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Newspaper
Monticello Express
Location
Monticello, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
3
First Cairo Drive Shows Suez Opulence and Whirling Dervishes
A Cairo drive spotlights the opera house opening with Verdi's Aida, Mariette Bey guiding authentic sets, and Ismail’s lavish 21 million dollar celebration. Tourists witness whirling dervishes, bazaars, camel parades, and a vivid street life with the lively clash of vendors, language, and wedding processions amid a city of contrasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ismail
Suez Canal
Mariette Bey
Christmas without Christmas The Puffer Plan
The editor Mr Puffer envisions a Christmas issue that omits any Christmas hints to spark demand. His team resists but he prevails, launching a summer production that features no overt Yuletide content. The magazine sells wildly, nearing sixteen million in circulation, making him wealthy and famed as he travels yearly for Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puffer
Daffy
Santa Claus
Mr. Puffer
America
St. Nicholas
James Pott & Co
A Few New Definitions by Judge
A playful verse defines social types with witty labels such as Love-Idol Stork and Clubman, and notes on conversation topics. The Judge adds humorous observations on romance and everyday behavior in concise lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Swans Harried by Gunners on Lower Niagara River
Niagara Falls correspondent reports hunters on the lower Niagara River almost annihilated a large flock of swans Sunday afternoon. Many were shot with fowling pieces while others were taken alive as they settled on the water and became trapped by ice and eddies, with boats used to retrieve them. such a big catch has not been seen before here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mall
Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Buffalo News
A Doctor's Wit and a Bet End at Death’s Door
A neighbor recalls Opie Read style tales of a country doctor who blends skill with humor to sustain hope. The narrator recounts Dock Haines and Parson Biglow debating a deathbed bet on Smith and the role of luck, while highlighting doctors’ patience, honesty, and the cost of care through old Alf Bug’s insurance remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Lim Jacklin
Old Dock Haines
Satchett Smith
Deck
Smith
Parson Biglow
Mbiglow
Dock
Biglow
Buckner
Justice of the Peace
Buck
Alf Bug
Bug
Opie Read
Des Moines Church Fire Threatens Local Hospital
Fire destroyed the Adventists church at Hast Twelfth and Lyon with rapid flames from the basement bakery. Fire Chief Burnett and driver William Van Horn were injured in a crash while responding. The adjacent Iowa Sanitarium, housing about sixty patients, faced a dangerous close call as staff evacuated the building amid panic and alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the
Seventh Day Adventists
Iowa
Adventists
Shercliffe to Colorado Murder Charge Portends Strict Trial
Des Moines reports Frank Shercliffe once famed diamond robber has been sent to Colorado to face a murder charge. His wife, Sherman Morris, urged Governor Cummins to intervene, but a MI governor requisition was not honored. The destination shift implies no local trial and uncertain homecoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sherman Morris
Frank Shercliffe
Cummins
Highland Park
Colorado
Omaha
Shercliffe
Sherecliffe
Michigan
Three Men Drown In Lime River And Nearby Lake Incident
In Mason City on the 1st three men died in water accidents. B. W. Morton drowned after attempting to follow a stray horse across Lime River. Edward and William Maurer perished when their boat capsized during a rocking stunt near Austin Minnesota. B. W Norton, a former Milwaukee Road fireman, drowned after entangling in horse harness while pursuing the animal. Bodies later recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason City
B. W. Morton
Lime River
Edward
William Maurer
B. W. Norton
Norton
Dubuque
Miwaukee Road
Hauters
Austin
Minn
Fatal stray shot in Fort Dodge hospitalizes nurse
Mrs. Elmer King a nurse at the Duncombe hotel was struck by a stray rifle bullet while walking behind the hotel. The shot passed through a crack in a fence from a hotel employee's target practice. She underwent immediate surgery and remained conscious during preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Duncombe
Elmer King
Sam Buttericks
Iowa Woman Misses Life in Sudden Tragedy
Glenwood Mrs. John Allbee aged 384 years killed herself with a shotgun. She rose before other household members, took the weapon from bed, pointed it at her head and fired. Death was instantaneous. Friends could not assign a reason for the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Glenwood
John Allbee
Waverly Hero Saves Girl From Burning Coat Smothers Flames
Hattendorf of Waverly rushed to Vera Brewer a 14 year old girl as her skirt ignited over a gasoline stove. He stripped and wrapped her in his coat then beat out the flames with his bare hands. Brewer sustained severe burns but survived. Hattendorf suffered burns to one hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allah
God
Waverly
Waterloo
W. H. Hattendorf
Vera Brewer
Miss Brewer
Mr. Hattendorf
Hattendorf
Five Die At Rockwell City In Typhoid Epidemic
Rockwell City mourns after Memorial Day as five typhoid deaths follow a banquet served April 14. Sixty three guests at the Methodist church supper saw fifty seven stricken. Beaumont Stonebreaker, Calhoun county Republican leader F P Huff, Joseph Barber, and Frank Delano among the severely ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockwell City
Rockwell
Methodist Church
Beaumont Stonebreaker
Calhoun County
F. P. Huff
Citizens Bank
Joseph Barber
Frank
Delano
Mr. Delano
Escape inmate kills wife in Mount Pleasant attack
J D Trowbridge, confined in an insane asylum, escaped, beat his wife with a heavy club leaving dozen gashes and a fractured skull. He was recaptured but died of brain hemorrhage on the return to the hospital. Mrs Trowbridge is seriously hurt with a doubtful recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant
J. D. Trowbridge
Trowbridge
Disagree in Sponge Case Ends Jury Verdict
After more than twenty six hours the Davenport jury in the sponge case again disagreed on Mrs Arp damages for her husband’s death caused by a sponge left in his body by Dr A Hageboeck. One juryman Chas Cruys stood firm preventing a verdict on damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Chas. Cruys
Cyclone Hits McCausland Damaging Alfred Lowry Farm
A cyclone struck McCausland in Scott County razing barns sheds and wind mills on the Alfred Lowry farm and nearby land while Clinton escaped damage as the storm passed overhead without striking the city. The Lowry farm is owned by Charles Howe of DeWitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCausland
Clinton
Scott County
Alfred Lowry
Lowry
Charles Howe
DeWitt
Villisca Man Killed by Fast Freight No 1
Villisca resident William Dunn was killed early Sunday after spending Memorial Day in Creston. He fell under freight cars as he tried to alight from No 1, severing a leg and suffering other serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villisca
Carl
Creston
William Dunn
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