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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15
FOX AND GEESE.

We children play COX and geese We
have large ring as big as we can get
1t inside half OF our school yard It Is
about sixty feet clear around the ring.
There We're two Of us 1t the other day
and as fast as we could go out the 9TH
err ones would catch us. so now we have
only one 1t at a time There are thir-
teen boys in our school, so we have
quite a good time.
The fox and geese ring is made thus:
One large circle with little ring about
six or eight feet around in the middle
and one line going clear through the
ring so as to cut it in fourths and IL
there are very many playing you can
make the ring in the middle. It is made
like this: If YOU are out of the circle in
the middle the one that is it can catch
.-ou. and If you do not follow the lines
Won are II and try to catch some one.
and the one that was II IS not It TIL
YOU catch him again You are to catch
any one YOU ran and then they are II
and keep or like This till school calls
and then the zane is ended
! Harold Jones. age II.
Ava, Wyoming
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s1s N. Ferry St.. Ottumwa, low
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE.

Dear Junior:
I am going to tell the story Of Ma
thaniel Hawthorne.
Nathaniel was born July 4, 1904 in
the quaint old town Of Salem. Mass. His
birthplace was near the sea. He was a
great reader and spent much Of his
time on his voyages with his books.
Nathaniers mother was a beautiful
woman with sweet and pure nature.
Nathaniel's. father died when he was
but four years old and his Grandfather
Manning took the family to his home.
There were uncles and aunts and thev
were very fond Of the golden haired
bow and his two sisters.
When Nathaniel was eight or nire
wears old his mother took her there
children to Raymond. Me-. on the banks
of Sebago lake. In 1921 he entered
Bowdoin college There he led happy
life In 1912 he was married to Sophia
Peabody and they went to Concord
where they lived in the "Old Manse." a
famous homestead near the Concord
battlefield.
During his last years Nathaniel's
health began to fail and he wss unable
to apply himself to his writing In the
month Of May 1864 he Welt away For ::
trip with his old friend President
Pierce and while at Plymouth y. H..
he fell into deer sleep never IN
awakcu. He was carried 10 Cnreo~d. ard
lis buried ,'nder a ~roup nf rines in
Sleepy Het,ow nenleterv.
L,,cretia Nichols. age IL.
225 Myrtle St, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15

The various clubs of the city, young
8sters and grownups are beginning to
y enroll, some giving money and others
the stockings already, filled. The
y Courier Junior Christmas Stocking
club hopes that many other clubs will
enroll this week.
All one has to do to become men,
her Of the club is to give nice pair
of well filed stockings or the equival-
emit in cash.
Into one stocking put some CANDY
and nuts, also toy, an orange, pair
OF mittens, an apple and the other
stockings. Many of the Juniors fill
/ both stockings On the card with
4 the donors name put the age Of the
child for whom the stockings are in
tended:
It 10 not necessary to bring the
y stockings until next week However,,
~ the donors find il more convenient
to bring them in this week. The
Courier Junior office can care for them
nicely. We want all the names of the
members right away if possible. The
more names we have the better we
can plan for the needy children. Jun
1 1Ors and grownups living at distance
can send a pair of stocking, also a
little money to buy mittens, toy and
some sweetmeats.
- The stockings will be left just as
The donors bring them in, and will be
distributed Christmas eve direct from
this Office among little children whose
parents are unable to provide any
Christmas cheer and to little ones be.
reft Of their parents.
Some of The Courier readers do not
understand just what the ''roll of hon.
iSor'' which is published each day means.
S(When we say roll of honor" we re-
Or to the names of the members of
the 1916 Christmas Stocking club.
livery name on the published list is
yPomise to give at least one pail Of
stockings, the donor feeling sure that
needy little child will be the recip-
lent.
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vALEpA,s FIRST LETTER.

