So Big character studies in 1880s Chicago life
Selina DeJong daughter of Simeon Peake rises to educator life near Chicago in 1888. Dirk DeJong introduces a complex family saga as Selina, nineteen, navigates fortune, status, and distant kin with a cloaked romance and hints of tragedy.
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Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Simeon Peake
Chicago
Julia Hempel
August Hempel Butcher
Simeon
Sélina
High Prairie ‘School
Klaas” Foo
Roelf
Klkng
Selina
Ske
Prarlenberg
Pervus Retong
Widow's auction basket sparks High Prairie scandal
Selina Peake, a schoolteacher, bakes six cupcakes and a boxed lunch for a charity auction at Adam Ooms' hall. In a crowded High Prairie gathering, Pervus DeJong obstructs her path, but the twist comes when Widow Paarlenberg's grand hamper is outbid by Goris Van Vuuren, and Selina's modest lunch box is unveiled as the final prize. The crowd roars as the dramatic reveal shifts attention from wealth to romance and social expectations in the village setting.
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Seline
Wigon Maartje
Pervus DeJong
Leendert Paarlenberg
Persus DeJong
Paarlenberg
Pervus
Pervus de Jong
Selina
High Prairie
Maartje
Adam Ooms
Orgin- Maartje
Klaas
Roelf
Jakob Hoogentank
Jakob
Sélina
Hoogendunk
Pool Farm
Sepper
Adam Goms
Klaas Poot
Adam Comny
Sellna
Percus DeJong
Selina Peake
Seling Peake
Clearch
Adam
Meartje
Widow Paarlenberg
Gerrit Pon
Johannes Ambaul
Peroug DeJong
DeJong
Goris van Yauren
Haarlem
Fathoris van Vouren
Pinehda
Aig
Dveusre
Goris von Vuuren
Inter
Efe
Who buys Selina's dainty little luncheon box
Selina plans a sale of her dainty luncheon box to raise funds. The buyer is to be announced and the result of the sale is expected to determine the next step in her charitable plan.
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Selina
Concession gift mix up in family servant tale
A Boston Transcript excerpt recalls a family gift mishap when a young woman hides a silk blouse for her mother's servants to honor Hannah's mourning. The mother rejects the gift, plans to replace it, and Hannay blocks giving the blouse to Lizzie, noting Hannah’s upcoming mourning from the waist up.
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Hannah
Twoshant
Lizzie
Hannay
Annabelle
Boston Transcript
Carrier Pigeon Yarn From War Front Prompts Laugh
A 1918 front-line tale recalls a half regiment advancing through fog with a homing pigeon. The bird carried a secret note to the colonel, who reads a terse message written by a nervous private declaring the bird’s burden over. The humorous line ends the incident.
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Wost
Rainbow
Nolan's Land
Serand
P. C
Uotl
Star
The Pride of a Creative Genius in South Carolina
A Black man faced trial in South Carolina on a mayhem charge. The victim suffered severe facial injuries as the defendant described urges of the devil behind him during the crime. The judge deemed the act the most brutal he had seen, while the defendant admitted the impulses and claimed the devil assisted.
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South Carolina
Boxeh
Weil
Dawn of Understanding Came in Tennessee Mountains
A tall man in farmer overalls visits a Tennessee lawyer to sue a neighbor for 10000 in libel damages. He claims being called a hippo potamus two years ago after seeing Ringling Brothers in Knoxville, then waited to seek legal action, thinking the insult was a compliment.
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Tennessee
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Dow
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Bayer
SalleyUexeld
Pittacws
Mitrisne
Finist
Beleans
Bellans
Parker’s Dancens
Ale ‘Adedy
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Hiseet
Ameh
Hindercorns
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Totses
Drogvista
Hiscox ‘Chemical Works
Patehogua
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Milwacees
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