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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Pearl Holden Story Of the
Pilgrims.

Dear Juniors:
Many years ago there we're no white
people in this country. Only the In.
dian lived here. There were no towns,
no gardens, no farms. There were
only great forests and mountains and
prairies, over which wild animals and
Indians roamed.
After while, however. there came
q little band Of brave men with their
wives and children, to make homes In
this new land. They were called Pill
grims. These people had been almost
driven away from their homes in Eng
land because they wished to worship
the Lord in different way from other
people there. The Pilgrims wanted
to live where they could be free, so
they came to America, sailing over
the ocean in the good ship May
flower.
One cold day in December, Just be-
fore Christmas, they landed here. They
did not have much to eat or wear, and
there were no houses built to shelter
them from the snow. But they
thanked the Lord for bringing them
safely over the stormy sea and they
went bravely to work to make their
log cabins. OF course they suffered
great deal from cold and hunger and
many of them grew i'll and died. When
spring came not more than half OF
them were left.
The Indians did not harm the poor
Pilgrims. One Of the red men,
Squanto, came often to visit the white
men and to teach them how to plant
their corn. After a while Chief Mas
sasoit also came with his warriors.
He, too, treated the white people
kindly.
The Pilgrims worked hard all that
summer. When autumn came their
gardens and fields gave them good
harvest of corn, pumpkins, beans and
other things to eat.
How do you suppose the Pilgrims
felt? In what way did they thank the
Lord? They set apart day for
thanksgiving, on which they tasted
and prayed and praised God for his
goodness. After their services we're
over they had a feast. To this first
Thanksgiving dinner the Indian
friends were invited, and they came,
Chief Massasoit and ninety of his
band, to help out the dinner. The In
dams brought several deer they had
killed. The white hunters came In
with wild turkeys and ducks and the
fishermen brought fish and clans.
What did the gardens give for the
dinner?
Pearl Holden,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Jessie Colvin-History of
the Red Cross.

Lear juniors.
AS have never written to the Jun
ior, thought I would like to write to
you about The American Red Cross
1t was formed in 1881, under the lead
ership Of Miss Clara Barton, on the
lines similar to those Of the organi-
Eation of relief established by Miss
F1orena Nightingale during the Grim
can war in 1S531s56. In the Civil War
Miss Barton did splendid service. In
the Spanish American War, the Red
Cross worked great. 1t was vastly i'm
proved and enlarged at every point,
supported by liberal and constantly
financial aid and hosts of noble men
and women all over the country. Its
cause is the cause Of humanity-to
care for the wounded and the suf-
fering on every battle field. Honorable
Woodrow Wilson President Of the Unit
ed States is at the head. FIX. President
w. H. Taft and a host Of leading men
and women are working hard for il
pect it. 1t gives aid to the sick. and
wounded. To provide the bare neces-
sites of life to the homeless in de-
wasted France Every body that can
spare a dollar should join at once and
become an active member. People gen.
orally in this country have only the
faintest idea as to what Red Cross
means to the men on the firing line. 1t
helps them in hospital and medical
army equipment. Comfort kits, writing
paper. pies, tobacco, tooth brushes,
jams, jellies and sweetmeats are sent
by the Red Cross.
In all sorts Of ways the Red Cross
help the war and soldier boys.
Boys and girls can help too. The
girls can knit socks, mufflers caps.
wrestlets. sweaters and hwy sending
them papers and books to read. will
close as may letter is getting long.
hoping to see my letter in print. am
your Junior friend.
Jessie Colvin, age Is,
40 Pine St Ottumwa Iowa
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Dorothy Lynn Gates-The
Red Cross At Chris
tiansburg.

