Carol Builds a Georgian Town in Prairie Vision
Carol visualizes a Georgian town as a social center, clashing with Mrs Warren's ecclesiastical plan. She debates city hall versus church union, tours rest rooms and crammed Victorian parlors, mocking prairie ruralism and yearning for a refined community hub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Congregational Ge
Leonard Warren
Babylon
Palestine
City Hall
Thanatopsia
George Edwin Mott
Butle Stag
Dave Dyer
Sott
Carol Selved
Champ Perry
Champ
Sauk Centre
Gopher Prairie
K. P. Hall
Oddfellows
Wakamin
Thanatopsis
Villian
Twin Cities
Carol Forswore
Algiers
Maril Gras
Lyman Cass
Cass
Luke Dawson
The Adventures SePrae Twins Blockade at Sea
Nancy Nick confront Flatty Flounder blocking a busy sea path. Cap'n Pennywinkle demands he move for a detour as Flatty jokes about growing in bed and resting on the sandy bottom. The scene ends with Flatty lying settled and tired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy
Nick
Cap'n Pennywinkle
Flatty
Flatty Flounder
Tubpin
Ben
Gold Discoveries in 1846 and a Westward Trail
Grandmother recounts a 1846 discovery of gold by a boy not much older than Davie in California. The party continues toward Oregon, passing through beautiful country and camping by a lake and near an Indian village where the people lived on crickets and dried acorns. Ben notes the strange bread and a squaw leading an Indian boy as evening falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Kennicott
Ben
Davie
California
Hudson's Bay Company
David
When a Woman Tells by Ruth Agnes Abeling
Ruth Agnes Abeling's tale follows Kate Ames and the narrator as they navigate uncertain futures after a breakup. John Ames returns joyous at her window while Lila Ames and her husband share a tender reunion. The narrator prepares for a final encounter with Tom, selecting her finest outfit and awaiting his arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Agnes Abeling
Kate Ames
Phil
Lila Ames
Lila
John Ames
Utopian Dreams and Town Politics at Gopher Prairie
Carol sketches a utopian plan for a new school and garden in Gopher Prairie while Vida Sherwin tempers ambition with practicality. They clash over city council support, co operative moves, and the lure of culture versus frugal budgets as they envision inner change and eventual progress.
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Plana
Maud Dyer
Dave
City Hall
National Guard
Carol
Vida Sherwin
Vida
Boston
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Sinclair Lewis
Harcourt, Brace & Howe, Inc
Vida Sher- Win
Warren
Noderquist
Rocker
Scotch Presbyterian
Mrs
Minneapolis
Burntwood
Chicopee Falls Business College
MecGillicuddy University
Grant
Gene Stratton Porter
Bank For Dimes
Troy
Tom
Dann
All
Freckles
Tag
BY Blosser
Everett True
Mrs. Tre
Wmrnovt
Nove
Hal
Turin
BY Ahern
Jeauiter
Weck I Winisper
el Adventures
Seprae Twins
Peggy
Oregon Country
John
N. Y
New England
Vermont
Gopher Prat
Venice
Archangel
Right Drug CO
First Ave
Seattle, Wash
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