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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-08
no PI,AY FOR HONORs

Detroit, Mich, March 8.-TWo
Michigan men. Orwin Huston of De-
troit and Charles Hoddon Of Dow
agiac will play for the class A ma
tional amateur billiard championship
here tonight in the twenty-first and
final game of the tournament, which
has been In progress for two weeks.
Each has won four Games and lost
one.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-08

Cleveland-Harry Greb. the Pitts
burgh midd1eweight. plans t engage
in a many contests as possible before
being called into the army. He will
meet Mike McTigue. a hard hitting
New Yorker. here on the night Of
March ~. They will step ten -ou,ds,
McTigue is credited with holding 4
recent victory yer JEFF Smith.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-08
CORN MARKET
EASES TODAY
Ideal Weather and Efficient
Railroad Operations have
Good Effect.

Chicago. March S.-Ideal weather
for efficient railroad operations eased
the corn market a little today. There
were also predictions of a decided
enlargement OF the car supply in the
near future. Immediate need Of
however. that no important setback
in prices took, place. Futures after
opening unchanged with May 1.27 3-S
underwent a slight decline.
Oats hardened in price owing to
scAntiness of arrivals. Handlers
continued to give transportation psaf-
erence to corn. Opening Figures,
which varied from 1-8 cent of to 1-8
to Ia cent advance. were followed
by a little upturn. which, however.
was not we'll maintained.
Provisions showed a disposition to
sag. The market lacked. aggressive
support.
Subsequently, the TACT that ship
were smaller than q year ago had a
depressing effect. and SO too did q late
break in hog prices.
Assumptions that the government
report this afternoon on farm re-
serves would show the largest stocks
of, corn ever known kept the market
rclnHed. The close was steady, un-
changed to 1-S cent lower. with
March 1927 7-8 and May 1927 IA.
I. Corn No. 2 yellow nominal: No. 3
yellow nominal; No. 3 white LIS.
Oats No. 3 white "a Ia to 95;
standard "a ga to IS 1-2.
Rye No. 2, 2.95. @
Barley 1.80 to 2.40. As
Timothy 500 to 500. h,
Clover $500 to 31.00.
Pork nominal.
Lard 26,1O. W.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-08

Earl Puryear was given the decision
over Billy Cepak in ten rounds at Fort
Sheridan.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Harold Smith-My Trip To
Arkansas And the Cotton.

Dear Juniors:
have not written to the Junior page
for a good while. will write story
about my trip to Arkansas and the
growing Of cotton.
On my way saw beautiful sights
wood, brooks and shocks Of corn. AS 1t
was in the winter there was no leaves
on the trees but they were frosted.
We arrived there one morning In
February where my uncle was at the
train to meet us when we got out to
the farm we were so tired that we
went to bed. The next day my brother
and went out in the morning to see
the school house.
When summer came my father plant.
ed cotton seed. We watched to see
when 1t would come up. It looks like
clover when starting from the ground
Then 1t grew taller till it became about
three feet high. Then 1t buds and in a
few days the buds began to open and
then 1t is pink and when it opens all
the way it looks like snow field. When
the cotton is ripe then comes the pick
ing. We all got a sack and went out to
pick cotton. We haul the cotton in a
big wagon and put it in the barn.
Then father hauled 1t to town where
It was baled and brought back the seed
so 1t could be planted next year. Well,
as my letter is getting long will close
hoping to see my letter In print.
Harold Smith, age IA,
AT N. Miner St. Ottumwa, Ia.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Robert Nelson eve Must
Back Up Our Boys.

