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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Lille Nuts School COnpo.
sition-Lo0 king For Eggs.

Dear Junior:
Lam going to write school compo
sition. The title is Looking fol
Eggs"
Once there was little girl. Her
name was Helen.
One evening her mother told her to
70 and hunt the eggs.
Helen had looked every place but
IN the duck nest. She did not like to
hook at the duck nest. But it was the
~ before Easter and her mother had
said, Every egg you find in there you
can have to eat on Easter"
The reason Helen did not like to
hook in the ducks nest was that the
ducks were sure to come around and
they always began to Quack and they
frightened her q little.
But she wanted to see how many
eggs she could get 30 she crawled
back in the ducks nest and found
some eggs. She went to put them in
the bucket she had brought but she
caught her dress on nail and tore it.
It was one Of her school dresses.
Helen had had company that after
noon and she had put on one Of her
school dresses.
Her brother Robert was out in the
yard playing. She called him and told
him to help her out. But he just tore
her dress more. Helen told Robert to
20 and call her mother to come out.
He did and her mother came out and
rot Helen out Of the nest. Her mother
asked her how she tore her dress so
badly and she said, Il caught 1t on a
nail and tore it.
Helen never looked in the duck nest
again. She always had her mother
look there when they hunted for the
LILLE Mutt, Age II.
Dou6g, iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Ollie Pettit-What A Single
Thrift Stamp Will Buy.

Dear Juniors:
I have never written to the Junior
page before so thought would write
about Thrift Stamps.
Our government is wanting money.
We can lend our money to the govern
ment by buying Thrift Stamps. When
you purchase your first stamp they
give you a card with sixteen spaces
marked on it. When it il filled you
take it to the postoff1ce or school and
nav certain amount on it and they
will give you War Savings Stamp
A single Thrift Stamp will buy a
tent pole or five tent pins, waist belt
or hat cord, shoe lace or Identical
ton tag. Two will buy one trench
tool or a pair of wooden gloves. Four
will buy two pairs of canvas leggings.
Six will buy FIVE pairs Of WOODEN socks
or three suits of summer underwear.
Twelve will buy aNsteel helmet.
Ollie Petit, Age IL.
800 = TaRA~aA. o.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Margaret E. SMITH Her
Grandfather Veteran of
Civil War.

Dear Juniors:
This is my frst letter to the Junior.
l want to tell you about my grand
pa, O. NJ. Durfey, who fought In the
civil war. He was. in Co. F, Thirty
third Iowa infantry.
He took trip to vicksburg last fall.
He had good time visiting with AL
the soldiers there, both the blue and
the gray. There vera young soldiers
there, also Boy Scouts who helped the
old soldiers have good time They
furnished them cots In tents to sleep
on and good things to eat. They were
camped on the old battle field.
wrote letter to Carl Kramer, q
soldier from Ottumwa, now in France.
Margaret e. Smith, Age s.
Hedrick, lows.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Marie Harding - What
Shall Do This Vacation.

This vacation l am going to make
garden and help my mama raise
chickens.
When the plants have to be hoed and
weeded I will do it.
. And there is something else will do
besides making garden. I have baby
sister who needs care and / Will do it.
= have one sister who live in Eldon
and one who lives in the country
and haven't saw them for nearly
three months,t and I expect 7 will go
and spend a couple Of weeks with
them and my friends
NV sister who lives in the country
has a little girl about fourteen months
old and I will care for her and help
my sister tend to the milk and also
help her with the garden.
Marie Harding, age ii.
Alhia,rIa.sS4o-Nogt sA16e.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
WHEN THE KING WAS A BOY

The professor who was the chief in
structor OF the king Of Italy during his
boyhood has made. some interesting
statements as to the method pursued
in the education Of the prince.
"The first day.I went to instruct the
prince" says the author, II was IN
formed by those in authority that |
was to treat him as would any other
pupil, neither showing him any undue
respect nor any indulgence even in
trifling matters. For example, II any
thing was needed during the lesson. 1t
was the prince who should get 1t, and
not I; and, II a book or anything like
1t were to fall from the table, 1t was
the prince who should pick it up"
The tutor was sharp in his rerri-
mands II the prince sighted his les
sons.
"Your royal highness should remem-
ber," he said on one occasion, that the
kings son II he is blockhead will re-
main a blockhead; for in this respect
there is no difference between him and
the son Of shoemaker"
At another time the prince asked to
be relieved from exercise on horseback
on the plea that he had headache.
IF a battle were to be fought today.
do you think pain in the head ought
to prevent your royal highness from
appearing at the head Of his troops ?"
asked the tutor.
The prince rode that day as usual.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Mark Cr0ss0n-War Saw
ings Stamps and Certifi-
Gates.

