The Red Mirage ends with secrets and danger in the Legion
Sylvia Omney returns from Algiers to find love entangled with Captain Arnaud while Richard Farquhar unveils a web of deceit. Farquhar’s schemes force Sower to resign with a confession of murder, Gabrielle risks all to save Farquhar, and Sylvia disguises motives amid a volatile cast including Destinn and Nameless.
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Sylvia Omney
Algiers
Richard Farquhar
Captain Arnaud
The
Foreign Legion
Sower
Quhar
Preston
Lowe
Farquhar
O. A
Gabrielle Smith
Richard Nameless
Sylvia
Mme
Arnaud
Colonel Destinn
Gabrielle
Corporal Goetz
Parquhar
Nameless Raider and Sylvia Face a Deserted Cemetery
In the desert cemetery Richard Nameless and Sylvia Arnaud confront guilt and betrayal. Sylvia confronts his treason and past, while he reveals his identity as a traitor now haunted by his actions. Gabrielle Smith reappears, and a fragile, tense encounter grows between memory, memory’s pain, and violence averted at dusk.
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Richard
Mecca
Anllah
Mirage
Paradise
Ile
Goetz
Philip Grey
Yeas
The
Foreign Legion
Sylvia
Madame Arnaud
Silvia
Miss Smith
Mr. Farquhar
Gabrielle Smith
Farquhar
Meeting in Sidi bel Abbes with Colonel Destinn
In a shaded avenue at a Sidi bel Abbes residence, Colonel Destinn chats with Madame Arnaud over tea. He hints at past refusals and past loyalties while flirting with danger as Arnaud wrestles with a troubling, hypnotic presence.
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Sidi-bel-Abbes
Colonel Destinn
Richard Name Less and Sylvia's Fractured Honor
Richard contemplates confessing a noble sacrifice to Sylvia, hoping for understanding. Sylvia rejected him for another, exposing a clash between true valor and shallow affection. The piece questions whether such women deserve the world’s finest devotion.
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Richard Nameless
Sylvia
Sylvia’s Flirtation Sparks Tense Foreign Legion Drama
In this vivid column a perilous romance between Sylvia and Colonel Destinn threatens to unleash danger as Tragedy stalks abroad. Mme Arnaud foresees the peril and cautions that Sylvia’s actions invite disaster within the Foreign Legion.
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Sylvia
Colonel Destinn
Foreign Legion
Mme. Arnaud
Provisions on Naval Bill Stir Debate in House
Representative Gardner of Massachusetts opposed the Hensley resolution authorizing US participation in an international court for peace enforcement. The section was kept in the naval bill without a roll call as the house met as a committee of the whole. Pacificists and "little navy" advocates backed the provision while Speaker Clark praised it as the bill’s best feature.
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Union News Service
Washington
Gardner
Massachusetts
Hensley
United States
Clark
Mexican Troop Movements Hinted Near Chihuahua
Major General Funston sent war department details on Mexican troop movements in northern Mexico. Officials note the count in Chihuahua now ranges from twenty thousand to thirty thousand, with information conflicting but no clear sign of an impending attack.
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San Antonio
Tex
Funston
War Department
Mexico
Department
Scott
British Prisoners in Germany Have Better Conditions
In the Lords Baron Newton stated British prisoners in Germany are better treated now than at the war's start. He dismissed claims of deliberate discrimination and starvation, noting weekly England sends about 100000 parcels for three per prisoner, while many Russian captives and Germans face hunger due to the blockade.
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London
House of Lords
Germany
Baron Newton
England
British Offer for 100000 Old Ties To France Trenches
The Boston and Maine railroad received an offer of five cents each for 100000 cast off railroad ties from the British government. Previously the company burned all old ties but orders were issued to save them. Britain is negotiating with other railroads for up to 500000 ties to build trenches in France.
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Madame Arnaud
Colonel Destinn
Arnaud
Boston and Maine Railroad
France
French Act on Defensive Now Offensive Near Le Mort Homme
French troops in the Le Mort Homme area have launched an offensive against German forces. In a spirited attack they captured a strongly organized position on the slopes southwest, taking seven machine guns and 227 prisoners. The Avecourt area and hill No 304 remained under heavy bombardment with large calibre shells.
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London
le Mort Homme
Avecourt
Not Prejudiced Against Jews Declares New Guard Captain
Captain Howard Sullivan of the New York National Guard told Adjutant General Stotesbury during an investigation that enlistment decisions are based solely on individual merits and not on religion, amid discrimination accusations.
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New York
Howard Sullivan
New York National Guard
Stotesbury
Guard
Methodist conference rejects expulsion clause for card play
Saratoga Springs N Y The Methodist general conference voted 435 to 360 to keep in church discipline the rule that imposes expulsion on members who play cards dance or attend the theater.
