Farquhar Plays a Dangerous Mind Game in the Villa
Richard Farquhar, lover of Sylvia, falls deeper into a web of love and intrigue in a North African villa. Gabrielle Smith mentors silence and loyalty while Arnaud’s temper, Destinn’s restraint, and a hidden betrayal collide amid moonlit gardens and shifting loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia
Omney
Richard Farquhar
Arnaud
The
Foreign Legion
Gabrielle
Farquhar
Richard Nameless
Mme
Colonel Destinn
Goetz
Flowers of the Sea Bloom Like Terrestrial Flora
The article compares marine life to flowers, noting tropical corals sea anemones and sea cucumbers show plantlike beauty. It explains the display is entirely animal in origin with colorful forms resembling blossoms and emphasizes vivid underwater life.
A Model Husband Says Headache Equals Rheumatism
A witty remark contrasts a husband's view of his wife's headache with his own rheumatic pains, framing the idea of a model husband as sharing concern for a spouse's ailment.
Sylvia questions prior warning before husband’s ambush
The fragment shows Sylvia questioning why she did not warn an innocent man about an impending ambush by her husband. It hints at a darker complicity or fatalism but offers no clear motive or outcome, ending with a prompt that the narrative continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnaud
Goetz
Gabrielle Smith
Sylvia
Gabrielle
Farquhar
Mademoiselle
Madame Arnaud
Destinn
Desire
Desire Arnaud
Colonel Destinn
Nebraska events list and road change prospects
Omaha Lincoln Denver highway may shift to Loomis Bertrand Edison route to bypass bad clay hills between Atlanta and Oxford. Across the state schedules show many conventions and tournaments from June to August, plus local industry, road and school plans, and notable incidents and appointments in Nebraska communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Holdrege
Oxford
Loomis
Bertrand
Edison
Clay Hills
Atlanta
William Bowers
Chadron
Northwestern
Supreme Court of the United States
Charles Williams
Cook
Williams
Dorothy
A. G. Peterson
Aurora
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Federation
New York City
Governor appoints Nebraska cadet officers to reserve militia
The Nebraska governor issued commissions to 22 cadet officers elevating them to second lieutenants in the state reserve militia, listing names by rank and county. In five months 1916 state spending fell about $217,000 from the prior year, due to lower expenditures and no legislative session, with May warrants totaling $370,481 versus $455,775 last year. Fiscal agency funds totaling $8,721.92, including $881.80 interest, are held in Lincoln State Bank, with interest directed to unspecified state funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
North Platte
Sophia Gunn
Amelia
Mary Gehling
Falls City
Columbus
Tages
George
Trexler
Union Pacific
Shis
Ogalalla
Richardson
Joseph Reiner
Norfolk
Congress
Kinkaid
Fort Niobrara Reservation
John G. Maher
Lincoln
Leonard Robinson
United Spanish War Veterans
Nebraska
South Omaha
Ed Leonard
Greeley
Municipal Electric
Ord
Hooper
Breuth
C. W. Charlton
Palmyra
United States Department of Agriculture
Shallenberger
Hall County
Herman Kunnerman
Schuyler
Wymore
Lyons
C. C. Dobbs
Christian Church of
Aurora
Buffalo County
Kearney
Shelton
Riverdale Gibbon
Stromsburg
Polk
Osceola
Wayne
C.G. Powell
Johnson
Omaha
Rock Island
Fair ‘Bury
M ‘Haney
Western
Union News Service
Morehead
Nebraska Reserve Militia
Archer Lowell Burnham
Stanton County
William Calvin Chapin
Lancaster County
Charles Albert Hauptman
Dodge County
Leon Archibald Hickman
Seward County
Willard Miller
Folsom
Irving Earl
Frost
Vincent Columbus George
Custer County
Raymond Clifton Leach Greer
Hamilton County
Howard Hadley
Walter Hall
Harold Jacob Schwab
Red Willow
Wilmer LaVern Wright
Gene Forest Liebendorfer
Pawnee
Louis Frederick Lanmann
Jefferson County
C. H. Epperson
Clay County
John Fred Nelson
Scottsbluff County
Smith
Hall
Lincoln State Bank
Fiscal Agency
Governor Honors Flag Day Observance and Patriotism
Governor J H Morehead proclaims June 14 as Flag Day and urges schools to explain its meaning. He highlights patriotism of native born and adopted citizens, noting the flag’s deep ties to people from many lands.
