Lovely Asiatic Spot Land of Deep Mystery
The 60 mile Bay of Along in northern Tongking is famed for beauty and silence, home to monkeys, wild sheep, and red eagles. Once a pirate refuge, Chinese junks and sampans sailed its waters among giant rock formations. Tongking and Annam left Chinese rule in 1844 under French protectorate, with irregular tribute to Beijing lasting into the French occupation.
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Bay of Along
Tongking
Asia
Asia Magazine
Annam
Peking
Luxuries Policy Sparks Odd Exchange in Bulgaria
A Bulgarian luxury import law blocks perfumes wines and silks. An American woman seeking a provincial tour asked for insect powder and was told by a chemist that it is a luxury. The piece notes most advice targets disagreeable duties and few follow it.
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Bulgaria
So Big Debut of Selina DeJong in Prairie Life
This synopsis outlines Selina DeJong, nineteen and nearly destitute, taking a teaching post near Chicago’s outskirts. She forms a kinship with farmer Pervus DeJong through shared meals, marries him, and bears Dirk as she and her husband pursue farm building plans amid hardship and social gossip.
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Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Simeon Peake
Chicago
Julie Hempel
August Hempel
Simeon
Selina
High Prairie School
Klaas Pool
Roelf
Kinna
Paarlenberg
Pervus DeJong
Pervus
DeJong
Dirk
Vermont
Widow Selina Takes Charge in High Prairie Market Run
Selina Peake DeJong, widowed just over a week, drives to Chicago market with Dirk and a loaded wagon of late harvest, turning a farm from neglect toward ambition. Neighbors react as she uses thrift and grit to sustain the family, while Dirk bonds to the plan and the children grow under her determined leadership.
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DeJong
Jan
Jan Steen
Chicago
Selina
High Prairie
Dirk
Jun
DeJorg
Roelf's Flight from the Farm and a Widow's Secret
Roelf, now sixteen, declares he will leave for Chicago after a tumultuous period at High Prairie. Selina, the loyal servant, clings to memory as Roelf carries a first suit and a handful of books he offers back. In a final gesture she hides a small sum, but Roelf has already vanished into the night.
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Roelf
Geertje
Selina
Klaas
Klags
Paarlenberg
High Frairie
High Prairie
Chicago
Dirk DeJong in a Bean-Sack Suit and Indian Summer School
Chapter VII Dirk, eight, a brown blond child with restless legs, attends a two story Selina era school in High Prairie. The one room building gives way to a brick structure with a central heater as Pervus argues the boy should stay in the fields.
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Dirk
DeJong
Will Selina Sell Vegetables At A High Price
Will Selina sell every vegetable at a high price or return home in despair is the question raised by this brief. The compact line hints at a personal quandary surrounding profit and disappointment.
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Selina
She Meant Well at the University Polo Fields
A student guides his mother around the campus showing the polo fields. She wants to appear knowledgeable and praises the "fields of waving polo" as the finest feature, while the scene reflects affectionate humor about parental attempts to grasp college life.
Mrs Gig gery cuts foot in stovewood chopping mishap
Mrs Johnson reports Mrs Gig gery cut her foot severely while chopping stove wood. Gap Johnson notes Gabe Won’t have a wife to support him for months. The Kansas City Star records a small neighborhood incident with local reaction.
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Grosary
UUM Veneer Elliott Strest Baftaie, & Y
AMS
O Investment
Faemeehs Peeseal Surety Co
Henots
Chicago, Til
Ednat Ferber
Clark Agnew
Doubleday, Page & Co, Wnu Bervice
Muartje Pool
de Jong
Adam Ooms
Tilm
Lina
Illinois
Fergus
Haymarket
Maartse
Ife
Fort
Chapter
Elynia
Mikio
Allens
Han
Noerseliing
AR Carhoug
Milwsukea
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