Monday Is for Mothers: Miss Letta E. Porter, Poet - 1917

My paternal grandmother was 15 when she submitted a poem to the Gulfport-Biloxi Daily Herald. Her effort was judged to be the fifth best.

["Jackson Man Wins Prize in "Miss Issippi Is Calling You" Contest," Biloxi Daily Herald (Biloxi, MS) April 21, 1917, page 1, col 4-5; digital image, NewspaperArchive (http://newspaperarchive.com : 28 Feb 2017).]

I wondered what Mr. Bougher's prize winning submission was like so I sought it out and discovered that there's more to the story.

["Prize Winning Poem, 'Mississippi Is Calling You" Biloxi Daily Herald (Biloxi, MS) April 24, 1917, page 1, digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/biloxi-daily-herald-apr-24-1917-p-1/).]

["["Winner of Prize Is Very Feminine" Biloxi Daily Herald (Biloxi, MS) April 24, 1917,

page 1, digital image, NewspaperArchive (https://newspaperarchive.com/biloxi-daily-herald-apr-24-1917-p-1/).

From a quick search of the newspaper archives it doesn't look The Herald ever printed Letta's poem.


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