Dear JUnlOrS.
This is the first letter have written
to the Junior.
l enjoy reading the Junior letters very
much. i am little girl years old.
have little dog named Snip
have a little wagon. tie string to
the tongue Of my wagon and Shin will
pull the wagon by the string. He thinks
1t is great fun. Snip comes to the gate
every night to meet me when ! come
home from school. Snip and I will PLAY
hide and seek. will hide and Snip will
come and find me.
Valeda Katherine Barley.
Chillicothe Ia.
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NATALIE HARROW SMITH.
STEPHEN HARROW SMITH.
(Little Rock, Ark.)
MARIAN REAMES (Richland.)
HARRY SHELBY CARSON.
(Chariton)
MARGARET ETA BROWN
(keokuk)
DOLLY BROWN (keokuk.)
PAULINE LAvoNNE MREYNOLDs.
FRANCIS JOHN RUMP.
MORRIS JOSEPH RUMP.
DORIS FRY.
MAXINE kITTERMAN.
PHILIP EDMUNDs PRATT
ut. Madison.)
MARY LYNN GILBERT.
LUCILLE EARL GILBERT.
LOIS SAPP (BurIington.)
HARRY SAPP, JR. (Burlington.)
ROBERT DANIEL WOOD.
LOUISE MATILDA WOOD.
MARY CATHERINE NICHOLSON
(Selma.)
ELIZABETH M. NICHOLSON
Selma.)
JOHN FREDRIckSoN. JR.
FRANCIS FREDRickSON.
MOLLIE MAY FREDRiCkSON.
MARCELLA LOUISE MARSHALL.
CHARLES NEWCOMER YOUNkiE.
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OTHER SUBJECTS.

We all want the juniors to send in
school compositions and other stories
besides the ones on the subjects we
suggest. Sometimes children can
write better compositions when choos-
ing their own subjects. We especially
want letters and ancestor stories.
To encourage originality and variety
in the juniors work the following list
is given
School compositions.
Ancestor stories.
Interesting letters.
Book reviews.
Unusual stories.
Current events.
Soldier stories related by veterans
and retoId by juniors.
Select prizes from among the follow.
ing: Bluebird pin, friendship link.
book. box OF letter paper. doll. box OF
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SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS

l. Use one side of the paper only.
g. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
8. Always sign your name in full
and state your age.
A. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
s. Number your pages.
C. Always state choice of prize on
separate piece of paper, with name
and address in full.
Z. Address envelope to The. Cour
Ter Junior.
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Z he Courier Junior
Stocking Club the
First in Iowa

Dear Juniors The needy children
ito whom The Courier Junior 1916
4 christmas Stocking club will give the
4 gifts. will be as many as last year,
MI 200 at least. Up to date the mem
Sbership on the honor roll" is the
same Dec IA, 1915, 450 Consequently
ave are planning on a membership OF
Eat least 750 the same as 1915. Last
year these $50 names represented $50
pairs of stockings. The cash donations
zfrom the 1915 Courier Junior Stocking
"A club enabled us to buy S45 pairs Of
stockings as we'll as dolls, candy, etc.
We feel sure that one week from today
sthe 1916 Christmas stocking club II
exceed last years. However, we will
Sbe happy if it reaches the same goal
SS750 members. which with the cash
Sdonations will enable us to give every
eheedy child pair Of nice warm stock
Sings, as well as toys, candy, etc.
For the information of the new
members we will state that The
Courier Junior Christmas Stocking
club was the first one of its kind in
Iowa or the nearby states. 1t was
planned and launched in The Courier
once December 1906, and we are hap
ply to say was success from the very
start. It's purpose is to help make
needy little children happy at Christ
mas time. Many grownups have al
ways been members and by their gen
erous donations of money enabled the
Courier Junior to buy many pairs of
stockings to add to the ones brought
In by the little children. whose names
appear on the honor roll published
each day We know of little children
waiting and needing every single pair
OF stockings promised. To show how
the Courier Junior Stocking club has
grown we will publish the figures
taken from The Courier Junior files
for the past ten years:
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ALL ABOUT PRIZES.

