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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-20
A GOOD HOUSEHOLD sALvE.

Ordinary ailments and injuries are
not OF themselves serious, but infec-
tlon OF low vitality may make them
dangerous. Don't neglect a cut, sore,
brulse or hurt because it's small
Blood Poison has resulted from pin
prick or scratch. For all such all
ments Bucklen's Arnica Salve is ex-
cellent. 1t protects and heals the
hurt; is antiseptic, kills infection and
prevents dangerous complications.
Good for all Skin Blemishes, Pimples.
Salt Rheum, Eczema Get an original
2-ounce 25c. box from your Druggist.
ADV.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-20

You can get almost anything but
money of the Central Trading Co.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1915-07-20
indefinite.

Il want to take flyer
Stock or aeroplane?'' p Baltimore
American
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Kristina Johnson's Schoo
Composition A True
Story
Dear Juniors:

As have not written for long time
I thought I would send In school
composition. The title is "A True
Story"
am a black and white kitten ana
they call me Blackie was born IN
basket in a. pleasant woodshed.
There lived very happily with my
brothers and sisters until one day. a
day that I shall never forget, hearo
q. hard hearted man say There are TOO
many Of those kittens; I shall have to
get rid Of some Of them"
So saying no picked me up ana
Jumped into buggy standing close by
He took me out along lonesome TIM
her road and threw me out to starve.
There 1 was hungry and helpless for
several days. -
At last two kind hearted little girls
found me and took me home to their
little brother who is very fond of me:
get fresh milk night and morning and
occasionally mouse which my little
friends catch in trap for me. have
grown so large that l don't think my
own dear mother would know me. l
often wonder If my brothers and sisters
have as good home as l 40 FOR WISH
they could share mine If they don't.
| guess / will quit now and go and
play with my little friends who are
waiting for me.
8 Kristina Johnson, age II,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Reba Lewis Writes Compost
ton About Visiting in
South in 1890

Dear Juniors:
This is one Of my schol compositions
about visiting the south in 1850 ana
living in the north
We started at little town In the
north. We had to go to the inn the DAY
before the coach started and get our
tickets and be back in the morning at
8 o'clock ready to go.
When it was time to go they would
bring up a big coach with six horses
hitched to it. The coach was just DIG
box set on wheels. It had top on It.
The way it was made was very queer.
It had eight big posts set up and a
roof made on top Of it. They had big
benches on the side to sit on 1t took us
a long time to go. We got stuck In the
mud. Sometimes we had to get out ana
help the driver pull the coach out OF the
mud. We changed horses at different
stations and stayed all night. When we
got here we could see great big long
rows of negroes houses made OF logs.
They look very queer to us.
One day we went and saw the ne
eroes at work in the cotton fields. The
negroes had lots of little children. They
treat the negroes very cruelty. They
whip them with big whips. They work
very hard. Their fields are very big. 1t
is a sight to see the negroes by hun
dreds at work. The people have big
houses that own the slaves. They make
the slaves do all their work and II they
do not do it right they whip them very
hard.
Reba Lewis,
Abba, Iowa, r. No. 3.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Donald Pickett Tells About
the Liberty Bell, Which
He Saw in Des MOines

Dear juniors:
During my visit in Des Moines this
summer I saw the Liberty Bell. When
the people heard the bell was coming
through Des Moines many people went
to view It.
It was in Des Moines three hours and
thirty-five minutes. We could see the
crack in the bell very plainly. A little
Jewish girl made a wreath and brought
it down to decorate the bell. Doing this
she was allowed to sit by the bell all
evening.
It was estimated that seventy-five
thousand people viewed the bell while
It was in Des Moines. Many people
handed the guard coins and rings and
many other trinkets to touch the bell
so that they could say they had some
thing that had touched the famous
Liberty Bell.
The liberty Bell was in England In
1851 and MAS brought to America IN
1752 In being taken from the ship II
met with an accident which spoiled Its
tone and it was recast in Philadelphia
i in 1883. Soon after defects were dls-
covered. It had lost its tone. The second
recast has lasted up to this day.
The Liberty bell rang for the declara
ton Of Independence in Philadelphia
July 4, 1776.
The Liberty Bell has travelled to New
Orleans, worlds fair in Chicago, then
to Atlanta, then to Charleston. then &c
st. Louis and Is now at the Panama
Pacific exposition at San francisco
Calf, The bell has an incurable disease
that can not be cured. The bell is sup
ported by jacks.
1t was one hundred and twenty-three
years old before it was called the LID
erty Bell.
Donald Pickett, age II,
118 South Ash ST., Ottumwa, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published by
the COURIER PRINTING co.
' Ottumwa, Iowa
MATILDA OEvEREAUx
EDITOR
ONE LINK TO ONE JUNIOR.

