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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Almeda Henderson Says
Drakesville School One
of IOwa's Best

Dear Juniors: AS have never sent
a letter for the Junior page l thought
| would try to write one.
/ live on farm near DrakesVllle'
We have lots Of stock on our farm.
For pets l have two cats, two dogs,
four calves, and three little colts, and
one white hen.
20 to Spring school now. MY
teachers name is Zoe Henderson.
like her fine. We have one or the beS'
schools in Iowa. There are about Tor
ty scholars in my room. have not
been tardy or absent yet. The names
Of my schoolmates are Dorothy Put
man, Pearl Shull, lola Sayles. Edith
Shull, Mary Butcher, Lorene Nc
Carly Lillian Shull. and Edith Roush
We have splendid times at school.
Back of our school house is a very
large ditch and we boys and girls are
building a large dam across 1t. There
is water in this ditch and the boys put
fish in It, On the banks of this dltcf
are wild strawberries. We get then
every year.
/ could tell you lots more but my let
ter is getting long so will close
AImeda Henderson, Age ..
Drakesville, Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Gerald Eugene Warner Pu1
In Three Bird Houses

Dear Juniors: Il have not written
for a long time. I thought l Would
write about the birds.
I put up three bird houses this year.
There's bird building a nest rlght
under one Of them. I haven't looked
to see if any birds are building In the
other houses. I Joined a bird cluD
The name Of 1t is the Liberty Bell
Bird club. Our motto is protect our
feathered friends"
The Farm Journal has got this bird
club up The pledge is Il desire to
become member of the Liberty Bell
Bird club and promise to study and
protect all song and insectivorous birds,
and do what T can for the club" Put
this pledge down on piece OF paper
Put your name and address on the
paper too. Mail this to the Liberty Bell
Bird club, The Farm Journal. Wash
ington Square, Philadelphia, Pa
A club button and bird guide will be
sent you free We should all protect
and help the birds.
When the birds eat few cherries
don't shoot them or kill them Let
| them have a few cherries; they help
to raise them. You should feed the
birds in the winter time. The world
would be very lonesome if it wasn't
for the birds, they make such sweet
| music.
| have seen lots of wood peckers in
our orchard. They eat lots Of bugs
| off our trees. Some Of them built
nests in our orchard.
l haven't seen any wrens around our
place this year. But I have seen sew
eral blue birds and robins They are
pretty birds. Some kind of a birc
built a nest in the trunk of one OF
our cherry trees. There is a knot hole
there where it goes in.
Well, I will close for this time.
Gerald Eugene Warner. Age II.
Chillicothe, Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Olives Fort Dodge Cousins
to Visit Her in Vacation

Dear Editor and Juniors This is
my first letter to the Courier Junior.
I am a little girl 10 years old. |
have two brothers, aged and 10
months. H
My grandpa lives two miles out in
the country Sometimes my brother
and I go to see them and we have lots
of fun playing with their little lambs
and riding their pony named Teddy
Grandpa says some time | may come
out and ride it to town and take my
little friends ride. My grandpa has
200 little chickens. My two little cou-
sins are coming from FIT. Dodge to
spend their vacation with grandpa,
then we are planning to have great
times together.
Olive Morrow, Age TO-
Bloomfield, Iowa, Box 50.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Book Review = By Geneva
Smithburg of Moravia

