Woman granted divorce after 42 years of hardship
Sallie C. Pflum, age unspecified, filed for divorce from Charles B. Pilum in Hannibal Court of Common Pleas. After 65 years, she described years of work at Atlas Portland Cement Plant and International Shoe Factory to support their home, says he refused to work, abused her, and took bed clothing when they separated in 1877. Judge Charles Hays granted a final decree Thursday morning. Other divorces ruled or continued for Margaret L. Scott, Bessie Quigley, Mollie Brown, Minnie Culp, Marie Bigger, Albert Schultz, Alma Scott, Nada Joseph, Edith Snodgrass, Grgie Hyler, Thomas W. Welsch, Jerry Ledford, Lola Brashears, Augusta Bryan, Ruth Blaine, Frank Conrad, Helen Everman, and more.
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Sallie C. Pflum
Hannibal Court of Common Pleas
Charles B. Pilum
Charles Tays
Atlas Portland Cement
International Shoe Factory
Pflum
Common Pleas Court
Pilum
Shelby County
Marion County
Palmyra
Holman
A. E. Dent
Frank M. Brown
Mollie Brown
J. O. Allison
New London
Minnie Clup
Henry Culp
Marie J. Bigger
George Bigger
Texas
George Stoneham
Albert P. Schultz
Lves
Mattie B. Schultz
Frederick
George M. Scott
Alma Scott
Scott
S. Joseph
Nada Joseph
Syria
United States
Joseph
Mr. Joseph
Hays
Edith Snodgrass
John H. Snodgrass
Snodgrass
Hannibal
Tusharid
Grgie Hyler
Normal Hyler
Thomas W. Welsch
Mabel Welsch
Mear
Jerry Ledford
Georgia Ledford
Lola Brashears
James E. Brashears
Lola Welsh
Augusta Bryan
Albert Bryan
Ruth Blaine
Charles Blaine
Frank Conrad
Zulica Conrad
Helen C. Everman
Jesse N. Everman
Historic Fire Bells Placed On Two Hannibal Trucks
Two 75 year old bells with Missouri history, once on St Louis volunteer carts, are mounted on Hannibal’s new motor ladder and the West Side truck. Fire Chief Theodore Parks recounts their journey from horse drawn era to the present, with one bell moved to St Louis and the remaining two now back in service. They are German silver and have a distinctive tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Cty Council of
Hannibal
Central Station
Ffteen
Joseph Joyce
St. Lou’s
Boyd On Business In Missouri Towns
O. R. Bord, sales manager for the Chandler Motor company of South Maine street, spent Thursday at Canton, Missouri, attending business matters for the firm. He will proceed to Edina, Missouri, tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. R. Bord
Chandler Motor Company
Maine Street
Canton
Bord
Edina
Toay
Attend Shrine Session At Quincy
Hannibal members of the White Shrine of Jerusalem went to Quincy Thursday noon to attend a meeting of the Quincy shrine. There were a half dozen in the local delegation.
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Hannibal
White Shrine of
Hannibal Playhouses Offers Double Bill At Star Theater
Tonight at Hannibal Playhouses features Pegey Hyland in The Web of Chance and Sessue Hayakawa in The Dragon Painter with Broadway Star Chapter 14 of The Carter Case. Also showing Pathe News Lloyd comedy and amateur night.
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Star Theater
Pegey Hyland
Mrs. John P. Bird dies in Hannibal hospital
Mrs. John P. Bird nee Marie C. Ott died at St. Elizabeth hospital after a long illness. She was 23, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ott of Olive street and wife of an employee at Burlington boiler shops. Survived by two young children, Mary C. and Frances S., two sisters Anna and Margaret Ott, and her parents. Funeral plans pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Bird
Marie C. Ott
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Insurance agents top St Louis area list in Missouri report
Roy W. Carlile of Carlile Gore Hawkins in Hannibal led the Missouri district with the largest insurance amount outside St Louis for Northwestern Mutual Life. Paul W. Gere, also of the same firm, started last July and ranked fifth with 163,500 in business. Carlile wrote 301,500 in the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Carlile
Carlile, Gore & Hawkins
Hannibal
St. Louis
Missouri
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Carlile
Paul W. Gere
Mr. Carkls
Body Of Mrs. Cooper Sent For Funeral In Quincy
The remains of Mrs. J. J. Cooper who died in Levering hospital Tuesday night were sent to Quincy Thursday afternoon for funeral services and interment today. Brief services were held at 3 PM in W. M. Smith chapel with Rev. T. D. Fry of Broadway Methodist church presiding. Mrs. Cooper was married to Dr. J. J. Cooper, a well known Hannibal physician.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Cooper
Levering
Quincey
W. M. Smith
T. D Fry
Broadway Methodist Church
O Donnell Returns From Kansas City Meeting
Thomas O Donnell Hannibal undertaker returned from Kansas City where he served on the State Board of Embalmers of Missouri. The trip included a meeting to revise questions for the spring embalming license examination and a banquet of the Funeral Supply Salesmen's club at the Coates House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas O’donnell
Hannibal
Kansas City
State Board of Embalmers of
Missouri
O'Donnell
Funeral Supply Salesmen’s Club
Coates House
Ralls County Woman Aged 88 Dies
The death of Mrs. Barbara Fuhrman of Ralls County occurred at 4 am Thursday at her home south of Tlasco. Born in Baden, Germany, she was eight years old and came to the United States fifty years ago. She leaves two sons C. G. Fuhrman and W. F. Fuhrman and Mrs. Anna Haskell, all of Hannibal. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Fuhrman
Ralls County
Tlasco
Baden
Germany
Fuhrman
United States
C. G
W. F. Fuhrman
Anna Haskell
Hannibal