Dear Juniors: We feel that several
Of the Juniors working in tho compo-
sition contest announced recently
have misunderstood the prize offer.
While We. said we would offer two
friendship links each week during
September We meant that the two
best compositions each week would
entitle the two writer's to the prizes
one to each Junior.
Here is the exact wording Of the
announcement:
Nov that school has commenced
we want the Juniors to become in
terested again in school compositions
Each week during the month of Sep
TENDER We will award two friendship
links to the two Juniors sending ir
the best compositions"
We do not want the Juniors work
ing In the contest to be disappointed
consequently We make this explana
ton. We are receiving many excel
lent compositions. We hope many
more Of the Juniors will work in this
contest. The closing time will be
Thursday, September 80, at midnight:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Veda Helen Bartholomew
Lives to Visit Her
Grandmother

Dear Junior: It is vacation and am
down to grandma's.
I came Wednesday evening, June 8.
After I had rested while went out
In the strawberry patch and picked
some for supper.
On Thursday Grandma and picked
cherries in the afternoon.
Friday picked cherries in the morn
ing and then helped Grandma seed
and can them. In the afternoon we
had company and had fine time.
Saturday I went to town in the after
noon and went back again at night
While I was there Grandma and
went down in the woods and hunted
June berries.
am always glad when 1 can go tt
Grandma's.
Veda Helen Bartholomew,
Age IL, r. F. D.
Keosauqua, Iowa
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sleep on a porcupine." And Archie,
though he essayed manfully to put his
precepts into practice, was forced to
admit that he preferred the ground.
Both noticed but did not remark upon,
certain heretofore unoffending ant
hills. Somewhat gloomily they rolled
themselves in a blanket and lay down
again, when a loud barking resounded
from nearby.
whats that?" demanded Arch, with
the suspicion of a quaver in his voice.
(To be concluded.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Helen Bown Spends Sum
mer in Keota; Visits the
Buffalo Farm
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors: n.,
Twill tell about my visit to keota.
Iowa. It was in June. When we had ouI
Tune vacation. I went to Keota to Vlsl,
nv grandmothe... I thought ! could
never wait for the train to pull up al
Keota. I had to get off and change az
tuscaloosa and then about more sta-
tons and T would be there. I started al
8 o'clock in the morning and got there
at 8 o'clock. :.
Well I kept going and looked out az
the window all the time till at last gov
thore and the first thing saw was my
grandma waiting for me. Then we wen,
IN to the hotel and then I got washed
and dressed and we went down to oln-
ner and that afternoon we went down
town and I saw it wasn't very Dig
town and that night we went down
town While T was there went to ting
Buffalo farm in an automobile ana
STAYED until September.
Helen Bown, age 10.
800 F.. 4th ST., Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Irene Traul Pretends She Is
a Bird Writing in an
Oak Tree

Dear Mrs. Robin:
How are you feeling? am fine.
have a new home. 1t has wide YER
anda and four pretty rooms. have
them decorated with blossoms. There
is a very nice little boy who ives
right next to me. He often scatters
crumbs for me. He had my name
printed on my house for me. will print
it for YOU G. Twitters. There is an old
man that people call professor living
near me. He studies birds and espec-
tally sparrows. There are cats living
near me. They do not bother me
though because the little boy whose
name is Frank told them they must
not bother me. They are nice cats
hope you will come and visit me soon.
We will have nice little afternoon
chat Bring your book called Hints on
Housekeeping" I would like to read it.
Give Mr. Robin my regards.
Respec. Yours,
G. Twitters.
Miss Irene Traul, age II,
North ST.. Ottumwa, Ia
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70 CONTINUE CONTEST.

