So Big by Edna Ferber Fragment Reveals Dirk DeJong’s Early Life
The excerpt traces Dirk DeJong’s childhood in a rural Illinois district near Chicago, where a mother Selina DeJong, nicknamed So Big, and a nomadic trader father Simeon Peake shape a turbulent, affectionate upbringing. Selina’s farm labor and speculative history frame Dirk’s growth from baby to teen, including schooling, mobility, and the shy family dynamic amid wartime era towns and changing identities.
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Sobig
Chicago
New Holland
High Prairie
Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Ont
Selina
Alin
Wade
Peter Peet
Tilleen
Selina Peake
New York
Milwaukee
Silvia
Seling
Simeon Peake
Pest
Fortune
Ime
Byron
Jane Austen
Mekens
Charlotte Bronte
Welkia
Hemans
California
Serak
Abbie Peake
New
Wigland
Miss Mister's Select School
Brough
Fister
Miss Fister
Soneon Peake
Simeon Peak
Gas Man
Slim
New England
Vermont
Peake
Jeff
Mike Miuenaltoo
Clark Street
Hbland
Palmer Klause
Neon Peake
Elina
Ruoe
Setina
Gideontre
Etiquette Questions Answered by Mrs Beeckman
Reader queries on proper seating and courtesy in social settings are addressed. The guidance covers etiquette on street cars and churches, contributions at collections, guest seating at dinners, handling children at meals, and who holds the place of honor. Mrs. Beeckman invites further questions from readers.
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Heeckman
A. BR
Ness
Oh Margy by John Held Jr asides at eight
The snippet notes a playful exchange aboard a family scene with Elsie and an aunt celebrating an eight year old birthday. The text references Aunt Well and a child named Margy in a light domestic moment from a Boston Transcript excerpt.
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Margy
John Held, Jr
Elsie
Boston Transcript
Our Children by Angelo Patrl
The piece discusses a seventeen year old boy facing severe mental stress and disobedience. It argues for understanding and guidance rather than punishment, emphasizing patience, family trust, and gradual self control to guide a way back to self respect. It notes that outward misdeeds require compassionate handling to avoid driving him further into faults.
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Chile
Bel
Mothers and Their Children At the Bathing Beach
A reader recounts a home made device from corks and a flour sack that helps children enjoy the bathing beach. The improvised float aids many kids, including a one year old, and is praised as a boon for families at the shore.
Efficient Housekeeping Canning Corn by Intermittent Method
Canning corn and a breakfast menu are detailed with step by step instructions for home canning. The piece includes a recipe for peach sauce cereal scrambled less toast tuncheon baked beans and other dishes. It invites readers to request two articles on pickles by sending a stamped self addressed envelope and outlines canning steps, jar preparation and sealing.
Detroit plans cageless zoo inspired by Rome design
The Peoples Home Journal describes a cageless Detroit Zoo plan with open animal spaces marked by artificial rock chasms. Lions and tigers would risk a fall into pits if they leap too far, encouraging avoidance of danger after a few incidents.
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Rome
Detroit
Detroit Zoo
Bea
Peoples Home Journal
Drapery Advice for Harmonious Living Room Decor
A Marion Moore column discusses how draperies must tie windows walls and floors to achieve proper furnishing aesthetic. It covers color velvet fringe edging glass curtains and proper drape length plus the option to end drapes at the sill for lighter fabrics.
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Marion Moore
Modish Mitzi Mita Debuts Directoire Hat Trend
Mitzi Mita admires the Directoire mode on Fifth Avenue as green felt hats with matching rims set the daily fashion pace. Lace frills grace the look while wide tailored cuffs remain a popular feature.
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Mita
Fifth Avenue
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Loy
Pluntnai
Mr.nggs
George McManus
Nestle
Marqie
Wanomar
Hans
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