| 1. The Lady of the Lake was writ
! ten by Sir Walter Scott.
2. This book is poem.
| 8. Biography of the author. Sir
Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh,
August, It'll. He was the ninth of the
family of twelve children. When a
lame, delicate child he was sent to his
grandfather's at Sandyknowe. The
first of his works were, "The Lay of
the Last MINSTREL and ''The Lady OF
the Lake" which was published In
1916.
4. Place and circumstances - (a)
It took place in Scotland. Scott said
that their customs and habits had ap-
peared to him like piece of poetry
and he seemed to see James Ii walk
| ing through the forest in disguise. He
then wrote, ''The Lady of the Lake. "
| (b) Kind of book This book is f1c-
ton. -
5. Plot outline. - A huntsman lost
his steed and wandered into the will
derness. He saw girl and she takes
him to her home and he then falls in
| love with her. He dreamed the night
+, that he slept there that these people
were the Douglass whom he had ban
ished from this land as he was the
king in disguise. He has already sent
a spy to see if they were in this land
who had fallen in love with her and
did not report on her. Roderick Dhu
| is also in love with her but he is a
very bold and fierce man and she has
nothing to do with him which causes
him to be an enemy Of the king. When
F'itz-James, the king, leaves he gives
the girl, Ellen, ring and tells he1
when she needs help to bring it to the
king. Her father is finally taken pris
oner and she takes the ring to the kine
and finds out the man who gave the
ring to her was the king himself. She
asks the freedom of her father which
! is given her and she marries Malcolm
Graeme who was the spy. Roderich
Dhu is taken prisoner.
! 6. (a) Ten characters = King F'itz
James, Ellen Douglas, Ellen's father
Allen Bane, Roderick Dhu, Malcolm
Graeme, Blanche Of Devan, Murdoch
| Mai SdTGL. w EllcH 10 hCloiiS. va
The character / liked best was FitZ
! James because he was so kind anC
free hearted as he gave up Ellen te
Malcolm Graeme whom he loved a:
much Cd The character / disliket
was Roderck Dhu because he avs 81
mean to Fitz-James and tried to Kill
him (e) character sketch of Ellen -
She was very kind and good Afte
Roderick Dhu had treated her so bat
she begged for his life at the last whel
he was a prisoner.
| Z. liked the book because it shows
how to return god for evil as Ellen dlt
and also to give I'D to another as tht
king did to Malcolm Eraeme.
This is one of my BOOK reviews writ
ten at school for English. We had tt
write six.
/ Geneva Smithburg, Route 3
! Moravia, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Russell Smith, Courier j
Farmer, Plants Corn
Again

Dear Editor:-Our school IS out 70
day.
We are going to have picnic
Our teachers name is Miss Minnie
Baker. 1 like her fine.
NV studies were reading, history
arithmetic, physiology, language. geo.
graphy, spelling. ..s.
We have got two little baby calves
one little mule sixteen little pigs and
eighty six chickens and more mems
Matching.
l am going to have another patch OF
corn this year. I have already got ii
planted. Papa sold twenty head OF
cattle and is going to take them to the
packing house tonight. He is going tC
stay all night at my sisters. Her
name is Pearl Randall and she lives
on the south side. Dr.
This is all for this time. .
Russell Smith. Age II.
Dudley. Ia, Route l, Box 81
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Bernard Murphy Ford
Writes a Letter to His
Grandfather

Mr.. Joe Ford:
Dear Grandpa thought you would
like to hear from me so thought
would send it to The Courier Junior tor
you. I know you will see 1t. still
70 to school, It will be out next month.
We went to the carnival and Leroy
George and Valeta and all rode on
the merry-go-round.
I have twenty rabbits now. dog
got in and killed one of my nice big
rabbits She had little ones buried in
the ground. AS my letter is getting
long. l will close Come up when you
can.
Your grandson,
Bernard Murray Ford, age yrs.
7O5 Clinton Ave-, Ottumwa, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
A Country Boy and a City
Boy - Composition By
Florence KielkOpf
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors: .".
I am going to write a composition
about a country boy and city boy.
A country boy goes out hunting and
plows on the farm for his father and
does a great deal of the work. A
country boy goes to school to learn
and to play and to have fun. The
country boy likes to go to town once
in while The country can teach
the city boy lots of things.
But the city boy can teach the coun-
try boy lots of things, too. The city
boy goes to school. After school is
out In the evening some boys carry
newspapers and some go to the shows
and others work
Florence Kielkopf, Age II.
Hedrick, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Eddyville Junior Says She
Misses The Daily Courier;
Takes Tri-Weekly

Dear Juniors:---I read the Courier
Junior every Saturday and enjoy 1t
very much. I read the evening story
Petey, Bringing Up Father, and the
children's evening story. We take the
Tri-Weekly now but we did take the
daily for a long time and miss the
Courier when it doesn't come every
day. ........
NV pets are a lamb, twenty two
chickens and dogs and cats.
AS my letter is getting long VIII
close.
Corda Hargesheimer, Age II.
Eddyyille, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
'sJinks'