Dear Juniors:
Wake up! Do you realize that thu
United States is in this great world
war, fighting for democracy. 1t is up to
you and to do all we can to back UP
the boys over there. II we would say
ooh, I'll let someone else do that" why
what II all other people in the United,
States would say that Germany would
have us all Get busy and buy Thrift
Stamps or Liberty Bonds. It isn't for
us to do our bit, but 1t is for us to do
our best. II every person In the United
States would buy one Thrift Stamp It
would lsl over 325,000,000.
Why don't you invest In Liberty
Bond? You get four and fourth per
cent on every dollar you invest while
at the bank you only get three per cent
on ever dollar and 1t is patriotic duty
at that Uncle Sam needs every bit OF
money he can get. Are you going to
lend him your money to help win the
war?
There are three ways to show
your patriotism, conserving food.
fuel and clothing. We must observe the
wheatless and meatless rules.
Remember to buy Liberty Bonds,
Thrift Stamps or War Saving Stamps
to help bury Hindenberg and the Kais-
err.
Robert Nelson, age II,
Ottumwa, Iowa, GIT Camille St.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Hazel Hainline-An Ances.
tor Whose Journey Across
Ocean Was Long.

"A. a. this lds is my 1rst letter will writ.
ON my great ancestors.
My grandfather, August Bushmeyer
on my mothers side, came from
Baden, Germany, when this country
was but a wilderness. It took him sia
weeks to cross the Atlantic ocean and
then he landed In what is now New
York, and later came to Illinois where
he has lived up to his death. He mar
ried Miss Bebecca Spicer. To this
union was born seven children, my
mamma being the youngest.
When my mamma was little girl
grandpa used to tell her stories OF
what happened when he came over the
ocean. He said lady died on the shiE
and her father did not want to bury
her in the ocean, so he hid her under
the bed: and the whales smelt some
thing dead and they swarmed uI
around the ship and nearly upset II
and the captain made them throw hel
overheard.
And another time when he was com
ing over, there was lady had q mon
key which she priced very much
When she got on the boat to come
across the monkey chung to the side OF
the ship till the ship got out In the
middle Of the ocean and then ths
monkeys mistress went below IN thu
cabin and the crews cut on the
monkeys paws and let in down in the
ocean to drown
NV grandfather died twenty years
ago this January and grandma died
twelve years ago this July, but all the
children are still living.
Well, my letter Ia getting long and
must close for this time.
Your new Junior friend,
Hazel Hainline, aged Is years,
Route 8 Aida Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
lola Sayles-Will Buy Thrift
Stamps With Milk Money.

Dear Juniors:
In order to win the war we must
use less wheat, sugar and meat. The
boys who are "over there" fighting for
us are depending on us for food and
clothing, so we should help them all
we can.
Our parents should buy Liberty
Bonds and we children should buy
Thrift Stamps. My brother and sister
each have some Thrift Stamps. We
sell milk and get some Of the money
so l am going to buy Thrift Stamps
also.
have two cousins in the war, one
Of them is somewhere in France"
This vacation / am going to hoe po-
tatoes and help take care of the chick
ems. Well I will close hoping to SEQ
my letter in print.
lola Sayles, Age IL,
Drakesville, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Lynn Harness-How I Will
Save To Buy Thrift Stamps.

Dear Juniors:
l thought I would send in school
composition entitled How Will Save
Money to Buy Thrift Stamps"
The German kaiser had been pre-
pairing for this war for years, and on
August l, 1914 he started through
Belgium to wage war on France.
When our ships, carrying ammuni.
ton to France and England, who was
then helping France, started across
the ocean, the kaiser's submarines at
tackled and sunk them. This angered
our nation, and remembering our debt
to France, we entered the war. Our
boys cover there" must have food and
the government must have money to
carry on the war. II you can't fight,
buy Bonds and Thrift Stamps. To
save food we should have war gardens
and not waste 50 much. Every one
can help win the war in some way.
l am going to help win the war by
raising a garden, saving my earnings,
and not buying SO much candy, gum
and other foolish things.
Lynn Harness, Age IL,
226 S. Schuyler ST., Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Hazel Pauline McCune-Is
Going To Knit For Two
Abba Boys.
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
am going to knit Carl Freeman and
Raymond Davidson each scarf.
have q War Saving Certificate
with a War Saving Stamp, and am
going to buy another one right away.
60 to the Lincoln school. Yester-
day all the school children in town
marched around the square. then we
went to a bank on the south side of
the square and bought our stamps.
Everybody that could brought flags.
After we got our stamps, we went to
the north side Of the court house and
sang the first and last verses of the
"Star Spangled Banner" and Amer
ica.' After that we sang, God Save
Our Noble Men," Then we went home.
Well as my letter is getting long, !
will close.
Hazel Pauline McCune, Age Z,
903 D Avenue East, Abba, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Vera Hiping- How To Help
Win The War.

