Selina De Jong Drives Market Run After Loss of Husband
Selina De Jong, widow of High Prairie truck farmer Pervus DeJong, takes charge after his death. She plans and underdrains clay land, shifts to asparagus, and, with son Dirk and hired help Jan Steen, drives to Chicago market with the late crop, defying local norms.
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Selina
High Prairie
Dirk
Maartje Pool
de Jong
Selina Peake
Pervus DeJong
Adam Ooms
DeJong
Pervus
West
Pergus
Lina
Clinois
Haymarket
Jan Steen
Chicago
Jan
Jan Steer
Halsted Road
Death of Pervus DeJong and a Farmer's Wife Rise
A Chicago area tale follows Selina DeJong nineteen at destitute times who becomes teacher and later wife to farmer Pervus DeJong. Their unlikely union, shared lunch box lessons, and early days on a rural farm unfold amid gossip and social hardship as Dirk DeJong is born.
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Bo Hig
Dirk DeJong
Selina DeJong
Simeon Peake
Chicago
Julie Hempel
August Hempel
Simeon
Selina
High Prairie School
Klaas Pool
Roelf
Klaas
Paarlenberg
Pervus DeJong
Pervus
DeJong
Dirk
Vermont
Roelf Leaves Home After High Prairie Rumor
Roelf, now sixteen, declares he is going away possibly to Chicago after a drought of gossip and family strain in High Prairie. Selina and Pervus cling to memories as Roelf’s abrupt departure follows a year of whispered rumors and a plan to parcel books to him.
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Maartje
Roelf
Geertje
Jozina
Selina
Klaas
Klaus
Paarlenberg
High Praiirie
Seling
Pervus
Chicago
Dirk at Eight Faces a Changing Prairie School
Dirk, an eight year old in a bean sack suit, attends a two story brick schoolhouse in High Prairie as Oc tober through June pass. Pervus argues the arrangement is foolish while noting the boy’s potential help in the fields.
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Dirk
DeJong
Selina
High Prairie
Pervus
Selina Faces Question Over Selling Vegetables High Price
The line of inquiry asks whether Selina will sell all vegetables at high prices or return home in despair. The piece presents a dilemma about her sales strategy and emotional outcome.
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Selina
Student Guides Mother Through University Tour
A student shows his mother around the university. She pretends understanding as they pass by polo fields, marveling at fields of waving polo. The moment captures a humorous scene of a parent eager to grasp campus life.
Foot Injury Reported From Stove Wood Chopping Incident
Mrs. Johnson recalls a neighborly tale about Migzus Gig gery cutting her foot badly while chopping stovewood. Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge comments that Gabe will be unable to work, leaving his wife to handle months of hardship.
Favorite Stories Recalled From a Long Island Murder Case
A veteran reporter recalls the 12 year old New York Evening World case of a murdered young woman found in a Long Island thicket. German consul undersecretary deduced the victim’s status from a grocery list and 40 dollar corsets, solving her identity.
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New York Evening World
Long Island
Harry Stowe
Stowe
Stone
Lelpsie
Germany
Old Abe the Calf Theft Suspect in Blue Eagle Jail
A town tale recalls Abe, a popular local black driver nicknamed Old Abe. He once slipped out on dark nights to take valuables, was jailed after being caught with a stray calf, and faced a trial. His wife visited, quarreling with jail staff before Abe shouted for Grady to tell his wife to hire a lawyer.
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Abe
Old Abe
Soe
Blue Eagle
Grady
Dora
Mr. Grady
Oman
Major Reynolds Fitted With Salvation Army Alias
On a Cunard liner from New York to Liverpool a Major H Reynolds registered in a stateroom with a cattleman from Texas. The Texan refused to room with the officer claiming the other traveler was actually a Salvation Army member named Henrietta.
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New York
Liverpool
Maj. H. Reynolds
London
Major Reynolds
Panhandle
Texas
Cap
S&e
Salvation Army
Henrietta
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Ednad Ferber
Clark Agnew
Doubleday, Page & Co
WNU Service
Chapter
By Irvin S. Cobb
Tanlac
Otto Segrin
Portland
Ore
Doan
Ohio
Nancy Wolfort Kokett
Wright
N. Y
Father John
Father Sohn
Onune- Baye
Bayer
Hendy “Beyer
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