Dear Juniors:
The war saving plan Is a plan by
which you can lend small savings to
your country. The war savings
stamps are like Liberty Bonds in one
respect-the government and people Of
the United States are behind them
with their resources. The price of the
war savings stamps for each month
in 1918 increases one cent. The cost
in January was $4.12 and in December
$4.23. This increase in price is due
to the fact that they earn interest.
chased at any national bank or post
ONCE. When q thrift card is filled It
can be taken to the bank or postofice
and by paying few cents extra can
be exchanged for war savings stamp
or certificate.
The thrift stamps cost only twenty.
five cents. They are a little larger
than a postage stamp and are green
II any other Information regarding
these stamps is needed it may be OBJ
tanned at the postofice, bank or from
an agent The thrift stamp and war
savings stamp are not the same. The
thrift stamp is plan to enable peo
pie to pay In small sums the amount
necessary to pay for q war savings
stamp. The thrift stamps do not draw
interest.
II it Is necessary before January 1,
1923, to have the money for your war
savings stamps, you can take them to
any money order postof1ce and they
will be redeemed after ten days no
tice. II they are registered take them
to the ONCE where registered.
Mark Crosson,
Box TAO. Eddyville, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Waneta Sl0an-What Patri-
Otic Americans Should Do.

Lear juniors.
If we wish to win this war we will
have to work. Every patriotic Ameri-
can should be willing to eat less wheat
bread and meat and send them to the
soldiers in France. In this way we
can help to win the war just about as
much as the soldiers because If they
do not have plenty to eat they cannot
do good fighting. We can also buy
Liberty Bonds, War Savings Stamps
and Thrift Stamps. We can help the
Red Cross, too. We can raise garden
things and can fruit to have to eat in
the winter. We cannot do all OF these
things but we should do as many of
them as we can and in this way we
would be helping out whole lot.
Waneta Sloan, Age 10.
Eldon, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Madelyn Fugate-HOw
Blind Girl Saved For
Missions.

Dear Juniors:
This is the second time have writ.
ten to the Junior.
A blind girl came to her pastor and
gave him a dollar for missions. AS
tonished at the large sum the minister
said to her: "You are poor blind girl.
Is it possible that you can spare SO
much as this for missions 2"
"True," she said, 81 am blind but
not so poor as you think, and l can
prove that can spare this money bet
ter than those who see"
The minister wanted to hear 1t
proved.
81 am a basket MAKER" said the
girl, land as am blind i can make my
baskets just as easily in the dark as
with light. Other girls have, during
the winter, spent more than dollar
for light. 1 have no such expence and
so have brought this money for the
heather and the missionaries"
6 Made30o HUgate.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Leonore Campbell Whose
Whose Papa Is On The US.
Battleship Pittsburgh.

u is for united we stand,
N is for our brave navy
I is for independent we still will be
T is Is for those who have enlisted and
left us,
e Is for eager to win
D is for our dear boys in France.
IS is for sure we will get them
T is for truth and do right
A is for all we have is welcome
T is for thousands strong
e is for cas- to whip Kaiser Bill
S is for stay till it's done.
o is for our country it's of thee
F is for Free America.
A Is for all to help U. s. A.
NJ is for millions of Liberty Bonds.
Els for easy II we try
r is for right here at home.
Is for I will help do 1t
G. is for can be done
A is for Amen to our U. s. A. boys.
Written by
Lenore Campbell, Age 9.
1923 East Main street, Ottumwa, Ia
p. S. MY father is an assistant en-
gineer on the u. s. Battleship Pitts
burgh.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
THE HON e
Jaek-in-the-PuIplt
BY James Ross