We do wish the Juniors would &C.
knowledge their prizes.
If any Junior has ever failed to re.
ceive prize after his or her name ap.
peared in this paper, it is because the
wrong address has been given us.
When We say wrong address we es.
pecially refer to incomplete addresses.
All city Juniors should put their
street number and all Juniors living
in the country should put their box
number or failing to have a box send
in their parents names.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15

ARTHUR HICKEY, JR.
KATHRYN ADA HICKEY.
AUDREY IRENE GOWDY.
LESTER ALVIN DOWELL.
FREDERICK TISDAlE CUSHING.
HOBART SIMMONS WHiTMo7E.
MILDRED IDELL BOLAR.
EDITH HAZEL BOLAR.
INEZ LUCILLE BOLAR.
ALBERT LA GRANDE RElNIER.
MAX Anvil GILTNER (Batavia)
LAWRENCE kNiPE.
MARION GILMORE.
FRANCES GILMORE.
EILEEN GILMORE.
JOHNNIE ORR.
JAMES WILLARD ORR.
(Douds.Leando, r. ~
HAROLD WESLEY CURRY.
CHESTER BENSON CURRY.
HELEN JUANITA CURRY.
HARVEY LEWIS CARY.
Macedonia, Iowa.
WILLIAM AUSTIN M'MlLLUN
(5liss, Okla.)
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JoHNs1oNE
SANTA CLAUS.

ia comes in the night! He comes in
the night
He softly, silently comes;
While the little brown heads on the
pillows so white
Are dreaming of bugles and drums.
He cuts through the snow like q ship
through the foam,
While the white fakes around him
whirl;
Who tells him know not, but he soon
finds the home
OF each good little boy and girl.
His sleigh it is long, and deep and
wide;
1t will carry host Of things,
While dozens of drums hang over the
side,
With sticks sticking under the
strings.
And yet not the sound of drum is
heard
Nor bugle blast is blown,
As he mounts to the chimney top like
bird,
And drops to the hearth like stone.
The little red stocking he silently fills,
Till the stockings will hold no more
The bright little sleds for the great
snow hills
Are quickly set down on the floor
Then Santa Claus mounts to the roof
like bird,
And springs to his seat in the sleigh,
Nor the sound of bugle or drum is
heard
AS he noiselessly gallops away
He rides to the East and he rides
to the West,
OF his goodies he touches not one:
He waits for the crumbs of the Christ
mas feast;
When the dear little folks are done.
Old Santa Claus does all the good he
can:
This beautiful mission is his;
Then. children, be kind to the little
old man,
When you find who the little man is.
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a CHRISTMAS CONTEST.

We want all the Juniors to write
IN the Christmas contest The SUBJ
jects follow:
WHY THE CHRISTIAN WORLD
CHRISTMAS.
THE FIRST CHRISTMAS.
THE PLEASURE OF GIVING.
THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
\ CHRISTMAS IN OTHER LANDS.
The writer's may select their prizes
from among the following articles: A
Christmas tree, scents-a-ball, pair of
skates, book, candy, knife or picture.
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ANOTHER CONTEST.

We also want the Juniors who
think the other subjects are too hard
to write on one of the following sub.
jects.
The Story Of a Nickel.
Ny Best Friend.
A Pet Dog.
Corn and Apples.
Sweet Potatoes and Cotton.
A letter.
Select prizes from among the fol.
lowing: Box of candy, football, roller
skates, doll, knife or book
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MARTHA JANE LowENeERe

