Selina Begins Teaching On A Dutch Farm
Selina wakes in a stark Dutch farm room, discovers a bride's chest and Dutch garments, and meets Maartje Pool and her hired hands. She learns Roelf reads the dictionary, endures a tight first supper, and faces her first day as a country school teacher with resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sellnw
Mme
Selina
Maartie
Maartje Pool
Klaas Pool
Mrs. Pool
Meartie
Sophia
Holland Brire
Voillendam
Setina
Seana
Maartje
Geertje
Jozina
Roelf
Geertle
So Big by Dirk DeJong Introduces Selina DeJong at 19
Selina DeJong, daughter of gambler Simeon Peake, grows up in Chicago in 1883. Her life is unusual and sometimes seamy but mostly enjoyable. She becomes a teacher at High Prairie school near Chicago, living with Klaas Pool on the outskirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roel
Maartje
Gough
Selina
Chicago
Seliza
Basia
Simeon Peake
Geertjes
Jozinas
Roelfs
So Big
Dirk’ DeJong
Elf
Selina DeJong
Julie Hempel
August Hempel
Simeon
High Prairie School
Klaas Pool
Selina Discovers Kin Dred Soul in Roelf
Selina finds Roelf, a kin dred soul who also believes cabbages are beautiful, revealing unlikely companionship between two unusual figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selina
Roelf
Scientific Future Love Humorous Look at Modern Courtship
A Toledo Blade satire imagines a distant future where a man uses a stethoscope, tape measure, and blood tests to assess a woman before asking for a kiss. He listens to the heart and lungs, records a sole inspection, and seeks a hygienized kiss unless thwarted by a playful wallop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo Blade
Mozart Burial Mystery In Vienna In 1859
Fragmentary notes recall the uncertain burial spot of Mozart after a funeral storm. The hearse went unaccompanied to a Vienna churchyard and the composer's grave is tied to a probable monument erected by the city in 1859.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mozart
Vienna
Seance Prank Ends With Son’s Question From Heaven
A Brooklyn seance features a stout female medium and a cabinet as a first timer from three miles out asks in the dark if his departed father is an angel with wings. The father replies heavenward and the youth asks, what do you measure from tip to tip, in a moment of comic earnest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Paw
Fireman to Cloak Seller Overstage Sign Incident
An on duty fireman backstage at a major New York theater confronted an East Side cloak and suit salesman who entered via the stage door. The man smirked and claimed he could read the sign which allegedly warned “Positively” as the fireman pressed for respect of regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Side
East
Ladies First Always and the Desert Mover Story
A Southwestern anecdote recounts a boastful mover at an Arizona cow camp preparing for a desert prospecting tour. The family includes a wife, four children, six hound dogs, and a rickety wagon. The foreman admonishes the husband for neglecting his wife who, the man claims, is pampered yet ungrateful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Canyon
Arizona
A Little Mind Courts Notoriety to Estrange Its Self
A brief item notes a small mind seeking notoriety by drawing attention to its petty actions and self image. The piece hints at vanity and public perception shaping its approach.
How He Discovered Best Constipation Relief
Brooklyn man Joseph F. Glas explains his 29 year struggle with constipation and failure of remedies. He notes Carters Little Liver Pills as the only treatment that consistently provides relief and claims they guarantee relief with each use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph F. Glas
Brooklyn
O.K
Also Mentioned on This Page
Big
Edna
Leboxe
Clark Agnew
Doubleday, Page & Co
WNU
Julie
Miss
Fister
Maartia
Lena
Sellan
Klass Pool
Klass
Milwaukee
Heoogendunk
Pool
Roelf Pool O
Irvin
Cobb
Iowa
T. Moore
St. ‘Traeva
Aly Ineys
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
la. Chem
Bufiato, N
Adamses
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
van Buren
Tyler
Polk
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Hayes
Garfield
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Taft Wilson
Coolidge
Peterson
BE. Root
Michigan Street
Buffalo
Peterson Ointment Co
Wikslows
Chldren
Dr. Toompson
Roy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!