Woman slain after alley quarrel with Branham brothers
Mrs Grace Johnson, 39, died after being struck on the jaw by George Branham in an alley dispute involving Wilbert Johnson and Joseph Carrico. The coroner’s jury found death from a blow to the head. Branham brothers fled on a Wabash freight train. investigation ongoing.
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J. W. Hardesty
Mrs. Johnson
Hardesty
George Branham
Branem
Grace Johnson
George Branhan
Hil Lemon Street
Wilbert Johnson
Joseph Carrico
Joseph Branhan
Johnson
Russell Street
Branhan
Joe Branhan
Joseph Branham
Albert Johnson
Joseph Carrica
Branham
Young Johnson
International Shos
Roy Schwartz
E. A. Johnson C
E. Cashman
H. C. Hurt
C. A. Starden
L. F. Pringle
George Reddin
J. F. Hardesty
R. L. Johnson
International Shoe Factory
Earl
E. Randall
Woman Heir Contests Jewett Will In Missouri Suit
Mrs Lucy Davis of Shelbina Mo visited Hannibal over the weekend and is involved in the Jewett will contest. Heirs of Howell H Jewett real estate owner say Davis exerted undue influence while Jewett was ill and not of sound mind when the will left her his entire fortune estimated at 150000. The Shel by county court suit has drawn wide Northeast Missouri attention.
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Lucy Davis
Shelbina
Hannibal
Windsor Hotel
Missouri
Mrs Gladys Bird Seeks Divorce Over Abuse Custody Ask
Mrs Gladys Bird files for divorce from Paul Bird in Hannibal Court of Common Pleas alleging cruel treatment and abuse. She seeks custody of three minor children. The couple married in 1907 with BE W Nelson and Lewis O Connor listed as her attorneys.
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Gladys Bini
Paul Bird
Hannibal
Mrs Garth to Host Christmas Ball at Sabinnah Club
Mrs John K Garth will host a Christmas ball at the Sabinnah club on December 30 in honor of visitors Miss Julia Porter Todgdon and Miss Mildred Norris, and Mr Frank T Hodgdon Jr who are spending the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Garth
Sabinnah Club
Julia Porter Todgdon
Frank T. Hodgdon, Jr
Mildred Norris
City Engineer Mills Returns to Duties After Illness
City Engineer Loren Mills, confined at home on North Sixth Street for a week due to illness, recovered and resumed duties on Monday.
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Loren Mills
North Sixth Street
Pershing to Visit Hannibal for Short Morning Stop
General John J. Pershing will spend a little more than two hours in Hannibal this morning aboard the New York private car. He is due on the K line train from St. Louis at 5 12 and will depart on Brookfield division train No. 3 at 7 35. Local officials plan a reception next month. He will then proceed to Laclede to meet boyhood friends and will be accompanied by his sister Mae Pershing and son Warren.
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Burlington
Laclede
Union Station
Hannibal
K Line
St. Louis
New York
Brookfield Division
N. A. Scheidler
Chamber of Commerce
J. B. Jefferies
General Pershing
Black Jack" Pershing
Miss Mae Pershing
Warren Pershing
Linewin, Neb
Flo Flo to be staged at Park theater Friday night
Park theater manager Thomas A. Rigler announces Flo Flo John Cort s latest musical comedy will be shown at the Park Friday Dec 26 with seats on sale now The production delighted Broadway audiences and follows a successful Boston run It features the Cort chorus and popular novelty dancing Also booked for New Year s Day events is the comic opera Robin Hood with afternoon and evening performances
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Thomas A. Rigler
Park Theater
Hag
Flo- Flo
John Cort
Flo-Flo
Mr. Cort
New York
Rigler
Wife Of Willie McOwan Is Dead
The death of Mrs Ivy May McOwan aged 20 follows a four week illness. She leaves her husband Willie Ray McOwan and a four week old child. The body will be taken to New London Missouri for interment. Survived by father James Wilkins and two sisters and two brothers.
