Hannibal Republicans Nominate Mills For Mayor
Hannibal Republicans at a Friday night city convention nominated Mayor John K. Mills for re election. Henry R. Harris was chosen for police chief, William H. Jones for city recorder, and Harrison White for city attorney. Mills defeated Garner in a previous bid. Garner was chosen by Democrats to oppose him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Mills
Hannibal
Mills
Henry R. Harris
William H. Jones
Sixth Ward
City Recorder
Harrison White
J. B. Jeffries
O. C. Queen
Major Mills
L. E Fisher
Thomas C. Garner
Burlington
Hannibal Union Station
Lindell Avenue
L. E. Fisher
Harrison — White
Rendlen & White
Broadway
Baker Street
Maver
Harry Carstarphen
Ralls County
Camp Funston
Kan
Ralph Smiley
John Ritchardson
Mark Twain Avenue
HAPPENINGS IN HANNIBAL
Navy radio operator John G. Jeffries, visiting Hannibal with his parents, will likely depart Sunday for Norfolk to report for orders. Miss Edna Fassett, formerly of Hannibal, passes through en route to Springfield for future plans. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Taylor of Clinton visit Hannibal relatives. A marriage license was issued in St. Louis to Thomas F. Tyler of Hannibal and Mrs. Mary B. Shelton of Washington MO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Jeffries
U. S. Navy
J. B. Jeffries
North 9Th Street
Norfolk
Edna Fassett
Quincy
Hannibal
Springfield
R. D. Taylor
Clinton
St. Louis
Thomas F. Tyler
Mary B. Shelton
Washington, MO
Hannibal Mayoral Race and City Officials Listing
Republican ticket highlights John K. Mills for mayor with prior wins in 1916 and 1918, plus city officers including City Attorney Harrison-White and Chief of Police Henry R. Harris. The document names ward representatives, board of education members, and other local officials with addresses and occupations across Hannibal, detailing campaign lines, prior terms, and service.
Portland cement plant councilmen and ward notices
Present councilman from third ward. Fourth ward R and Gleason 211 Beech street. Boilen Atker Burlington railroad shops. Fifth ward Albert Miller 1608 East Gordon street. Moulder at Duffyv Trowbridge Store foundry. Sixth ward O D Drummond 2606 Chestnut street. Machinist Burlington railroad shops. Member of Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland Cement
Third Ward
Fourth Ward
R. &. Gleason
Beech Street
Boilen Atker Burlington Railroad
Fifth Ward
Albert Miller
East
Gordon Street
Duffyv-Trowbridge
Sixth Ward
O. D. Drummond
Chestnut Street
Burlington Railroad
Board of Education
St Louis Unit From France Heads Home
Dispatches report American hospital unit No 21 known as the Washington university unit of St. Louis is en route home from France, leaving Brest on April 7. Two Hannibal residents Edwin Dakin and Mrs Nina Shelton are members, with nurses likely to follow. Miss Ruby Idle of Hannibal, who was with unit No 21, has been discharged for illness and already home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington University Unit
St. Louis
France
Brest
Mrs Forrest Receives Honor Photo of Son in St Louis
Mrs W E Forrest mother of Sergeant Arthur J Forrest is honored by St Louis friends who present a fine enlarged photograph of her son who won the congressional medal of honor for gallantry in France Major General Leonard Wood is also to speak as Mrs Forrest visits her daughter and friends in St Louis for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Forrest
Arthur J. Forrest
Hannibal Key
France
St. Louis
Thieving trio surrender after cross county car theft
Cecil Ceppadge Starry Jones and Mark Scott, youths, confessed to stealing a five passenger six cylinder Chalmers from O W Chandler Motor Co in Hannibal. After a wild ride breaking down near Columbia, police pursued at sixty mph. the car was abandoned and later recovered as the boys surrendered in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Roachport
Columbia
Cecil Ceppadge
Starry Jones
Mark Scott
O. W. Chandler Motor Company
South Main Street
Hannibal
C.W. Helton
Mr. Chandler
Roadport
Beachport
Columbia Police
Coppadge
Inlaw
F. W. Warren
Kirksville
Jones
Scott
Springfield
Chandler
Warren
Marion County
Mitchell Bride and Groom Tie in Hannibal Union Street Couple Wed
Miss Jessie Mitchell, daughter of W J Mitchell, wed Archie Ep, both of Hannibal. She works as a telephone operator for Southwestern Telephone Co. in Hannibal. he is employed by Burlington Railroad in Hannibal. The couple’s marriage was a surprise to family and friends. Also notes the goober peanut plant, its pods and origins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Mitchell