We are receiving SO many wonder
fully interesting stories In the Some
thing Remarkable" contest that
We have decided to run the
contest Indefinitely. So many OF the
Senior" readers OF the Junior ex
pressed regret that we were think
ing Of closing it up.
The Courier Juniors idea Of the
contest follows:
We want the Juniors to write about
some of their ancestors (Which means
your parents, grandparents, great
grandparents, etc.. We will ask the
Juniors to. write nice short stories
telling something remarkable or un-
usual about their ancestors.
We want the Juniors who write IN
this contest to tell us the names OF
their remarkable ancestors.
The writer's can 0elect their prizes
from among the following A box or
candy. foot ball, roller skates, book OF
knife
Anna Pauline Hayes is awarded the
prize this week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Why Mr.. Billy-Goat's Tail Is
Short - BY Flora
Alma Humble

Thev tell me, remarked Mr.. Rabbit
srddenlv. that Mr.. Billy Goat, who
used to eat meat, now hangs around
the stable doors and eats straw for
living. That's what Mr.. Thimble-hng-
ers says, and he ought to know.
7 suppose Billy is still bob-tail. re-
member the day it was broken on.
Tell us about it, says Mr.. RABBIT. Well'
one Saturday Mr. Billy Goat and Mr..
Dog were walking arm IN arm n al non
the road. They were laughing and talk
inc and all of sudden big rain came
up. Mr.. Billy Goat was mighty sorry
that he left his parasol at home, for
his horns would be apt to rust Ana
MI Dog shook his self and did not
mind the rain for when he got wet the
fleas would quit biting. Mr.. Billy Coat
hurried along. Mr.. Dog kept up. Inen
they came to the front Of Mr.. Woits
house and Mr.. Billy Goat mad on MS
high heel shoes.
He made a great noise and Mr.. Woif
onened the door and looked out and
saw what it was an said, come in Halo
this is not a very nice day to pay visits,
but as you are here you may come IN,
hut the dog shook his head and so Mr..
Goat shook his horns. They thanked
him kindly. Mr.. Wolf took down his
fiddle and began to play his level best.
He thought the Billy Goat would begin
: to dance until he would get tired. Then
he would get to have him for dinner
and 50 Mr.. Billy Goat never danced
and Mr.. Wolf put up his fiddle and
iumped at Mr.. Billy goat and Mr.:
| VOLTS broom fell and tripped him and
! Mr., Dog and Mr.. Billy Goat ran until
! thew came to the creek and the Billy
! Goat said how will we get across the
i creek. I can not swim stroke. So MT
Rillv Goat said he would have to bio
him good bye. So Mr.. Dog looked
| around on the ground and found some
! ian weed. yam weed and tan weed, ano
/ rubbed together and squeezed crop or
his horns and he turned to a white rock
! Mr.. Dog leaped into the creek ane
swan across. Mr.. Wolf came to Greer
and it made tears come in his eyes. Ihe
water was SO deep. The dog said, you've
drowned Mr.. Billy Goat. dare you u
! fling a. roc kat me. So he picked up
rock and threw it at him. 1t Tell neal
Mr., Dog and q pile Of 1t fell on, !,
! happened to be Mr.. Billy Goats tan
I Every since then he had bob tall:
Flora Alma Humble, age ~,
Agency. Iowa, r. No. =.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Anna Pauline Hayes on He1
Great Grandparents, MIR.
and Mrs. Jackson
Hogan

Dear Juniors:
I will Just write few lines about
my great grandparents They were
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Hogan. Grand
pa Hogan was born In Newcomers
Town, Ohio. December 28, 1925. He
was married to Mary A. Vansickle.
In 1849 they came to Linn county
Iowa. They came through Ottumwa
and camped on Soap creek for a day
or two. They settled on farm on
the banks Of the Cedar river. where
they lived for more than fifty years,
and raised family Of eleven children.
All of them are living except the old
est child. She lived to be 81 years OF
age. They came to Iowa when there
were but very few people In the west.
They were the last Of the old settlers
to 70 as all the people who were their
neighbors in the early days were dead
and gone.
Mamma tells me how she has heard
them tell how they had to do when
they were young and I am glad | did
not live then for they did not have
the luxuries of life, not even the neces-
sites we now have.
My great grandmother would spin
Tie yarn anu weave Tic SiOtu " AAA'A>~
their clothing, weave their carpets,
and make soap. She worked very
hard and made beautiful things and
saved them all her life and when they
were real old people their house
caught on fire and burned up all they
had, or nearly so, and I think that
was real sad.
My great grandmother died June
G. 1910, and great grandfather dleo
September 26, 1918. My brother had
great great grandmother but she
died several years before was born.
All my grandparents are dead but one
grandma. Mammals father, Grandpa
Brown, died in July, 1914. He was a
soldier of the civil war. He came 10
Iowa from Indiana with his parents
in 1854 ard in 1862 he enlisted in CO..
A., Thirty-first infantry, and served 10
the close of the war, 1865. AT tne
time of his death there were only SIX
Of his regiment living and they aeteo
as pail bearers at his funeral. When
heard him tell of the battles he was
IN it made me afraid to hear peoPle
sneak of war or read Of it In the pa
pers. ca Don.
NV grandma lives near Cedar Rap-
ids. We 20 to visit her once year.
Anna Pauline Hayes. Age g.:
207 North Mclean St., OttumWa' Ia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Mabel Young, a New Junior
Tells of Her Trip From
Spokane K

