Quincy Seeks Power Plant Information Visit to Hannibal
Quincy officials Mayor John A. Thompson and Alderman Perry C. Ellis visited Hannibal to study its electric light plant operations. Hannibal owns the plant and has run it profitably while delivering low-cost electricity. The trip supports a proposed $500,000 bond issue to buy the Quincy plant, with Superintendent A. M. Nipper presenting detailed utility statistics.
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Hannibal
John A. Thompson
Perry C. Ellis
Quincy
A. M. Nipper
Board of Public Works
Quincy Electric
Thompson
Ellis
Nipper
Damage suit moved to Hannibal federal court
S J Taylor and wife Eliza of near Bevier Mo sue Northern Central Coal for 10000 in federal court over their son Clarence Taylor’s death. He was killed July 15 1918 when a rock fell on him while loading a mine car in the defendant’s Bevier mine. Original filing was in Randolph County circuit court. transcript received by United States District Court clerk Friday. case set for May term.
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Hannibal
S. J. Taylor
Eliza Taylor
Near Bevier
Northern Central Coal Company
Clarence Taylor
Randolph County
United States District Court
Thomas O'Hern
Young Taylor
Bevier
Dr Chapman's Health Candy Promises Broad Cures
Dr G W Chapman of 1994 N 4th St Quincy Indiana offers Health Candy described as remedy for cough hoarseness sore throat catarrh bronchitis tonsillitis colds indigestion croup whooping cough and voice restoration for singers and speakers. It is sugar based with seven herbs and bark believed to act as antiseptic and preventive for influenza diphtheria and typhoid fever priced 60 cents a pound with 25 cents for mail service.
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G. W. Chapman
N. 4Th St
Quincy
Thirty Dram Shop Licenses Issued For Six Months
Hannibal Missouri reports thirty saloon licenses issued for January 4 to July 4. No net change from the prior six months, with 30 licenses covering dram shop, listed for several local operators and hotels. The six month total has declined from 48 to 30 over three years per City Clerk Fenton Morns figures.
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Hannibal
Fenton Morns
John and
Henry Echweitzer
Roth and McMahon
Charles Driscoll
W. J. Gould
W. F. Scham
Hannibal Masonic Lodge to Install Officers Next Monday
Hannibal Mo January 11 Ha nnibal lodge No 188 AF AA M will install newly elected officers at the Masonic temple next Monday night M Roy Mount is elected worshipful master J Arthur Ihrig now with the American army in France is elected senior warden John E Couch junior warden Frank T Hodgdon treasurer and Theodore A Ross treasurer Harry C Smith retiring worshipful master has made a splendid showing the last twelve months
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Hannibal
Hannibal Lodge No
A. F
A.M
Masonic Temple
M. Roy Mount
J. Arthur Ihrig
France
John E. Couch
Frank T. Hodgdon
Theodore A. Ross
Harry C. Smith
Hannibal Auto Fire Truck In Collision
Hannibal's new auto fire truck collided with a street car on South Maple avenue Thursday evening but no injuries occurred. The truck incurred light damage and is expected to be back in service today. The street car also sustained minor damage.
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Hannibal
South Maple Avenue
George I. Lingle Dies In Hannibal
Hannibal Missouri January 11 George I Lingle of 815 Collier street died Thursday night at his home He was a brother of John Lingle and well known in Hannibal Funeral arrangements have not been made.
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Hannibal, Mo
George I. Lingle
Collier Street
John Lingle
Hannibal
Baseball Men Plan BlaFeld Meeting
New York Jan 11 plans set for major and minor league owners and officials to hold a week of conferences. National league schedules will be considered and grievances with minor leagues to be settled by a committee before a meeting of the majors. Cork Invites Wilson
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New York
United States
Heydler
Heidler
S S S Greatest Blood Remedy Claims Quick Results
An advertisement extols S S S Blood Remedy as cleansing and purifying blood to cure skin diseases, rheumatism, catarrh, and contagious blood poisons. It describes how roots and herbs purify the blood, removes poisons, and leaves a clear complexion, inviting readers with peculiar cases to write for advice.
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S. S
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
Ady
Happenings In Hannibal Reflect Local Deaths and Events
In Hannibal Missouri infant Harry W Ingram died at 11 days old with funeral set at Mt Olivet cemetery from the family home on East Gordon Street. The police seek missing 15 year old Mike Bady Jr of Wood River Illinois described as five feet tall with brown hair and eyes and a low forehead. Carrie Cox funeral is Sunday at 2 30 from the home led by Rev W L Dorgan. Former Hannibal resident J Warren Moore expected to re locate in Hannibal after moving to San Diego California last summer. Mrs Herbert Tomlinson of Olive Street is critically ill at home. Thomas OHern of the U S district court is in St Louis on official business. Elks dance drew a large crowd with a Broadway ballroom attendance. Juror acquits May Snashey in Cordie Miller disturbance case in Judge J H Totsch s court.
