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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Lucy Babcock-Sch0Ol Com
Observation-Disclosures.

Dear Juniors:
have never written to the Courier
Junior before and l thought I would
write composition on Pocatontas.
Pocahontas was born in the pear of
1895 and died in England in 1917. She
was an Indian maiden of Virginia.
She was daughter of Powhatan a
dignifed and powerful Chickohominy
Indian chief
In his early account of the colony
of Virginia Captain John Smith states
that Pocahontas' was kindly disposed
toward the starving settlers using her
influence in time to induce the In
dams to bring in supplies of corn and
other much needed food.
In 1913 she married John Rolfe a
young Englishman of good character.
Then the valient Captain Smith began
to invest her with fabric of more or
less imaginary circumstance. He
said her father was an emperor and
that she was princess.
While exploring the forest around
the Indians camp he had been taken
captive and brought into the presence
of their chief.
A solemn council baving decided
that he must die. He was laid upon a
stone. A powerful brave raised the
war club when Pocahontas child Of
ten or twelve rushed forward clasp
ed her arms about his neck and beg
ged for his life and mindless of hay
ing her brains beat out.
This was what Captain Smith wrote
the queen of England in 1916.
In the 1915 balloting for member
ship the New York Hall of Fame, Po-
cahontas Rolfe received sixteen out
Of one-hundred votes.
yours truly
Lucy Babeach Age IA
Ottumwa Iowa. r. F. d. No.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Mary Louise Gage-"How
to Win the War"

Dear Juniors:
One reason we should win this war
is that if we do not Germany would
rule the world as she has planned to
do.
The children of the United States
should buy Thrift Stamps if they are
able. but hundreds of the children OF
this country spend dollars and dollars
lust by buying candy, and gum and
going to picture shows. II you do not
buy Thrift Stamps save your pennies
and dimes.
Our parents can help by observing
the wheatless, meatless and the SUI
garless days. If our fathers are able
they should buy Liberty bond, OF
course it is not so easy for them to
buy bonds as it is for us children to
buy Thrift Stamps because they have
to earn a living for the family if there
are no older brothers to help them.
We should save our clothes and not
have to buy new ones every two
months.
Above all things we must raise our
gardens for Uncle Sam needs all OF
the food possible to help feed the
allies.
MY father bought a Liberty bond
and he is going to let each of us child
rem buy Thrift Stamps. Now do you
think we should live on luxuries while
our boys are in France trying to help
us and they have to eat what they do
not like? So ! think we can do the
same. I will now close hoping to see
my letter in print.
Mary Louise Gage Age II
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
STRAIGHT PATHS

The snow had fallen through the
night. Pure and spotless it lay on
roof and road and field. A number of
lads met beside a vacant lot in the
morning and looked at the untrodden
white before them. No one had crossed
the lot and it seemed to invite foot
prints
"Try who'll make the straightest
path to the other end of the field"
challenged one of the lads, and he was
quickly taken up.
All but one started off Immediately,
taking great care to watch their feet
as they went along. The boy that
started last sighted tree trunk at
the opposite end Of the lot, and with
head erect and eyes front he stepped
out. The last to start was the first
to finish, and his path was as straight
as it could we'll be, while the other
tracks were crooked and twisted.
,"Say, Billy" the ones that had lost
in the trial called out, show did you
make out to do it so straight"
WELL" said Billy, II found out that
when a chap looks at his feet he can't
help wabbling, and so I looked away
from my feet to that tree and kept on
looking till 1 got there. Really, fell
lows, it was looking at the tree did
it, and any of you can do as we'll If
you take my way"
At once they found another untrod-
den lot and tried Billy's way and found
he was right, and that morning those
boys learned that when you want to
make a straight path you must look
up and ahead and not down.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Marjorie Otis-On Abraham
Lincoln.