During a recent visit entered one
of the well-known restaurants In the
city of ST. Louis. 1t was brllllantly
lighted and beautifully decorated.
Here. there and everywhere found
canary birds Gagged and their voices
added to the ioyousness Of the occa-
sion.
| Upon inquiry, I ascertained that
these birds were for sale, and asked
the manager to select good singer
for me- In due time the bird reached
my home, and l have never regretted
my purchase or his selection.
Just why he was named "Jinks' l
do not recall. At first he was very
shy, but after a few days he would
peck at my finger, and our close
friendship and intimacy has daily IN
creased. He is possessed OF rare IN
telligence, and is an exquisite singer:
He was soon given the freedom OF
my rooms by day, and acquainted MIN
self with every coign OF vantage On
being released from his cage In the
morning, he comes directly to my Pill
low for play, greeting me with every
evidence of affection.
Wnen l T6du ue pCiShoo uPoA --'
book or finds a snug place on my
shoulder. When I wish him to sing
I only have to direct his attention to
one of two places which have peen
selected by him as favorite seats 1o1
this performance, and he promptly
sings. and continues to sing until ne
is notified that 1t is time for the con-
cert to end.
He is particularly fond OF the ring
of the telephone, and responds prompt
" either sitting upon the instrument
itself or upon my hand or shoulder.
So far I have found but one fauit
in him, and that Is almost chlldlsn
failing: he dislikes to go to bed ana
prefers to sleep anywhere in prefer'
ence to his cage. 1t frequently >e'
comes necessary to catch him ana
conduct him to that snug harbor lor
the night. -,
He delights in my whistling and WIZ
sit on my finger for any length OF tin 10
If 7 but favor him with this form Oh
entertainment.
links was born in the Tyro4, - a.
if instinct causes him to yearn lol
his native mountains, he has given no
outward sign of his desire to return
Virgil M. Harris, in Our DUMP Ahf
mails.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Twenty Pupils in Mabel
GreesOn's School

Dear Juniors:
| am little girl eight years old.
am going to school in Libertyville.
My home is nice. ......
Ny home Is mile out of town.
l have a pet pony and some rabbits.
have two brothers.
One of my brothers is named Boyd
Greeson and the other is named Ray
nond
/ like my teacher.
| like my room.
There are seven in my class.
There are twenty in my room.
81, Mabel Greeson
Libertyville, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
HE COURIER JUNIOR
Y Published by
1.-THE COURIER PRINTING GO.
Ottumwa, Iowa
MATILDA DEVEREAUX
EDITOR
MEMORIAL DAY.

Dear Juniors: We want all the
nniors to write about Memorial day,
Shich will be commemorated in many
Slaces on May 20, because May ~
Somes on Sunday. We would like to
nave some compositions on the First
or Memorial Day The
juniors can write on the following
,oubjects, too:
Kindness to Animals.
When the Elephant Ran Away.
Cleaning UP the Schools and Homes.
A Summer Trip.
Vacation at Grandmother's.
This contest will close May ~. Sc
S1ect prizes from among the following
articles: A big flag. box Of candy, ball
hat, roller skates, knife, book or DOLL
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Picnicking School Com
position - BY Bertha
Bishop

Dear Juniors:-A school composition
One day Daisy's Sunday school class
went to the woods and took their sup
per. This was on Saturday. They all
met at their teachers house about !
o'clock. Then they started at 1880.
While they rested some of the
girls went to a house close by and got
some water Then when they came
back with the water they spread the
dinner on cloth and ate.
When they were through eating they
played games, and ran down steep
hills. AS they were running down q
hill Belle, one of Daisy's playmates
fell down and broke her arm. Then
they quit playing that and told jokes
and stories Bellies arm did not pain
her much, or If it did she never knew
it for she could bear anything, so she
joined in the fun and had fine time.
About 5 o'clock they all went home.
tired out. In about two weeks after
ward Bellies arm was all right.
She could do as much as ever and
that was the last time she ever ran
down hills SO fast.
Bertha Bishop, Age IL.
Selma ST., Eldon, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
Margaret Bigg Gathers
Sweet Williams on Way
to School

Dear Juniors: This is my first let
ter to the Junior.
+ have sister and a brother. Their
names are Edith and Walter. We did
live in town but moved to the country
the first of March.
/ go after the cows every evening
I gather sweet williams on my way.
1 have about eghty-five little chicks
and the incubator set. We have seven
little pigs.
I like the Junior page. Well, l guess
this Is all for this time.
Margaret Bigg, Age 10.
Route 9, Box 81, Ottumwa, Ia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
lila Kitterman Goes to Sun
day School at Agency

Dear Juniors:
This is my first letter to the Cour-
Ter Junior.
am ten years old I go to Sunday
school at Agency. My teacher is Mrs.
Esther Burns like her very much.
There are eight scholars in our class.
Ula Kitterman, Age 10.
.R. R. 9. Ottumwa, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
WANT LETTERS.