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J. H. Morehead
United States
State Labor Seeks June Harvest Labor Data
The state department of labor distributes data blank forms to wheat raisers and county officials to gauge grain conditions. Information requested covers June comparisons with last year, current harvest workers, needed extra labor, last year’s wages, and expected wages for this year.
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State Department of Labor
Treasurer Hall Defendant in Suit
Food Commissioner Harman notes oil pump meters generally give full measure. faulty devices are detected and condemned. Grasshopper outlook from state farm experts signals no acute danger though some students will survey the Grasshopper activity across northern Nebraska. Brown and green hoppers hatch in swarms, not locusts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Harman
Uch
State House
Nebraska
State Farm
Attorney General Files Answer In Oil Fee Mandamus Row
The attorney general for the state and the State Treasurer oppose a writ of mandamus sought by Standard Oil and others to allow $125000 in treasury fees to cover oil inspection expenses before new fees. The answer argues no legislative appropriation for such use and that fee sources are mixed with food and dairy revenue. It contends the oil and food commissioners hold sufficient funds and the companies lack standing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
Treasury
Hall
Food and Oil Commissioner
Nebraska manufacturing report shows 1390 establishments and payroll
State bureau of labor data lists 1 390 manufacturing establishments in Nebraska with 46 428 992 45 capital. In 1915 they produced 161 972 974 38 in value. Total employees 23 261. Wages per week 316 447 02: males 281 830 86 females 34 646 16.
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State Bureau of Labor
Nebraska
Graduates Swear In as Nebraska Bar Members
Thirty four law college graduates appeared in the state supreme court on Wednesday to take the oath and join the Nebraska bar. Clerk Harry Lindsay administered the oath in the court’s presence, with notable attendees including Effie Cover of Cozad and Theodosia Trehearne of Beaver City. Trehearne could not receive a degree due to unmet entrance requirements.
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Law College
State Supreme Court
Nebraska Bar
Harry Lindsay
Effie Cover
Cozad
Theodosia Trehearne
Beaver City
Trehearne
May Humdinger in State Business Reports Strong Totals
Secretary of State Pool calls May a humdinger with cash receipts totaling 514,068.06, up from 10,150.24 in 1915, and a net gain of 3,917.72. Automobile and motorcycle number issuance remains robust with 5,650 numbers issued in May and year to date totals of 76,815 cars and 3,016 motorcycles, while motor vehicle department expenses for May reach 1,016.07.
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Motor Vehicle Department
State Auditor Appoints Lincoln Accountant to Succeed De France
State Auditor Smith names E. E B. Clark of Lincoln as state accountant replacing Charles Q. De France who becomes actuary for the state insurance department. Clark will earn a salary of $1,800 and began duties Thursday by examining the state food commission accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
E. E B. Clark
Lincoln
Charles Q. de France
State Insurance Department
Mr. Clark
State Food Commission
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Will
the Bobbs-Merrill Co
Orth Sidi‘bel- Abbes
Mr. Farquhar
Villa Bernetto
Sylvia Arnaud
Miss Smith
American Union
Swedish Singers
West
Alliance
Order of Eagles
International Auctioneers’ Association
Northwestern Hotel Men's Association
Missouri Valley Veterinary Association
Hastings
Fremont
State Press Association
North Platte Valley
Seventh Day Adventists
Valley Photographers ’Association
Otis Elevator Company
Mor
Tris W. Folsom
Harry D. Pettingill
Miller & Paines
Otoe County
St. John’s Catholic
Nebraska City
Tiden
Minden
Grand Island
Billy
Kansas City
J. H. Morrison
Superior
Adams County
Chambers
Holt County
Ericson
Spalding
U. P
Latte
Bartlett
Elgin
P. J. Rooney
Charles Wayne Ray
Methodist Church of
Burt County
Humboldt
Nemaha County
Oak Grove
Shroyer
Nebraska State Golf Association
Democratic Party
Reserve Militia
the State House
State Board of Assessment
St. Joe
Burlington
Missouri Pacific
Supreme Court of
Douglas County
C. C. Hall
Department of Agriculture
Livestock Sanitary Board
Hamer
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