MARTHA JANE LoWENBERG
VIM. SAMUEL MORROW
JOHN MoRiARITY
HAROLD KENYON
BILLY DAMON KENYON
MARGARET ELOisE sNRkMAN
VERA LOUISE M'kEE
RUTH ANNA M'kEE
MYRON LOWELL BAKER
JOHN FRANCIS WEBER, JR.
BAILEY CROMWELL WEBER
ALICE LOUISE WATERMAN
(Grand Rapids, Mich.)
DENlsoN RANDALL WATERMAN
(Grand Rapids, Mich.)
ELEANOR Caps
BABY CAPPS
JOHN EDGERLY MORRELL
RUTH JEANETTE LYNCH
JOE MARCELLUS LYNCH
MAURICE M'vEY
MARY PARKS WEAVER
New Market)
JOHN EDWARD PARKS
New York City,
GERTRUDE IRENE TAYLOR
FREDERICK KIDD
PAULINE KIDD
DANIEL ROBERT sERRY
lucas. Iowa)
HELEN LOUISE SERRY
lucas. Iowai
in MEMORY OF DONALD STEVEN
MARY GRACE STEVENS
(Des Moines)
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tie club

ADA z. STEVENS
(Des Moines)
MAXINE LUCILLE cHENOWETH
JOHN RUSSELL cHENoWETH
HENRY TYNER TRAUT
mt. Pleasantly
ROBIN cREcELlUs WISE
HELEN DEAN LOCKE
DOROTHY CONSODlNE
RUTH CHRISTIE
MONA JUANITA COLLECT
ELIZABETH VIVIAN COLLECT
NEIL sosEaT JONES
BERNlCE PEARL JONES
LOIS LUCILLE cOPPLE
DOYLE FREDERICK coPPLE
LOUISE BURTCHLY (AIbia)
GERTRUDE FISHER
LA RUE SHELTON (chariton)
THOMAS RIDDLE
WILLIAM OSBORN MURRAY
WILLIAM JOHN SWEENEY
(Red Lodge, MONTY
HAROLD ANDERSON
LOUISE ROSCOE
DOROTHY ELEANOR TOMBSTONE
Cedar Rapids Iowa)
CATHERINE JANE WALKER
portland, Oregon) .
PARoDA ANN DUNNING
JOHN CUNNING
VIRGINIA DUNNiNG
TARTON CUNNING
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school supplies, box of candy, knife,
football, etc.
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CLARA ALICE kERNS.
HARRY ALVA MEIER.
Gl ENM CETCAEll, MEIER


GLENN SETCHELC MEIER.
BILLY BERNHARDT MEIER.
ELIZABETH MARGARET MEIER.
HELEN ELIZABETH CITIZENS.
VIRGINIA LOUISE RHUE.
GERALDINE cRAMBLiTT.
WILLIAM NORRIS cRAMBLiTT.
GERALD cOOkSTON CORNELL.
DELPHiNE OPAL CORNELL.
GWENDOLYN REATHA CORNELL
ROLLA SENECA CORNELL.
GEORGE ROBERT KENDALL, JR.
RUTH ELIZABETH KENDALL.
JACK ALLOTT.
DOROTHY FRANCES HALL (Chi.)
JEAN LUCILLE HALL (chicago)
ROBERT JAMES M'BURNEY.
MARGARET MAY SUMMERS
(Oskaloosa)
HELEN LOUISE SUMMERS
(oskaIoosa)
JAMES LEROY HANSON
(Fostor'o, Ohio)
RUSSELL EDWIN WRIGHT
JANE FRANCES DORIAN
JOSEPH kANNALY DORAN.
Cash S1.Oo.
DOROTHY FRANCES WAYLAND
RUTH HALL SHANAHAN
EMMETT JACKSON SHANAH AN.
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DOROTHY DELL LEWIS
DONALD EVAN BROWN