We va - ~.-,~oTs 70 write SUM-
very interesting letters. "newsy let
$4ers. Some of the Juniors can WrlFe
nv ~ .,~-~ntr.. Other Juniors mlght
write as though they were vlsltlhs
M .A- reward for the
I hest letter Will be box CT LETTER "a
II es book or knife.
Russell Smith, the Courier JUNIOR S
Vx. ..waraed the letter
prize.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
SCHOOL COMPOSITIONS.

~ We invite all the Juniors to send in
school compositions each week. lhe
writers can select prizes from aiming
the following articles: roller Skates;
book. souvenir spoon, oeautl,ui
doll knife. work basket. boX OF canuy'
letter paper or base ball.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
A Whole Fan1izp Wiped Out By a German Torpedo
j. ...s+x****.*****+**

Paul Crompton of Philadel-
phia, vice president of the Sur
pass Leather company Of Phila-
delphia, and his whole family,
consisting of his wife and SIX
children, the youngest only
nine months old. are num-
bered among the victims of the
German submarine which sank
the Lusitania off the Irish
; coast.
Mr.. Crompton was an Eng
lishman by birth, but had been
in Philadelphia for about twen-
; ty-five years.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

aEVEN RULES FOX l7E s.l,,
i. Use one side OF the paper o ainc
q. Write neatly and leglolv' uslne
ink or sharp lead pencil :. ON
3. Always sign your name Ill lu'i
and state your age o+rv
4. Do not copy stories or poe''S
ann send us as your own WORK.
<. Number your pages.
6. Always state choice OF a prize
an a separate piece of paper Will
name and address in full
=. Address envelope to Tne Cour'
Ter Junior.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
The First Sone-Sparro'Ds

..Maids, maids, come put the kettle on,
4 hear their blithesome choir TO-DAY
!, The first song sparrows of the year )
i 81 sorry that they went away
\. So glad that once again they're mere
,.Ma;ds maids, come put the kettle on
B. Vested in sober brown and black,
!, By zephyrs borne from southern sea
I: They bring the happy sprlngtlme
s back
il with mellow song OF industry.
sNaids. maids come put the kettle on. "
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
All ABOUT PRIZES,

We send out prizes wtehln wv
weeks after the names OF the "lnilei
ARE published. .,,od - 70.
If any Junior has ever faliea 10 le,
ceive a prize after his or her name ap,
neared in this paper it is because tne
wrong address has been given US
when we say wrong address we espe'
c,ally refer to incomplete addresses
All city Juniors should put their Stree.
nmmber and all Juniors living IN tne
cnnntry should put their box NUMBER
ar failing to have a box send IN tnelr
parents' names.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22

detective and was looking for fivS
children about their size who had been
stolen.
Ila Eakins, age 13,
SIS Wabash Ave-, Ottumwa, Ia
(To Be Continued.)
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-05-22
SEND OUT POST CARDS.

a We ne senulng cut post carus 70
IA, the Juniors after their letters or
/ stories are published.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-02-04
'TwAsN'T SMALLPOX
Just a Case of Chickenpox-
High Waters-0ther
Notes

Powell Ford, Feb. 1, 1915
The rain Saturday, Sunday and
Monday took off the snow and
old Salt River is on boom. Men
worked Sunday to save the cleo
trio car bridge from the rubbish
near Sun Rise Park.
The smallpox case near Mo
limo was pronounced chickenpox
and Miss Ruth Cook commenced
her school duties again. Rob-
ert Allen sold some nice hogs to
VIM. Mason, delivered Saturday.
Mrs. J. 0. Dowell, who has been
seriously i'll for some time, is re-
ported some better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Dowell
and Maurice Dowell, all of st.
Louis, were called to the bed
side of their mother last week.
Mr.. Gardner of this xicinity is
suffering with his arm. DIR. Flynt
of Molino is treating him. F. B.
Cook has lost two good horses
and had another one sick, but
DIR. Mcintyre was called and ar
rived in time to save it.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Powell of
Mexico are the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Milford Berry.
Miss Emma McPheeters of
Mexico spent last week with her
sister, Mrs. McMurtry and fam
ily.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-02-04
BURCH. COMING
TO MEXICO
Three Weeks Meeting at Mary
vile With Near 200 Con-
versions