Dear Juniors:
MY subject for today is Abraham
Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth
president Of the United States.
He was born in Hardin county,
Kentucky, February ~, 1909, in q lol
cabin.
The cabin in which he was born had
a square in it which was used for =
window and an opening for door,
way.
In the winter the window was Cow
cred with deer skin while the doo4
was covered with a bear skin.
For a long time they lived in Ken
lucky.
On one occasion when speaking a
his mother he said: "All am or hopl
to be owe to my angel mother"
Abraham was now a large man. be-
ing six feet four inches in height.
In 1912 he married Miss Mary Todd
In 1865 on the evening Of Good Fri
day he was shot by John wilkes
Booth.
Abraham Lincoln lived but a Short
time and afterwards was buried 1t
Springfield, ILL.,, in lakewood cemeI
terry. Maiorie Otis
40e North Weller St., Ottumwa. n.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Lucinda Carruthers - Her
Grandfather Who
. Met Indians.
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
I am going to write about my grand
pa He was born in Ohio, September %,
1888. He died July 6. 1917. When he was
four years old he moved with his par
ents to Iowa. They moved to keosau-
qua
His sister was the first child who
learned to read west Of the Mississippi
river. In 1854 he with a party of men
crossed the plains. They had Travelled
for three days when they met some
Indians. They were friendly and as it
was evening and their camp wasn't
very far away they went with them.
They met their chief and he had a
dog killed for them. The Indians
thought that to kill dog for a white
man was honoring them greatly. They
took the dog skin and stretched it over
q barrel. After they We're through eat
ing and they had smoked the pipe of
peace the Indians took a sort of a club
and each one hit the dog skin. They
danced around it and each one hit it.
In the morning the white men started
on. For days they didn't see anyone ex-
cept Indians in the distance. When
they were returning they passed a
grave 1t had a piece of a wheel at the
head Of 1t and on it were these words:
thread softly, stranger, for here lies
our little Jenny" One day they were
without water. AS they drove along
they saw puddle of water in the road.
A herd of cattle had just passed by.
but the men didn't care. They stopped
down and drank some of the water.
They saw a man waving a jug and
they knew what it meant. They hur-
RED on and found a man in a wagon.
He had plenty of water, so he gave
them some. One man was accidently
shot They went on and in 1865 return
ed home.
Well. as my letter is getting long l
will close.
Lucinda Carruthers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
MISS HURRY AND MISS srEApr
Little Miss Hurry,

Little Miss Hurry,
All hustle and furry,
Comes down to her breakfast ten MIN
utes too late;
Her hair is a-rumple,
Her gown is a-crumple,
She's no time to button and hook. her.
self straight.
She hunts and she PUSHES
For needles and brushes,
For books and for pencils flies NJ.
stairs and down;
II ever you find her,
Just follow behind her
A trail of shoe buttons and shreds a.
her gown.
But little Miss Steady
By school time is ready,
All smiling and shining and neat IN
her place;
With no need to worry,
She pities Miss Hurry,
Who but yesterday sat here with
shame in her face.
Her heart beating lightly,
With duty done rightly,
She VOWS she will never again chaneo
her name;
For, though you'd not guess Il,
I'm bound to confess it
These two little maidens are one and
the same.
Author Unknnwn
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Lille Nutt-SchoOl COmpO
sition-The Lost
Children.

Dear Juniors:
This is the first time have writ.
ten to the Courier Junior.
I thought l would write about "The
Lost Children"
Once there were three little emil.
dren, their names were Hazel, Helen
and Julia. They went flower hunting.
There was so many flowers they for
got which way to go.
Julia began to cry, Hazel and Helen
tried to get her not to cry. But she
was afraid she would not get home.
Hazel said that their father and
mother would look for them.
They heard someone calling:
where are you, children
Hazel was the Oldest, so she an
swered:
Here we are"
It was their father and mother.
"Where have you been," said their
mother.
at got dark before we knew it.
then we did not know which way to
CO." Lille Mutt, age l0.
Dcuds, Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Hildred Brown - Current
Events in the DOuds
School.
Dear Junior:

Lear JuIllOT.
I will write about the Current
Events which the seventh and eighth
grades take at the Douds-Leando con-
solidated school.
l sure think lots of our Current
Events. The first page is about war
and it connects with our history les
son when we read it and makes us
think about the Germans trying to kill
our men. 1t also shows war picture
in the right hand corner and there is
a little reading below the picture
which tells what it is about.
On the second page is a question
box which also connects with our
history lesson and some of our other
lessons also.
The other two pages contain more
about war.
Now, as I have told you quite bit
about Current Events and as l have
described it, I will tell you about some
thing ! read in it about war. The title
of it is First Pitched Battle Was
Won by Americans"
Since the first Of March the Ger
mans have made number of artillery
assaults on the American positions
and one trench raid near Toul.
The raid was really pitched battle.
It had been carefully planned and re-
hearsed. The most experienced Ger
man "shock troops" had been brought
up, strong men who had become accus-
toned to hand to hand fighting with
bayonets. Doubtless they expected to
have an easy time breaking into the
trenches of the untried men from
across the Atlantic.
That read as if the boys in their
trenches have pretty hard work.
Tildred Brown, Age IA.
i-------- DoudS. Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Opal Bown my Little
Banty Hen"

Dear Juniors:
Today l am writing you about my
little banty hen.
The other day she got out Of the
pen and came up to the house. I
drove her around the yard about five
minutes before could get her started
the right way, then I waved my hand
kerchief at her and frightened her so
she flew about three yards. l hunt
ed all over for her then. There was
a stack Of boards standing against the
chicken house. Banty had run in there
and stuck her head in the stack Of
boards and left her tail out. l got
her by the tail and pulled her out. 1
told daddy about it and he said he
would tell her to take her tale
with her. She played the same trick
on me again but found her easy.
have another hen, I call her Witty.
She has only one foot. like her just
the same.
AS my letter is getting long will
close. Hoping to see my letter in
print. Op al Bowen, age II
sol North Court ST., Ottumwa, la.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
CONTEST SUBJECTS.

We all want the Juniors to send il
school compositions and other stories
besides the ones on the subjects we
suggest. Sometimes children car
write better compositions when choos
ing their own subjects. We especially
want letters and ancestor stories. TIC
encourage originality and variety in
the Juniors work the following list is
given:
War Savings Stamps.
A Soldier In France.
What We Are Doing for the Soldier
How to Win the War.
George Washington.
Abraham Lincoln.
Our Presidents.
!. Patriotic Duties Of Today
School compositions.
/, Ancestor stories. 81
|: Interesting letters. =
! Book reviews. :: {
+; Unusual stories.
-" Current events.
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 or knife.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Mary Hawbaker-The Diff
ferent Stages of a
Nickel.
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
am going to write about nickel.
The first thing can remember
was in a large factory with some OF
my brothers. I was taken from the
factory and put in large bank. A
man came in to write check and l
was given in change. He lost me on
the road home. AS lay the little
girl came and picked me up Sne went
to the druggist and bought some per.
fume and l was given to the man. In
a little while little lame boy came
into the drug store begging for money.
The man gave me to the little boy.
On his way home he lost me and no
one has found me yet.
Margaret Hawbaker, Age 10.
Route Stockport, Iowa
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
THE COURIER JUNIOR
DEPARTMENT
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING CO.
OttumWa, Iowa
EDITOR
MATILDA OEVEREAUX
FLOWER SEEDS PRIZES

Dear Juniors: Today we have on
this page story entitled Dame
Natures Apartment House. 1t is 4
story in which a number of words are
missing. We are using this interest
ing little story as the subject of a
contest and the prizes will be 5 differ
ent kinds of flower seeds. All the
Juniors in this contest must cut out
the article and fill in the missing
words then mail it to The Courier
Junior. We will select five prize win
ners. OF course, if the writer's prefer
some of the prizes mentioned in the
other contests, they are at liberty to
make their wants known. This con-
test opens today and closes Monday,
March 25.
Today's prize winners are: Faye
Waller and Lucinda Carruthers.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15