Dear Juniors: I am new Junior. !
will tell about my trip back from Spo-'
kane, Wash. I was out there three
wears. We came back Dec. Fl. we
we're four days on the train. It was
a fine trip. There are nice places,
some big mountains too. We came
through some long tunnels. In one OF
them we were coming through the
rocks fell on the train and they stop
ned the train a few minutes. 1t dld no
damage. Some were scared though.
I went to the parks good deal ana
saw the animals. There were some D1a
bears.
Well as my letter Is getting long, J
will close hoping to see my letter ~
print. v.,n 900 ~
Highland Center, la
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
Irene Foutch Writes Hel
First Letter to The
Junior

Dear Courier Junior: This Is my
first letter to The Courier Junior
| have two sisters and three broth
ers. I was eleven years old today. My
school commences after Labor day.
They had to build another room on
our school, there were so many came
there. All of US were up to my uncle's
today to help thresh. We had a good
time.
We were getting ready to 60 to town
tonight, but it commenced to rain and
we could not go.
Well as my letter is getting long,
will close.
Irene Foutch, age II.
Route l, Charlton, Iowa
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barely discernible from beneath rolls
of canvas. After two hours silent ad-
vance, Tom announced that they ap-
preached the spring.
On a fern swarded knoll under tall
pines before the water the two pitched
their tent. A quiet stream sparkled
among sprayed grasses in the valley
below them, and, fastening noisily
down to join it, continual miracle as
| it sprang from the heart of dark rock,
gushed spring. Instantly the boys
felt that their thirst was unbearable,
kneeling on stones in the basin below
to quench It.
Time for swim before winner?"
Custom fettered Archie still. The word
dinner" was strongly intrenched in
his vocabulary. His comrade had half
This clothes off at mention of the idea.
Together they ran for the cool, tree.
rejecting water, their scrawny little
bodies full of moments joy.
This additional exercise sharpened
their already violent appetites Sea. ce.
ly able to give time to the donning OF
a few clothes, they set about building
, the fire and preparing meal. With
what relish they devoured 1t - favor
ed by leaves, unwary bugs and ashes
from the fire - no words can tell. You
who have camped will understand and
you who have not, seize your first OF
/ portunity. When they sighed and lean
ed back, satiated at last, came the mo-
ment for which Tommie had waited.
"Give Colin" Colin was the dog
who had insisted on accompanying
them, somewhat to Mrs. Morrison's re-
lief "the scraps, and heap on the
brushwood, Arch. Here's more" The
| two fed the flames devoutly until the
long tongues leaping up dispelled the
advancing shadows. Then they threw
themselves down on the side from
which the wind came, so that the
smoke escaped their faces, and tasted
the full delight of campfire at even
ing. The darkness, save for dying
| afterglow on the water, hedged then
round, while the night birds and leap
ling fishes internationally deepened the
silence. Now and then the lugubrious
call of an owl sounded in the woods
behind them and the whip poor viii
walled from pine top.
| Archie sighed and Tom, sympathiz
ling with his mood, whispered, "Woult
not it be nice to live here forever, ant
not have to wear any clothes or col
lars and just fish and hunt?"
But at last, catching each other II
the midst of an ill-smothered yaWn
they scattered the embers. leaving
smudge near their tent as defenc
against maurauding mosquitoes. Tor
|between regret and sleep, the com
! mander and his private stumbled II
!side their tent.
! Here facilitating civilization cas-
out the spirit of nature. That after
noon Archie had collected some pin
boughs.
They're soft ant will make wor
derful bed, and shell great" he al
| serted as he piled them in a corner
Now his compan on, saying he wa
, nearly asleep, sank carelessly down :
to leap suddenly, rubbing torture
sides and crying, "ZoWy. I'd rathe
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
&N&
FLORENCE
MSZ4N0MM

