Hannibal Police Nips Gambler Ring In City
Hannibal Missouri police shut down an alleged organized gambling scheme after ordering out-of-town operators. A Peoria and Quincy led group planned to open houses on South Main and North Main with a roulette wheel and equipment valued around 8000 dollars. Authorities warned of stiff city and state penalties and continued crackdowns on violations.
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Hannibal
Henry R. Harris
Police Department
Harris
United States
Peoria
South Main Street
North Main Street
Quincy
Jacksonville
Happenings In Hannibal Reflects Local Deaths and Visits
The body of Mrs. Hugh Cox arrived from Quincy and was taken to Roy Schwarz funeral parlor with arrangements pending. Mrs. Cox, 50, had been ill six weeks and leaves a daughter in Hannibal and two sons. Also noted are a Hannibal IH official in town, a police chief awaiting news of his daughter’s St Louis surgery, Masonic temple renovations, Eastern Star officers installed, Albert Flick Call recovering from Mayo operation and three weeks unable to return.
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Hannibal
Hugh Cox
Lindell Avenue
Blessing Hospital
Quincey
Roy Schwarz
Cox
Quincy Hospital
Lois Ernest
Dean Cox
U.S. Army
Camp Grant
Merle Cox
William McFarland
Chicago
Oscar McFarland
Henry Harris
St. Louis
Etta McVay
Quincy
Mrs. Harris
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Albert “Flick” Call
Barber
Mayo Institute
Rochester, Minn
Pauline Fields Arrested in Hannibal for Bawdy House Case
Pauline Fields a Hannibal Missouri restaurant operator, formerly from Quincy, was arrested on a charge of keeping a girl under 18 in a bawdy house on North Main. Prosecutor Roy Hamlin filed information. arraignment set and venue changed. Previously indicted last September on six counts for bootlegging and attempted grand larceny, she pleaded not guilty.
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Hanibal
Pauline Fields
North Main Street
Hannibal
Pauline
Quincy
Roy Hamlin
Court of Justice of the Peace
Allen FE. Dent
Dent
John HT. Totsch
Ex Cowpuncher Is Marion Co Pros Attorney
Roy Hamlin a 27 year old former cowpuncher and ranch manager on the Mexican border has been elected Marion county prosecuting attorney. He took office Jan 1 after leading the Democratic ticket by over 200 votes and previously ran a bold campaign in 1916. Hamlin, a Hannibal resident, is a Washington University graduate of 1914 and has lived in Missouri and New Mexico before settling in Hannibal, where he built a legal career and led Red Cross drives.
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Hannibal, Mo
Roy Hamlin
Marion County
Hamlin
Hannibal
Moris Anderson
Hamln
Anderson
Washington University
St. Louis
Stamlin & Seawell
Springfield
Lewis County
Columbus
N. MM
Hamlin Ranch
New Mexico
Missouri
Red Cross
Hannibal Considers New Motion Theater on Main Street
Rumors sweep Hannibal Missouri that several local businessmen plan a large motion picture and vaudeville theater on South Main near the Union Station. Backers reportedly have the funds to start, with an estimated cost around seventy five thousand dollars.
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Hannibal
South Main Street
Union Station
Cit
La Prairie Forms Chamber of Commerce
More than 69 La Prairie residents met at the federal building to organize the La Prairie Chamber of Commerce. FE Fruehling was temporary chairman and DD Thnen temporary secretary. Officers elected: President Dr J F Ross, Vice President J A Tenhoeff, Secretary L G Kyman, Treasurer A R Thomas, Business Manager D B Minen.
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LA Prairie
Federal Building
L. G. Kyman
A. R. Thomas
D. B. tMinen
Gunners Take Their Hats Off to Doughboys in War Letter
Sergeant Randall of Company A, 123rd Machine Gun Battalion, recalls going over the top with the infantry on November 11 and reflects on wartime service from May 1926 to the Armistice. He notes his promotion to sergeant and describes dreary weather, damp woods, and dangerous moments including a sniper. He lists past postings from Brest to the Meuse and Meuse battles, ending with his current address at A. E. F. A. P. O. 750.
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Walter E. Randall
One Hundred Twenty-third Machine Gun
L. L. Pullman
South Twenty-third Street
Randall
Quincy
Mounty and
Rauvieres
Wilson
Kaiser Wilhelm NI
France
New York
Brest
Oorming
Villers-Bresseneux
Amiens
Abbeville
Pontremy
Villers-Bretteneux
Immigration hearings set by House committee
Washington January 10. The house immigration committee discussed prohibitory immigration legislation and decided to hold hearings beginning next Tuesday. Chairman Burnett’s bill would ban immigration for four years after the peace treaty signing and was selected as the hearings’ subject.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Burnett
Electric Wheelers Clean Record in Industrial Indoor League
The Electric Wheelers sit atop the standings with a strong lead in the Industrial Indoor Baseball league as Gardner Governor, Cliff Dwellers, and Otis Elevator each gain games. Wednesday results saw Gardner Governor 20 Company E 14 with Janssen catching and Heintz pitching for Gardner, Beedle pitching and Hasse catching for Company E, and Y M C A beating Company E 22 to 5 with Aloy Adams and Strong as battery for Cliff Dwellers.
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Electric Wheel
Otis Elevator Company
Gardner Governor Company
Sam Babel
Viotorious Electric Wheel
Company E
Gardners
Jansen
Heintz
Beedle
Hasse
Cliff Dwellers
Aloy Adams
Local Y to Play in Palmyra Tonight
The Y M C A basketball team travels to Palmyra to face the high school tossers in a battle royal. Eight players, the referee, and Sam Gabel, their coach and Y physical director, join the trip. The Palmyra squad has earned a strong reputation and the game is highly anticipated. The article also lists Volleyball league schedule dates for the Business Men's classes with Jack Lusk, Herman Nelson, Walter Franklin, and W E Haxel as principals.
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Palmyra
Shelbina
Quincy
Sam Gabel
Mr. Gabel
Jack Lusk
Herman Nelson
W. E. Haxel
Walter Franklin
O Fallon Republican elected Missouri House Speaker
Jan. 10 report from Jefferson City states F. O Fallon of O Fallon was elected speaker of the Missouri house of representatives by a strict party vote 75 to 4. The note adds a curious line about the heart pumping blood a distance of nearly 365 miles in a year.
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O'Fallon
Missouri
Jefferson City
F. O'Fallon
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International Harvester Company
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Orator
Dicky Dippy
Blondy
Sinnott
Marion CO
Chamber of Commerce
Garrelts
Vernis Martin
Henry G. Garretts & Sons
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Electric Wheelers
Y. M. Co
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Company E Atau Ety
W . Haxel
Weilers
N. 6Th ST
Princess
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Savoy
Louise Glaum
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