Dear Juniors:
My subject today is How To Help
Win the War"
II every person in the United States
would buy Thrift Stamps imagine
what lot that would bring. Every
person should conserve. You must not
eat as much food as you did before
the United States got into this war.
We must save 1t for the soldiers who
are fighting for our freedom. The
Red Cross is doing all 1t can to
help. II you have spare time during
the day why not work for the Red
Cross? Knit or sew ordo something
to help the Red Cross. Do not be
idle. II the children knit or sew
they can help just as we'll as the
grownups or save their money and buy
Thrift Stamps. Every one ought to
have a vegetable garden instead of a
flower garden, although you could
have flower garden also. II you have
been trained nurse why not be Red
Cross nurse? Please help win the war.
Vera Hining, Age 10,
r. F. D. 8, Floris, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
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:
What . viii Do This vaeation.
War Savings Stamps.
Liberty Bonds.
The Red cross.
a Soldier In France.
Whist We Are Doing for tho Soldier.
How % Win the War.
0oosps Washington.
Abraham Lincoln.
Our Presidents.
Patriotic Duties Of To6Ays
9ohosi competitions.
Ancestor stories.
Interesting letters.
6 Beck reviews.
Unusual stories.
/ Soldier stories related by veterans
and retoId by Juniors.
Select prizes from among the fol-
lowing: Book, box of letter paper,
doll. box Of school supplies knitting
needles. flower seeds or knife.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Irwin AndersOn-TwO Reas.
ons Why We Are In the
War.

Dear Juniors:
The reason we are in war is that the
Kaiser wanted to rule the world, and
another reason is that the Germans
sank our ships with their U-boats.
Although we, the allies, feel sure we
will win this great war, We must have
the help Of everyone.
The Huns are fighting for autocracy
the allies are fighting for democracy,
peace and Justice.
The best way to help win the war is
to buy Liberty Bonds and Thrift
Stamps, raise gardens, pigs and chick
ems.
The ways to earn money for Thrift
Stamps and Liberty Bonds are to beat
rugs, wash windows, saw wood and
trap harmful animals that have a price
on their heads.
A fifty dollar Liberty Bond will make
two miles Of bandages, enough to band.
age five hundred and fifty.five wounds,
or it will prevent one hundred and
thirty-nine from lock jaw Of which the
germs are thick in Belgian soil. or it
will vaccinate six hundred and sixty
six from smallpox.
Irwin Anderson. age 10,
1asS-sW2llacd} 81 Ottsnwsse1a.a
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Flora .Humble-Book Re-,
view-Anne of Green
Gables.
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors: ~
ASH have not written to the Courier
Junior for a long time will write 8.
book review, Anne of Green Gables.
Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert both
wanted boy from the orphans asylum
! both We're getting old. So Matthew
went to Bright River to get him..
When he got there. there was little
| girl sitting on the pile Of shingles. Mat.
| thew went In and asked the station
master If there was a little boy left in.
his charge about eleven or twelve years
old. The station master said no, but
there was little girl
Matthew was surprised, but he got,
her and went home. When he got there
Mar1lla was out in the lane waiting for
them. She was awfully surprised to see
gtrl instead of boy. She had red
hair and was very poor and she had
such big eyes.
They did not want to keep her but
they did and then In September start.
ed her to school.
She learned very fast. The school,
master through her very smart child.
That evening she told Marilla that,
she had found new friend who was
Dianna Berry. She said she had not
gone to school very much before. And
then when summer came she and
Diana played together every day.
One day when Marilla was away
there was an Italian peddler at Green
Gables and Anne bought some hair dye
and 1t turned her hair green. So when
Marilla came home Anne did not have
tea ready. Marilla said she would set
tie Miss Anne Shirly and teach her
not to go away, but when she went up
stairs Anne was on the bed. And then
she told Marilla all about her troubles
Anne never used any more dyes.
One day Mr.. Allen and his wife were
coming for dinner. Anne was to bake q
cake. She got it ready to put in the
oven and Mr.. Allen and his wife were
there. Then at dinner when Mrs. Allen
tasted the cake she never said word
about it, Marilla tasted it and said:
"Why Annie what on earth did you put
in this cake? Nothing but what the re.
cipe called for; taste it yourself. bet
it is the baking powder. What kind Of
flavoring did you use? used vanilla.
Marilla said. Go bring me the bottle.
Why Anne you have used my anodyne
liniment. Anne began to cry because
she had baked it for Mrs. Allen. So
the next morning she went to school
and they had a concert and Anna went
to 1t. She went quite bit from then on.
And Matthew got her a new dress for
that night.
Flora Humble age IA.
EldOn, Ia, R. No g
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Nellie. Hainline-Is Going
To Tend Garden; Takes
Care of Chickens Too.

