Oklahoma Teens Arrested In Stolen Car Near Mount Olivet
Two youths from Oklahoma confessed to stealing a six cylinder Marion Handley seven passenger car in Kansas City last Tuesday night. Arrested near Mount Olivet cemetery, Miller aged 29 and Hughes aged 18 gave conflicting stories and face charges from deputies and local police.
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Mount Olivet Cemetery
Oklahoma
Jack Miller
James Hughes
Kansas City
Miller
Hughes
C. V. Helton
Thomas O'Day
Arch Leonard and
Hinks
George Evans
Hannibal
Gard
Emery Byrd Thayer
Chicago
Missouri
I Hughes
Helton
Vannibal
Youth Fined For Theft Of Soda Water
Albert Rost, a youth from Hannibal, returned from Quincy after taking part in a soda water bottle theft from Flynn Soda Water Co. He faced Judge J H Totsch and pleaded guilty to petit larceny, receiving a $10 fine plus costs. Earlier accomplices were fined in February. Rost had fled Hannibal and lived in Quincy with relatives. The fine and costs were paid.
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Albert Rost
Hannibal
George Koch
Flynn Soda Water Company
Quincy
J. H. Totsch
Rost
Hannibal Unit Returns From Overseas Arrives at Newport News
Press dispatches report Company E of the Hannibal unit attached to the 139th Infantry 35th Division arrived aboard the USS Matsonia at Newport News Virginia from St Nazaire France. The boat carried 3344 officers and men all from Missouri and Kansas, with most of the 139th aboard. Cards indicate other companies and medical detachment aboard or en route to Camp Funston for discharge unless reassignment by the War Department.
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Hannibal
139Th Infantry
Newport News
U.S. S. Matsonia
St. Nazzaire
France
Missouri
Kansas
Old Fourth Missouri
War Department
Company E
139Th
Nansemond
Kansas City
Camp Funston
Kan
Evans Visits Hannibal Before Sweet Orr Move
J Fred Evans of Boonville Mo formerly with Bowles Clothing in this city visits Hannibal before he and John D Dillon depart for New York City to receive training and join Sweet Orr overall company Evans will work as salesman in Illinois territory and Dillon has long represented the firm in the region Also Charles Peterson billiard expert draws a large Hannibal crowd and W A Gardner outlines aims of the Missouri Billiard Association in a Thursday lecture
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J. Fred Evans
Boonville
Bowles Clothing
Hannibal
John D. Dillon
New York City
Sweet Orr Overall Company
Evans
Illinois
New York
Dillon
Charles Peterson
St. Louis
South Main Street
John Papajohn
Missouri Billiard Association
Real estate boom as Hannibal lenders loan 75,000
In thirty days Hannibal’s six building and loan societies loaned 75000 to home buyers. Abstract records in Wells Devienne show unprecedented citywide real estate activity with few vacant houses and rising living costs driving residents to purchase rather than rent.
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Hannibal
Wells Devienne Abstract Company
Court House
Confession of Lankford Proves Stamper Correct
Burlington special agent Bill Stamper, famed railroad detective, affirmed that Bert Adair was Francis C. Lankford, among the Lankford brothers tied to the Emil Licht murder and Burlington gun duel. Lankford’s Quincy confession, after Edward Pratt identified him, confirms Stamper’s long held identification.
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Bill Stamper
Burlington Railroad
Bert Adair
Quincy
Francis Caton Lankford
Lankford
Palmyra
Hannibal
Emil Licht
Burlington
Stamper
Francis C. Lankford
Francis Lankford
Burlington Detective
Lankford Brothers
Taylor
Edward Pratt
Burlington Special Agents
Cousins Travel to Illinois for Montgomery Funeral
Mrs. P. R. Munger of 2116 Chestnut Street and Mrs. J. D. Watts of Oakwood journeyed to Table Grove Illinois to attend the funeral of their cousin Mrs. Leonard Montgomery who died in a Macomb hospital. Known locally as Miss Lena McFadden, her former name, she had visited Hannibal frequently and was well remembered by friends.
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P. R. Munger
Chestnut Street
J. D. Watts
Oakwood
Table Grove
Leonard Montgomery
Macomb
Ill
Montgomery
Hannibal
Lena McFadden
Women Fight Over Man in South Fourth Street Incident
Miss Sadie Smith about 21 and an unidentified companion attacked Mrs Edith Mosely McCarthy near the police station on South Fourth street over a soldier sweetheart. Smith pleaded guilty to peace disturbance and was fined five dollars plus costs. McCarthy showed bruises but did not testify.
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South Fourth Street
Sadie Smith
Quincy
Edith Mosely McCarthy
Miss Smith
Jefferson Barracks
Smith
Mrs. McCarthy
McCarthy
T. P. McKinney
Mrs Partlow Dies Founding Oakwood Hotel Owner
Mrs. Margaret Partlow 78 died at her West Market Street home after a five week illness. For 42 years she and her husband Henry Partlow operated the Oakwood hotel founded in Civil War days, a once thriving business. She leaves two sons William and Henry Partlow of Hannibal. Born in Germany she was a member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church. Funeral will be at 2 30 PM Saturday conducted by Rev. Theodore Walz. Interment Mount Olivet Cemetery.
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Margaret Partlow
Oakwood
West Market Street
Partlow
Henry Partlow
William
Hannibal
Germany
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
Theodore Walz
Mount Olivet Cemetery
Nash Silo Builders Open Hannibal Branch
The Nash Silo Engineering Co of St Louis opens a Hannibal branch with E G Hill in charge. Col W R Edison and B F Hardesty, major owners, visit for the launch as Pettis County contracts call for 68 silos this year and plans for regional expansion in northeast Missouri. An ongoing silo campaign aims to add 100 new concrete silos in each of fifteen counties over the next year.
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Nash Silo Engineering Company
St. Louis
Hannibal
Hannibal Trust Company
Broadway
E. G. Hill
Col. W. R. Edison
B. F. Hardesty
Hill
Will
Missouri
Nash
Cal. Edison
Col. Edison
Pettis County
Bears Returned Home From Hot Springs Visit
William Schwab and John Draudt of Hannibal arrived home from Hot Springs with a young pet bear belonging to Schwab. The men, well known local businessmen, had been away for three weeks and brought the bear back with them after their Hot Springs trip.
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Hot Springs
Ark
William Schwab
John Draudt
Hannibal
Mr. Schwab
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Hicks
Sadie
OLD Stockyards Hotel
Theater Today
Jack
King OF the Kitchen
Billy Armstron
Keokuk and
Nauvoo
Keokuk
Silo Builders
Order of Eagles
Schwab
Highland Park
Gents
Princess
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Bray
Savoy
Taylor Holmes
Pauline Frederick IN
Fedora
Bijooou Theater
Jack Kohler
Phono
Kirschbaum
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Fifth Street
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