Selina Peake Begins Teaching Life Among Dutch Neighbors
Selina Peake, nineteen, becomes a school teacher after Simeon Peake’s death. In 1888 Chicago suburb life, she moves to High Prairie near roving Dutch families, including Klaas Pool and his children Roelf Geertje Jozina. Selina grapples with fear, longing, and a budding bond with Roelf as she starts her new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Simneon Peake
Chicago
Julie Hempel
August Hempel
Simeon
Selina
High Prairie School
Klaas Pool
Roelf
Klaas
Maartje
Geertje
Jozina
Oelf
Woorden Boek
Woorden
Stove, Struggles, and a Prairie Teacher’s First Winter
A nineteen year old teacher Selina Enders endures a brutal November routine in High Prairie. She resists dressing behind the kitchen stove while braving frigid mornings and treacherous roads to reach the one room schoolhouse. The stove dominates memories and life choices as winter tests her resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Peake
Selina
Maartje Pool
Pool
Jakob
Pool Farm
Origin of the term lynch law debated in Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Star notes that the phrase lynch law is said to derive from Charlies Lynch a Virginian patriot who with Adams and Calloway inflicted flogging and banishment on outlaws and Tories in the American Revolution. The origin remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Kansas City Star
Charlies Lynch
Robert Adams
Thomas Calloway
Real estate and classified ads update in one page
A potpourri of ads lists three acres near Burlington R R in Chicago area with down payment and monthly terms, a 160 acre unimproved farm for sale in Minnesota with terms, and multiple farm and nursery offerings. Also included are shoe orders direct from manufacturer, hardwood ashes for farming, trees and plants for sale, a large Illinois land tract, a voice specialist Tom Burling ton Riggs, Fox hounds and dogs for sale, and a dog breeding listing from Landis Kennels in Mohnton Pa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington R. R
Chicago
Ogden Ave
South Slope
Roy C. Khohler
Drexel Av
Hyde Park
Money maker for sale 160 acre farm in South Dakota
160 acre well improved farm with good water and fencing joins city limits near a town of about 1800. Write for terms and more description. Chas Walstrom De Smet South Dakota. Also includes varied classified ads about animal feed and business opportunities across Illinois and Wisconsin with prompts to contact companies for booklets and sales positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Walstrom
de Smet
S. Dak
90 Acres Farm For Sale Near County Seat
Classified notices list multiple farming and business opportunities. 90 acres in cultivation and pasture with timber, three miles from the county seat on a state highway, asking price 33200. Include ED Conboy address in Salem Missouri. Other ads offer Saskatchewan farms, bookkeeping course, sales jobs, government blankets, puppies, and home envelope work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Stammering cure claims and varied ads from Chicago and Illinois
Stammering cure claims promise complete relief in four to five weeks by Chas Pferdmen ges with contact details in Chicago. Additional ads offer new and second hand books, farm and property sales in Illinois and Indiana, store for sale, safe dimensions, bull pups, and magic goods from Heaney Magic Co with a bargain catalog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas, Pferdmenges
Washington Street
Chicago
Randolph
C. V. Ritter
N. Wabash Ave
Tel
Central
Mexican Woman May Be Deported
Rita Ramirez, a young Mexican wife of a Burlington Railroad worker in Arlington, is jailed on immigration violation charges after being arrested January 6. Local officials have heard nothing from federal authorities as the case unfolds, and she may be sent back to Mexico when the inquiry ends.
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Rita Ramirez
Burlington Railroad
Arlington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yedna J .Ferber
Clark Agnew
Doubleday, Page & Co
WNU
Simeon Peake
Geertjes
Jozinas
Roelfs
Doran
Sherburne
St. Paul
Mason Shoe Mfg. Co
9Th Avenue
Chippewa, Falls
Wisconsin
Geo. Stevens
Peterborough
Ontario
Clever Aurora Nursery
Aurora
Illinois
Farmington
Peoria
D. C. Emerson
Peoria Life Bldg
J. Burlington Rigg
Vocalion
Lyceum
Chautauqua
E. van Buren St
Landis Kennels
Mohnton
Navajo Milk CO
Galesburg
Gulf Coast
Pensacola
Florida
North
H. Bertling
Ashland Block
West Polk St
Weinstein Co
Oak Park
Marion St
Mayne
Wheaton Laboratories
la Crosse
Wis
Jefferson County
A. H. Hull
Hilton Junction
P. O. Box
Schuls
St. Joseph, Mich
Arnold Check Writer CO
Grand L . Mich
Saskatchewan
Fulllin
Sask
Johnson & Heinberg
N. Dearborn
W. Cammen
Mack- 204
Wells Bldg
Quincey
Midway Harness Co
Univ. Av
B. C. Gerner
Martinsville
Ohio
W. Taylor
Broadway West
Vancouver
Canada
Uckermark, Kriminalpolisei
Starkenburg
Reideckenburg
Riverside Police Dog Kennels
Cooperstown
N. Dakota
United Sales Service
East Jackson Blvd
Joseph O’brien
Nevada St
Newtonville, Miss
L. Miller
Moneaqua, Ill
Chas. Wells
Trask, Mo
North Judson
Ind
Otside
Niles Center Transit Co
Miles Center
Ill
J. A. Callant
Spencer
Heaney Magic Co
Berlin
Wistf
Walter Zukowski
West St. Paul Street
Spring Valley, Illinois
Professional Directory
C. D. Grassel
Optometrist
First Street
la Salle, III
Shirley Shop
Florence
Thompson
A LA Carte
Lil’s Eat Shop
Hicks Junction
Edward Peters
Bell
Peru, Illinois
P. B. Giachetto
U. S
Peoria St
Peru
C. A. Jensen
LA Salle Theatre
la Salle, Iil
Cassiday Bros
Spring Valley
Chas. Buckman
Callor Telephone
JOS. F.kruss
John Prokup
Kaskaskia
la Salle
E. Erie St
J. A. Shere
Woolworth
H. W. Toranson
Over Spring Valley Drug Store
Chinks Place
Dakota Street
Hicks Park
J. E. Carlson
la Salle National Bank
DR. Olmsted
Bertrand
East St. Paul St
R. K. McColl & Son
Princeton, Illinois
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