Dear Juniors:
AS this is my first letter thought ]
would write on how to help win the
war.
We should save as much as we can
to help the boys that are fighting SC
much to win the war.
am going to raise garden this year
and have got an old chen and some
little chickens.
Everybody should plant a garden II
they can.
1 am trying to save all can to help
win the war. The way to help is by
buying War Savings Stamps. Thrift
Stamps and Liberty Bonds.
Papa has bought hundred dollar
Liberty Bond and War Saving Stamp
and has given to the Red Cross and
the Y. NJ. G. A.
Nellie HainIine., age ~.
Abba. Ia. r. No. 3.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Bernice WilcOcksOn-Wastt
and Extravaganza Silent
Allies.

Waste and extravaganza are Ger
many's silent allies. If you country
is worth livine for 1t Is worth saving
for.
allowance fJr picture shows, candy and
chewing gum.
But those things not only injure my
health but hinder my country In Win
ming this great world war.
We should all help in the war and
this is a way to show we are true pa
triots.
our government, the government OF
the United States, has these stamps so
that the poorer people that cannot buy
bonds, can help their country also
They can buy at least one week. :.
You want to help your country, well
this is the way.
Some say II can't afford It." But we
all know anybody can afford to buy
Thrift Stamps.
Be a true patriot and take this for
your motto, do 1t Now"
Bernice wilcokson, age ID,
400 Ottumwa ST., Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Aunt Lou in the
Calues' Shed

| When the wind blows hard In Old
Mackinaw, so hard that big trees In
7 the ancient forest near by sometimes
go crash-bang to the ground, little
Esther often asks her Aunt Lou to
tell about how she slept in the calves
shed when she was little girl. Aunt
Lou laughs and tells the story over
and over, because she likes to remem.
Der about 1t herself.
When her father and mother first
came from New York to live in north
erD Michigan, they bought wilder.
ness farm. There. never was a log
house on that farm. The house in
which the family went to live was an
unfinished two-story house; and it
was not much fun to be in that house
when the wind blew hard, because 1t
rocked and creaked and behaved as If
1t might tumble over.
Aunt Lou was one Of seven children,
all little tots at the time she slept in
the calves shed.
The calves had fine new shed built
on purpose for their winter home. It
was close to the ground and built of
sweet-smelling new boards. Aunt Lou
said 1t was beautiful home for calves.
One autumn day the west wind began
to blow, and It blew, and it blew, hard
er and harder, until late in the after.
noon the father of the seven children
began to believe the house might blow
over.
At last window blew in and then
Aunt Louis father knew it was time to
get out of that house with his family
of little ones. Neighbors lived so far
away it was useless to think Of TAX
ing the babies through tho storm to
them.
straightway Aunt Lon's father
thought Of the new shed for the calves,
SO out he went and put the calves in
the big barn with the cows and the
horses. Then he worked fast to clean
out the calves shed. After it was
clean he carried load after load of
fresh straw into the shed and turned
the whole inside of that shed into a
wide, deep, soft bed
The next thing Aunt Louis father
did was to carry quilts and blankets
and pillows from the house to put over
the straw. Then the babies were
bundled in more blankets and carried
one by one to the shed and cuddled
down to sleep in the wide, new bed.
Aunt Lou tells little Esther that she
was old enough to think it was dread.
full thing to sleep in the calves shed,
but the father and mother Of that big
family were glad indeed that they had
such clean, snug, and cosy little
place for their precious flock that
night where they were all safe from
the wind and could, and did, sleep in
peace.
In the morning when the storm was
over, there stood the house, friendly
and comfortable, waiting for seven
little children to come to breakfast.
Frances Margaret Fox, in Sunday
School Times.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Ethel Hainline-An Auto
Trip From Abba To
Blandinsville, iii.

