Selina De Jong Drives Home Through a Grand Adventure
The narrator recalls Selina De Jong guiding a decrepit wagon along a hot road toward the city with her farm boy companion and dog Pom. She recalls past journeys with Kaas Poot and the thrill of exploration as she faces funeral costs and farm responsibilities while the Halsted road delivers observations from neighbors and a changing landscape.
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Sélima
Jan
Belina Dej Jong
Dirk
Halsted
Lan
Pom
Selina de Jong
High Prairie
Condole
Selina
Kaas Poot
Simeon Peake
Night Journey of Selina De Jong to Chicago Haymarket
Selina De Jong travels with her son Dirk from a rural farm to Chicago, seeking work at the Haymarket. Facing hostility from men and harsh conditions, she asserts her right to sell vegetables, parks in a rooming-house perils, and endures a brutal first day. Chris Spanknoebel offers aid while Selina contemplates a hard road ahead for herself and Dirk.
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Vander Slide
Cornelia
Ooms
Jakob Boomsma
DeJong
Sam
Boomsma
Chicago
Soblg
Dirk
Thirty-fifth Street
Haymarket
Sobig
Dirk DeJong
Winas Fool
Selina
Randolph Street
Selma
Water Street
Pom
Perong
Wiseus
Chris Spankaoebel
Ron
Seling
Pam
Bits
Chris Spanknoebel
Selima
Selina Peake
Lowisa Alcott
Halsted
High Prairie
Chris
Miss de Jong
Jan
White Summer Styles Dominate Sports Footwear This Year
Julia Bottomley reports on the 1925 fashion focus as white dominates sports and street wear footwear. Kid leather leads, with rounded toes and slightly higher heels, while black and white trims, ribbons, and printed silk accents pair with white skirts and crepe blouses for versatile summer outfits.
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Kid
Mateh
Julia Bottomley
Western Neteapaper Union
So Big Life of Selina DeJong in Chicago 1884
A historical tale tracing Selina DeJong daughter of Simeon Peaké from Chicago in 1884. Selina becomes a teacher near the prairie, marries farmer Pervus DeJong, bears Dirk, and navigates hardship and ambition amid community gossip and farm life. Dirk grows to eight, Roelf pursues art in France, while Selina moves vegetables to market with Dirk.
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Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Simeon Peaké
Chicago
Julie Hempel
August Hempel
Simeon
Selina
Hich Prairie School
Klaas Pool
Roalf
Klaas
Uke
Paarlanberg
Pervus DeJong
Pervus
DeJong
Sélina
Dirk
Vermont
Maartie Pool
Paarlen
Roelf
France
Seima
Baymarket
Crégard
Sella
Fortunes and a Tail: From Kitchen Tricks to a Menacing Constrictor
Fragmentary notes reveal a humorous household scene where flour and cards predict trouble with two dark women, a kitchen fortune telling moment, and a ten foot boa constrictor at a Mexican hotel that replaces a house cat as a mouser, seen as more dangerous than a cat.
Plaited Jabot Describes Satin Frock Style Note
A black satin frock features a platted jabot described as white chiffon in a distinctive plaited style. The short note highlights fabric contrast and decorative neckline detail.
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LE Grand
OWA
Sas
Chapter
Edna Ferber
Aubleday
WHNU
Iself
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