Here are three little girls who have
interested audiences over the country
this summer by their remarkable feats
in the water. Any one of them. and
the youngest is less than five years OF
age. can swim better than most OF the
men who think they know all about the
water
is onlv eleven. but she not only throws
heavy men in the jiu jitsu style OF
wrestling, but she swan ten miles IN
the Delaware river in hours and ~
minutes. She is also a fancy diver ana
has performed feats of life saving.
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action and the more silence perform
ed the less punishment to follow, 1ol
that some there would be he doubted
not The swiftness of Nemesis he mao
not foreseen. When he returned from
his mission he found the door shut
and upon trying the knob, locked
Archie gasped. From within came tne
strains of 1.-THE Good Old summer
Time" whistled fairly near the KEY
CAV let me in, and III tell you Wna'
time it is"
THANK you, my watch was under
nv pillow" The musician now pc
gan to sing, For that's very gooc
sign that she's your tootsie-wootsle.,
"say, I've got to get dressed
No answer. ~
you're mean, Tom Morrison. IN
sorry ever gave you tnat peach " =
knife"
ooh, you are?" cofdly from within
! think that over while"
Silence on both sides ensued for
brief space after this statement. Their
! Archie, forgetting the brevity ane
airiness Of his attire, "All right, IN
mad. I'm going home now"
Unreserved laughter succeeded this
announcement. Tommie's Imagination
worked with brilliant rapidlty. say
/ I'll lend you my straw hat with tht
Yale band. It'll combine well VIII
your blue pajamas."
In the midst of an angry retort TN
exile sneezed resoundingly. Tommle'
heart, which for the softer emotions
was as yet very ill-developed organ
did not smite him at the pathetl'
sound but something in it's carrying
qualities warned him that repetition
might arouse the family.
promise that on our trip you'll Re
me Sleep"
"What!" cried Archie, forgetting al
animosity. Are going to stay al
night?"
"Well, I thought" Tom paused
"Promise?"
Jaw was only Joking answered
the private, amiably. You can sleel
a week for all care. ,
well, open the door, then. silly.
unlocked it five minutes ago. !,
At breakfast they won the nan
hearted consent of Mrs. Morrison. IT.
going to storm, and you win De ea s.a
M by bugs" she endeavored to dis
suade them. D.,
Her husband laughed; Let zen
co." he said. why, when I was
boy" Here followed that type o
moralizing monologue in which al
self-respecting parents delight to II
dulge. o,-,.
They spent the morning In packing
and when lunch was over, strappe
down and bent over with coverings an
cooking utensils = but more especial
with the provisions, of which SOL
hearted cook had bestowed muniflcel
quantities - they betook themselVe
to the railroad track. o',
well hike to swell camp kno'
tonight. There's spring, and we
light real campfire" Tom lingere
gloatingly too over the words, IAN
make the sprint up Armela early IN tn
morning
Arch assented with toneless grun
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25

Beatrice whitelam of Philadelphia
five years, swan 800 yards in IL min
utes. That is not a record, but 1t Is
probably the best record any child any
where near her age ever made.
Josephine Hose Of ST. Louis com
peted in two mile course In the MIS-
sissippi river against full grown WON
en- and was among the leaders at the
finish.
II don't see a reason why any
healthy child of their years cannot be
taught to duplicate their feats,' said
L. Deb. Handley, Americas chief au'
thority on swimming.
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THE LIBERTY BELL.

We still want more Liberty Ben
stories. We hope some of our Juniors
win see it in California and tell us all
about It. mn oo,
The writer's in the Liberty Bell con
fest can select their prizes from
among the following: A football, ooS
of candy, roller skates or book.
Donald Pickett Is awarded tne
prize this week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-09-25
MANI LETTERS.

We want the Juniors to write some
very interesting letters "newsy' let
ters. Some of the Juniors can write
to their parents. Other Juniors might
write as though they were visiting
some city. The reward for the best
letter will be box of letter paper
and envelopes. book or a knife.