Dear Juniors:
AS this is my first letter though.
would write on our trip to Illinois. We
started at o'clock in the morning. We
stopped at Ottumwa and two other
places to get gasoline and ate our din
ner and reached there at 5 o'clock. at
Blandinville, Ill. We, stayed all night
there and went to Colchester. Ill. We
home. We had muddy roads about IL
miles and then had, good roads. We
crossed the Mississippi river on ts.s
ferry boat and reached home about ,
o'clock.
Ethel HainIlne,
Abba, Iowa, r. No. 5.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Cleo Strunk- Says Twenty
one Went From Union
vile.

Dear Juniors:
AS I was just reading. the Junior
page I thought would write about
some of my soldier friends.
There were twenty-one soldiers en-
listed and went rom our town. hated
to see them go but am glad to see them
fighting for Uncle Sam.
They first went to Centerville and
stayed almost three months and from
there to Des Moines and stayed there
during the fair and went from there to
Long Island and from there to Eng
land and from there to France where
they are having good time.
Cleo Strunk, age 10,
Unionville, Ia, Box 81
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Josephine Steckel-A New
Junior Who Is Courageous
Despite Her Statement.

Dear Juniors:
r This is the first time l have taken
courage enough to write to the Cour.
Ter Junior. have always watched for
the Junior and have taken great pleas.
ure in reading the stories, but I have
taken enough courage today to write
to you. am going to tell you about
my Thrift Stamps.
I know many other boys and girls
have three or four Thrift Stamp cards
but have only two.
On my birthday I received two
Thrift cards. They had three stamps
on each.
/ have now taken one card and
started to fill 1t. have eight stamps
on the one I started to I'LL.
It will keep me busy filling both OF
the cards.
wonder how many Juniors have
Thrift Stamps?
Josephine Steckel, age 10,
Bloomfield
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Matilda Cheeseman's Loyal
Wants u. s. To Win.

Dear Juniors:
My grandpa and grandma came
across the ocean long time ago. My
Uncle Simon and his two sons are yet
front. One has been wounded twice
and the other once. We are cousins but
don't know their names. They march,
ed past Uncle Simon's house one night
and got to sleep all night at home. He
said in the last letter they did not
know any more about the war than we
did. We haven't got a letter from him
for three months. do not want Ger.
many to win but do want the United
States to-
Matilda .Cheeseman, age 10, i
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-17
Zenetta Storm am Try.
ing To Do My Bit For
Soldier Boys.
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors.
l am trying to do my bit for our sol
died boys. They are fighting for us and
they are also fighting for their country
They ough to be honored. am
not going to buy any more candy OF
gum. have Thrift Stamps and my
brother has War Saving stamp. And
my papa has Liberty Bonds and also
gave two dollars to the Y. M. G. A. Our
soldier boys are so dear to all Of US
We all ought to do our bit. Our school
room has $104 worth Of Thrift Stamps
and War Savings Stamps.
/ have some chickens and when 1 sell
them am going to take my money and
buy Thrift Stamps and War Savings
Stamps. am going to see how much
can do for my country.
! Zanefta Storm, age, II,
Rakn1in IdNA