Archie Epperson
Hannibal
Southwestern Telephone Company
Wiliam J. Mitchell
Union Street
Burlington Railroad
Jannibal
Africa
Five Boys Ordered From Hannibal After Vagabond Arrest
Five youths aged 16 to 20 were arrested on vagabond charges then questioned by railroad detectives who suspected they might be reform-school escapees. They could not be tied to any disappearance. They were told to leave Hannibal within an hour. Four claimed Cincinnati as home and one Marion. One showed an army discharge. They said they were seeking work and had less than a dollar between them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoury
Milnois
Hannibal
Cincinnati, O
Marion
Ind
Anny
Paul Jones Returns From France After Twenty Months
Lyford Jones of Burlington reports his brother Paul Jones formerly of the city has arrived in the United States from France where he spent twenty months as a bomber with the Wilst aero squadron. He now resides in South Bend Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyford Jones
Burlington — Railroad
Paul Jones
United States
France
Wilst Aero Squadron
South Bend
Ind
South Side Boat Club Opens Spring Season
Opening events at the South Side Boat Club promise an active rowing year with the wall by Front and Delaware streets reinforced to hold 23 feet of water. Oarsmen prepare for regattas as four medals, including the Basse and Odell, await Sunday’s spring trap shoot for public entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side Boat Club
Cea
Front
Delaware Streets
Basse
Brown
Odell
Sturhahn
Missouri Unit Sails Toward Home From France
The first detachment of the Thirty-fifth Division sailed from France on the De Kalb and is due in Newport News around April 18 or 19. The group includes Major General William M. Wright, 25 officers, 471 men, plus division headquarters staff, the 110th Ammunition Train, the MP company, and the postal detachment. Disinfection and demobilization camps follow at Camp Funston and nearby states, with onward routes to home camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Home
France
Newport News
Wiliam M. Wright
110Th
Sixtieth Artillery Brigade
128Th
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Camp Funston
William Wright
Camp
Doniphan
Eighty-ninth
Military Police Company
10Th Ammunition Train Headquarters
de Kalb
Elliott
Junction City
Kan
Ninety First Division
National Army of Western States
Pimples and Skin Eruptions Danger Signs of Bad Blood
An old advertisement touts S. S. S. as a cure for pimples, rashes, and skin eruptions believed to indicate impure blood. It claims the tonic cleanses blood, revitalizes red cells, and improves complexion, urging readers to obtain it from a druggist or seek expert advice from Swift Laboratory in Atlanta, Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Adv
Probate Court Names Executrix and Lists Estate Inventories
In probate court Mrs. W J Wible named executrix of her husband's estate and gives bond of 2000. Inventories record Hazel Weinand estate cash 300 paid by the Quincy Street Railway for a death on North Fifth street. Other estates listed include Theresia Broeker cash 2400, George W Wiles 119.75, Allen Newhard 139, Daniel We Atherton 458.15, Preston Eyre 305, Nathaniel Upton 113.60. For 1912 17 Alabama increased municipal light plants by ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Wible
Hazel Weinand
Quincy Street Railway Company
North Fifth Street
Theresia Broeker
George W. Wiles
Allen Newhard
Daniel We Atherton
Preston Eyre
Nathaniel Upton
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T Hannibal News
C. H. Ling
Jones, Harris and
White
Inees
Frank R. Clay
Bird Street
George Treat
Louis W. Appal
Nspecter Burlington Ops
Suvder
Iter Burlington Ee Board of Edmons
St. Louis & Geet Ees Inne T Burling- Es Weacere
George Vandament
Ratcliffe Street
International Shoe Factory
John Conlon, Jr
North 10Th Street
Conlon Wood and Coal Company
John Schnitzer
South Sth
Atlas
Step Ce
Cabinet
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Co
CAT Tales
Teta
Wireless
Dicky Dippy
POP
Tootsie
W. J. Mitchell
HVE
South Side B.C
War Labor Board
Western Chemiecal Company
Denver
Colo
Altro
Union of South Africa
Missourt
LeMans
New York
le Mans
Arthur J. Elliot
Kansas City
120Th Field Artillery
Eastern Light
Congressman Borland
Borland
Coblenz
S O
Alabama
Princess
Wallace Reid
Bray Pictures
Savoy
Douglas Fairbanks
Charles Chaplin
Easy Street
Chet Conklin
Simon
Wohler Farm
State Street
Albert
Gustave
Charles Wohler
Thos
A. Scherer
Stern Building
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