Rev. A. L. Burch, the evange-
list, who lately held a union
meeting at Laddonia with 173
conversions, has been invited to
come to Mexico. He is now in
the midst of revival at Mary
vile. Up to Sunday night he
had 1872 conversions. He will
close this meeting this week and
then will come to Mexico. He
will likely open his campaign
here next Monday. His wife and
two children will be with him.
They are singers and personal
workers.
1t is hoped that he may stir
Mexico from centre to circum-
ference.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-02-04
BRINGS SUIT
FOR $4,000

DR.. T. Ne. Monroe of Laddonia
is asking $4,000 damages
against the C. & A. r. R., charg-
ing that an automobile in which
he was riding in Laddonia on
July II, 1913, while crossing the
railroad track, was struck by
G.. & A. train when his leg was
broken, back badly wrenched,
his nervous system shattered and
his health otherwise seriously
impaired, thus rendering him un-
able to attend to his business
satisfactorily. He claims that the
train crew gave no signal of its
approach.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-02-04

Helen Keller's optimism is but
one of the many things to mar
vel at in this girl who has had
so many barriers between her
and the pleasures of the normal
being. Optimism will be the key
note of her lecture, as it has been
the keynote of her whole life.
From a blank, a darkness, that
has always surrounded her, she
gives forth a message full of a
sunshine which she in her blind
ness sees more fully than do
many who have sight. 1t is a
message addressed to those, who
having eyes, see not, and having
ears, hear not, for no one can
hear Helen Keller's optimism
and cheerfulness without being
profoundly thankful for what
are deemed to be the ordinary
faculties of life.
When Helen Keller made her
debut as a public speaker, the
press of the country announced
the event as one of the greatest
achievement of recent times.
The girl whom Mark Twain had
bracketed with Napoleon as
the other most interesting
character of the nineteenth cen
tury;" whom Edwin Markham
had hailed as "the most interest
| ing being on the planet; )"
whom Edward Everett Hale, DIR.
Alexander Graham Bell, Rich
ard Watson Glider and Oliver
Dendell Holmes had claimed as
the marvel of the day in which
we live, D." suddenly added
another to her list of accom-
plishments and appeared as a
lpubhe lecturer. That she was
successful in her attempt was
proven by the ovatiOns she re-
ceived everywhere on her trans
continental lecture tour last sea-
son. Cities small and large
turned out EN- masses to greet
this remarkable woman and her
companion whom she calls
teacher" even today. They
are shortly to lecture here and
are announced for Tuesday
evening, February 9th, at the
I Hardin College Auditorium.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-02-04
When Lincoln Laughed.

Abraham Lincoln possessed a
deep and never-failing sense of
humor, which played about the
incidents of his life and tighten
ed them with its delightful
touch. The humorous aspect of
things and people he encounter
ed are entertainingly brought
out in an article given to read
ers of the Message this week,
and especially interesting in con-
nection with the celebration of
the great Americans birthday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1915-02-04
BE A GOOD DAD.
Edgar A. Guest

Edgar A. Guest
Who is your boy going to for advice?
Tough Johnny Jones at the end of
the street?
Rough Billy Green or untaught jim
my Price?
Who is now guiding his innocent feet?
Who takes him walking and swim
ming today?
You or the stranger just over the
way?
Whom is your boy leaning on for a
friend?
Say, now with whom does your lit
tie one spend
Most of his time with a stranger or
or you?
Whose hand is leading him where he
should go?
Who is the pal that he opens HIS
heart to?
You or some stranger that you never
have seen?
Whom does your boy all his secrets
tell?
Maybe to some one whose mind is
unclean.
If 1t isn't you that he comes to, he IS
in danger
What do you know of the worth of
the stranger?
o, be boy with boy that is yours,
Play with him, stay with him. show
him the way.
Walk with him, talk with him, take
him out doors.
Be his best friend, as you ought to
today.
Take him down town SO the young
ster can see
The right sort OF a man that you
want him to be.
Don't be too busy to hear what he's
telling;
Don't send him of when he comes to
your knee.
This sort of father disaster is spell
ing,
He's hungry for you and his pal you
should be,
Spend all the time that you can with
the lad.
He'll be good boy II youT be a
good dad.