Bodies To Arrive Here On Saturday
The remains of W. H. Loomis and his son L. J. Loomis will arrive in Hannibal Saturday and be removed to W. M. Smith's undertaking parlors. Funeral arrangements are not yet completed. The father died recently in Council Bluffs Iowa and the son died weeks ago in Denver Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Loomis
L. J. Loomis
Hannibal
W. M. Smith
Council Bluffs
Denver
Colo
Funeral of Miss Ledan Saturday at Catholic Church
The funeral of Miss Susan Ledan who died Wednesday in St Elizabeth hospital will be held at 9 30 oclock Saturday morning from the new Catholic church at West Broadway and Kayden street. Internment will be in St Marys cemetery. Mass will be said by Rev Father Thomas Fox. Miss Ledan was 52 years old and lived at 220 Garth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Ledan
St. Elizabeth Hospital
New Catholi
West Broadway
Kayden Street
St. Mary's Cemetery
Thomas Fox
Sedan
Garth Street
F B Jones Sick Will Go To St Louis
Frank B Jones stockkeeper at Atlas Portland Cement and Union Street resident travels to St Louis today to consult a health specialist after a sudden illness last week confining him to home It may require an operation He will be accompanied by Mrs Jones
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank. B. Jones
Stoeekeeper
Atlas Portland Cement Company
Union Street
St. Louis
Lindell Man Recovers After Cellar Stairway Fall
Louis Hawkins of Lindell avenue, who recently fell into a cellar stairway at Nerlich's store on Market street, is recovering and able to be out and around.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Hawkins
Lindell Avenue
Nerlich
Market Street
Talk Of Second New Theater For Hannibal Soon
Hannibal's Fraternal Order of Eagles via Dubinsky Brothers plans a new lodge theater. An eastern film investor, reportedly worth several million, is said to arrive within two weeks to explore a modern Broadway motion picture playhouse. A relative of the investor is in Hannibal aiding the effort. The project remains in early stages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eagles of
Hannibal
Dubinsky Brothers of
Kansas City
Wool Used For Suit Of Clothes Selling For 5 25 In Market
Salt Lake City Utah Jan 16 The statement by H R King of Seattle before the National Retail Clothier's Association in Chicago that clothing prices will rise 25 to 40 percent due to wool costs is denounced as absurd by Dr S W McClure secretary of the National Wool Growers Association In Boston the highest price paid for wool in 90 days is around 210 a pound for finest grades Yet for a medium winter weight suit requiring about 62 ounces of wool the cost of wool is about 525 at current prices and even with fine wool the wool component is under 10 percent of the suit price The piece argues wool prices have not driven clothing costs
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
H. R. King
Seattle
National Retail Clothier’s Association
Chicago
S. W. McClure
National Wool Grower's Association
King
Boston
McClure
Price of wool not blamed for clothing cost rise says expert
Dr. McCluer asserts there may be reasons to raise clothing prices but disputes wool as the cause. The remark emphasizes factors other than wool price behind retail clothing costs.
Pianist Demands 12 Bottles Of Beer To Play St Louis Date
ST LOUIS Jan 16 Sergei Rachmaninoff the eminent Russian pianist agreed to perform his second concerto with the Symphony Orchestra only if provided with a dozen bottles of genuine beer to drink during the stay in St Louis The condition was stated during breakfast at the Jefferson Hotel as arrangements were being discussed with the director Zach within 48 hours of the concert.
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ST. Louis
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Zach
Jefferson Hotel
Rachmaninoff
Threat of Fresh War in Europe Spreads Turmoil
Turbulent reports describe Turks probing from the south into the Caucasus to foment trouble while instability grows in Mesopotamia. Reds pour troops into Trans-Caspia via improved railways and push detachments toward Khiva, aiming to rally scattered Siberian forces.
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Europe
Cacasus
Mesopotamia
Trans-Caspar
Khiva
Reds advance and fronts shift in postwar Russia
The report notes ganda schools at Tashkent to teach Orient languages and deploy Red agents to India China and Muslim nations. Siberia reports 6000 remnants laying down arms. General Semenoff, defeated at Irkutsk, moves east of Baikal with Japanese support. Vladivostok quiet amid a general strike. Reds push toward Odessa and Crimea’s invasion looms, with Sebastopol key to Black Sea access.
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Tashkent
India
China
Siberia
Semenoff
Irkutsk
Baikal
Vladivostok
Russia
Odessa
Crimea
Sebastopol
Black Sea
Prominent Educator R C MacLaurin Dies At MIT
Boston Jan 16 R C MacLaurin president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology died of pneumonia after an illness that began Saturday He had been a leading figure in higher education and scientific research for decades.
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Boston
R. C. MacLaurin
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Guy V. Quigley
M. F. Brown
Boyd
Quincy
U. S.S. Government
U. S
Gardner Governor Company
John Ott
Roy Carlile
Paul Gore
Northwesten Company
Mrs. Cooper
O’donnell
F. B. Jones
Life Buoy
Queen
Maine
McMann’s Market
18Th and
State
M. McMann
Prop
Mart Schaffner & Mart
Stock Market
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
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