Poland’s Historic Rise and Loss Shaped by War and Partition
Prepared by the National Geographic Society, the article notes U S recognition of Poland’s importance with an embassy in Warsaw and a large American loan. It traces Poland’s prewar greatness, its partitioned past, and how American industry and management influenced Polish industry from salt mines to iron founding and textiles. It highlights the vast 19th century Polish lands, population, and the two partitions by Prussia, Russia, and Austria, ending with mentions of Copernicus and Paderewski as figures of Polish greatness.
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National Geographic Society
Washington, D. C
Oland
Europe
United States
Warsaw
America
Poland
Ior
Germany
Russia
German Empire
Stvitzerland
Belgium
Tolland
Denmark
Great Britain
Italy
Greece
Austria-Hun‘y
Servia
France
Holland
Austria- Hungary
Prussia
Austria
Kiev
Berlin
Finland
Crimea
Prussias
Galieia
New York State
Winnipeg
New York
New Jersey
Galicia
Baltic
Forth
Russian Poland
New England
Vistula
Paris
Danzig
Marienberg
Duchy of
Mazovia
Black Sea
Copernicus
Slenklewicy
Agus Paderewski
Shipwrecked Pledge a Mob Boss Ransom Plot Unfolds
Floyd Unwin and Howard Bettington dine with Alfred Gibbons, a financier, to pledge mutual aid for their families. Mary Anwin, a stenographer, refuses to betray her employer Elgar Radway. Bettington is kidnapped on the Maine coast, a fugitive dies, the Boss plans a $1,000,000 ransom, Radway falls ill then dies, and the crew mutinies.
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Floyd Unwin
Howard Bettington
Alfred Gibbons
Unwin
Bob
Mary
Gibbons
Mary Anwin
Elgar Radway
Radway
Har. Bettington
Maine
Gibbs
Justices
Bettington
Boss
Gibba
Ang
Bettington Plans Savannah Getaway Amid Yacht Conspiracy
On the Albatrosa the captain Haddock Bettington faces Metzger Sam and Hallett ally in a deadly power struggle. They plot to steal the yacht or sail to Limon while Doctor Wake fights to keep control and save Evelyn Radway and Crosby Todd from a looming mob justice and a dangerous voyage.
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Sam
Dannemora
Metzger
Hallett
Bettington
Nicoya
Pacific
Costa Rica
Panama Canal
United States
Newpork
Flallett
New York
Metzner
Meteger
Flo
Simon
Bertington
Doc
Matzger
Meetzger
Mike
Radway
Clements
Captain Hallett
Crosby Todd
Seadership
Hilgar Radway
Mrs. Radway
Ufe
Todd
Evelyn Radway
Bem
Hig
Limon
Mary
Savannah
Bob Unwin
Bob Iawin
Bob
Myre
Aha
Scrapbooks as Legacy Keepsakes Through Generations
A Louisville Courier-Journal piece notes scrapbooks preserved for reference reveal personal history and era culture. It traces how collectors saved newspaper clippings poetry and notes to settle debates and record debates and opinions.
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Bobby
California Man Sues Wife for Divorce Over Twenty Three Adjectives
A California man petitions for divorce after less than two years of marriage, listing twenty three adjectives he says describe his wife as sullen, mean, irritable, morbid, disagreeable, nasty, and inconsiderate. The filing implies a quarrel over her behavior and temperament rather than a financial dispute.
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California
Roget
Unchanging Time In Arab Household Traditions
A description of an Arab woman cooking bread beneath reed mat shelter and mud walls with water drawn from a fire pit. The passage asserts continuity of daily life across 9,500 years, suggesting pre-flood customs and devices persist unchanged in future excavations.
Distinguishing Orchestra From A Band In Instrument Emphasis
An orchestra is distinguished from a band by the prominence of instruments of the viol class. The contrast highlights string sections and orchestral breadth versus band emphasis on wind and percussion.
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Wyndham Martyn
Hal Jett
Andy Orme
Sparks
Death
Guy
Strategue
Gulf of Nicoya
Ron
Louisville Courier-Journal
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