A famous doctor once said: "Encour-
age your child to be merry and to
laugh aloud. A good, hearty laugh ex-
pands the chest and makes the blood
bound merrily along. Commend me
to a good laugh-not to little, snig-
Cling laugh, but to one that will sound
right through the house. 1t will not
only do your child good, but will be a
benefit to all who hear and be an i'm
portant means of driving the blues
away from a dwelling. Merriment Is
catching and spreads in remarkable
manner, few being able to resist the
contagion. A hearty laugh is delight.
full harmony: indeed, 1t is the best Of
All mnaic1 -s-- =
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Ruth M. Paris-A New Jun.
iOr Writes of Her
School.
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
This is my first letter to the Junior
page. am thirteen years old, and l am
in the seventh and eighth grade. My
teachers name is Miss Allie Moore.
There are thirty-four pupils in my
room.
We have lots IF games to play. We
play basket ball, foot ball and volley
ball.
I have two brothers and three sisters
One of my brothers is a time-keeper
for the c. r. I. & p railroad Co. at Sill
Wis, III.
I like to go to school for my teacher
IS kind. There are just two rooms in
our school My sister teaches room one
There are about forty in room one.
/ love to read the Junior page. As
my letter is getting long / will close.
'>--- Euth M. Paris, age 13,
Mach. Iowa, Box No. 81.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Edna Enid Derby - Bool
Review, "When a Mans
a Man."
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
I am sending you a review Of the
book, when a Mans a Man." by
Harold Bell Wright.
1t was the day after the Fourth At
July and the cowboys of Cross Tri-
angle ranch were breaking bronchos
in the large corral, when the stranger
came up. He was walking and plainly
showed that he was from the city.
Giving his name as Honorable Patches
he asked for work and was soon en-
ployed by Phil Acton, the foreman,
and Mr.. Baldwin, the owner, or Dean,
as he was usually called. The Dean
took him in hand and taught him to
ride, shoot and lasso.
He soon became acquainted with
Kitty Reid, a girl on the neighboring
ranch, who had spent a few years at
school in the east and who, when she
returned, was dissatisfied with her
girlhood life and lover Phil. She found
out that Patches had come from the
life she longed for and she loved to,
talk to him about it.
In the spring a guest, Professor
Parkhil1, came to the Crosstriangle'
ranch. He was thin, bent, studiousf
looking little old mar and because nd,
one at the ranch would talk much with
him, he spent most of his time with
Kitty.
1t was again the Fourth of July,
with the ranch celebration. And at
the celebration Kitty saw Helen Man.
ming, her friend and companion of the
school. Her new husband had brought
her west and they were going to spend
their honeymoon camping. And 1t
happened that Patches and Helen met.
Patches was riding after some cattle
and was chasing wild, long.horned
one down a mountain side when be
saw a woman at the foot. A moment
later he recognized Helen, whom he
loved with all his heart. He had once
asked her to marry him, but she had
refused, making much fun OF his Idle
life and saying she would not marry
man unless he were a man. He de.
termined to make himself q man and
did what we already know Of.
To return: The animal charged
straight at the helpless woman and
| he saw his only hope in saving her
was to catch up with and rope the
steer. In powerful effort he did 20
and it fell at the feet Of tho now
fainting woman. When she came to
he poured out the story Of his love
and what he had done. The news q
/ her marriage came as terrible shock
to him but he bore up bravely.
Another interesting factor In
Patches life was Yavapai Joe. tho
partner Of Nick Cambert, whose bust
ness was to steal cattle and put hi
brand on them. Joe was poor, han
witted fellow who had come up therp
few years before and was taken W
by Nick, who abused and worked him
fearfulIy. Patches was sorry for him
and always spoke kindly to him to-
| he said he reminded him Of someone
he knew.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
ALL ABOUT PRIZES.

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
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
box number or failing to have a box
send in their parents names.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15

Little Ruth was spending her first
night away from home. She was a
bit restless, and in the morning she
was asked how she had slept Pretty
well, thank you. But l don't think l
slept very much" "Then you couldn't
have had any bad dreams, surely"
said mamma. mo, mamma, / didn't;
but / had two terrible thinks. -
Youths Companion.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
Maude Flactiff-"HOw We
Must Win the War"

