So Big by Dirk DeJong and Selina DeJong’s Chicago tale
The excerpt follows Selina DeJong, daughter of Simeon Peaks, as she travels from a seamy yet lively Chicago upbringing to teaching at a prairie school near Chicago in 1888. Selina bonds with Klaas Poot’s son Roelf, becomes Mrs DeJong after a forced auction lunch, and faces hardship as a farmer’s wife. Dirk DeJong creates a vivid period vignette centered on ambition, romance, and resilience.
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Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Simeon Peaks
Chicago
Julie Hempel
August Hempel
Meon
Selina
Hleh Prairie School
Klaas Poot
Roelf
Klaas
Uke
Paarlenberg
Pervus DeJong
DeJong
Belima
Dirk Ta
Hoelf
Flo
Solina
Hite
Pervin
Red
VW High Prairie
Pauaias High
Hoyt High Prairie
Anope
Wilson
Pergus
Ste Hing
Poole
Muartje
Dirk
Vinu
Pervus
High Prairie
Sune
Sellow
Julie Hemp
Klaas Pool
Jozina
Kansas City
Mamroa
Mumma
Michael Arnold
Arnolds
Michael
Eugene
Pauline
Dulalie
Spain
Toronto
Potter’ Palmer
Sle
Peryus
Pexong
Seling
Maartje Fool
Maartje Pool
Abe
Masxrde
Geertje
Dozinn
Ktorlf
Farm Life in a Prairie Market and Marriage Strains
Pervus drives to the Haymarket with Jan Steen to sell produce while Selina, newly married, plans improvements on their droughty 25 acre plot. She studies drainage, humus, and potash, challenging his farming ways as they endure cramped lodgings, loneliness, and hard scrabble meals.
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Pervus
Chicago
Jan Steen
West Randolph Street
Tule
Brielth
Selina
Chilvagy
Tle
Jay
Talsted
Ortohur
Parvin
Orvine
Helija
Jan
Mila
Iowa
Illnois
Kansas
Illinois Prairie
Variety of Good Things from a Home Kitchen
A collection of kitchen tips and recipes for practical meals. The article covers meat pies using leftovers, Dutch hash with ham and potatoes, baked eggs with asparagus, stuffed tomatoes with bacon, and dessert ideas like Arabian Ambrosia and Scotch shortbread. It also includes Breakfast Toast, a fruit and nut dessert, and Chop Suey with a simple gravy.
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California
Carter's Little Liver Pills Bring Youth To Old Folks
A Brooklyn reader, Mir Joseph F Glas, reports twenty years of chronic constipation ended by Carter's Little Liver Pills. He notes consistent relief without guessing, and that the remedy is reliably effective, priced at 25 cents at all druggists.
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Mir
Joseph F. Glas
Brooklyn, N. Y
O.K
Carter
Plans for royal wedding portrait gift for Wilhelmina
Plans underway across the country to present Queen Wilhelmina with a painted portrait featuring the queen, the prince consort, and Princess Juliana. The framed work will bear the royal family arms and the United Provinces decoration.
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Wilhelmina
Prince Consort
Princesa
Juliana
Why Druggists Endorse Swamp-Root Today
For years druggists have watched the record of Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root the kidney liver and bladder medicine. It helps the organs do the work nature intended. Swamp Root has stood the test of years and is sold by all druggists. Get Swamp-Root and begin treatment now. Test sample available by writing Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY and mentioning this paper.
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Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Hedgehog and Porcupine Named as Same Animal
The hedgehog is a small insectivorous mammal with terrestrial habits found in Eurasia. In the United States there is no true hedgehog, and the American porcupine is commonly called hedgehog, so in practice hedge hog and porcupine refer to the same animal.
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United States
United States Produces Ten Million Dollar Pocket Knives Annually
The U S manufactures knives valued at ten million dollars each year using about 1250 tons of steel. Major producers supply diverse models to domestic markets, reflecting steady demand across consumer and industrial sectors.
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United States
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Muartje Pool
Mid.bide
Philips Brooks
Bayer
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