Dear Editor:
I thought would write story
about the Red Cross at Christiansburg
Our chapter was organized in July
with thirty-three members. There
were five families 100 per cent EN-
cient
We now have a membership of
ninety-eight, with twenty-one families
100 per cent efficient. There are forty
families represented in our organize
uon.
There are five subscribing members.
the rest are annual members.
We had Red Cross meeting De-
cember 20. One hundred and two dol
lars was pledged for the maintenance
fund. thirteen new members were Sc
cured that night. Eighteen dollars and
twenty cents was realized from IN
oyster supper served in connection
with the meeting.
The following Sunday the Sunday
school collection of $l69 was added to
the Red Cross fund.
A good many Of the ladies in this
neighborhood contributed to the Bel.
g1an relief work and have made quite
a number Of the hospital bed shirts.
Dorothy Lynn Gates, Age 10.
R. F. D. 3, Box 81. Blakesburg. Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Emmett Fdlows-Pet Dog
Kills Three Opossums;
Hides Net $2.05.
Dear Juniors

Lear juniors:
am IL years old and am in tn
seventh grade at school. am going Il
tell you about my pet dog.
One day man In a wagon stopped
at our house. He had q little black
dos, no bigger than kitten. I asked
him If he wanted to sell him. He said
he did, SO l bought him. I named
him Rover. fed him milk from q
pan and he was soon fat as q pig.
killed a rabbit one day for him and
he sure did like it. He has wanted to
hunt rabbits ever since.
Last summer when We went hunting
Rover found a little hole with some
thing in it. I got the spade and dug
into den Of weasels. We got tan
Of them. Rover likes to fight an opos-
sum. This winter he killed three opos-
sums and muskrat, besides lots Of
rabbits
shipped my opossum hides aAA
they brought SOS.
Rover rs good swimmer and q good
watch dog. II he sees anyone hurting
us children he will jump on the back
Of the one who is hurting us and bite
them. Rover likes to chase the pigs
and chickens.
Emmett Fellows, Age IL.
Route 2. D0uds, Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Milford Brady-A New Jun
iOr Tells of a Pet Dog.

Dear Juniors:
AS have never written to the Cour-
Ter Junior before I thought that l
would write a story about my Pet
Dog"
Last year a little black and white
puppy came to our house and would
not go away, SO had permission from
my mother to keep him. He was q
rat terrier. / named him Jack, but
he didn't, seem to like that name, so
l called him Sport. took q box and
put an old piece Of carpet in it and
made Sport bed. He stayed with
me for about a year and then disap-
peared and we could never find him
after that. So ended my pet dog.
Milford Brady, Age 10.
313 East Main St. Ottumwa, Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Thehna Naomi Johnson
The Red Cross.

Dear Juniors:
am going to write you few lines
to let you know still read the Cour-
Ter Junior page.
/ have not written to the Junior
page for a long time. I am. going to
tell you what I think about the Red
Cross.
I think it is a good society. l think
everyone who is able should belong
to it, for the Red Cross has raised
millions and millions Of dollars for
tho benefit Of our country and for the
soldiers who are fighting for our coun-
try in the trenches. I have no broth
er to give to Uncle Sam to fight at
the front, but have several cousins
and can be saving on the food bill.
We had a Red Cross sale here in
Agency. The amount received was
about $3.50. Everything from hand
kerchief to load Of hay was on sale.
I think they did excellent work for
such a small town.
It Is terrible to think about this war.
We should all be saving. When we
don't know who is going to win this
war, Uncle Sam or Kaiser Bill. But
stay in hopes that it may be America
luSI VI oil LlldI udy WILL. We GAL nAo"
if Germany wins we will all suffer
from autocracy.
had nineteen great uncles and two
grandpas who served three years in
the civil war and all came home but
two of my great uncles. One died In
the hospital with the measles and the
other was stabbed to death as he
fought to the very last. The man who
was with him surrendered and was
saved. So you see my relatives did
their best in the civil war and l in.
tend to do my best in this war.
We all ought to be proud that the
war is not here on our land. II was
old enough I would like to go over to
Germany in an aeroplane just to shoot
Kaiser Bill If it could possibly be done.
am for America first.
Thelma Naomi Johnson,
Box II. Agency, Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Cleora Sample-A Ground
Hog Story.

thought I would write you q story
about ground hog. Three Is on old
saying about the ground hog. II is the
second day of February it comes out az
its hole and looks around. II the day
is bright and he sees his shadow hs Re-
treats to his burrow for six weeks:
then we have late spring. II the day
is cloudy and his shadow Is not to be
seen, he stays outside the hols and
there is an early spring. And I, tor
one, hope he does not see his shadow.
Cleora Sample, ago 10.
IA North Moore g.
OttumvA Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Joe Miller-HOw The Boats
Go Through the KeO-
kuk Dam.
Dear Editor:

Dear Editor:
I am going to tell you about the
Keokuk dam. When a boat is about to
go through the locks from above or
down the river, the water is raised
level with the water above. The boat
is then let into the locks and the up.
per gates are closed. Then the water
in the locks gradually goes down or
out until it is level with the water be-
low. The lower gates are opened and
the boat goes down the river.
When boat is going up the river,
it first enters the locks, the lower
gates are closed. The water in the
locks is raised to the level of the river
above, then the boat steams up the
river.
There is a power house in the
middle of the Mississippi. There are
three stories above the water and
three below 1t raises and lowers the
locks. l saw two boats go through
and it is very instructive.
Joe w. Miller,
1919 West Sherman st.
OttumyA h~
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Glenn Stewart-How Billy
kins Saved The Train.

Little Billykins sat by the window in
his fathers cottage looking at the big
drops Of rain as they fell on stones in
the yard and as they ran down the
window pane.
His father had sent for beautiful
express wagon for Billykins.
Billyldns had planned to go to the
station that afternoon to get his
wagon if it was there But the rain had
checked his plans.
THAT evening the expressman drove
mp to the door and ',nloaded a bright
colored express wagon.
Billykins clapped for JOY and had his
with it. His mother said he could go
out with it the next day.
The next morning he awoke bright
and early and having taken his express
wagon went down to the railroad where
he knew he could find some stones to
put on his wagon. AS Billykins round
led curve he saw a mass of dirt and
teocks on the track. No trains had
passed and SO nobody knew it was
there but Billykins and he did not
THINK Of q TRAIN bein" wrecked there
and % set to work gathering stones.
Alter WnIie he heard snrill whistle
and he knew it was a train. His wagon
Rad too many heavy rocks on it for
him to pull OFF the track, and to take
inc rocks out OF his wagon and tnen
pull 1t of would be too late, for the
train was coming on the side of the
track he was on. And SO he knew no
Other way to save his wagon than to
run up the track and stop the train.
At last the engineer saw him an1
stopped the train and growled why
- you stop the train"
Billykins answered, II can't get my
ress wagon of the track down there
sound the curve"
The engineer went to help him get
It of. And when he got in sight of the
pile Of rocks he said my boy, you
have saved hundreds Of lives on this
train. Then the engineer pulled his ex-
press wagon off the track. And then
he picked Billykins up and set him on
his shoulder and hurried back to the
train. They all gave three cheers for
BiIlykins. Then the men set to work
and dug the mass of dirt and rocks
4nom the track.
Then the engineer took Billykins and
his express wagon to Billykins home
end when the engineer got there he
Sound Billykins' father in the yard and
told him how Billykins had saved the
train. After the engineer had gone
Bflfykins' mother came out and asked,
what has Billykins saved"'
Saved my 'spress wagon" said
Bnyfdns, the hero.
Glenn Stewart. age II,
Eldon Iowa, Box No. 80
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
George Wright-His Cousin
Is Stationed at Honolulu,
Hawaiian Islands.

Junior Editor:
I will write you letter to put in
the Junior page.
I have a cousin Leland Summons in
the coast artillery stationed at Homo
lulu, Hawaiian islands. He enlisted at
Peoria, ILL.,. and was sent from there
to Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, AMI from
there to New York City. While in
New York City he saw Charlie Chap
lin walking on the street. From New
York City he was sent to Honolulu,
where he Is at present. He has been
in the service nearly two years.
George Wright,
Box g. Udon, N1A
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Hazel Evans-A New Junior
Writes About Her
Pet Dog.

