Billie Homer Appears in Hannibal Police Court
Billie Homer a familiar Hannibal street figure faced Judge Ralph Smiley on Thursday for fighting and disturbing the peace with Edward Eales. Each man received a $5 fine after conflicting accounts of insults and language. Eales claimed Homer poked an old man and used offensive language. Homer denied calling names. Homer requested to keep his name out of newspapers, but the record was made. Other cases included Richard Jackson fined $3 and costs for trespassing at Katy railroad and Clark Smith fined for intoxication.
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Billie Homer
Hannibal
Edward Eales
South Hannibal
South Main Street
Frank Hinks
Eales
Homer
Ralph Smiley
Hinks
Hart Nisacé
Smiley
Billie
Richard Jackson
Katy
Feeney
Clark Smith
Forger nabbed at Fort Smith in draft fraud case
Samuel Moss, former Atlas Portland Cement plant employee near Hannibal, was captured in Fort Smith Arkansas for forgery and passing worthless drafts on the cement company in Hannibal Kansas City and Arkansas. Governors may issue requisitions to return him for charging. Moss allegedly confessed and had cashed five pay checks in Hannibal totaling over 150 dollars after resigning. He then went to Kansas City and passed drafts tied to the cement company.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Roy Hamlin
Samuel Moss
Atlas Portland Cement
Hannibal
Kansas City
Arkansas
F. D. Gardner
Missouri
William Mefford
Whig
Mose
Hamlin
Moss
Cement
Cement Company
War trophies of Sergeant Forrest on display in Hannibal
Sergeant Arthur Forrest once of the 89th division has his war trophies shown in Brown Jewelry window on Broadway Hannibal. He earned the Medal of Honor and several other medals for silencing a German machine gun nest at Ramoinville France in October. His photo shows the point he started from and single handedly killed four Germans while holding the position until his platoon arrived. The display also includes German gas masks helmets and field glasses and other relics from the conflict.
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Arthur Forrest
Brown Jewelry Company
Broadway
Hannibal
Forrest
Ramoinville
France
89Th
Another Clothing Firm For Hannibal
Hannibal will have another clothing store as the Yates and Hagan firm prepares a July opening in the Robards building on South Main Street, now being remodeled into first class condition.
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Hannibal
Yates & Hagan
RoBards
South Main Street
Hannibal Adds Policeman Beat Duty for McClenning
Charlie McClenning, famed for good nature and efficiency, will regain a police beat in Hannibal as the board approves an extra officer to enforce traffic and city ordinances. McClenning returns after leaving for contracting work in Illinois. his brother Al McClenning remains on the force. City approval follows broad citizen support for stricter enforcement and penalties.
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Charlie McClenning
Hannibes
McClenning
Hannibal
Illinois
al McClenning
Salvation Army Home Service Fund Reaches $3350 Total
The Salvation Army campaign, run by the Elks, reports the Home Service Fund now at 3350 dollars with additional reports pending from Atlas Portland cement plant International Shoe factory and various committees.
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Salvation Army
Home Service Fund
The
Elks
Atlas Portland Cement Plant
International Shoe Factory
Laddonia Man Arrested In Hannibal Forgery Case
T C Alexander of Laddonia Mo hurried to Hannibal after learning an officer would arrest him for a $25 worthless check passed on Bloom grocery. He pleaded guilty to forgery, paid a $10 fine and costs, and Bloom received a bankable $25 settlement check. The case ended with Alexander settling and returning to Laddonia.
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T. C. Alexander
Laddonia
Hannibal
Bloom Grocery Company
E. M. Ely
Alexander
Virgil Helton
Mark Twain
Roy Hamlin
Quilty
Allen” E. Dent
Merchants Push Broadway Resurfacing Plan
A broad coalition of property owners and business leaders on Broadway signed a petition Thursday urging resurfacing with Bithu litic paving. The brick pavement is worn and in need of improvement, a view shared by most who travel the thoroughfare.
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Broadway
Lee Syndicate Buys Wisconsin Newspaper
Madison Wis June 27 The Lee Newspaper Syndicate has acquired the Wisconsin State Journal and will take possession July 1 E P Adler president of the Lee Newspaper Syndicate and publisher of the Davenport Daily Times will be president of the Wisconsin State Journal company A M Brayton publisher and editor of the La Crosse Tribune and Leader Press will be publisher and editor, dividing his time between the two cities.
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Madison
Wis
Lee Newspaper Syndicate
Wisconsin State Journal
E. PY. Adler
Davenport, In
Daily Times
Wisconsin State Journal Company
A. M. Brayton
la Crosse Tribune and
Leader Press
Pictures Today Quincy Theater Highlights
The May schedule lists multiple films across venues. At Quincy’s theaters, stars including Gaston, Francis Ford, Elinore Fields, and Chaplin appear in varied features from The Craving to Sunnyside.
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Quincy Theater
May Gaston and
Francis Ford
Elinore Fields
Betty
Orpheum Theater
Charles Chaplin
Mme. Petrova
Orpheum Presents Tarzan Film With Brisk Review
The Orpheum theater opens Next Monday with The Romance of Tarzan adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs masterwork. City critics report the seven reel picture surpasses the original in drama and scale. Tonight features Charley Chaplin in Sunny Side and Mme Petrova in The Panther Woman.
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Orpheum
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Charley Chaplin
Mme. Petrova
Denies League Will Weaken Irish Cause
Washington June 27 Senator Phelan Democrat California denied claims the league of nations harms Irish freedom. He argued article 10 covers external aggression only and that Ireland could gain independence by England's act, revolution, or external force, with the Borah hearing aimed to embarrass the President and discredit the league.
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Washington
League of Nations
Senate
Phelan
California
England
League
Germany
Versailles
Crude politics over Ireland provokes stern rebuke
A political clash condemns crude appeals used to win votes by men with a history of showing no real sympathy for Ireland. The quote underscores concerns over integrity and national sentiment in public discourse.
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Ireland
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Hannibal News
Dicky Dippy
Sinnott
Charles McClenning
J. T. S. Hickman
George Brown
Army
Salvation Army Fund
Brown
Greenland
House OF Kuppenheimer
W.N. Reynolds & Sons
Clothiers
Hatters
Hampshire Street
Furnishers
Lee Syndicate
Wisconsin
Gem Ter, Billy West
Savoy Theater
Mitchell Lewis
Elsie Perguson
Chester Conklin
Wallace Reid
Puneral Range
Bray Pictograph
Colonial Theater
Pete Morrison
Indian Post
Society
Star Theater
Charlie Chaplin
Petrova
Panther Woman
Tarzon
Kreokuk
Nauvoo and
Keokuk
Erin
Princess
Savoy Mitchell Lewis In
Elsie Ferguson
Billie West
Kinogram
Highland Park
Ulinois
America
Rialto
Hancock County Fair Grounds
Carthage
E. M. Robbina
Presa
Ellis E. Cox, Sec’y
Kirschbaum
Jacob Schwartz Progressive Clothier
Fifth Street
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