Clark. Viola OCon.
nors. Lucy Morrison. Florence AMI
Frances Curran and Lizzie Shaffer.
AS my letter is getting long I will
close for this time.
Yours truly.
Abigail Muliin.
MelrOSe Iowa
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RICE PUDDING.

Pick over and wash / cup Of rice,
put it in s, baking dish with i cur, OF
sugar. piece of butter half as large
as all egg, half teaspoonful of salt
and grated nutmeg to flavor. Place in
a medium oven and bake two hours.
stirring frequently until the RIGS
swells. Many think a few raisins an
Improvement, and these may be added
If liked. No sauce is required, AL
though little butter adds to flavor.
Mabel Skirvin,
Agency Ia, r. /.
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/. sToRIEs-LETTEEs.
LEILA TELLS OF HER
CHRISTMAS GIFTS

Dear Editor:
AS / have not written TO the Courier
for quite a While | thought | would
write. | have been going to school
and have been pretty busy / will tell
yoa few of the things rot for
Christmas. | got a box of stationery.
two handkerchiefs. a pin tray. a look
in. glass and other things. We had q
Christmas tree at our house, and We
had a very nice time. | would like 10
exchange postal cards with some of
the Juniors. My papa takes the TIL
weekly Courier.
Leila Shaffer
DoGdS Lcando la.
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EGGLEss CAKE.

sift cup Of sugar 3 times and
cream with it a. tablespoonful OF but
ter. Sift cups of flour and lleaping
teaspoonful OF baking powder together
times. Add to the other ingredients
alternately. WITH one cup OF milk.
Flavor with lemon. vanilla or grated
nutmeg. Bake well and bake in
loaf.
Ada 2. Kirk
Eldon, Ia. r. No. :.
Aged a.
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USEFUL METALS OF THE EARTH

Dear Editor:
I will write a story about the many
useful metals of the earth which I
think good subject The most use
full metals are gold, silver. copper,
zinc, iron, lead, tin and quicksilver,
but there are many others besides
these.
Gold is of q bright yellow color, and
it is very heavy. There are gold coins,
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CHOCOLATE cARMELs.

J. cup OF molasses,
] teaspoonful of pure cream.
spoonfuls of melted chocolate
| teaspoonful OF vanilla.
Boil until it is like taffy. then dip In
chocolate and next cut in squares and
YOU have excellent chocolate carmeIs.
Edna Ozella Morgan,
South Ottunwa, Iowa.
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THE SMITH TWINS.

Once upon a time there We're two
bows and their names We're Harry and
Jack Smith. People called them the
Smith twins. Last Christmas they
got a rifle SO they decided to go tul-
key hunting. They started early the
Gay before Christmas with their rifle
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ESSAY ON MR.. SUNDAY.

Mr.. Sunday was born in, storey,
Ames county, Iowa, in 1868. His
father was a Union soldier. and was
killed in battle before he was born.
He was brought UP in the Davenport
Soldiers Orphans home, and was APP
plenticed out to Co John Scott, q
state senator.
He learned the furniture business at
Iowa, and was there
when the famous Capt Arson OF the
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Aged 10.
WHAT lNsz GOT FOR CHRISTMAS

Dear Juniors:
For Christmas ! got a carpet sweep
er. picture. gold ring. two new dresses.
lace handbag, four pretty decorations
for my Christmas tree, tidde!dy winis.
posi- card album. oranges. candy, nuts
and bananas.
Well that is all for this time. so
Will close and write some other time.
lnez Stevens.
Dudley, Iowa, Z. /.
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witt SEND LINCOLN PosTALs.

We want the Juniors to write some
nice little stories on the following sub
aects and in return we will send them
beautiful Lincoln souvenirs:
A SNOW FLAKE.
THE COOLEST DAY OF 1909.
THE SNOW BIRDS.
HOW ROVER SAVED TrE BABY.
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u tablespoonfuls sifted -four.
tablespoonful each of melted butt
ter and sweet cream.
A dash Of Cayenne pepper and 3
ounces of grated cheese.
Work with the hands until it can be
rolled out in strips and bake in
quick oven.
Maude Skirvin,
Agency, Ia, r. No. 1.
Aged TO-
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BUTTER SCOTCH.

: cups Of sugar,
. tablespoons of water.
Piece of butter size Of egg,
Boil without stirring until it harH-
ems on spon. Pour out on buttered
plates and cool.
Jamie Plank
South English Iowa.
= eni 10
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OlDEN TIME CHRISTMAS.

Dear Editor:
In olden times they did not cel,s
brate Christmas like they do now
although they believed in Santa Claus
Children thought that if they got 4
piece OF candy or toy they We're do
ing well. They did not have Chris
mas trees as they dc now. | will
close.
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WESTMINSTER ABBEY.

DVIUIIy SUi
421 Mary ST.. Ottumwa.
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NarOllne TOUT.
423 Ottumwa ST.. Ottumwa.
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HER GANDFATHERS
WERE SOLDIERS.

Aged ..
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Aged ] |
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JUNIOR RECEIPTS.
DELICATE CAKE.

*""*"..s*as..
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Bertha Ruafk. age 9,
r F D No 3, Pennington, Iowa.
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CHEESE STRAWS.

Aged IA.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-03
They Want to Shed Further
Light on the Mysterious
Death of Mrs. Cleminson,
OF Rogers Park.
CHLOROFORM DID NOT
CAUSE WOMAN'S DEATH
Husband Of the Victim Chang.
es His Story of the Case
And Tries to BIacken the
Character of Wife.

Chicago, June "a systematic po-
lice quest for some of DR.. Cleminson's s
"affinities" today had put detectives
in possession OF the names of two wo-
men who were being investigated in
an attempt to assign a motive for the
alleged murder OF Mrs. Nora Jane
Cleminson. found dead in bed at her
home, 41SS Wayne avenue, and for
whose death DR.. Haldane Cleminson is
held today without bail.
The mystery of the Rogers Park
death. for the police had centered
about the motive for the woman's
murder, that she was slain by a subtle
poison, they thoroughly believe.
Love or Hatred.
Whether because of hatred for the
wife or because of love for other wo-
men-these "affinities.' with whom the
police would become better acquainted,
was the question the investigators
hoped to solve.
That morphine caused the death of
Mss. Cleminson was the burden of a