Burlington to Spend $500000 to Enlarge Local Switch Yards
Burlington railroad plans a half million dollar upgrade of the Hannibal yards to handle growing traffic. The project, awaiting federal approval from Walker D. Hines, would extend almost a mile south from Spooner Creek to Cave Hollow, with dikes and a sea wall. Yard realignment aims to straighten curves and add 24 hour switching capacity, amid other Burlington system expansion talks at West Quincy and West Burlington.
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Hannibal Yards
Burlington Railroad
United States Railroad Administration
Walker D. Hines
Federal Administration
Hannibal
Burlington
Spooner Creek
Cave Hollow
West Quincey
West Burlington
Iowa
OU MILE SPEED ON SLED TRACK MAKES RECORD
In Hannibal Sunday night hundreds of young coasters thronged Union street hill and other routes to speed forty to fifty miles per hour. Perry Sanders suffered a broken left leg when his coaster crashed into a telephone pole. Gregg Winking suffered a foot injury and James, 14, dislocated an arm after losing control of his sled on North street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Union Street
Mirch Street
South Side
Perry Sanders
Samuel ©. Wilson
Sanders
Gregg Winking
Levering Hospital
James
North Street
Hannibal Corporal Bibb Returns Home From Army Service
Corporal Hyle Bibb of Hannibal has been discharged after four years in the army and arrived home Sunday night. He was stationed at Fort Sam Houston Texas with the headquarters troop of the 14th Cavalry. Bibb will work as a night switchman for the Burlington railroad in town, having previously been a Burlington yard clerk before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyle Bibb
Hannibal
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
14Th Cavalry
Burlington Railroad
Bibb
The
Burlington
Harry Walker Arrives Home After Visit in Hannibal
Harry Walker returns to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Chris Walker of Rockstreet after accompanying the remains of Sue Marie Hughett six month old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hughett of Washington Dallas Ill for burial. The parents were ill with influenza and formerly lived in Hannibal. On arrival Mr. Walker found his father ill in his home. His father is among Hannibal post office’s oldest mail carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Walker
Chris Walker
Rockstreet
Sue Marie Hughett
Fred Hughett
Washington
Dallas
Ill
Hannibal
Walker
Masons To Honor Hall In Local Funeral Services
Funeral services for William H. Hall a well known Wabash railroad conductor living at 1901 West Broadway will be held at 2:00 pm from Fifth Street Baptist Church with Rev. H. B. Cox officiating. Interment will be at Mount Olivet cemetery. St John’s Lodge of the Masons will conduct at the grave and Excaliber Commandry Knights Templar will escort. Hall a member of the Royal Arch Masons Mystic Shrine and Order of Railway Conductors. Wabash and Katy railroad conductors from other points expected to attend. Remains arrived Sunday with Mrs Hall and E O Bridges, brother in law. Hall sick with bronchitis then stroke of paralysis in Rochester while wife was treated at Mayo Institute. Bridges reached Rochester the day before Hall died.
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William H. Hall
Wabash Railroad
West Broadway
Rochester
Minn
Fifth Street Baptist Church
H. B. Cox
Mount Olivet
St. John’s Lodge of the Masons
Hall
Excaliber Commandry
Knights Templar
Royal Arch Masons and Mystic Shrine
Order of
Wabash and Katy
Mayo Institute
Bridges
Former Fire Horse Killed After Runaway Injury
One of the oldest Han nibal fire horses was shot Monday after breaking its leg in a runaway on North Main street and Mark Twain avenue. Samuel Clay, a street department worker, drove the team when the horses panicked and bolted. One horse fell on Mark Twain avenue and was killed by humane officer F. L. Kelly.
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Hannibal
North Main Street
Mark Twain Avenue
Samuel Clay
F. L. Kelly
Branham Trial Set Today in Circuit Court
George Branham goes on trial at 9 am before Judge C. T. Hays in Hannibal for alleged murder of Grace Johnson. A venire of forty jurors summoned. trial expected to last two days after selection. Branham, held in Palmyra jail, is defended by Nelson and O Connor. state by Hamlin and Cable. Over 25 witnesses named. defense may argue death caused by stroke from excitement, not blow. Court met Monday with several divorces and cases in orders or continuances.
