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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-11
THE SWEETEST CHILD LILLE
KNOWS.

The sweetest child I know is my
dear baby sister She is one year old.
Her birthday is January 10 and that
makes her almost two years old. She
is almost two feet high. Her name is
Elsie. She has light hair and dark
eyes. She can do. many cute things.
| will mention some. She can swing
all alone. She will stand at the door
and call to me and if do not come she
will cry. She takes my doll and will
sit in a chair and rock it and sing as
loud as she can. When we are eating
meal and ask for bread, she will
hand US her bread. If we children
don't do to suit her she will tell mama
and papa on us. If we want in the swing
when she Is there she will scold us.
Juniors, do you know she is better
than anything else-better than any
bird, animal or doll--because she is
humanity. She can say everything.
She has for pets dog, cat and chick
ems. She can mock anything she hears
or sees. And any other work
We do She can just work. When
mama is sewing she will pick up the
scraps on the floor. She will play in
the playhouse with my other little sis
ter, Sarah One day mama took her
to visit the school with my grandma,
and she sang when the school did, and
she is the sweetest child I know.
Lille Myers,
Box SO. Hynes, Iowa.
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HER MOST IMPORTANT EVENT
OF THE WEEK.
Mildred Adams,
Seymour, Iowa.

The most important event Of the
week for me was Friday morning
when Dorothy and Pauline Park, Wild
are friends of my friend, Edna Bell
came down to my house. 1t was about
half after eight when they got here,
We played and talked until about nine
o'clock and then they asked me If |
couldn't get my horse and then WI
could, SO we started right away. Dor.
othy and Pauline live in Kentucky and
they came to Iowa for a visit. Dorothy
said that they had been in Nebraska,
Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, La,
H., Ind KY, Okla, and West Virginia
and she likes Iowa best of all. We went
up the road until we got to Mr. Bells
house, where they were staying. we
went In and stayed a little while. Then
we went on up the road until we got to
Margaret Ferry's house. 1 got Mar
saret on behind me and we started
back to Mr.. Bells. Before we got there
we concluded to have a little picnic.
Dortothy and left Pauline Margaret
and Louise, who Is my sister under
some trees and went on up to Mr..
BePs to get the lunch. Mrs. Bell told
us to also get Mary and Anna Palfrey-
man. After we got them we ate our
lunch. Then we told stories for while.
II was soon noon and we had to take
Mary, Anna and Margaret home. Then
the rest of us went home. We all had
fine time. Dorothy and Pauline went
away that afternoon.
Beatrice hickey,
Lucas Iowa. =
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THE SWEETEST CHILD MARTHA
KNOWS.

The sweetest child know is Helen
Viola Santee. She is three years old,
and can say very many cute things.
She has blue eyes and long golden
curls. She has a doll and thinks
there is nothing like it. She has to
put it to bed at night She is fat
little girl She has a playhouse, but
1t is not like most little girls play
houses.
Her mother was very kind to her
and let her have little room upstairs
in their house.
She has little brother she can
play with, too; his name is Donald.
She has many playthings; she has
cradle, three stairs, set of dishes and
lots of other things. She thinks there
is nothing like little pony. She says
she wants her da da to get her one.
Here are some of the cute things
she says: For over she says oder:
for Grandma Scott she says Nam Man
Cock; for Grandma Santee she says
Nam Nam Tee Tee. Aren't those
funny names? She calls me Maddie.
The dog she has-its name is Buster,
but she calls it "Bussur." She has an
Uncle VIII and she calls him Uncle
Wo.
Oh! She is certainly case if any
body is. She has a nice disposition,
and is very quiet She goes off 20
her little crib at night and never says
"boo." Before she goes to he'd she
says, ooh, mamma, Tam ossul tired"
When she wakes up in the morning
she gets her clothes on and gets her
high chair and gets up to the table
and says she wants "somcun to eat"
After she eats her breakfast she is
ready for play again.
Well, will close.
Your Faithful Junior,
Martha Scott,
r. R. No. 8,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-11
A BIG LETTER CONTEST.

