Selina DeJong Faces Street Vendor Trials on Prairie Avenue
Selina DeJong, with young Dirk, struggles to sell fresh garden produce in a humid September day. After early stalls fail, she finds commission houses, earns a few dollars, then faces a police licensing raid and a startling public humiliation before Julie Arnold recognizes her and intervenes.
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Dirk
Chris Spanknoebel
Selina DeJong
Selina
South Water Street
Pervus
Talcott
William Talcott
DeJong
H'M
George
Ben
Miss de Jong
Peake Pride
Italy
Caroline
Prairie Avenue
Sixteenth Street
Vermont
Fragmented dialogue on memory and cabbage nourishment
A snippet from a dialog shows characters discussing onions and boiled cabbage Monday nights. Conversation touches on aging memory, youth, and identifying with a mother figure from long ago. The exchange hints at humor and regret within intimate social recollections.
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Julie
Dirk
Best Thing for Dirk Drives Selina to Farm Aid
Selina DeJong plans to make Dirk's life “beautiful” with help from her father and August Hempel. Julie insists on aid, while Selina fights pride and seeks control over Dirk’s future. High Prairie watches as a dramatic arrival in a bright red car unsettles the farm.
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Dirk
Selina
Julie
Simeon Peake
August Hempel
Pervus
Selina DeJong
Halsted
Young suitor trades clothes for roses and notes
A gallant youth, short of money, strikes a bargain with a gardener for a regular bouquet in exchange for cast-off clothes. He sends roses to his beloved, only to be confronted with a note attached to the bouquet revealing an unpaid old trousers promise. The frosty reception follows as he realizes the matchmaking error.
Work and don’t worry if you woukd be happy
A terse note discusses work despite worry and fatigue, urging continued effort. It mentions possible happiness tied to perseverance and finishing tasks, implying a practical mindset rather than sentimentality.
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Doan
Ohio
Ss. T. Black
Rep
Lm St
Sabina
Foeter-Milburn Co., Mfg. Chem
Buffalo, N. Y
Seance Ends With Odd Question From Son To Father
A Brooklyn medium hosts a seance in a small town setting. The crowd, including a Youth from a rural area, witnesses cabinet tricks and a dialogue with the departed father. The boy asks unexpectedly, What do you measure from tip to tip, prompting a baffling reply about wings and a harp.
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Brooklyn
Paw
No Smoking Sign Sparks Chorus Salesman Confrontation
A theater fireman on duty discovers an East Side cloak salesman backstage. The man enters through the stage door and lights a cigar despite the no smoking sign. The exchange ends with a quip about the sign’s wording.
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New York
East Side
East
Ladies First Always In A Southwest Cowboy Tale
A narrator recalls a frontier vow of honesty from a legendary swearing man. An Arizona cow camp move is described with a restless pair of mules a rickety wagon a wife four children and six hound dogs. The foreman confronts the husband about his wife's welfare and the husband retorts that she is pampered though not appreciative. The tale underscores harsh frontier gender roles and dismissive attitudes toward women.
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Grand Canyon
Southwest
Arizona
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Doubleday, Page & Co
WNU Service
Chapter
Jan
Wabash Avenue
Seline
Reilly
Street
Victoria
Julie Hempel Arnold
Mr. Arnold
Alstine Co
Grand Rapids
Mich
Adamses
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
van Buren
Tyler
Polk
Pierce
Buchanan
Lincoln
Hayes
Garfield
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Taft
Wilson
Coolidge
Post Office Department
Aspirin
Bayer
Druggista
Thomas A. Edison
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