American Efficiency Claims Put Democracy to the Test
The passage extols US wartime feats since April 5, including declaring war on Germany, seizing 91 German ships and beginning repairs, approving a 7 billion dollar war fund, allocating 600 million for merchant shipping and for air fleets, and registering nearly ten million men under the draft. It then shifts to a domestic scene where Rose reassures a younger sister about a court case decision and a family moment as characters discuss news and emotion.
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Russia
France
England
Harriet
Rose
Teesiy
Portia
Murray
California
Fletchers
Mother
Marriage Calls and a Rainy Streetcar Fare
A confused interlude unfolds as a woman sacrificed for a man’s ambition faces disapproval. An escort home, a strained reunion, and a chill smile reveal deeper tensions and later a secret encounter with Miss Stanton. The scene hints at concealed motives and mounting emotional costs within a troubled relationship.
Portia and Rose Face Choice That Shapes Their Lives
Portia reveals her mother’s illness and California move plan to Rose, who learns Portia has sacrificed love and security to support their mother. Rose, after a tense confrontation, vows not to abandon Portia and admits envy and longing, ending with Portia finally letting tears flow.
Breach widens between Rose and Rodney as desire clashed
Rodney longs for his old free life while Rose sees herself as a useless butterfly. The narrative promises an unusually interesting scene in the next installment, hinting at evolving tensions and new revelations.
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Rose
Portia
Fortia
Trousseau
Mother
Vd Cote
Rodney
Analyzing Waters by Spectroscope Reveals Metals
The article reports M. Jacques Bardet using a spectroscope to analyze mineral waters. A light beam passes through the water into the prism to reveal spectra and minute metal traces. Bardet finds varied metals in samples, including rare germanium and gallium, rarely found in nature.
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M. Jacques Bardet
GAINS FAME HERE THE INVENTOR PUPIN AND HIS WIRELESS BREAKTHROUGH
Serbian immigrant Michael Pupin, now famed inventor, claims to have completed a device to eliminate wireless telegraph interference. Once kept secret for wartime advantage, his innovation could transform transcontinental telephony and aid naval communications. Pupin, associated with ocean telephony, pursued science after early poverty, rising to professor emeritus status with Columbia relations.
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Michael Pupin
America
Kansas City Times
Stiuue
Pupin
Papin
United States
Fupin
New York
Furm
New York State
Sertian Lad
New York City
Cooper Union
Adelphia College
Adelphia
Columbia University
Cambridge
University of Merlin
Columbia Dutherttins
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Monastir in Ruins Sees Empty Streets and Singers
In Monastir wartorn days one half of the population hid in cellars while Bulgarians faced push to drive them out. The town lay silent except for French soldiers in a lone cafe and Italian officers in a restaurant. Night brought total darkness and an English officer sought a piano for a moonlit sing song amid the emptiness.
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Monastir
Herbert Corey
National Geographic Magazine
Sleepy Man Chides Cop Over Street Light Prank Coat
On the Second Avenue beat in New York a patrolman finds a tattered fur coat hung on a street light. A sleepy resident inside a nearby house shouts to leave the light on, insisting he cannot sleep, and the coat is left in place after the exchange.
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