Dear Juniors:
This is my first letter to the Junior
page and l thought l would join in
the circle along with the other girls
and boys.
l am little girl IL years old. I am
going to write about "My Pet Dog"
His name is Curly. He Is as black
as q crow. He can do several cute
tricks. He can shake hands with you
and when he gets hungry he will come
to the kitchen door and bark until you
give him something to eat.
Hazel Evans, Age r.
r. F. D. 1 Libertyville. Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Dorothy Chosen IL Am
Writing About Our Pup"
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
AS I have never written before I will
Try and write about our pup. We call
him Ted. He is a nice, large brown
Collie. He is about seven months old
We think he weighs about fifty pounds
He goes to the cornfield with papa
most every day. Sometimes when papa
throws an ear of corn over the wagon
he will pick it up and bring it around
70 him. He also shucks an ear occas-
ionally with his teeth and paws. He
loves to come in the house.
In the morning after papa gets the
tires kindled he let's him in and opens
the stair door. Ted comes just a
bouncing upstairs and leaps upon the
bed, rolls and scratches around until
he wakes us girls up. Sometimes we
eend him after the horses. She scares
Tie chickens out of the yard.
Dorothy Chosen, age 10.
RackM ood. Ia. r. No. 2.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Opal Utterback - Great
Grandmother Chased
By Pet Deer.

Dear Juniors:
This is the second time I have writ
ten to the Junior page. I enjoy read
ing it very much. I thought I would
write about my ancestors.
l have a grandma and grandpa and
great, great aunt. My aunt is max
ing US a visit now.
One day my great grandma started
to go to the mill. They had a pet
deer and while she was going the deer
took after her and she saved her life
by running on ice. When the deer
ran on the ice his legs spread out and
the woman got home.
Opal Utterback,
Box6A HaJosx12aI louA
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
ALL ABOUT PRIZES.

We do wish the Juniors would &C;
knowledge their prizes.
II any Junior has ever failed to re-
ceive a prize after his or her name
appeared in this paper, it is because
the wrong address has been given us.
when we say wrong address we
especially refer to incomplete ad-
dresses. All city Juniors should put
their street number and all Juniors
living in the country should put their
sbox number or failing to have box
send in their parents names.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
THE COURIER JUNIOR
DEPARTMENT
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co.
Ottunwa, Iowa
EDITOR
MATILDA DEvEREAUX
THREE PRIZE WINNERS.

Dear Juniors: The three JUDGES
who pass on the work of The Courier
Juniors and who decide to whom the
prizes must be awarded, say that the
Red Cross prize goes to Dorothy
LYNN Gates, and the other two prizes
to Clarence Stewart and Emmett Eel
lows. Several of the Juniors work
ing in the various contests forgot to
tell how old they were. we must al
ways know the ages of the juniors:
The three prize winners compheo
with all the seven rules.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Clarence Stewart - Schoo'
C0mposition-Corn
and Apples
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
am sending you a composition on
corn and apples.
Corn grows on stalks measuring
from five to six feet tall.
There are leaves on the stalk that
measure from one to two feet long.
The ear or ears of corn grow inside
of shucks, midway on the stock.
The tassel grows at the top of the
stock.
The roots of the corn are very
strong.
Iowa took the lead on growing Of
corn every year but 1917. That year
Illinois took the lead. It was due to
the hard freeze in Iowa.
In raising corn we first plant It with
a corn planter. After it is up two or
three inches we cultivate it.
We should cultivate it from three
to four times.
The corn is gathered in the fall.
We can make corn bread, corn
flakes and corn puffs out Of corn.
Some kinds of corn are yellow, vhilo
others are red and white.
We feed corn to COWS and horses,
but mostly to hogs.
Apples are a common fruit, grown
and used in Iowa
The colors Of apples are red and
yellow, but when they are not ripe
their color is green.
Apples when green are liable to
make people sick. When apples are
ripe their seeds are brown and when
green they are white. Hogs, horses
and COWS like apples.
The names of some apples are Ben
Davis, Wealthy, Grimes Golden, Wine.
sap and Snow apples.
There is core that runs through
the center of the apple. The stem IL
attached to the core. The core Is not
good to eat.
The seeds grow inside Of the core.
We can make apple sauce and cider
out of apples.
Clarence Stewart, Age 8.
Box 30 Eldon, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
CONTEST 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 retold by juniors.
Select prizes from among the fol-
! lowing: Book, box Of letter paper:
doll, box of school supplies, box OF
candy or knife.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
ANOTHER CONTEST.