Gentle Jack, come preach a sermon,
While around, from far and near.
Stands thy silent congregation,
Waiting for thy word of cheer,
Preach simple little sermon,
Suited to our simple lives;
Tell US of the love Of children,
Or of love that never dies.
Tell us Of tho woodland flowers.
Tell us of the girds Of spring;
Tell us of the summer showers,
And the brooks sweet murmuring
Gentle Jack, yes, preach sermon,
Now we wait expectantly.
For that single word Of gladness II
ThAs,yon ,GRe -e0z11l9AllEs
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
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 I Will Do This Vacation.
War savings Stamps.
Llbsrty. Bonds.
The Rcd Cross.
a 8oSdler In France.
What We Are Doing for the Soldier.
How 10 Win the War. VI
oesree Washington.
Abraham Lincoln.
Our prseldento.
Patriotic Duties Of Today
School competitions.
Ancestor stories.
interesting letters.
0oek reviews.
Unusual stories.
Soldier stories related by veterans
and retoid by Juniors.
4 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, 1918-05-10
Box TAO.
Stanton Taylor-Tells of a
Peony Bandit.

Dear Junior:
Here is an experience another boy
and had to get peony for our teach
or. I was years old and my friend
was the same age, and being in the
third grade we thought great deal OF
the teacher.
As 1t was spring and the rest Of our
friends in school were bringing flow
ers to the teacher, we wanted to do
the same. On our way to school there
lived an old German woman who had
four peony bushes in her front yard,
which bore beautiful flowers. MY
friend and were afraid to ask her for
some flowers, so we did little schem-
ing. As there was q fence around the
yard that had tight-dtting gate, we
could not get in that way and not DO
heard, and the fence was too high to
climb. As We went to school we took
ball with us. When we got in front
Of the old woman's house we accident.
ally, ION purpose" threw the ball over
the fence, but It rolled farther than
We expected It to, going almost to tho
side porch. We went into the yard
through the gate. My friend broke off
two flowers and put them in his
blouse while went after the ball and
in doing so passed a window by
which the woman was sitting. She
saw me and came out to see, what the
trouble was. We told her that our
ball went over the fence, and we made
our exit as quickly as possible, think
ing that We had very narrow escape
as it was.
Stanton Taylor, Age 8.
Hillsboro, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Linus Niemeyer-How To
Win The War.

Dear Juniors:
My subject is How to Win the
War"
We can help win the war BY eatins
less meat, wheat, pie. cake and other
pastry that does not nourish us but
makes us less healthy. And we should
eat more corn, barley. rye, potatoes
beans and the fresh vegetables that
would spoil IL shipped to France. An.
other way to help win the war Is to
buy Thrift Stamps, War Savings
Stamps and Liberty Bonds.
Linus Niemeyer, Age, IL.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Irene Gl0ver-Has a Shet'
land Pony and Incubator.

Dear Juniors:
go to school every day. l have
never missed and have never been
'tardy. I like my teacher fine. Her
name is Blanche Thompson.
! have q Shetland pony. have rid.
den her some. Her name Is Midget.
l have an incubator. It will hatch
next week. It is Little Brown Hen"
and holds fifty eggs. Mamma has an
"Old Trusty" incubator.
We have ninety-two little chickens.
We also have forty-five lambs, twelve
pigs and i've little calves.
Irene Glover, Age 10.
Route 1. Blakesburg, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Guy L. Crosson-A New
Junior Has Three Cousins
= In the War.

Dear Juniors:
AS ! have never written, / thought
would write short letter.
am years old. so to the Eddy.
vile school. My teachers name Is
Miss O'Connor.
have two sisters and two brothers.
Their names are Lucille, Mildred, Mark
and Jack.
I have war garden and it looks
fine. My brother also Joined the gar.
den club and has book OF thrift
stamps.
have three cousins in the war.
MY papa is contractor.
Guy l.. Crosson, Age 8.
Box TAO. Eddyville, Iowa.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
PETERS BIRTHDAY PARTY