We will again tell you all abont the
"Big Letter Contest" which is to run
all through this month.
While the Juniors always do
splendid work in writing stories.
we feel that they do not pay enough
attention to letter writing. Conse-
quently to arouse little more inter-
est in this very important accom-
plishment we will ask the Juniors who
wish to enter the big Letter Contest"
to write letter each week during
September and send them tn tho Jun
Tor Office. For prize we will give .
croquet set, one that has eight mall
lets and eight balls, or a fountain pen.
We want all the Juniors 10 enter this
contest, which will run i'll through
September.
We have many splendid letters now
but will not begin to publish them I'M
til next week.
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PEACHES.

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There are two different kinds Of
peaches, Clingstones and Freestones
There are two colors, white and yellow.
We have the early Alexander, early
Crawford. late Crawford, Alberta,
Dewey and then the Seeding. We have
them fro mthe Fourth of July until the
last of November. But we only had a
few this year. We had large crop Of
peaches last year and were tired by tho
time we got them all gathered. We
have fine lot Of seedlings in our gara
den to set out next year. We put the
peach seeds in a cloth and bury them
in the ground in the fall and then in
the spring. when we make garden we
take them out and plant them in bed
like we do any thing else and tend
them with the garden, and then the
second spring we set them out in the
orchard. We can and dry lots OF
peaches. I am a Tri- Weekly Junior.
Leila Shaffer,
Douds-Leando, In.
Are -
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The GOOD Fishermen 0Dd
His Disseminated Djt9

Once there was fisherman and his
wife who lived together in a howell by
the sea shore. The fisherman went out
every day to catch fish.
One day he drew up a great found
er,
The founder said to him, Fisher
man, listen to me. Let me go. am not
real fish, but an enchanted prince
So put me back into the water and
let me swim away"
every WE'LL" said the fisherman
He put him back into the clear water
and got up and went home to his
wife.
well, husband" said the wife
'shawe you caught nothing today?"
mo-" said the man-'ttat is, did
catch q founder, but as he said he
was an enchanted prince, let him &c
again
Then did you wish for nothing?'
said the wife.
mo-" said the man; what should |
wish for?"
ooh, dear!' said the wife. sit is SO
dreadful always to live in this wretch
ed howell. You might have wished for
little cottage. Go again and call him.
I daresay he will give it to u.s.
When he went back the sea was
green and yellow, and not nearly so
clear. He stood and said:
AFlounder, founder in the sea,
Quickly, quickly come to me,
For my wife, dame Isabel,
Wishes what dare not tell"
Then the founder came swimming
mp.
well, what does she wish?"
"Oh," said the fisherman, my wife
Bays ought to have wished for some
Thing. She does not wish to live any
longer in the howell She would rather
have cottage"
Home with you!" said the found
er; "she has it already"
So the man went home and found,
instead of the hovel, a little cottage.
His wife took him by the hand and
said, Come in and see if this is not
a great improvement"
So they went in, and there was a
beautiful little bedroom, a kitchen and
lardef, with iron and brass ware of
the very best. At the back was a little
yard with fowls and ducks, and little
garden full of green vegetables and
fruit.
Look" said the wife; sis not that
nice?"
YES" said the man, eff this can
pnly last, we shall be very well con-
tented.'
All went well for fortnight. Then
NE wife said, Look here, husband;
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Dear Junior.

Dear Junior
The sweetest child l know is
my niece; her name is Gladys Green
ly. The first time l saw her she was
eight months old. She would some
from her mamma to my sister Gladys
for her doll: then her mamma would
get my doll; then she would walk
back to her mamma for my doll.
One day when I was sick she came
walking into the room where was.
She was not thinking what she was
doing. I said something to her, then
she just dropped down and went
creeping, then she got on the bed
with me.
We live by the Des Moines river.
l am left handed.
Beulah Miller, age Z,
Agency, Iowa.
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Box SO.
THE SWEETEST CHILD i KNOW.


