Mother of Ozark Valley play shines in Carthage charity benefit
The Woodbine theater in Carthage hosted the Home Talent play The Mother of Ozark Valley on Monday and Tuesday to high praise. Directors Mr. and Mrs. Harry Choate received credit for staging and acting with Mrs. Choate as The Little Mother. Proceeds benefited the Women's Relief Corps, with a reported treasury increase of 150 dollars.
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Carthage
Ozark Valley
Woodbine Theater
Harry Choate
Choate
Ella Curts Culkin
John F. Calkin
Clarence C. Hart
Ida May Hart
Finn
Thomas K. Cosgrove
John Jackson
Dell E. Cosgrove
Teir
Augustus P. Jackson
Virgil GC. Rose, Sr
Virgil Co. Rose, Jr
August P. Jackson
Lucile Bollin
Leslie BK. Bollin
Mary A. Bollin
Edgar
A. Bolton
Floyd N. Casburn
Geo. J. Heaton
Whisky Prescriptions Begin As Prohibition Takes Hold
In Hannibal two druggists will sell whisky by prescription only, under federal prohibition starting at 12:01 am. Drugstores face heavy licensing, record keeping, and bond requirements, with physicians reluctant to prescribe liquor. Doctors say they will not issue prescription blanks, and limits cap any single use to a pint within ten days.
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Hannibal
United States
Misery of backache relief from Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs. G. Schoon of Muskegon Michigan writes that six years of back weakness left her nearly unable to walk. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she became strong again and can do all her work. She highly recommends the medicine to others.
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Muskegon, Mich
Lydia E. Pinkham
Woman's Health Guarded By Pinkham’s Remedy
A promotional note urges women to protect health and recommends Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. It offers confidential advice from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co at Lynn Mass, promising a female reader will answer letters.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
1919 Metrological Summary Notes Above Normal Rainfall
B L Waldron reports 1919 had above normal rainfall and high Mississippi River stages. Mean temperature 54.0 F, July warmest, December coldest, high of 99 F, low of 12 F. Total rainfall 35.73 inches, 1.47 inches above normal. snowfall 113 inches. Thunderstorms 51 days, hail 5, dense fog 9 days. River peak 20.1 feet May 8th, lowest 1.2 feet January 5th.
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Mississippi River
Weather Bureau
Hannibal
B. L. Waldron
Waldron
Fragmentary note on indorsement and records
A garbled instruction notes a signature with the word cancel and dating of liquor delivery. It mentions keeping a record for Internal Revenue and physicians maintaining alphabetically arranged prescriptions. The fragmentary text suggests procedural requirements but lacks clear context or a complete event.
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Scupsion
Boys Conference Opens With Banquet in Hannibal
The Missouri Older Boys Conference opened in Hannibal with a Friday night banquet at the First Christian church attended by about 200 people from out of town. T. C. Marsh of Flat River presided as several enthusiastic addresses were made and the conference will continue through Sunday.
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Missouri Older Boy's
Young Mens Christian Associations
Hannibal
First Christian Church
T. C. Marsh
Flat River
Coca Colas sweep bowling contest at Hannibal Y M C A
The Coca Colas won three straight games over the Young Men in a Thursday bowling match. Forrest led with 196, Lampton 176, Schmidt 170. Next contest features Eagles versus Atlas. Kingston public works built five five ton concrete buoys of six foot diameter and three inch thick walls.
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Coca-Colas
Forrest
Lampton
Schmidt
Eagles
Atlas
Public Works Department of
Kingston
Jaharga
Hannibal Faces Burleson Rates Return After Ruling
Hannibal city officials await an official court order from Judge State of the Cole County Circuit Court in Jefferson City Missouri that will suspend the Missouri Public Service Commission decision reducing telephone rates. The writ could restore Burleson rates for now, affecting 42 Missouri cities including Hannibal, as subscribers may pay higher charges again while an appeal is resolved. Local officials caution the outcome is pending and service quality remains a concern with calls for formal protest to the Public Service Commission.