Where are you, up attic?" he
shouted at the foot Of the attic stairs.
Breakfast is ready"
Don't come up, don't come up!"
shrieked Peter in panic, and nearly
fell headlong down the stairs in his
eagerneAs to head of his uncle.
Nobody must go to the attic to-
day but Peter and me-" announced
Aunt Elsie at the breakfast table, and
Peter made them all promise, honest
Injun," one by one.
All day Aunt Elsie and mother made
little cakes and cookies, and Peter
helped freeze the big freezer full of
pink ice cream. Then he and daddy
made three grinning Jask-o: Lanterns
and hung them on the side porch.
The day seemed a month long to
Peter, but five o'clock did come at
last, and with 1t the party. Some Of
the children rode over on their ponies
and some were driven by their fathers
or mothers.
"It's bob for apples first" shouted
Peter, all excitement, when all the
little girls and boys were gathered on
the big side porch.
Uncle Joe and daddy carried out a
tub half full Of water, and then Aunt
Elsie and Peter brought out a big
basket.
eyes shut, everybody sang Peter,
and the children, with screwed up
eyes, heard the plop, plop of apples
being slid into the water.
"Now!" shouted Peter. "All ready!
Now come and bob"
They came with rush, and then
such surprised squeals!
What funny apples! What funny
green marks!"
"Why, they are letters!"
why, that's my name!"
"Your name! And here's msue!"
"And mine!"
"And mine!"
One surprise voice followed anoth-
er. Rtr
There in the tub bobbed the bright
red apples, each apple circled by a
band Of clearly printed letters OF
green, which spelled the name Of a
little boy or girl guest.
"You must bob till you get your
own APPLE" instructed Peter, joyously.
And bob they did, with much laughter
and much humping Of little heads.
Can't you guess? Aunt Elsie and
Peter had pasted the letters on the
apples while the apples were still
green. OF course the sun couldn't get
under the paper to turn the apple
skin red where the letters were pasted
on, SO when all the rest Of the apple
turned red and redder each day the
names under the paper stayed green.
Wouldn't you like to have that kind
OF party, and surprise all your little
They think red apples
with their names printed on in green
lots more fun than all the cakes your
mother can make, or even pink ice
cream. Maybe all little boys haven't
an Aunt Elsie who lives in an apple
orchard, as Peter had, but don't be-
lieve there is any little boy who
doesn't know where to find an apple
tree.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Pearl Edra Peck-My Pet
Dog Dash.
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
Az II have never written to the Cour.
Ter Junior before, I thought ] would
write about my pet dog.
His name is Dash. He is black
dog. can have lots of fun with him
by giving him an old rag or piece OF
paper. He will put it into his mouth
and run and I will try to catch him.
can never catch him unless ne drops
what he has in his mouth.
Pearl Edra Peck, Age z.
! lutars1 Dox-6L Ottumwa Iowa,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
ALL ABOUT PRIZES.

We do wish the Juniors would &C
knowledge their prizes.
II any Junior has ever failed to re
ceive Z prize after his OF. her name
appeared in this peper, 1t 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 box
send in their parents names.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
SEVEN RULES FoR THE JUNIOR

Il. Use one side of the paper only.
i :. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
;. Always sign your name in full
and state your age.
4. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send us as your own work.
8. Number your pages.
s. Always state choice Of a prize
On 4 separate piece of paper, with
name and address in full.
I. Address envelope to The Courier.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
THE COURIER JUNIOR
DEPARTMENT
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co.
Ottumwa, Iowa
EDITOR
MATILDA DEvEREAUx
ALWAYS TELL YOUR AGE

Dear juniors: Several OF the Jun
Tors have failed to comply with rule
three in recent contests. We want the
Juniors working in contests to always
tell us how old they are. The judges
cannot award prizes unless they know
the ages of the writer's. Marie Hard
ing. Olive Morrow and Mildred Baum
observed all seven rules, so the judges
awarded them prizes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10

IN HIS little girl is called Baby
Aletha Taylor and she is only 5
years old. Aletha, who Is the
smallest cowgirl in the world, came
all the way from Oklahoma to show
her stunts at the Red Star horse show
in New York recently. She exhibited
her little Welsh stallion Duke"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
ANOTHER CONTEST.

i; We also want the Juniors who
think tho other subjects are too hard
10 write on one Of the following sub
5ects.
The Story Of q Nickel.
My Best Friend.
A Pet Dos.
Corn and Apples.
SWEET Potatoes and Cotton.
A lsttor.
Select prizes from among the fol.
loving: Game, nag, football, doll,
knife or book,
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-10
Mary Mildred Baum-Has
Ten Stamps Now.

