Stoves and Struggles Shape Selina’s Prairie Year
Morning cold and hunger test nineteen year old Selina in the High Prairie schoolhouse era. She endures frost as she dresses behind the kitchen stove while her pupils arrive, the stove becoming a harsh symbol in her memory and life’s turning point.
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Miss Peake
Selina
Lena
Pool Farm
Winter in High Prairie A Dutch tale of longing and desire
Selina Pool and Roelf, a shy farmhand, nurture a delicate bond amid cold sheds and carved boxes. She visits Chicago, longing for city life, while Roelf dreams of earning and buying his mother a silk dress. Widow Paarlenberg flirts with Pervus DeJong at church, creating quiet drama in a rigid Dutch community.
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Roelf
Selina
Klaas Pool
Loelf
Golly
Maartie
Jakob
Top
Haymarket
Chicago
Klaus
Julie Hempel
Hempel
Miss Arnold
Kansas City
Pool
Geertje
Jozina
High Prairie
Sta
Maartje
Paarlenberg
Hin
Pervus DeJong
Gerrit Pon
Dekker
Paaarlenberg
Klama Pool
DeJong
Phaeton
So Big Delves Into Selina DeJong's Rise in Chicago
The film synopsis follows Selina DeJong daughter of gambler Simeon Peake. Seventeen year old story abroad portrays her unconventional Chicago school days. Selina, nearly destitute, becomes a teacher at High Prairie near Chicago while living with Klaas Pool. Roelf, Klaas's son, shares a kinship with her, a fellow lover of beauty.
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Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Simeon Peake
Chicago
Julie Hempel
August Hempel
Simeon
Selina
High Prairie School
Klaas Pool
Roelf
Klaas
Selina's arrival stirs isolated High Prairie parish
In a small Dutch Reformed community, Selina's coming becomes an event as news travels from farm to farm by rumor. The shy girl is observed by Klaas Pools and others, while Roelf attends service distracted by the church’s colored glass and Selina remains mostly unaware of the fuss.
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Selina
Roelf Pool
Maartje
Klaas
Muaartje
Roelf
Selina Grows Fond of High Prairie in Truck Farmer Route
It seems Selina is becoming fond of High Prairie and may soon fall in love with one of the truck farmers there, a tale of rural romance taking shape among local communities.
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Selina
England's Fish Rain of 1918 Reported in August Shower
England experienced a remarkable weather oddity when a waterspout off northern shores lifted small fish and dropped them inland. The Fish Rain explanation cites a waterspout’s suction and release dispersing the shoal over the land, a phenomenon noted in Silence and Invention Magazine.
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England
Scilence and Invention Magazine
Traveler's Tale From a Sailor on Global Ports
A sailor recounts life at sea and visits many ports, claiming to have seen most locations from above and below. He recalls a coal stop and jokes about geography, noting only a vague memory of places. The exchange blends boastful travel lore with humorous self deprecation.
Missionary Recruitment and Timothy’s Path to Service
The lesson outlines Paul and Barnabas's splits over John Mark and the ensuing expansion of church work. It details Timothy’s discovery in Lystra, his Christian lineage through Lois and Eunice, his circumcision for expedience, and the pair’s travels through Syria and Cilicia, establishing churches.
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John Mark
Paul
Barnabas
Mark
John
God
Parnabas
Cyprus
Silas
Syria
Cilicia
Timothy
Hunice
Lois
Eunice
Lystra
Iconium
Christ
Jerusalem
Titus
Jerusalem Council
To Love God and Distinguish Truth from Delusion
A reflective note on loving God as a path to reject delusion and seek knowledge of the Spirit, urging discernment between sacred truth and falsehood. The fragment emphasizes devotion, spiritual longing, and the aim to know what truly lies in the divine realm.
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God
Personality defined as capacity for fellowship
The statement presents Personality as the capacity for fellowship, noting the concept within the context of Anderson Scott and related discourse. It highlights interpretation of social bonds and character traits shaping interpersonal relations.
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O, A
Anderson Scott
Lincoln quote on churches and blessing God
A historical quotation attributed to Abraham Lincoln praises churches and the God who provides them, reflecting the era's religious rhetoric and civic reverence in public discourse.
Looks Like Jake on Bernard Shaw
Autograph fans, once hopeful, learn that Bernard Shaw is hard to approach. The Montagus tried a clever letter to name their guinea pig Bernard Shaw, but Shaw replied with a curt objection in a postcard.
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Jake
Bernard Shaw
Hunter
Lady Swathling
George Bernard Shaw
London Daily Chronicle
Inexplicable Fashion Question From the Wesleyan Wasp
A quip questions why women invest in hair curling and then wear short dresses. The comment reflects a campus humor tone and social satire from the Wesleyan newspaper.
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Wesleyan Wasp
Dr. Johnson Advises Trip Calls Fine By Boston Transcript
The Boston Transcript quotes a witty line about travel approval where a patient asks permission to travel and a caring reply encourages freedom to roam. The exchange highlights a humane tone and humorous edge in early 20th century newspaper dialogue.
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