The first page opens with a poem titled "A Fourteen-Year-Old Girl's Good Advice," followed by an article called "The Menomonees and Pottawatomies Dance: A Story by Lucy Jordan, Stockbridge, a pupil from Wisconsin," that told of an 1882 visit by dancers to her home agency in Keshena, Wisconsin. Page two includes an offer of photographs for new Indian Helper subscriptions, an article about how education away from reservations would ‘save the Indians,’ a piece about the "Salem Indian School, Oregon" routine and smaller news items such Chief Killer (Cheyenne) visiting and a description of the Carlisle Indian School’s monthly newspaper, The Morning Star.
Page three focuses on many brief news items that include the enrollment of 555 pupils, Etahdleuh’s (Kiowa) role delivering goods, the local newspaper exchange with Indian School papers, Girls' Literary Society news, distinguished visitors, a new boys’ society called the "Onward and Upward Club," and I.U. Debating Club news. Page four features a Puzzle Corner, Rebus, and Enigma, and ended with the article titled "A Successful Business Man: How He Gained Success."