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George Branham
C. T. Hays
Hannibal Court of Common Pleas
Grace Johnson
Branham
E. W. Nelson
Lewis O'Connor
Roy Hamlin
John Cable
Johnson
Palmvyra
Hays
Mary S. Whaley
Frank E. Whaley
Edith Snodgrass
John H. Snodgrass
Thomas H. Welch
Mabel Welch
Henry Tramp
Adelia Painter
Rachael Yakes
Marvin Yakes
Dora Phillips
Henry Phillips
Fay Lucas
John Lucas
William Jackson
Mattie Jackson
Marion F. Moss
Mabel Moss
Daisy Smith
George Smith
Daisy Brandon
Elliott E. Brandon
Flora Clancy
Kerry Clancy
Minnie James
Fraternal Aid Union
Tragic suicide by coal oil fire near Palmyra
Mrs. Jake G. Bross, wife of a Marion county farmer, killed herself Sunday afternoon in Liberty township north of Palmyra. She saturated her clothing with coal oil then struck a match, dying from severe burns before relatives arrived. She was 3 years old. Coroner Roy Schwartz said no inquest. Funeral planned for today. A note left by the deceased gave reasons for the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake G. Bross
Marion County
Liberty Township
Palmyra
Roy Schwartz
Hannibal
Divorce Granted for Mrs Henderson in Hannibal Court
Mrs Gladys Martz Henderson was granted a final decree of divorce from Arch Henderson by Judge C T Slays in the Hannibal Court of Common Pleas. The suit claimed cruelty. a sensational cross bill by the husband was withdrawn after alimony terms were settled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Slays
Hannibal
Ralls County Woman Succumbs
Frances Elizabeth Clayton, 48, wife of James H. Clayton, a Ralls county farmer, died in Levering hospital Sunday evening. The funeral was held from the Big Creek Presbyterian church Monday afternoon conducted by Rev. Dr. B. E. S. Ely of Hannibal. Interment was in Big Creek cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Elizabeth Clayton
James H. Clayton
Ralls County
Levering Hospital
Big Creek Presbyterian Church
B. E. S. Ely
Hannibal
Big Creek Cemetery
Joe Azzam Weds Mrs Bertha Pickering
Joseph Azzam and Bertha Pickering were united in marriage last Thursday afternoon at their home 1220 Hill Street. Rev T D Fry of the First Methodist church officiated. Azzam is connected with the Hannibal Mercantile Company on North Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Azzam
Bertha Pickering
T. D. Fry
First Methodist Church
Hill Street
Taxi Drivers fined after Union Station fight
Bradley Brice and Frank Hatten were fined and costs by Judge R J Smiley in police court after a Sunday evening altercation at Union Station. The clash reflected rivalries between the two taxi cab lines operating there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Station
Bradley Brice
Frank Hatten
R. J. Smiley
Went Swimming With Irwin Cobb In Old Kentucky Memory
Hannibal merchant Charles Goodman recalls Irwin Cobb's rise from newspaper carrier in Paducah to Louisville Times and Cincinnati Enquirer. He notes Cobb’s modest beginnings, later European tours, and that Cobb became a world famous writer despite a plain start. Goodman also mentions Cobb’s brother John at The New York Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Irwin Cobb
Charles Goodman
Hannibal
Broadway
Mr. Goodman
Cobb
Paducah, Kentucky
Louisville Times
Louisville
Colb
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cicinnati Enquirer
Europe
Goodman
New York
John
New York Herald
Irwin
Missouri Auto Tags Required by February First
Hannibal residents are warned to display 1920 state licenses on their cars by February 1, the deadline set by the legislature. Most owners have ordered and affixed licenses, but many have not. State law requires the tag on the exterior of the vehicle and vehicles may not be operated without a license even if an application has been submitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
Editor Brown II Stricken by Severe Cold
Frank Brown, editor of The Hannibal Labor Press and a prominent Hannibal Trades and Labor assembly officer, is ill at his North Eighth Street home with a severe cold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Brown
Hannibal Labor Press
Hannibal Trades & Labor Assembly
North Eighth Street
Brown
Admiral Coontz Unable To Attend Hannibal Banquet
Admiral Robert E. Coontz of Hannibal was scheduled as guest of honor and principal speaker at the Hannibal Chamber of Commerce banquet and meeting at the Y M C A but is ill in Washington D C and cannot travel. Calvin Brown of the United States Chamber of Commerce will travel to Hannibal to speak, with Secretary Scheidler scrambling to arrange alternative features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Coontz
Hannibal Chamber of Commerce
Washington D. C
Hannibal
H. A. Scheidker
Chamber of Commerce
Coontz
Calvin Brown
Organization Bureau
Real Estate Deals In Hannibal Reported
Several Hannibal real estate transactions closed late last week. J. M. Gould and wife sold a Chestnut street house and lot to Raymond C. Brummell for 2450 dollars. Thomas B. Clark sold a Strawberry Hill Oakwood house and lot to Claude M Johnson. S. F. Doecerick and wife sold a Roderick subdivision lot near Georgia street to Mrs. Sarah Smithers. Guy Zinn bought Olaf Anderson’s double-house on Union street for 3100 dollars. W. T. Meyers and wife sold a Walden subdivision house and lot to Samuel R. James for 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
J. M. Gould
Raymond C. Brummell
Chestnut Street
Thomas B. Clark
Claude M Johnson
Strawberry Hill
Oakwood