I am sending you a picture of the
sweetest child l know; it is my own
baby brother and you can judge that
by his cute little picture. He is Az
years old. He was born in Ottumwa,
Iowa on the 18th day of December,
1904, on Thursday morning at 8
o'clock. He has pretty complexion
and pretty dark auburn hair He IS
quite large for age. He has blue
eyes. He goes to Sunday school;
started before he was three years Old
and he can go to school this winter
We have good times playing. We
coast down hill in my wagon He likes
to play in sand. He says he makes
pies. He can draw good horses for
his age and he likes to paint. He has
box of paints and you can't fool him
very easy. | try to slip away from
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-11
JULIETTE's SWEETEST CHILD.

The sweetest child ever saw was
my baby brother. He was born on the
twenty-sixth of February, 1907. He
was darling little baby with big blue
eyes and golden hair. was very glad
to have him for I always wished for a
baby sister or brother. We named
him Charles Avery Eisenbeis. l got to
calling him Toodles and we always
called him that. He could laugh so
cute but my brother could make him
laugh the loudest. When it was hot
we let him go barefooted. He couldn't
walk SO he lay down and kicked the
floor with his little heels, and some
times when mama was in another
room she would think somebody was
knocking, but would find Toodles
knocking the floor with his little bare
feet. He had such dear little toes
with dimple in each one. He did not
live long enough so that he could learn
to walk and to talk, for he died when
he was but seven months old. He had
three little teeth, but one morning
mama found that he had another one.
Toodles seemed SO glad to show his
fourth tooth, but in the evening he was
taken very sick and the doctors could
do nothing for him. He had so much
pain that he chewed his little hands
and we had to keep them under
blanket He was sick six weeks and
towards the last he grew so weak that
he couldn't cry any more. He died
October 6, 1907. The neighbors were
very kind and helped Us a great deal.
We were all very sorry when he died,
but we were glad that his pain was
over. That night dreamed that
saw the Father riding on a horse and
the Virgin Mary on another horse with
Toodles all dressed in white running
and jumping between them. The road
looked very pretty with flowers every
where and the grass and trees were
such bright green, and this was a
dream Of little Toodles on his way to
Heaven.
Your Junior friend,
Juliette Eisenbeis, age IL,
401 w. Park Ave. Ottumwa, Iowa
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THE SWEETEST CHILD DONOVAN
KNOWS.

The sweetest child l know is a lit
tie boy two and a half years old. He
has dark hair and sharp black eyes
that see everything and little tongue
that can talk and say every thing, and
two little hands that get into every
thing, and two little feet that can run,
oh, so fast. He can play horse almost
as good as a big boy. He can play
marbles, too, and is sure to pick up the
wrong ones. He likes to ride the
horses and nearly always rides them
to water and sometimes to the pasture.
He likes to go by himself to visit out
neighbor, Mr.. Whitfield. He went in
one day when he was asleep and woke
him up.
He is my little brother and his name
Is Rees Hoy.
Donovan Hoy, age 9,
R. F. D. No. s. Ottumwa, Ia.
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MILDRED'S MOST IMPORTANT
EVENT OF THE WEEK.

The most important event of the
week for me was Monday, August 80,
when the people here voted for water
works. The vote was $50 to $50, so
now we are going to have waterworks.
That night after the votes were count
ed people made bon-fi on every side
of the square and one over by the de-
pot. The bands played. One of the
pieces was Hot Time IN the Old Town
Tonight" They sent up two small
balloons. They shot off all the fire.
works and fire crackers in town. 1t
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-11
FREcA "TENTED" AT THE cHAu
TAUQUA.

Dear Juniors
l will write to you about the Chau-
tauqua. Mamma, my three sisters and
tented We enjoyed it fine. We had
Bible lectures every morning. Noted
speakers in the afternoon followed by
Miss Brown, which l enjoyed most of
all, and at night we had lectures,
music ard moving pictures. l enjoyed
1t so much that l hope to go again
next year
Yours truly,
Freda Dickson,
R. F. D. No. 5,
Bloomfield, Iowa.
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him lots of times, but can't do it very
well. His name is Lawrence Henry
Weber. He is named Henry after
papa. He goes up to my grandma's
all alone; she lives about five blocks
from us, and he goes to the store for
mamma
He has little playmate; his name
is Kermit Clifton, and when he wants
anything he says: 1'to me it." Well,
guess I have told you all 1 know
about my little brother, so will close.
I am Daily Junior.
Forest Weber, age 8,
1905 E. Main ST.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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KATIE,s sWEETEsT CHILD.

