Hannibal Boy Home From Seven Months Aboard Fairfax
Charles W. Grace of Hannibal is home on a five day furlough from the U S destroyer Fairfax after seven months in European waters. The ship met the George Washington carrying President Wilson to Paris and saw action against German submarines while escorting troop transports. Grace, a second class machinist and diver, has crossed the ocean at least twenty times and visited Japan China the Philippines and South America. He expects to return to duty next week and may receive an honorable discharge within months.
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Hannibal
U. S
Fairfax
Charles W. Grace
J. M. Grace
Mark Twain Avenue
Young Grace
George Washington
Woodrow Wuiseon
Paris
Wison
Azore Islands
France
Brest
Grace
Hannibal Ser
United States
Ile
Tfe
Navy
Japan
China
Phillipine Islands
South America
William Livingston
George Richardson
Camp Upton
New York
Camp Point
California
George
Loren Hessert
Liberty
Irwin Covert
Quaincy
Clarence Wallace
Clifford Pwuber
North Side
Cluir
James Hart
Ben Cain
Clayton
John Wallace
Gealden
Custap Beint
Hichard Curry
Jane Omer
Kansas Clay
Mow
Mark Curry
Walter Rhea
Armour Thompson
Louis A. Halk
William Stecher
Currys
Andrew Mason
J. A. Mason
Gas to be used on worthless dogs in Hannibal
Hannibal Missouri authorities plan to gas unclaimed and unlicensed dogs after three days. City Clerk Fenton B. Morris said the method will be used to dispatch animals deemed stray. Residents who own dogs have rushed to pay the $1 license since the city announced the policy.
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Hannibal, Mo
Hannibal
Fenton B. Morris
Council Confirms Police Appointment in Hannibal
Hannibal city council confirms police appointments Henry Harris head, George Fuehringer, J. C. Rodgers and John Winks. Council also referred street car franchise back to committee for changes before acceptance.
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Hannibal
Henry Harris
Oear Steers
George Fuehringer
J. C. Rodgers
John Winks
Couns
Big Criminal Docket 10 to be Tried Monday
Hannibal Missouri January 23 Two appeals from the city police court were dismissed by Judge W T Regland in Hannibal Court of Pleas. A brief morning session adjourned until Monday at 10 oclock for several criminal trials. Dismissals covered Whist Marshall Bockserman and others. Numerous cases continued or assigned changes of venue and orders. Damages assessed at 31245.
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Hannibal
City Police Court
Whist
Marshall
City of
Charles Bocksermon
Eliza Hanger
Heime Protective Association
Grand Lecter of
Missouri
William Kemp
OP. Clark
Atlas Portland Cement Company
William P. Walker
Admi
Hannibal Depot Company
Malenda J. Walker
Hannibal Union Depot Company
Jennie D. Fette
Anna McCooey
W. B. Arnold
Missouri Midwest OW Company
Clayton May Enter Race in Hannibal
Hannibal Missouri January 23 Probable candidates for city offices in the spring election emerge Lieut Robert M Clayton alderman from the first ward and member of George D Clayton Son real estate firm may seek mayor on the Democratic ticket His friends urge him to run Arthur J Tough O Donnell may run for chief of police on the same ticket while supporters of former Probate Judge Samuel J Harrison want him as police magistrate
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Hannibal
Robert M. Clayton
First Ward
George D. Clayton & Son
Samuel J. Harrison
Thomas Funeral In Hannibal Obituary Notice
The body of PD. J. Boots Thomas owner of the Hannibal Hotel was taken to Bevier Missouri for interment after services at his South Maple Avenue home conducted by Rev. T D Fry. He died suddenly last Sunday night in his wife’s arms due to a cause not specified.
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Hannibal
PD. J
Boots) Thomas
Bevier
South Maple Avenue
T. D. Fry
Broadway Methodist Church
Thomas
Local figure remembered in Hannibal and Macon
The obituary notes a well known resident who lived in Macon Massachusetts before moving to Hannibal four years ago, remembered for his ties to both communities and his local prominence.
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Macon
Hannibal
Hannibal Doughboy Hurt to Germany
Dan RB, a U.S. Army private from Hannibal, writes from a German evacuation hospital after being wounded while unloading hay and grain near Prum, Germany. He recounts travel from France through Belgium and Luxembourg to Germany, notes being in hospitals in Trier, and mentions President Wilson’s planned visit to France.
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Hannibal
Dan
Emily Price
Fesurth Street
Germany
Ife
Cath
France
Belgium
Luxemburg
Rhine
England
Prum
Trier
Wilson
Happenings In Hannibal: Call's Mayo Institute Operation
A L Flick Call, barber at Hotel Conklin, returned from Rochester Mayo Institute after a major operation. Surgeons’ work described as among the most delicate. Call recovering and will miss weeks before resuming duties. Dakin building remodel underway for Griswold Furniture near South Main and Church. Allen Doc Schmidt, Burlington machinist, broke ankle January 1 and is improving, planning to return to work in two weeks.
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Hannibal
A. L. (Flick) Call
F. W. Miller
Conklin
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Brothers’ Institute
Dakin
South Main
Church Streets
Griswold Furniture Company
W. E. Griswold
Wet Broadway
Allen
Doc) Schmidt
Burlington
German Railway Workers Strike in Halle and Berlin
An official telegram reports railway hand workers in Halle district striking for higher wages and shorter hours. Berlin municipal electrical workers also struck, causing all electric trains to cease operation.
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Amsterdam
Halle
Berlin
Daniels Commends 26 In Navy For Heroism
Secretary Daniels commends twenty six enlisted Navy men for courage and efficiency. Twenty one from the Marbethead crew helped rescue a Liberty party from a motor launch swamped in Key West harbor last September. Remaining citations honor additional individual acts.
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Washington
Daniels
Navy Department
Key West Harbor
Objectors Released by Baker at Fort Leavenworth
Secretary Baker orders release of P13 conscientious objectors held at Fort Leavenworth. Time remissions or reduced portions of sentences granted, with honorable restoration to duty but without immediate discharge from the Army.
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Washington
Baker
Fort Leavenworth
Hines Eyes No Real Cargo Rate Cut This Year
Washington January 28 Directeur General Hines said indications point to lower freight traffic this year but no real reduction in general rate levels is expected.
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Washington
Hines
Drink Habit Surrenders to TESCUM
An advertisement touts TESCUM Powders as a simple home remedy to break the drink habit. It claims to destroy taste for whiskey beer and other stimulants and notes a steel-bound money refund guarantee by Held Breder Bros and other druggists, with thousands of wives and mothers cited as testimony.
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Heldbreder Bros
Camp Point Farm Transfers and Local Notices
Charles Hoke sold the old Cummings farm to Emery Cain for 11700 dollars with 65 acres. Frank Wilkie sold a farm four miles south of Camp Point to G A Franzen at 75 dollars per acre. Numerous local social notes, visits, birthdays, and military and teaching changes are listed across Camp Point and nearby towns.
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Charles Hoke
Cummings Place
Emery Cain
Ben Cain
Frank Wilkie
Camp Point
G. A. Franzen
Martha Earel
D. M. Morris
Riverett Miller
Chicago
Maplewood
Lawrence Terry
Celinda Taylor
Bertie Teylor
Orville Thlarris
Decker
Big Neck
Camp Print
Fsaac
Cutter
Benjamin VY
Earl of Quincy
The Asiatle town of Malwachi borders Russia
A historical note describes Malwachi as an Asian town on the Russia border where only men may enter, with women forbidden from the city limits.
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Asiatle
Malwachi
Russia
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