! DONNLO EVAN 0nOVN
(Des Moines)
EUGENE FRANCIS DAVIDSON
MABEL ROSE WADsWORTH
LOUISE CAMPBELL
JOHN DAVID FlNDLAY
JAMES n. FiNDLAY
ALBERTlNA ALASKA PARK
ROSEBUD KATHERINE PARK
JAMES EDWARD PECK, II
VEDA MARJORIE PECK
MIRIAM GERTRUDE PECK
KATHERINE MAViS ROWLlNScN
(sioux Falls, S. o.
GEORGE HENRY ROWLlNSoN, III
(sioux Falls. S. d.
MARY kATHERNN LARkIN
RUTH HELEN LARkIN
JOSEPH LARkiN
MAURICE HAROLD GLENTzER
pueblo, coIo.)
CHARLES PAUL GLENTZER
pueblo, coIo.)
GERALDINE EUGENE HENDRICKS
Cash $500
MARY BETH LOWENRERG
JOHN A. LoWENBERG
JEAN LOUISE LoWENBERG
DOROTHY c. TRoTTER
RUSSELL EUGENE WINN
MARY EERNADlNE JOHNSON
JACK GREGORY NICHOLSON
DOROTHY ELIZABETH LEWIS
SAMUEL MAHON.
JOHN KEITH MAHoN, JR.
MARY LOUISE WILLIAMS.
EMMA MAY WILLIAMS.
EDWARD r. LA FORCE.
burlington, Iowa.)
MIRIAM INGRID PETERSON.
IN MEMORY OF FLORENCE AN.
DREW (24 Dolls)
LUcIUs A. ANDREW, JR.
DORIS DOW HANSON
Getty, r. No. s.
MAXINE ELolSE ToolE
NOBEL CRUISE
(Buxton)
GWEN GILES
(Blakesburg)
LINUS WHENEVER, JR.
EVERETT EZRA STEINER
(Batavia)
BILLY ANTON BOONE
GERALDINE ELkINS
GERALD HOWARD
MAYNARD coRRICk
EVERETT coRRlck
MARY DOLORES RAY
ROBERT THOMPSON FOSTER
KATHRYN ELIZABETH KEEPER
EUGENE FRANCIS ROUGH
(FIoris)
JAMES BATES MATHER
(Lake Forest. lIl.)
WOODROW WILSON
DONALD WILSON
IN MEMORY OF MARJORIE FRAN
CES WILSON
IN MEMORY OF DOROTHY ARLENE
WILSON
HAPPY HOUR CLUB
WARREN THOMAS FARRELL
CHARLES ARTHUR LEWIS
WESLEY II. GARNER (Des Moines)
IN MEMORY OF EVELYN PATTER-
SON
IN MEMORY OF STANDBY PAT
THE A. G. CLUB, pairs.
KEYNOTE CLUB, $3.50.
THE PURITAN CLUB, $500.
MARTHA ALERT
BARBARA ALBERT
HELEN DUKE
WILLIAM DUKE
THOMAS MARION COHAGAN
(Esirfie.d)
GEORGE GRAY LANG
NANCY .f,CiiNE
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YVONNE EVELYN SMITH
ROSEMARY AVERY SWENSON
"a HllDAA A0nn

ROSEMARY AVERY sWENsoN
Ia GURNA HOOD
IN MEMORY OF HELEN JANE
RAMSELL.
RICHARD ROEMER RAMSELL, JR.
WILLIAM HENRY RAMSELL
HELEN MARGUERITE RAMSELL
uowa City,
DOROTHY WILLETHA BRAY
HELEN BERNADINE RUckMAN
WALTER CHARLES RUckMAN
LESLIE MILRE MCCOY
HELEN BLANCHE MCCOY
PAUL MASON SLOAN
HELEN SLOAN
IN MEMORY OF MADGE ELOlSE
CHAMBERLAIN
IN MEMORY, OF ROBERT IRWIN
CHAMBERLAIN
THURMAN SUMMERS
WILLIAM EDWARD STAEBLER
JACK HOWARD sTAE1LER
RUSSELL WILLIAM HARPER, JR.
RUTH ELEANOR GlLLEN
SERGT. PHILIP PAUL BINks,
(Co. G, Brownsville, Tex.)
CORPORAL CARL ELMER CULLEN
(co. G, Brownsville, Tex.)
DONALD MAXWELL FERN
CHARLES GREENLEAF MER-
THOMAS WIN. sETcHELL, JR.
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/ will save every penny get b,fng me
a stocking cap / will E good Boy and
mind my mama and pa and<say my
prayers every night
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NORMA LEE DAVIS
ALICE HARPER