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Hannibal
Judge State
Cole County
Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Missouri
Burleson
Circuit Court
Central Missouri Trust Company
Dispatch
Lewis O'Connor
Hannibal Chamber of Commerce
Slate
J. K Miles
Public Service Commission
New Draudt Building to House Restaurant and Bakery
A modern restaurant and bakery will open February 10 in the Draudt Building at the corner of South Main and Lyon streets in Hannibal. C. W. Owen of Hannibal and his brother, also named C. W. Owen of Cairo, Ill, have leased the entire building for five years. The Hannibal Owen will run Owen's Eat Shop on Broadway and continue that business. his brother will manage the South Main site. Mr. Draudt will retire from business.
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John Draudt
South Mainn
Lyon Streets
Hannibal
C. W. Owen
Cairo
Ill
Owen
Broadway
Maine Street
Mr. Draudt
Funeral for Mrs Bird Monday at Blessed Sacrament
Funeral services for Mrs John Bird will be held at 9 o clock Monday morning from the Church of the Blessed Sacrament on West Broadway conducted by Rev Father Thomas Fox Interment will be in St Marys cemetery The remains have been removed to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs John Ott on Olive street
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John Bird
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
West Broadway
Father Thomas Fox
St. Mary's Cemetery
More Divorce Decrees Are Given by Hays
Final decrees of divorce were granted Friday in the Hannibal Court of Common Pleas by Judge C. T. Hays. Homer R. Dickerson secured a divorce from Catherine Dicker son. custody of minor Margaret awarded to James Feeney couple with Dickerson paying $12 monthly for support. Haas was granted a decree after claiming his wife failed to disclose an existing marriage to Frank C. Whaley. Fern Wright was granted a divorce from Grover Wright with custody of a minor. May Walden's divorce case against Ester L. Walden was continued.
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Hannibal Court
Whaley
Haas
Fern Wright
Grover Wright
May Walden
Ester L. Walden
Real Estate Changes Hands In Local Deals
Plowman and Greenville report several recent transactions. Mrs. Daniel Lanen bought a double house on Bird Street and will occupy one half. Two flats on Bure Place were sold at a sheriff s sale to Difford Jones heirs and partners. Twenty acres on the Hannibal Palmyra road went to the Todd brothers, who move in after March 1. W I Bielstein buys a North London and West Broadway house for his family. Odessa Griggs buys 410 Cypress Street as an investment.
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Plowman & Greenville
Hannibal
Daniel Lanen
Sr. Brashears
Bird
Hannibal-Palmyra
Todd Brothers
James Greenville
Thomas
Morris
W. I. Bielstein
Frankford
North London Street
West Broadway
Bielstein
Odessa Griggs
Cypress Street
Edwaid Eales
Burlington Men Have a Pay Day
Burlington railroad workers in Hannibal received pay Friday with over 2,000 checks distributed across departments. The semi monthly payday featured broad employee coverage and orderly disbursement.
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Burlington
Burlington Railroad
Hannibal
Guests at Home of Dr Searfoss
Miss Irene Searfoss of Odessa Missouri and Mrs W J Laforce of Centralia Missouri are guests in the home of Dr and Mrs E W Searfoss in Hannibal.
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Dr. Searfoss
Irene Searfoss
Odessa
W. J. Laforce
Centralia
E. W. Searfoss
Hannibal
Pershing for President Contest Teased in Nebraska
Mark W. Woods of Lincoln, executive chairman of a Nebraska Pershing for president movement, announced that Pershing’s friends would welcome Nebraska as the site for a Pershing Wood contest to select delegates to the Republican National Convention in Chicago next June. Woods, back from an eastern trip, said Nebraska admirers are preparing a list of candidates to run for delegates, a move eastern writers interpret as a challenge to Pershing.
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Lincoln
Neb
Mark W. Woods
Nebraska
General Pershing
Haveebraska
Chicago
Woods
General Wood
Pershing
Burial delayed after a woman wakes at funeral home
In Newton New Brunswick on January 17 preparations for the burial of Mary E. Mahoney, 90, were under way when a deputy undertaker thought he saw the body move. He checked again and the woman sat up and asked What s coming off around here The burial has been postponed indefinitely.
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Newton
New Brunswick
Mary E. Mahoney
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Draudt
Mrs. Bird
Building and Loan Association
People’s Saving, Loan and Building Association
Quincy Building and Homestead Association
Maurice E. Vasen
Hays
Dr. Bell
Dr Bells
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Ience
Clough-Reik
Quincy
Barry Hannibal
Macomb
Howe
Our
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