Dear Editor:
The sweetest child I know is my
little brother, Lawrence. He Is one
year and six months old; has blue
eyes and light hair. We have lots of
fun with him. He has six sisters and
three brothers. His brothers names
are Adolph, Vincent and Frank, and
his sisters names are Clara, Sophie,
Agnes, Katie, Annie and Julia. His
mammals name is Mary and his papa's
name is Frank.
His grandmothers and grandfathers
are dead. For pets he has two kit
tens and a dog.
am a Tri-Weekly Junior.
Katie Drish, age IL,
R. R. No. 1.
Pleasant Plain, Ia.
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THE SOUVENIR CARDS.

You all know that we give the Jun
iors 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 all do
not want to select your own subjects
you may write on one Of the following
subjects:
TURNIPS.
RED PEPPERS.
GRAPES.
PEACHES.
SQUASHES.
POTATOES.
SWEET POTATOES.
Besides sending a souvenir card, we
will give a surprise prize to th2 Jun
Tors writing the best letter be-
tween now and October 1.
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A TRIP TO OKLAHOMA.

Dear Editor
have never written to the Junior
before, and I thought I would write
this time. We left Harwood, Mo-,
March 6, 1907. When we got to Okla
homa the peach trees were in bloom.
We went to school where little Indian
children went The negro children
weren't allowed to go to school with
the Indian and white children. AS
my letter is getting long, I will close.
Alena Dodge, age s,
Frederic, Iowa.
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GLADYs's SWEETEST CHILD.
Dear Junior

Dear Junior
The sweetest child I, know is
my nephew; his name is Earl Greenlt.
The first time saw him he was four
months old. The next time | saw him
he was two years old. When he was
two years old he was at our house.
He would get on the fence and would
have saddle on the fence and would
ride an hour at a time.
Earl would drive our horses. One
day he got on a wagon load of corn.
He would say to the horses Get up;
get up" One day he was going to the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-11
JESSIE A NEW JUNIOR.

Dear Editor
AS l have never written before, !
thought would write now.
Next Thursday our school begins
will be in the seventh grade. have
q little sister; her name is Vera She
is in the second grade. We have a
nice big school house and big school
yard.
Yours truly,
Jessie Howard, age IA.
Box 763,
Abba, Iowa.
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SEVEN RULES FOR TIE JUNIORS.

/. Use oNe side of The paper only.
2. Write neatly and legihIy, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
g. Number your pages.
4. At the bottom of the last page
write your name, age and address
5. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
6. Also state choice of prize on a
separate piece of paper. with name
and address in full.
Z. Address the envelope to Editor,
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE COuRiET. PRINTING CO.,
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEVEREAux.
EDITOR.
MARTHA, THE PRIZE WINNER.

Dear Juniors.-The judges after
very carefully going over all the stor-
les Of the Sweetest Child Know, y
have decided that Martha Scott has
written the best story, accompanying
a picture, consequently Martha's
Sweetest Child" Helen Viola Santee
Rdorns our Junior today.
We are sure that all the Juniors will
think Helen Viola a sweet little girl
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-09-11

The sweetest child know is little
boy that lives in Batavia He is two
years old. He has golden hair and
blue eyes. He is my brothers little
boy. He has one brother and one sis
ter. His name is Clifford Sterling.
Leila Cole,
Agency, Iowa.
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brothers, Dali, aged 20, and Darrell.
aged 5. l like to go to school. My
studies are reading, arithmetic, phys
iology, writing, spelling, grammar,
music geography, and history.
From q tardy Junior,
Vida Conger, age ~,
Il. r. No. /. Fairfield, Iowa.
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river and papa got stick. Earl said:
II go house; go house." When he
got to the house he said, Grandma,
you get stick after grandpa" We
live by the Des Moines river.
Gladys Miller, age IL,
Agency, Iowa.
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vas a regular Fourth of July.

