Hannibal Girds for Beer Sale Shift Pending Licenses
Hannibal saloons eye beer and light wines sales within a week as Justice Department guidance on intoxicating status lingers. Local licenses expired. revenue officials withhold new permits until higher federal word arrives, while businesses push for license reductions to curb costs. Open saloons report solid soft drink business amid closures and a boom in cellar gatherings.
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Hannibal
Department of Justice of the
United States
Edward Moore
United States Revenue
John Barleycorn
Underground Liquor Mecca Draws Lovers of Drink
Buildings buried underground will become a haven for liquor fans. After supplies run dry, as one man said on Tuesday, they will adapt to near beer and recall the days when John Barleycorn was freely available. They toast the old friend as their cellars wait for the final inventory.
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John Barleycorn
Four Hannibal Young Men Enlist In Army At Barracks
Sergeant R Haeussermann of the local recruiting office sent four Hannibal youths to Jefferson Barracks Tuesday. Bernard Douglas 18 Lincoln Street 1701 Grand Avenue joined cavalry as did Lawrence E Webster 18 Lincoln Street 1809, Harry Williams 18 Hazel Street 511, and Leon Fleming 18 Howe Avenue 2100. The War Department directs enlistment for service in Siberia and various corps with France and Germany postings closing at midnight July a.
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Hannibal
Jefferson Barracks
R. Haeussermann
Army
Bernard Douglas
Grand Avenue
Awrence E. Webster
Lincoln Street
Harry Williams
Hazel Street
Leon Fleming
Howe Avenue
Heaussermann
War Department
Siberia
Medical Corps
Infantry
Quartermaster Corps
Ordnance Department
Signal Corps
France
Germany
Star Shoe Factory Closes for Ten Days
The International Shoe plant, employing nearly 1000 workers, shut down Monday night for ten days or two weeks. Superintendent H. E. Jenkins told a Whig reporter the closing is an annual vacation, with all departments now closed and a notice posted shortly before quitting time.
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International Shoe
H. E. Jenkins
Jenkins
All City Licenses Due On July 1st
City licenses for the coming year become due Tuesday as City Clerk Schroer warns many licenses remain to be issued. Milk dealers, peddlers and others needing licenses must act now or face fines for violating the license ordinance.
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Schroer
Attend Meeting Of Store Heads
S A Scranton, manager of the Odell Jewelry store, and O Jones from the Odell stores in this section, returned from Quincy where they attended a meeting of Odell store managers and employees. The gathering, called by Arthur Odell, resembled an Edison convention and took place Sunday afternoon and evening.
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S. A. Scranton
Odell Jewelry
O. Jones
Quincy
Odell
Arthur Odell
No Drunks in Police Court After Funeral
Hannibal residents and visitors altered the last night of John Barleycorn but police did not arrest any drunken individuals Tuesday afternoon. Judge Ralph Smiley fined Peter Cavanaugh $3 and costs for peace disturbance after a guilty plea. James Morgan, ordered to leave the city, returned and was fined $5 and costs. Arthur Kilgore admitted vagrancy and paid $3 and costs. Frank Moss pleaded guilty to peace disturbance and paid $5 and costs. Out of town men P E Ewing and Harry Matson were fined $3 and costs each for peace disturbance.
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John Barleycorn
Peter Cavanaugh
Smiley
Morgan
Arthur Kilgore
Frank Moss
P. E. Ewing
Harry Matson
Hannibal
Scarlet Fever Cases Drop in Hannibal under New Physician
Hannibal reports scarlet fever cases fall from 34 to 3 after City Physician R J Heavenridge began his term. He enforced quarantines and isolated patients, noting some children with the disease were allowed outdoors previously. Typhoid is rare. malaria cases exist, attributed to water quality.
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Hannibal
R. J. Heavenridge
Weavenridge
Heavenridge
Theater owners not resisting new Hannibal union claims
Officials of the International Stage Employer and Moving Picture Operators Association in Hannibal report harmony with theater owners. They expect owners to recognize the union and sign the presented contract, noting no demand for higher wages and praising owners for good wages and cooperation.
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International Stage Employer and Moving Picture Operators Association
Hannibal
Praneaers
Heinz Carnival Opens In Hannibal Under Moose Club
The Heinz carnival company opened Tuesday night on Market Street in Hannibal under Moose Club auspices. The opening was deferred from Monday night due to preparation delays. A large crowd attended, and the shows and concessions appeared to be doing solid business.
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Heinz Carnival Company
Market Street
Hannibal
Moose Club
Father Fox Named Pastor of West Side Parish
Rev. Father Fox of Indian Creek formerly of Hannibal will head the new Catholic parish on the West Side west of Arch street. He will also serve as chaplain of St. Elizabeth's hospital in connection with his other duties, announced Tuesday by Rev. Father D. F. Sullivan.
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Father Fox
Indian Creek
Hannibal
Arch Street
D. F. Sullivan
Church of Immaculate Conception
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Stein Children Buy Property in South Main Street Deal
The children of Henry J. Stein, deceased, who run a restaurant at 305 South Main Street, have purchased the two buildings at 301 and 303 South Main Street, immediately north of their property, from Henry Riedel. The deal is nearly complete with all papers signed. The consideration is private.
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Henry J. Stein
South Main Street
Henry Riedel
Supreme Officer Dies In Michigan
Mrs. R. M. Jones, longtime record keeper for the Maccabee ladies of Hannibal, reports the death of Elizab eth M. Hooper, supreme medical examiner of the order, at Port Huron Michigan. Mrs. Hooper was a well known figure in Hannibal.
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R. M. Jones
The
Maccabee Ladies of
Hannibal
Elizabeth M. Hooper
Order
Port Huron
Mich
Cinema Listings Across The City Theaters Feature Arbuckle Fairbanks Hart And Clark
Pictures Today showcase Fatty Arbuckle in He Did and He Didn t with Mabel Normand at Gem Theater and Fatty also in Fatty s Indian Sweetheart at Family Theater. Savoy presents Douglas Fairbanks in Reggie Mixes In and Ford Weekly. Princess hosts Marguerite Clark in Mrs Wiggs at the Cabbage Patch and Orpheum screens Romance of Tarzan.
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Gem Theater
Fatty Arbuckle
Mabel Normand
China
Savoy Theater
Douglas Fairbanks
Reggie
Ford Weekly
Family Theater
William S. Hart
Border Wireless
Fatty
Princess Theater
Marguerite Clark
Mrs
Mrs. Wiggs OF
Burton Holmes
Hart
Roscoe Arbuckle
Fatty's
Troops Rumor Circulates as Chicago Tension Grows
Chicago reports a rumor that two regular army companies left Camp Grant en route to the city for strike duty. Mayor Thompson and the aldermen in a night session denied any knowledge of such a move and the mayor said he made no call for troops.
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Chicago
Camp Grant
Thompson
Ald
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Ben Alexander
Heinz Carnival Co
Stein
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Stirlington
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Savoy
Mississippi
Agt
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Davenport
Rock Island
Burlington
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Tom Mix
Belasco Theater
Evelyn Nesbit
Orpheum
Tarzan
Tarzan of the Apes
Twenty-seventh
Broadway
O'Farrell
Keokuk Jazz Orchestra
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