S. F. Doecerick
Sarah Smithers
Roderick
Georgia Street
Guy Zinn
Olaf Anderson
Union
Mr. Zinn
W. T. Meyers
Samuel R. James
Walden
George Moore Boosted for Missouri Governor Nomination
Hannibal Democrats back St. Louis revenue collector George H. Moore as a possible Democratic candidate for Missouri governor. Moore, a cousin of Edward Moore, has not officially announced, while Frank Farris, a state senator, enters the race as a strong Wilson supporter and candidate for the nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal
George H. Moore
St. Louis
United States
Missouri
Edward Moore
United States District Court
Moore
Frank Farris
Wilson
Two Couples Wed in Local Judge’s Weddings
Judge Allen E. Dent joined Russell Neal and Miss Hazel Ward of New Canton J neighborhood in his Center street home at 7 pm Sunday for a marriage with the groom under 21 needing his father's consent. He also joined Elliss Martin and Miss Mary Howe of Kansas City at his office at 11 am Monday for a second ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen E. Dent
Russell Neal
Hazel Ward
Canton, J
Center Street
Judge Dent
Elliss Martin
Mary Howe
Kansas City
Appoints Doctors To Examine Man In Damage Suit
Judge C T Hays sustains motion by City Attorney Harry Carstarphen for the City of Hannibal appointing Dr W C Guss and Dr H L Banks as a commission of physicians to examine the injuries of John D Hammond alleged in a city damage suit The court grants a change of venue to the circuit court at Palmyra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Hays
Harry Carstarphen
Hannibal
John D. Hammond
W. C. Guss
H.L. Banks
Hammon
Palmyra
Clune Remodeling Plans Major LA Theater Upgrade
Thomas O'Donnell of Hannibal undertaker reports a letter from William H. Clune a former Hannibal resident and millionaire motion picture producer stating he will spend fifty thousand dollars on improvements to his Broadway theater in Los Angeles California. Miss Mary Clune of Mark Twain avenue is his sister. The theater is among California's largest and operates strictly as a motion picture playhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas O'Donnell
Hannibal
William H. Clune
Los Angeles
Calif
Mary Clune
Mark Twain Avenue
California
Frank B Jones Recovering After St Louis Health Visit
Atlas Portland Cement storekeeper Frank B Jones has return ed from St Louis where a specialist diagnosed gall stones by X ray. The physician expects no operation and he will not resume work at the plant for some time, accompanied by wife and daughter Margaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Jones
Atlas Portland Cement Company
St. Louis
Jones
Margaret
Mr. Jones
HAPPENINGS IN HANNIBAL HAPPENINGS IN HANNIBAL
Mr and Mrs George Williams returned to Quincy after a stay in Hannibal where Mr Williams holds the brick contract for the Irwin school project Mrs Charles Perkins and children of Broadway returned from Moberly Mo with Mrs Perkins mother Mrs P I Perkins of Moberly who will visit here Mr and Mrs T F Todd of Quincy returned home after visiting relatives in Hannibal G B Harmon of St Louis returned home after a business visit in Hannibal
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George Williams
Hannibal
Quincy
Williams
New Irwin School
Charles Perkins
Broadway
Moberly
Mr. Perkins
P. I. Perkins
T. F. Todd
G. B. Harmon
St. Louis
Hannibal Playhouses Spotlight and Bank Beer Privilege
The program at Hannibal Playhouses features the Prima and Star Theater bills with "When Bear Cat Went Dry" and "In Skyland" as Broadway Star Feature pictures. An odd note claims the Bank of England has the right to sell beer without a license, tied to a 1631 charter.
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Star Theater
Bear Cat
Prima Feature
Skyland
Broadway Star Feature
Bank of England
Unionists Install Hannibal Trade Officers for Year
Officers for the ensuing year were formally installed by the Hannibal Trades & Labor Assembly at the Labor Temple on Broadway. A social hour followed. Re elected president Harry Wilbur returns to lead with prospects for a successful year. Other officers: Vice President A S Brewer, Recording Secretary B F Brown, Financial Secretary August Schick, Sergeant At Arms Joe Walker, Trustees J E Selvey Arch Little and R I Griggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannibal Trades & Labor Assembly
Labor Temple
Broadway
Harry Wilbur
A. S. Brewer
B. F. Brown
August Schick
Joe Walker
J. E. Selvey
Arch Little
R. I. Griggs
Infant Child Of Perry Green Dies
Carroll infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry C. Green of 1518 Turn Street died at 6 p m Sunday in the family home He was nine months and eighteen days old The body was taken to Schwartz undertaking parlors for funeral services at 2 p m conducted by Rev J W Callaway Calvary Baptist Church Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mississippi River
Masons
the Royal Audit Co
T. A. Hayes, OQ
H. Pfeiffer
N Yaa Onannall
Wsar
Stern Bidg
Mrs. Henderson
Joe Azzam
B. Pickering
Han Jribal
Charlie Goodman
Old
Brown II
Admiral Coontz
George Moore
Clune
B. Jones
Hood
Perry Green
COAL
Crescent
Riverton
John L. Pipe
Vocalion
Ware- Wayland Co
Illinois College
Conservatory of Music
Charles Henry Rammelkamp
William E. Kritch
Edmund Munger
Piano
Helen Ayers Bullard
Charles H. Keep
Paul C. Beebe,cello
Hazel Belle Long
Mabel Forrester, Violin
Inez Pires
Conservatory
C. H. Rammelkamp
Jacksonville
Illinois
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