Bo Big and Selina DeJong Rise From Chicago Life
A sketch of Selina DeJong aged nineteen in 1888 Chicago, her unconventional life, early teaching work at High Prairie School, and the intertwined fates with her mother and Klaas Pool family. Pervus DeJong, a poor truck farmer, interests the Widow Paarlenberg as gossip swirls around the family's fortunes.
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Bo Big
Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Simeon Peake
Chicago
Chuman Julie Hempel
August Hampel
Simeon
Selina
High Prairie School
Klaas Pool
Roelf
Klaas
Paarlenberg
Pervus DeJong
Widow’s Auction Sparks High Prairie Laughter and Drama
Selina Peake, teaching in High Prairie, hides a modest lunch in a shoe box for a supper basket auction. Pervus De Jong resists a rich widow’s match while Adam Ooms stages a flamboyant auction of Widow Paarlenberg’s basket, sparked by a dramatic reveal of Selina’s box among the outraged crowd.
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Adam Ooms
Maartje
Klaas
Klang
Roelf
Jakob Boogendunk
Selina
High Prairie
Colous
Jakob
Hoogendunk
Pool Farm
Adam Ooma
Belina
Kuyper
Klaas Pool
Pervus DeJong
Selina Peake
Ha Gase
Raffié
Walt
Adam
Paarlenberg
Widow Paarlenberg
Adam Coma
Pervus de- Jong
Gerrit Pon
Croshl
Johannes Ambaul
Goris van Vauren
Haarlem
Pervas DeJong
DeJong
Fathoris van Vuuren
Goria von Vuuren
van Vuuren
Gorla
Teacher
Goris van Vuuren
Rose
No man can brag so cleverly that it reveals bragging
A quip notes that true boasting is masked by clever wording, making self-praise hard to detect. The line plays on the irony of vanity and language.
Selina's Dainty Luncheon Box Sold For What Result
A fragment notes Selina buys a dainty luncheon box and reports the transaction outcome is to be confirmed. The piece hints at an expected result but provides no final winner or price details.
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Selina
Mourning Gifts Spark Lively Family Exchange
A Boston Transcript excerpt recalls a family gift mishap. A young woman buys a bright silk blouse for her mother in mourning but the mother objects. She offers to give the blouse to Lizzie instead, prompting Hannah to declare she will be leaving to mourn next month.
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Hannah
Lizzie
Mies
Annabelle
Boston Transcript
Bond's Liver Pills and Dr Peery's Dead Shot Advertisements
An old classified ad promotes Bond's Liver Pills as a liver remedy curing headaches biliousness dizziness and liver troubles at 25 cents a bottle. It also touts Dr Peery's Dead Shot claiming a single dose expels worms or tapeworm with address 372 Pearl Street New York.
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Bond
Dr. Peery
Pearl St
Nyy
Adv
Troublemaker Teacher Question in Housekeeping Parody
A humorous exchange features Immy and a troubled mother figure, with playful titles and a jab at domestic chores. The dialogue hints at family roles and a lighthearted domestic mess.
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Edna Ferber
Oubleday, Pore & Co
Peavus DE Jong
Pervus de Jong
Leendert Paarlenberg
Paakenberg
Pervus
High Prairie Station
Doa Eeas Et
Dr. Thompson
J Bellans
Sure Belief
Belllans
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