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Ivy May McOwan
Willie Ray McOwan
New London
James Wilkins
Mrs Eva Brummer 85 Dies After Illness
Eva Brummer aged 85 died at her daughter’s home after a five week illness. Widow of John Brummer she lived at 209 Ziegler Street. Funeral at 2 30 pm from the home with Rev Theodore Walz officiating. Burial in Mount Olivet cemetery. Prof Charles Y Clayton of Missouri School of Mines visits parents George D Clayton and wife during holidays.
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Eva B. Brummer
Ernest Herzog
Ziegler
Charles Y. Clayton
Missouri School of Minea
Rolla, Mo
George D, Clay N
Negro Todd Arrested in Hannibal Theft Case
A Negro named Todd, who arrived in Hannibal a week ago, was arrested Saturday night as police recovered multiple items alleged stolen during his brief stay. He denies charges, but owners have identified some property. He will be arraigned today in a justice of the peace court.
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Todd
Hannibal
Justice of the Peace
J. W. Nicely Returns From State Lumber Trip
J W Nicely of North Seventh street connected with North Missouri Lumber Company has returned from a two week business trip through the state in the companys interests.
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J. W. Nicely
North Seventh Street
North Missouri Lumber Company
Today's Program At Hannibal Playhouses
Star Theater presents Viola Dana in Please Get Married while Mr and Mrs Carter DeHaven star in Toney Mooning. Broadway Star shows five reels of first class pictures at Park Theater alongside Gardner's Musical Comedy Company with fifteen performers. Coming Dec 26 Flo Flo musical comedy company with about fifty performers.
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Star Theater
Viola Dana
Carter DeHaven
Toney Mooning
Broadway Star Five Reels
Park Theater Gardner
HAPPENINGS IN Hannibal local brief roundup
Louie Leverington a Washington University student in St. Louis is home for the holidays with his parents Mr and Mrs James Leverington and grandparents Mrs and Airs Henry J Lowe Henry Fleischman buys a brick building at 207 Center Street formerly occupied by Judge A E Dent from Mrs J L Onstot George Walhave of Union Street returns from visits to Quincy and Macon Burlington railroad workers will receive their semi monthly pay tomorrow.
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Louie Leverington
Washington University
St. Louis
James Leverington
Airs
Henry J. Lowe
Henry Fleischman
Center Street
A. EL Dent
J. L. Onstoté
Indecent fashions spark Paris festival of Oedipus
Paris reports outrage over women's fashions while the Cirque d'Hiver features a production of Oedipus. In the second act Paoli, French discus champion, performs in a loin cloth with male and female athletes in scant drapery. Gemier receives applause at stage light with Paoli, nearly unclad.
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Paris
Cirque d'Hiver
M. Gemier
Paoli
Gemier
Gas Tank Explosion Burns Local Worker
Plymouth Illinois December 22 A Milton B. King employee Richard Hambly two miles west of Plymouth suffered serious facial and hand burns when a cellar lighting gas tank exploded. Dr McDaniels treated him and he is reported resting easy. Hambly, an Englishman, had resided near Plymouth for only a short time.
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Plymouth
Richard Hambly
Milton B. King
Hambly
McDaniels
Mills of United States Lead Global Flour Exports
A brief report notes that U S mills export more flour annually than all other world mills combined, highlighting the United States as the dominant global supplier in flour production and trade.
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United States
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Gladys Bird
Mills
Quincy
North Fifth
H ST
Quincy, Ill
Gen. Pershing
Laclede, Mo
Willie McOwan
Eva Brummer
George Walhave
Union Street
Macon
Burlington Railroad
Alonzo O. Bliss Co
Washington, D. C
Genteman Bros
Fiorists
Hristmas
GIFP
The
Pocket Books
Owl Drug Store
Sixth Ave
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