Stormwood in Chicago A Pair Meet In a Quiet Corner
Dirk and Selina furnish a third floor front room and commute with Paula who visits him at Stormwood. Paula pushes Dirk toward quicker success while Selina challenges his future plans, contrasting old theater thrills with life in a modern Chicago street. The March day is mild as Parisian black mourning spreads across Michigan Avenue.
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Dirk
Selina
Chicago
Paula
America
Paris
Michigan Boulevard
Fifth Avenue
Stormwood
Stormwood House Dinner Awakens Dirk Ambition
In the Stormwood mansion Paula manipulates Dirk toward wealth and status. A late arrival husband Theodore is aloof, while Paula courts Dirk with flirtation and a planned bridge game. Dirk, drawn by Paula's forceful drive plus wealth, contemplates joining the Storms’ moneyed circle and leaving his farm roots behind.
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Dirk
Paula
Emerys
Phil Emery
Chicago
England
Stormwood
Philip Emery
Philip the Firat
Sellna
Bridge
Phillip
Theodore Storm
Storm
Theodore
Imp
Dirk in Olive Drab at Fort Sheridan and France
Chapter XIII covers Dirk’s six months at Fort Sheridan as a trainee and later as an officer trainer. He longs for combat life in France where Paris becomes his headquarters. His mother Selina weighs duty, Paula pushes Dirk into the Liberty bond drive, and Paula’s Red Cross work deepens their romance as war choices and family roles unfold.
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Paula
Bond
Phil Emery
Theodore
Dirk
Grandfather
Chicago
Dad
Fort Sheridan
France
Paris
Selina
Jan Snip
Julie
Eugene
Air Service
Red Cross
Cost of Lifting Oil Costs Rise With Output Variations
The bureau of mines notes lifting costs can be 20 to 90 percent of total oil production. Lifting costs per barrel range from under three cents at high-volume flowing wells to $3 at very low output wells. Per-well sifting costs vary from over $1,000 for large flowing Oklahoma Texas Arkansas California wells to under $10 for small weekly-pumped wells. In New York and Pennsylvania fields the average is under a quarter barrel per well daily.
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Bureau of Mines
Oklahoma
Texas
Arkansas
California
New York
Pennsylvania
Uncertain Max-Well, old thing, are you coming to show
Uncertain Max-Well asks if you are attending the show tonight. Maxine hesitates, noting she will go only if her husband objects.
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Max
Maxine
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