NORMA LEE DAVIS
ALICE HARPER
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM
MARION DlMMlTT
GEORGE FREDERICK DIMMlTT
BERTHA MAY DIMMlTT
JOHN SkIRvIN
agency, r. No. y
DOROTHEA LURENE CREATH,
LEWIS REARDON WHELAN
MICHAEL FRANCIS WHElAN
GERALD CALLAHAN WHELAN
HELEN LOUISE klRkHART
(CarroiD
HARRY c. klRkHART, JR.
ROSALIE GERTRUDE ROBERTSON
LORETTA AGNES ROBERTSON
SELMA ESTHER BROOKS
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| SAMUEL HOMER BURTON
City Route I
GEO. FRANCIS TRoTTER, JR.
Pueblo, Colo.
CALVIN THOMAS TRoTTER
Pueblo, Col.
F, CASH $500
A, IN MEMORY OF REX DEE
LOWENBERG
| IN MEMORY OF LAURA FAY
LOWENBERG
DONALD WAIT KENDALL
MILDRED LINTON
HELEN LOUISE STULTZ
HAROLD CHAMBERS
CONSTANCE CHAMBERS, Agency
CASH $500
/ LAvlNA MERRIck
ALICE Lorraine M'ELROY
/ WILLIAM JOSEPH WHEATON
THOMAS MATHEW MIER
elizabeth ROSE MIER
CATHERINE Lorraine REEVES
JEROME w. cUNDIFF, JR.
NANCY LUCILLE GENTRY.
PHOEBE LORENE GENTRY.
RAYMOND EUGENE CARLSON.
DORIS LOUISE CARLSON.
GORDON CARLSON ROsEN.
BOBBY RUSSELL RoSEN
GERTRUDE FRiNk ScHLEIcHER.
BILLY MoRRIsSEY.
MARY HELEN FISHER
Seattle. Wash.)
RAYMOND BALDWIN,.
FREDERICK CHARLES LOWRY
Cedar .Rapids.)
ARTHUR MONTGOMERY
BERTHA cAvANAUGH
DOROTHY MAY SAUL
LILLIAN MADELEINE SANDsTRoM
ELEANOR ELIZABETH SAND
FLORENCE SHM ANITA sANDsrRoM.
CATHERINE ELIZABETH TRACY
JACOB WILLIAM ONSTOTT
JOHN ALLEN oNSToTT
PHYLLIS EVELYN ScHORR
(Des Moines, Iowa)
THOMAS CLAIRE WALL
Newell. S. d.
LOIS ELLEN WRIGHT
(Santa Ana. CALI
ODESSA EvANGELiNE REID
(St. Louis, MOI
MARIAN WILSON
L. T.
ALLEN VIRGINIA SMITH
IN MEMORY OF RUTH ELIZABETH
HAROLD SIDNEY KENT
KERMIT CITIZENS (Moulton)
HELEN CATHERINE HAGBERG
TEDDY MATHEWS
ELLEN MARIE LONG
-
WILLIAM BERNARD POHLSON
DORIS ELIZABETH HAMMOND
MARTHA Use BYRNE
VELMA nc Q ANTHONY
HELEN ELI 4BETH JOHNSON
GELVIN BLi%T JOHNSON
CURTIS ROBERT JOHNSON
RUTH CLARE robson
(Rosewell, N. NY
DORIS ELIZABETH HAMMOND
MARSHALL GEORGE BiSSELL
ADELlNE MAY BlSSELL
(City r. r. No. 81
ROSA MAY POLLING
SAMUEL II. HARPER
JAMES RAYNER HARPER
WALLACE RUSSELL HARPER
MIL DRIED MURRAY
ADELLA LUCILLE WILLIAMS
WILLIAM WYRlcK HARPER.
MRS. HOMER cRESAP.
HELEN ROWE.
MABEL REIFSNYDER RILEY.
LAURA LEE.
ROBERT POWELL.
JACK POWELL.
BILLY POWELL.
BILLY j. POWELL
MARY GERTRUDE LAMS.
HOLMAN FAUST.
DUDLEY FAUST.
EBERT FAUST.
JEAN FAUST.
CAROLINE FAUST.
(Evanston, lll)
w. T. KESTER, JR.
MARSHALL kESTER.
Evanston, Ill.)
TEkLA Won SCHRAOER.
GRETCHEN Won ScHRADER.
FRITZ Won ScHRADER.
eau Claire. Wis.l
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RICHARD EUGENE SWANSON
,(Libertyville)
JOHN WILLIAM LAPHAM.
EUGENE kAUL
Undergone, Minn.)
LAURELL BROUGH
JAMES ALAN WEIR
MARY. ALBERTA WEIR
INA MAY TOMLIN
MAXINE IRENE SCHWARTZ
ROBERT LEMONT EATON
ARTHUR GEORGE EATON
ANNA ELIZABETH EATON
MARY LOUISE EATON
JAMES CHARLETON SWEENEY
HELEN FRANCES SWEENEY
zion du lac, Wis.,
JOSEPHINE SWEENEY
JOHN WILSON LAMBERT
FLORENCE M'MlCHAEL
ROBERT M'MICHAEL
PAUL M'MicHAEL
LATONA VIVIAN SYDER
Milton, lowa)
MAX RAY HARkER
Davenport, iowa)
DONALD IRWIN WALKER
MARY GERTRUDE LUTZ.
ROBERT JANNEY MAJORS
MARGARET JANE COOPER
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15
Dear Santa Claus
alAa j