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Hannibal, Mo
Harry W
Harry Ingram
East Gordon Street
Mt. Olivet
Hannibal
Mike Bady, Jr
Woodriver
Lil
Carrie Cox
Blessing Hospital
Quincy
W. L. Dorgan
Fifth Street Baptist Church
J. Warren Moore
San Diego
Cal
Ship Emergency Fleet Corporation
Moore
New York Life Insurance Company
Macon Man Walter Goodson Named Missouri Senate Pro Tem
Jefferson City Mo Jan 11 Senator Walter C Goodson of Macon was chosen President pro tem of the Missouri Senate after a caucus deal by the peace delegates The vote stood 14 to 9 for Green Kan sas City The development shifts power away from the Old Guard by threatening committee appointments and hints at a bipartisan coalition to reshape Senate control
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Jefferson City
Walter C. Goodson
Macon
Missouri Senate
Goorson
Wallace W. Green
Kansas City
Goodson
Senate
Gondean
Old Guard
Jacob Gmelich
Jobs for Consuls and Vice Consuls in 1924 Funded
Washington Jan 19 The house foreign affairs committee added to the 1924 diplomatic appropriation bill provision for 25 consuls and 150 vice consuls. The panel also approved a $3,000,000 appropriation to purchase embassies in foreign countries.
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Washington
State Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Peace congress Sunday to be observed nationwide
New York Jan 10 Next Sunday will be observed as a day of special prayer for the peace congress in all Protestant churches nationwide according to an announcement by the federation of churches of Christ in America.
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UNDAY
New York
Peace Congress
Federation of Churches of Christ In America
Exemption Board Chief’s Satirical Letters Stir Summit NJ
Buford Franklin head of Union County Exemption Board in Summit New Jersey sent witty letters to Adjutant General Norman P. Stahl criticizing board progress. The correspondence, deemed worthy of forwarding to Provost Marshal General Crowder, led to dramatic imagined procession, threats of closure, and a sensational ending with a mock explosion and burned stamps.
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Buford Franklin
Union County
Summut
N. J
Norman P. Stahl
Adjutant Eneral
Franklin
ICQ
Crowder
Adjutant General
Col. Kramer
General Crowder
Israel Cohen
Sacred Board
Summit
State of New Jersey
New Jersey
Washington
Camp Dix
Wrightstown
H. C. Kramer
J. A
France Faces Coal Crisis After German Destruction
A U S report says northern French mines will take three years to reach full production, with Germany’s retreat wrecking Lens region mines. France must seek foreign coal for at least part of its supply, and U S expects significant export demand, while public utility stocks run low.
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Washington
France
Fuel Administration
Special Commission
United States
Lens
Illinois bankers association to meet in LaSalle Illinois
Chicago January 11 annual meeting of the Illinois bankers association will be held at LaSalle Illinois following an earlier September announcement by the association's executive council.
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Chicago
Illinois Bankers’ Association
LaSalle
Association
Motto to Replace Unum on Silver Dollars
Washington January 1L The motto Liberty Equality Fraternity would replace E Pluribus Unum on silver dollars minted under a bill introduced by Representative Sahall of Minnesota in Congress.
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Washington
Sahall
Minnesota
Army Opens Shoe Repair Plant In Coblenz Factory
In Coblenz Lutzel a three story building houses a shoe repair operation for soldiers under American direction. Ten thousand American shoes await cobblers and more are arriving daily as the plant expands to 300 workers. Major Landres leads the effort with Lt. Thomas A Carton as superintendent.
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Associated Press
Coblenz
Third Army
Berlin
Coblenz-Lutzel
Moselle
Eighth German
Rhenish Prussia
Landres
Thomas A. Carton
Fiftic Bout Staged For Illinois Solons
In Springfield a boxing exhibition will be staged for Illinois lawmakers to showcase boxing's value. Lieutenant Jack Kennedy, in charge at Great Lakes Naval Training Station, will lead 12 boxers to perform for the legislators before they vote on a bill to legalize the sport. The event aims to dispel prejudice and promote the sport's benefits for developing athletes.
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Chicago
Springfield
Jack Kennedy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Athler
Bill Camps Out at Quincy Theater
Comedy by Smiling Bill Parsons features a camping chase with a bear and a tornado, a damsel found by Tom Brown, love triangles, and a lively quest through a storm. The bear, boat, and hunting party drive the comic misadventure to a romantic finale with Parsons wooing a new sweetheart.
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Bill
Parsons
Capitol
Quincy
Tom Brown
Tom
Flore Bill
Ton
Eighty Delegates to Peace Session
Paris January 9. It is probable that about eighty delegates will attend the peace congress if the French government plan is approved by the supreme council. Extra delegates from many nations expected including Lord Hardinge Sir Louis Mallet and Sir Eric Howard for Great Britain. Bernard Baruch Vance McCormick and other specialists to be consulted by the U S peace commission. Smaller powers that warred on the central empires to have three delegates Greece Serbia Portugal Romania Brazil and China. Finland and Czecho Slovakia two each. Nations that merely broke relations with the central powers to have one delegate.
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Paris
Supreme Council
Lord Hardinge
India
Louis Mallet
Turkey
Eenne W. Howard
Switzerland
Great Britain
Bernard Baruch
Vance McCormick
United States Peace Commission
Greec
Serbia
Portugal
Rumania
Brazil
China
Finland
Czecho-Slovakia
Museum Fire Destroys St Louis Fine Arts Building
The old Museum of Fine Arts in St Louis built in 1881 and costing about 199000 dollars was destroyed by a blaze Thursday night. The fire origin has not yet been determined.
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ST. Louis
Museum of Fine Arts
Indications Point To Ebert Victory
Paris dispatch reports fragmentary but strong signals that the Ebert government has won over the Spartacans as local support grows with prospects of success. Five days of sanguinary fighting have left the Spartacans with very heavy losses and the regime gaining momentum.
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Paris
Germany
Ebert Govrnment
Spartacans
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the Elks
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Morris Plains Lunatic Asylum
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