was regular Fourth Of July.
The vote was to isue bonds for $685.
600 to put in waterworl1s and sewer-
age. On account of the waterworks the
Sunshine mine that burned a few
weeks ago will rebuild and the Rock
Island road will put in $4,000 coal
chutes and make an up to date coal
station.
Mildred Adams
Seymour, Iowa.
A
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Dear Editor: AS 1 have never writ
ten before, I will write about a dog.
His name was Line. He was a very
handsome dog. He had come all the
way from Boston to Chicago in the
cars with his master, Mr.. Jones. But
one day as they was to take the car
to go back home, they went into
shop near the station, and before Line
could get out to follow his master, a
bad boy shut the door and left Line in
prison. The cars were just going to
start and Lines master called him. In
vain Line did bark and whine and
scratched at the door. The bad boy
kept him there until the bell rang and
then he let him out and he ran so
fast, but the cars went faster than he.
Mile after mile Line followed the cars
until they got out Of sight. Then pant
ing and tired he stopped by the road.
side and wondered what he should do
without a home and without master,
Well, as my story it getting long, I
will close. Hoping to receive post
card from the Courier Junior.
My address Is
Anna Ruffing, age 10,
R. R. No. 1. Chillicothe, Iowa.
.7naooVflg ,awaywoR Oh. ct t ct eetea
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Dear Juniors:
go to Eagle school. My teacher's
rame is Myrtle Crum. am in the sec
ond reader, language, physiology SPELL
ing and arithmetic. l go to Liberty
Sunday school. 1 have one brother Ia
years old.
Gladys Raglin,
Route Z, Fairfield, Ia.
Age g.
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' A$uhAA6,, oSC .IO,
H. n. NO. l. Chillicothe, Iowa.
.7naooVfg, awaywoR Oh. ct t ct eetee
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Aged II years.
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GLADYS GOES TO SCHOOL.

Age ~.
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THE SWEETEST CHILD LILA
KNOWS.

R. F. D. No. s. Ottumwa, Il
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Age 8.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03


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to be held Monday, June 7, 1909 Tuesday,
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-06-03
yuma

The funeral of Mrs. Lucy Johnson
who died at her home in Barstow, was
held at Rose Hill church Sunday at
1890. The services were conducted
by Rev. Mr.. Keer, pastor of the Rose
Hill church, of which deceased had
been member for AZ years. A quar-
ltet rendered four selections Inter
ment was made at Zuma cemetery.
Lucy Wells, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Nelson Wells, was born March y:
1860, in Yuma township, and lived here
the greater part of her life. She mar
Tried Daniel w. Johnson Dec. Is, 1881.
She died at her home at Barstow May
l27. She leaves her husband, her aged
mother, three brothers, and two sis
tiers, Rinsler of Nebraska, Anthony of
Hampton township, Ira of Zuma, Mrs.
Frye of Freeport, and Mrs. Emma
Tubbs of Silvis, besides an adopted
daughter Mrs. John Jacobs.
Rev. Mr.. Morton preached the Memo
rial sermon at Yuma Sunday evening.
There was good attendance.
| The mite party at Mrs. Nora FIJI
bert's Friday evening was well at
tended.
| Mrs. Minnie Wainwright is in Port
Byron caring for her mother, Mrs
Brandt, who is seriously ill.,
Vera Daily of Albany is visiting her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester
Daily.
Mrs. Frances Wake returned home
after two weeks visit with her chill
dren.
Rinsler Wells of Nebraska and Mrs
LauraFrye of Freeport came to at
ltend the funeral of their sister, Mrs
Lucy Johnson.
The graves of the soldiers in Yuma
cemetery were decorated Sunday morn
ing at the close of the morning service
The Mold brothers are having their
land ditched with ditch plow pulled
by eight horses.
Friends of Dave Swank, who was a
resident of Yuma until last spring
when he moved to North Dakota, were
shocked TO learn of his being seri
ously hurt.