Dear Juniors:
/ am going to write about War Saw
ings Stamps.
/ have ten stamps now. My sisters
have some, too. get my stamps at
school. I go to the A. W.. Stuart
school.
Next month I will finish my Thrift
card. have no brother in the war
but have four cousins.
/ think it is a good way Uncle Sam
has done to allow the children to help
win the war for we children can buy
War Savings Stamps.
am only years old but am glad
can help Uncle Sam. l think 1t Is
very necessary to give our money and
save food to help the boys win the war
and bring the old flag back with vic
tory.
like to read the Junior page. This
is the first time have written to the
Junior.
Mary Mildred Baum, Age 8.
101 South Willard st. Ottumwa, Ia.
Evening star., 1918-08-29
CLAIM 1919 WHEAT
WORTH0vER s. As

Resolutions opposing $2.46 wheat
for the crops of next year on the
ground that the price is not suf-
fcient to cover the increased cost of
production, and requesting President
Wilson to stop all non-essential in
dustries, SO persons engaged in these
occupations can be transferred to es-
sential industries. were adopted at
this mornings session of the Federal
Board of Farm Organizations. The
conference, which has been in ses-
sion since Tuesday. will close today.
Other resolutions were adopted ask
ing that the selective draft rules be
enforced as intended; an so per cent
excess profits tax on all incomes over
500 100000. with a graduated tax on
all incomes under that amount with
an exemption on incomes below $4,000
a year, that the government through
the railroad administration acquire all
rolling stock used for the transporta-
tion Of meat animals and that such
ownership be declared government
monopoly; that draft boards through
out the country be instructed to give
deferred classification to farmers and
coal miners and that they be given q
distinguished insignia which shall
show how they are serving the coun-
try, and erection of building in
Washington to be used as headquar-
ters for the organized farmers Of
America
"Can Plain Farming Live as an In
dustry?" was the subject of an ad-
dress at this mornings session by 8.
L. .Strivings, president of the New
York Farm Bureaus Federation.
THE real foundation of every in
dustry is the toll and genius, the pa
thence and commitment of its humble
workers." said Mr.. Strivings. ''If
some great manufacturing enterprise
has been prosperous and attained a
place of note in the industrial world,
| it has done so largely because it has
had a prosperous body of intelligent
| toilers, whose genius and faithful
ness have promoted its growth
Graphic stories of his visit to the
battle front in France were related by
Representative Clyde Kelley of Penn
sylvania. He also told of the lack Of
American airplanes at the front and
declared that then II began to realize
the Importance Of having airpIanes on
the battle front"
IF there are any American men who
have deliberately grated on the air
plane plans and program with the
American government" he added.
they deserve to be shot as traitors
| to the cause Of America, because the
procession OF airp,anes is q wonder
ful thing on fighting front The lack
] of them Is handicap beyond Yords."
Evening star., 1918-08-29
Up-River Waters.

| Special Dispatch to The Star.
HARPERS FERRY, WA, August
l29.-Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
are both muddy this morning.
Evening star., 1918-08-29
THE WEATHER.

The District Of Columbia, fair to-
night and tomorrow: slightly warmer
row; gentle southwest winds.
Maryland, fair tonight and tomor-
Virginia, fair. slightly warmer to-
night; tomorrow partly cloudy, warm
er in southeast portion; gentle south
erly winds.
West Virginia. fair tonight and to-
morrow, except probably showers in
east portion: cooler Friday.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
The following were the readings Of the
thermometer and barometer at the
weather bureau for the twenty -four
hours beginning at pm. yesterday:
Thermometer-Yester 4 p.m., as:
s p.m., "a; IL midnight, 72; today, 4
a.m.. II; am, II; ,12 noon. 50; pm.
81. Maximum. 81. at pm. today;
minimum. 20. at $50 am. todad.
Temperature same date last year
Maximum. 81; minimum, II.
Barometer-Yesterday PM, 30.1S;
pm, 30.16; 12 midnight, 30.15: today,
4 am, 5000; 8 am. 5000; II noon,
30.07; 2 p.m.. 30.05.
Weather in Various Cities