Dear santa Claus
I am a little girl years old. live
near Blakesburg. have one little BROTH
err his name is Paul. He is years old
I go to school have over q mile to
walk. My teacher name Is Gussie Bur
gason. l thought would write and
tell you what wanted for Christmas. /
want pair of scissors Blackboard and
writing tablet. II this don't reac, the
vast basket III write again. As vi LETT
ter is getting long will close.
Virginia Chisrr
Blakesburg Iowa II
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15
Age 6 years old.

Dear Santa Claus:
I want pair Of boxing gloves and
sandy andy and an elevator q pair Of
skates and some sort Of electric toy and
a Xmas tree.
Jack Allott.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15

BERNARD HUSTON.
MARY CATHERINE HUSTON.
DOROTHY MAY MACMANUS.
ELEANOR PATRICIA MAcMANUs
THOMAS ARTHUR REIFSNYDER
ROSWELL DORR JOHNSON.
ROSAMOND DORR.
(MiIes City, Monty
MAXINE ELEANOR HARRYMAN.
VIRGINIA MAXINE SIZEMoRE.
MARY ELLEN DEHART.
LEONA MAY DEHART.
MARTIN BOHE HARDSOCG.
MURRAY ALFRED HARDSOCG.
MARCEL B. WILKINSON.
EVERTA CECIL KING.
WILLIAM JAMES KING.
DOROTHY ALTA HOWARD.
RUTH ELIZABETH WALL.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15
IN MEMORY OF JEANETTE
DAGGETT.
ROSEMARY DAGGETT.
MAE MEWoUIsT Dudley.
CECILIA IRENE NEWQUIST (Dud)
cHAUNCEY FAY.
ROBERT EMMETT FAY.
WAYNE EDWARD SONGER,