We also want the Juniors who
mink the other subjects are too hard
TO write on one of the following sub
3ects.
The Story Of Nickel.
! My Best Friend.
A Pet 0oo.
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.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18

WHEAT for the school teacher school girls dan
w The rock blue
and most simple style The skirt pated and the button and
refined touch The waist the right is
Irish crochet ound The cola
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
WHAT PUSSY SAID.

WHAT PUSSY SAln
Bessie with her kitten
Sitting on her knee:
PUSSY, dear, now won't yuR
Try to talk with me?
Now IN ask a question.
Answer, Pussy, do!
Who's the one you 1uve .boue1.
REx ~ Egsaka
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-18
Skipjack

Joseph opened his eyes and stared
bewildered at the white cloth tent
roof over his head. Where was he,
and what smelled so sweet right under
his head?
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R. F. D. 1
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-07

Jensen, Theo Goble, Leveritt Hall,
Warren Knowles, Beryl Golden, and
Minnie and Stella Peterson were
given fourth prizes.
This is the first time that the gar
den work has been carried out so
extensively and so completely. The
educational benefit derived from
such work is apparent. 1t gives ex.
cellent training in stick to-itiveness,
in business principles, book keeping,
in living up to a standard, in social
cooperation, in assuming RESPONSE
bility. to say nothing of the real
health instilling enjoyment that
comes from the knowledge of the
things out of doors.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-07

with dry potato yeast, or with COM.
pressed yeast? Or perhaps you per-
fer the liquid yeast made with po-
tato, or the old-fashioned over. night
sponge.
Whichever method you use, you.
will find it described in the collection
of Victory bread recipes which have
been tested by the home economics
department of the University. Bet
ter still. the writer's of the circular
explain to you how you may change,
from one method to another simply
by keeping the amount of liquid
in the yeast the same.
Recipes are given for oatmeal,
oatmeal flour, barley, corn flour,
rice, potato and Victory mixed flour
breads made in the $3.50 proper
ton Three all.wheat breads which
are also considered Victory breads,
are described
If you haven't seen this book on
breads, write to the College of Agri-
culture, Madison. for a copy of
Victory Breads"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-07

as you probably know, are not edu-
Gated. They have great many
rubles, but there is nothing to buy
with them, so you see they are "out
of luck" They eat lots Of horse
meat and fish. The men are an abb
solutely worthless lot and the wo-
men do the bulk of the work-any-
thing. The country is full of tim
Der and there are dozens of sawmills
here. Most all the more recently
constructed buildings are built of
hewed logs or rough lumber. They
have many hewed log houses that
would make fine hunting lodges at
home. The mills remind me some
of those near "our home in Dixie"
could write lots, Carol, and will
next time. There's also a great
deal, of course, that we can't men
ton. I can assure you that I'm
saving it all for later references and
can recall most of my experiences
when the time comes. I could even
write a whole book on what we can
tell, but we are requested not to
write long letters.
I have received no mail as yet.
They tell us the port freezes up SOL
id for oyer half the year, but they
are going 10 try to keep it open this
winter. Mail doesn't 60 out very
often, either, SO you can see that we
are at sort of disadvantage. I hope
you all receive my mail though, and
l can get along O. K. because I'm
sure everyone at home is fine. You
shouldn't worry a bit about me as
/ m perfectly fine all the time and
can enjoy anything.
You'll hear from me again soon;
that is, I'll write but can't say when
you'll receive the letters.
Give my regards to all.
Much love.
Fred.
VIM. F. Higgins
1st It., 339 Infantry
N. R. E. F.
Archangel, Russia.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1918-11-07

S35, 900, 100000 of insurance, insur-
ing more than 90 per cent of our
fighting forces. 1t has paid more
than 5000 death and disability claims
and is paying monthly installments
of insurance on more than 5000
death claims. 1t has paid out $780,
OOO,0 in allowances and allotments
to families and dependents of soldiers
and sailors.
1t has given to every soldier as he
went into battle, every sailor on the
submarine-infested seas the assur-
ance that those depended on him
will be cared for in case of death or
injury to him.
Every subscriber to the Fourth
Liberty Loan has hand in the great
work of soldier and sailor insurance
and all the good that it accomplishes.