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Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Methodist General Conference
El Paso Minister Urges Trust in Government
Mexico City officials report Aguilar, minister of foreign relations, says the U S Mexico correspondence on the military situation will be published soon and asks the public to trust the de facto government to seek a satisfactory conclusion. Andres Garcia, El Paso consul, received the telegram.
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el Paso
Aguilar
Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Andres Garcia
May Go Again to Europe
Detroit, Henry Ford who organized the Ford peace expedition that sailed for Europe last winter may return to renew efforts to bring peace among warring nations. Theodore De Lavigne says Ford may sail for Stockholm about June 15. Gaston Plantiff, left in charge during Ford's illness, has been president for some time.
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Europe
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Theodore de Lavigne
Ford
Stockholm
Gaston Plantiff
Peace
Proclamation Found with Cervantes Body Provokes U S Warning
The document addresses Carranza army members urging revolt against Americans. It bitterly justifies Gen Pershing’s claim that Cervantes was a dangerous bandit and notes Cervantes’ influence second only to Villa in Mexico.
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Columbus,n
Candelario Cervantes
Carranza
United States
General Pershing
Cervantes
Mexico
Villa
Nebraska Events and Local News Highlights
Long list of upcoming Nebraska conventions and gatherings across Hastings Omaha Alliance Lincoln and Kearney with dates in June and July. Reports on farm prices high cattle costs projected milk and cream consumption in Omaha plus weather and weather-related incidents across the state. News on court cases obituaries and infrastructure projects including bridges depots and church dedications.
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Trans-Mississippi Ealers’ Ass’n
Omaha
Nebraska Elks
Alliance
Nebraska Pharmaceutical
American Union of Swedish Singers
West
Fraternal Order of Eagles
Lincoln
Wikhorn Valley Editorial Association
Long Pine
International Auctioneers’ Association
Kearney
Northwestern Hotel Men’s Association
Missouri Valley Veterinary Association
Nebraska Democratic
South Omaha
Omaha Commercial Club Publicity Bureau
Valley County
Ord
James Heitz
Burleson
J. G. Porter
Bridgeport
Porter
Post Office Department
Grand Island
State Harness Makers’ Association
Columbus
Julius Reese
William Reuter
Sutton
J. c. York
Minden
Frank Rudat
Nebraska
St. Louis
George H. Loomis
Fremont
Internal Revenue
District of Nebraska
Congress
Loomis
Glen Wiggins
Fairbury
Rose Creek
Ray Wiggins
Village Board of
Laurel
Hanover Church
Beatrice
Hanover Township
Willie Edgerton
A. J. Edgerton
Plattsmouth
Missouri River
North Platte
Syracuse
Broken Bow
Eddyville
J Flowerdew
Nebraska State Medical Association
Hartington
Auto Strikes Hog Turns Somersault
Miss Marie Hutchinson of Van Nuys and her father C. M. Hutchinson were injured when their car struck a hog on the state highway near Nordhoff. The vehicle somersaulted endwise and rolled into a ditch. radiator and wheel damaged, but injuries not serious.
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Marian, Cal
Marie Hutchinson
van Nuys
C. M. Hutchinson
Nordhoff
Mr. Hutchinson
Pawned Hat for a Bride in Georgia Tale
In Savannah a man named Sam Wilkerton bought a marriage license with his last money. He then pawned his hat for a dollar to pay the minister after marriage, but the couple lacks the certificate as the minister demands another dollar. Cupid wins a bearded tale of thrift and folly.
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Georgia
Savannah
Sam Wilkerton
Sam
Man Fights With Jellyfish Near Santa Barbara
G H Wilson, senior partner of Wilson and Schwab auto firm, is hospitalized in critical condition after a life and death struggle with a huge jellyfish four hundred feet from shore near Serena. He fought the creature until reaching land with painful stings and burns. doctors report gradual improvement though morphine was needed for pain.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
G. H. Wilson
Cottage Hospital
Serena
Wilson
Wilson & Schwab
Automobile Men
Bridegroom Hurt in Calf Wagon Scuffle at Hartford City
Ora Smith twenty one a farmer near Hartford City Ind recently married to Cora Thornburgh broke his leg during a scuffle with friends trying to place him in a calf wagon after the wedding.
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Hazers
Hartford City
Ind
Ora Smith
Here
Cora Thornburgh
Finest Geysers Found in America
The author argues that America hosts the finest geysers, noting three locations for global comparison: Yellowstone Park, Iceland, and New Zealand, with the claim that our own wonders surpass others in quality.
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America
Yellowstone Park
Iceland
New Zealand
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