ROBERT EMMETT FAY.
WAYNE EDWARD SONGER.
JORDOM HARLOW WORK.
JOHN ~. CANNY.
MARGARET M. CANNY.
MARY e. CANNY.
EDWARD 3. CANNY.
ROBERT E. ChNNY.
jERROLD EUGENE LEE.
DONALD PICKETT.
RICHARD RAUSCHER.
MARY CATHERINE WALSH.
MARY M'ALOON.
BESSIE M'ALOON.
MARGARET M'ALOON.
GONNA CARMEN LEACH.
PAUL RAY LEACH.
VERONICA LUCILLE FLAcTiEF.
MARGARET LOUISE HIGGINS.
I (Rra ddock, N. d.
MARY ELEANOR LOGAN.
JOHN a. LOGAN.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15

Lawrence Holmes wants flash light.
sled gun. little house and little
barn., some story books, horses and
cows in the barn.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15
Dear Santa

DBdT SdIlIH i :
want little iron with q handle
fastened on and little dutch dolls
want story book, and some candy and
oranges and nuts. and some handlers
chiefs
From your friend
Margaret Myers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15
115 South schuv1er st.. ottumwa.

Dear Santa.
fastened on. And a little dutch doll
And want a story book, And soma
candy and oranges and some nuts, And
/ want some handkerchiefs.
From your friend
70
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1916-12-15
1916 Membership of Club

MARGARET YoUNkIN paris, Tenr
ELOISE SHARER.
PAULINE WOOD (Agency.)
JIMMY WOOD (Agency.)
IFLoRENcE LEONA OWNiNGS
.(City. Route No. ~
GRETCHEN GRoTz.
CHARLES ROBERT CROFT.
VIRGINIA CROFT.
PAUL CLIFFORD PICKETT
JANET LOUISE HARDsOcG.
HELEN ELMYRA KELLY.
MAX LOCKWOOD ALLISON.
Mi.RY JUANlTA M'CARTY.
JOSEPH PATRICK TRAY.
NYLA ESTHER kENNEY.
EDWIN WINFIELD MUSGROvE
DOROTHY EVELYN HANSMANN.
Los WiLHELMINA HANSMANN
ESTHER ARLENE HEINZMAN.
FRED HOMER WHITE, JR.
ut. Madison)
MAXINE LEE JONES.
VIRGINIA LOUISE FuLLMER.
MARY MAXINE FuLLMER.
FRANCES LOU FULLMER.
KEITH WHEELER JONES
VIRGINIA ELIZABETH ELLIOTT.
MARJORIE ELIZABETH JOY
{saIt Lake City, Utah)
MARY MARGARET BoNWlLL.
WARREN ALFRED MOFFiTT.
WILLIAM M'NETT.
GARNER M'NETT.
MAX MEDARlS SWANSON
ALMA MARIE LUMsDON.
Az aa,IA-IDE
IN MEMORY OF MAMIE E. LEE.
BESSIE ALMA LEE.
EARoLD LEE PALMER.
ROBERT BURNS (EddyviIIe)
MARTHA MARIE WEIGH
r. r. D. 8, Ottumwa
OLIVE MARIE HARRINGTON
Lincoln, Nebr.
JANE ELIZABETH WOOD
r. r. D. 3, ottumwa
FREDERICK DONALD CLOUD
(BerkeIy, Cal.)
EDNA ELIZABETH LEcoMPTE
Oklahoma City, Okla.
SAMUEL HOMER BURTON
City Route
GEO. FRANCIS TRoTTER, JR.
Pueblo, Colo.
CALVIN THOMAS TROTTER
Pueblo, Col.
CASH $500
IN MEMORY OF REX DEE
LOWENBERG
IN MEMORY OF LAURA FAY
LOWENBERG
DONALD WAIT KENDALL
MILDRED LINTON
HELEN LOUISE STULTZ
HAROLD CHAMBERS
CONSTANCE CHAMBERS, Agency