Wrong casket sent for Troy E. Jones at Fort Sill
A Missouri family learned their son Private Troy E. Jones died at Camp Doniphan Fort Sill was misdelivered when a wrong shipping tag sent another man’s body to Hannibal. Undertaker Ed Kelfer Barry Barry delivered the coffin but the body did not match the dead soldier’s description or identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy E. Jones
Camp Doniphan
Fort Sill
Okla
S. B. Jones
Barry
Port Sill
Jones
Rock Island
Hannibal Journal
330Th Infantry
U.S.A
Camp Deniphan
Foot Sill Fis
Bo Jones
Hannibal
Lor
Firt Sill
Pred Renner
Troy Jones
Renner
So Bo Tones
Ed Kelfer
I[nois
Bodies Sent From Undertaker After Game Day Mix Up
Corporal Renner reports a body misidentification involving two soldiers. One body may be returned to Hannibal while the other went to a Rock Island point. Fort Sill authorities have been notified and instructions requested. A similar mix up may be occurring in another town leaving mothers to wonder about their sons.
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Hannibal
Renner
Fort Sill
Corporal Renner
Rock Island
Clever crook Gaunt jailed for storage scam in Michigan
Joe Gaunt alias Fred Davidson, a reputed con man active since last June, was arrested in Flint Michigan after a Burlington railway secret service tip. He targeted storage and transfer firms by forging bills of lading and cashing checks on supposed high value deliveries, deceiving several companies including one in Hannibal and a Quincy firm that resisted his scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Gaunt
Fred Davidson
Hannibal
Quincy
Flint
Mich
Burlington Railway
Gaunt
Quinncye
Marriage Licenses Listed for Hadfield Eagle Brown Brown Lange
Legal age parties from Missouri and Iowa appear in license notices. William Hadfield of Durham and Julia Eagle of LaGrange are joined by Winan Brown of Quinney and Letitia Brown of Quinney. Nauman of Burtonington and Gertrude Lange from Des Moines also listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas Hadfield
Legal Age
Durham
Julia A. Eagle
Legal Axe
LaGrange
Winan Brown
Quines
Letitia Brown
Quinney
Philp
Nauman
Burtington
Gertrude Lange
Des Moines
City Ambulance Calls
Mrs Vina Saunders of Second and Jersey streets was transported to Blessing hospital. Katherine Andersen of 2000 Prairie avenue was also driven to Blessing hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Vina Saunders
Second
Jersey Streets
Blessing Hospital
Katherine Andersen
Prairie Avenue
Real Estate Transfers In Quincy
Franklin E Nichols transfers 60 ft of I-77 and quarter section 36 two Is 1 9w in FP Moultons add Quincy to Sadie E Doffer for $10. Jesse E Nichols also transfers the same properties to Sadie E Doffer for $10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin E. Nichols
Sadie E. Doffer
Moulton
Probate Court Notes appoints administrator for Carl Kreitz estate
Cornelia E. Sweet is appointed administrator of Carl Kreitz estate with bond set at $40,000 in probate court records. In circuit court Blanche Miller sues George Hf. Muller for divorce citing drunkenness as grounds.
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Cornelia E. Sweet
Carl Kreitz
Circuit Court
Blanche Miller
George Hf. Muller
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