Letter from Kansas City Bride Reveals Family Tates and High Prairie Rheumatism
A fragmented diary passage shows Selina reading a letter from Julie Hempel now married to Michael Arnold of Kansas City. The letter describes family moves, a son born dead, rheumatic illness afflicting Pervus, and Julie’s social rise in Chicago. The note ends with a tale of Infanta Eulalie and Mrs Potter Palmer. O BE CONTINUED.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selina
Pervus
Seling
High Prairie
Julie Hempel
Klaas Pool
Jozina
Kansas City
Mamma
Michael Arnold
Arnolds
Michael
Chicago
Eugene
Pauline
Big Bugs
Lady Bugs
Infanta Eulalie
Spain
Potter Palmer
Infanta
Mrs. P
Palmer House
So Big The Early Years Of Selina DeJong
Selina DeJong, daughter of gambler Imeon Peake, moves through an unconventional Chicago era life in 1888. She becomes a schoolteacher on a rural Illinois farm, wed to Pervus DeJong, faces loneliness and hard labor, and learns farm craft while watching her son Roelf grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Imeon Peake
F Fortune
Chicago
Julie Hempel
Agust Hempel
Simeon
Selina
Élina
Pervus DeJong
Pervus
Jan
Iowas
Illinois
Kansas
Illinois Prairie
Maartje
Dis
Se Vina
Enjoyable Breakfast and Marmalade on Rainy Days
A reflective quip compares breakfasts on rainy days to sunlit mornings. The veranda scene mentions marmalade on crisp muffins and lingering meals, while sunny days evoke activity like sailing a boat or flying a kite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Patrick
The
Bookman
Smoke on Sly Dissension Splits English Town Council
Smoke on Sly Dissension has split the Has tings town council as men push for smoking during meetings and women oppose. Resolutions to permit smoking spark bitter fights and town business stalls as factions clash and governance slows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hastings
England
Earliest Printed Book and Printing Methods
The oldest printed book is the Diamond Sutra dating to 868 A D. It used block prints like woodcuts for its illustrations. Early type printing emerged between 1051 and 1058 using earthenware type.
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Ferber
Clark Agnew
Doubleday, Page & Co
WNU
High Prairie Eed
Roelf
Klaas
Paarlenberg
DeJong
Selin
C. O. Jayne
Centralia, Ill
Cumberland
J. H. Bright
J. Normal
Vanity Box
Moline
Close Fork Farm
Durango
Iowa
Lund
E. University Ave
St. Paul
Melberry
Willow
Minnesota
Michigan
Finlay Winslow
Kalamazoo
Mich
Towa
Missouri
Kirkwood
W. C. Bryant
White Rock
Albert Wisthuff
Chatsworth
N. W
Detroit
Indiana
Stone Road
C. Lambert
S. Hermitage Ave
Prospect
Sylvester, Gilfillan Bidg
St. Paul, Minn
International Exterminating Co
Washington St
Ill
Colorado
W. J. Scanlon
Ewing Avenue
Central Illinois Farm Seed Co
Shelbyville, Ill
Murphy Ward Dairy Co
Calumet Ave
Jersey Black Giants
Ella Whitwood
Hudson, Ill
Mower
Marshall County
North Dakota
Canada
G. A. Martin, Lyle
Martin’s
Mishawaka
Ind
E. Barnes Clay Center
Nebr
W. Frohme
South Manistique
F. E. Heath
MT. Jewhilt
Livonia
N. Y
Jersey
Guernsey
Earl Hammond
Rockport
Bear Bros
Scottsville
Virginia
Oregon
Gust Gorus
Milo
F. Ricker T
Wahpeton
N. D
Delaware -Incorporator
G. Guyer
Orange St
Wilmington
Del
Airedale
A. D. Frederick
Hatfield
Edgar Nall
Lewistown
Virgin Field
N. la Salle
Suite 720
W. H. Levis Co
Center St
Wilkinsburg
Penna
Trump Brothers Rubber CO
Akron
Ohio
Los Angeles
Cal
New York City
D. A. Hasbrouck
New Paltz
York
Culbertson
Gulf Coast
Culbertson Bros
Bay City
Texas
Raccoon Farm
Fairfax
Minn
Wilson Caruth
Williams
Anton Bielen
Springfield
Whitewater
Wis
D. T. Owens
Bismark, N. D
Earl Hack
Cullom
Charles W. Lovett
Lynn Mass
Bayfield
Silver Fox Farm
Wisc
Dedrick
W. Grand
Robert Snodgrass
Augusta
R. A. Hand
Morgantown
W. Va
R. D
Equity
STU
Copsco
Storm Lake
Owa
Jerseys
Charleston
Copenhagen
Coleman
Tifton
New York State
Niagara Poultry Farm
Ransomville
Geiger Hatchery
Bellevue
Theo
Coates
5Th Ave
New York
Norman Poultry Plant
Harrison Chemical Co
Quincy
Beagles
David Carver Craig
Beaver
Penn
R. E. Swendseid
Stanley
N. Dak
Professional Directory
C. D. Grassel
Optometrist
First Street
la Salle
Shirley
Florence
Thompson
A LA Carte
Lil’s Eat Shop
Hicks Junction
Edward Peters
Bell
Peru, Illinois
P. B. Giachetto
U. S
Peoria St
C. A. Jensen
LA Salle Theatre
la Salle, Ill
Cassiday Bros
Spring Valley
Chas. Buckman
J. A. Shere
Woolworth
H.W. Toranson
Over Spring Valley Drug Store
Spring Valley, Illinois
Chinks Place
Dakota Street
Hicks Park
J. E. Carlson
la Salle National Bank
DR. Olmsted
Peru
Bertrand
East St. Paul St
R. K. McColl & Son
Princeton, Illinois
John Paokup
E. Erie St
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