Dear Junior:
We must win this war. And to win
this war. we can all help a little bit.
I will tell you how to. We must buy
war savings stamps, plant some
crops and knit for the soldiers across
the sea, who are fighting for liberty
for us. We can all do little for the
soldiers across the sea / am sure.
Maude Flactiff, age IL.
~ 1z2s- West Main ST. OttlmWa, Il.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15

ooh, just love cake, and it's
awfully nice!" cried little Dorothy,
regarding her dessert. "You should
not say you love cake reproved
her mother; SAY you like it.; and
don't say 'awfully,' say very Don't
say nice but good Now, my dear,
repeat it." II like cake very good"
repeated Dorothy; "but 1t sounds ex-
actly as If were talking about bread
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15

rHE'S a youngster is Princess
Ingrid of Sweden, but she works
~ hard for the Red Cross. She is
wearing a fancy dress costume in the
photo which she wore at a recent fete
in Stockholm. SO is only seven
wears old.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-15
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.
My Best Friend.
4 A Pet Dou.
Corn and Apples.
Sweet Potatoes and Cotton.
A letter.
Select prizes from among the fol.
lowing: Game, flag, football, doll,
knife or book,
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-10-03
Our Plan

Is to bring the Wants-to-
Sell and Wants-to-Buy to-
gether. Those wanting a
certain kind of property are
invited to send us a descrip-
ton of the want. We will ad-
vertise these wants at no cost
to the Wants, except in case
OF a sale or a tenant secured,
when a commission will be
expected from the owner of
the property. The name of
the party who wants will be
unknown. This is the most
fair and sure method of sat
isfying a prospective buyer.
Also if properties for sale
are listed with us, we will adj
vertise them, giving special
advertising and effort to sell
to each individual property;
and satisfactory results by
this plan should be sure. We
do not wait for a buyer to
come and ask US to sell him
something; we find and bring
Buyer and Seller together.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-10-03

High class r sidence on east Tarpon
avenue. New and up-to-date 2-story
bungalow, 7 rooms, 1 bath and
toilets, large closets and pantry. FL
egantly and newly furnished; hot and
cold water and electric lights. Large
lot with garage. One of the choicest
residence sections in the city. All
ready to keep house. Reason for SELL
ing: owner called north. (5-S.)
House of rooms and bath for
$500. In northwest of city. (6.-S.)
House of 5 rooms and bath in north
east of city. Price $500. (7-S.}
House Of 4 rooms; city water but
no bath. In northeast of city. Price
$500. (S-S.)
House Of S rooms and bath in block
II in northeast of city. House has
been newly renovated and finished.
Garage; poultry house; nice shade
trees. Price only $500. (9-S.)
7-room house, 2 lots, on Ring ave-
nue., in block II. Electric lights, city
water and other city improvements.
Price $4,000. {1O-S.)
Groom bungalow in Welsh subdi-
vision; choicest residence section and
increasing in value. All modern i'm
provements. Must sell. Only $1,000
in cash; balance on time (11-S.)
These offerings are all good buy
opportunities. Better take them up
now. Considering the advantages and
prospects of this city, this property is
very low in price. Values are now on
the move-up. Now is the time.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1918-10-03
f OR = ALE

Choice lot in Welsh subdivision; 81
feet front on Lemon street. This is
q choice building site that will in
crease in value. (12-S)
House and lot on E. Lemon street,
near T. & G. C. depot. Lot 46 feet
front by 40 feet deep. $1100. 13-S.)
Beautiful residence, on Spring boule-
ward, fronting on Spring bayou. No
more desirable home site in the city.
A bargain that won't wait long; a
good investment. Owner located in
the north. Q4-S.)
House, II rooms, on E. Tarpon Ave
nue. near Madole Hotel. All Modern
improvements. $530J.
Q5.S.)
Water-view lot, 5Ox1I5 feet, on
Spring boulevard. One of the choic-
est building sites in the city. Has
water and sewer connections. (2-S.)
Two house and lot bargains in I. B.
Reads subdivision of Tarpon Heights.
Six-room bungalow, with city plumb
ing, on lot 50x100, for $500.
Also a smaller Groom house in same
subdivision for $1100.
These places could not be built for
the prices asked. Reason for selling
owner moved away. (3-S.)
Fine site for a commercial hotel.
Centrally located between the A. c.
L. and the T. & G. C. depots. 100 feet
front by 125 feet deep. Surrounded
by street and alleys. A rare chance.
(4-S.)