Two Daredevils Scale Hannibal Trust Building for Spectators
Jack Poley and Jack Williams, known as the Human Fires, climbed the Hannibal Trust Company building on Broadway at 3:30 pm in Hannibal. The 125 to 150 foot tower drew about 6,000 onlookers as the pair finished after about 30 minutes, Williams planning a blindfolded ascent at 7 pm. Collectors gathered nearly $100 from the crowd, praising Hannibal’s response to the feat. Williams has climbed 1369 buildings in nine years with no accidents.
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Jack Poley
Jack Williams
Broadway
Hannibal Trust Company
Third Street
Hannibal
Williams
Poley
Goodwin Says Army Drive Was a Success
Major S. R. Goodwin of the St. Louis district army recruiting service visited Hannibal and praised the local drive as most successful. Captain Estes and troops work in Kirksville seeking more men from Camp Pike while the war department plans a large staff reduction in the St. Louis district. Bennett of St. Louis also visited Hannibal.
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S. R. Goodwin
St. Louis
Army
Hannibeal
I Haecussermann
Goodwin
Captan Estes
Kirksville
Camp Pike
Ark
War Department
Moberly
Second charge filed against P. H. Rutherford
A second city complaint was filed against former alderman P. H. Rutherford in Hannibal police court by City Attorney Harry Carstarphen. He is charged with refusing to raze the unsafe fire hazard building at 1503 Market Street, dating back to March 15 1920. Rutherford pleaded not guilty. hearing set for March 24.
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P. H. Rutherford
Fromer
Mannibal
Harry Carstarphen
Rutheford
Market Street
Rutherford
Rendlen & White
O'Connor
Nelson
R. J. Smiley
Carstarphen
Mills
Hannibal
Today's Program At Hannibal Playhouses Star Theater
Anita Stewart stars in Old Kentucky at Hannibal Playhouses with Bray pictograph and Broadway star feature films on the bill today.
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Hannibal
Star Theater
Anita Stewart
Forrest POUNDS Willow at Dallas Forrest POUNDS
Artie Forrest former Hannibal and Quincy catcher and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient leads spring training buzz in Dallas. In a Sunday exhibition he went 3-for-4 with two singles and a three-bagger off Earl Hamilton, delivering a standout debut as he settles into the lineup amid crowd praise.
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Artie Forrest
Hannibal
Ham Patterson
Forrest
Mr. Forrest
Marines
St. Micael
Pat
Flynn
Greenburg
Dale
Porrest
Jack Wiesner
Earl Hamilton
Swetenic
Hamilton
HAPPENINGS IN HANNIBAL HAPPENINGS IN HANNIBAL
The column reports on residents and visitors in Hannibal. Updates include Mrs. Chester Sanders improving slightly, F B Jones and John Peyton returning from St. Louis, Mrs. Henry George convalescing after surgery, the Pieper family planning to move to Toronto, Mrs. Van Hallburg visiting Hannibal, Jessie Brown and Reta Williams traveling, Louis Taylor visiting, and the death of Samuel C. Hendricks in Kansas City with services planned locally. Also a quip recalls historic high meat prices in England.
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F. B. Jones
Union Street
Atlas Portland Cement Company
St. Louis
John D. Peyton
Hannibal
Henry George
Fulton Avenue
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Charles Pieper
Vine Street
Toronto
Ont
Canada
Piper
Burlington Railroad
van Hallburg
Tonopah
Nevada
O. W. Depew
Jessie Brown
Louis Taylor
Clinton
Reta Williams
Moberly
Samuel C. Hendricks
Kansas City
Knights of Pythias Gather for Lodge Meetings
Hannibal Lodge No 5 Knights of Pythias held a special meeting in Castle hall with work in the second rank. Tonight the lodge will meet again with work in the third rank. E Mark Twain Temple No 231 D O K K will hold a meeting next Tuesday night at Castle Hall.
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Hannibal Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
the Lodge
E! Mark Twain Temple
Castule Hall
State case against Dollie Tinsley called up
The state case against Dollie Tinsley charged with keeping a bawdy house was called at 10 a.m. Wednesday before Judge T. S. Hagan but, by agreement, continued until the same time Saturday. Attorneys E. W. Nelson and Louis O'Connor represent her. By Wednesday afternoon three other women had not appeared in local state courts to answer similar charges.
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Dollie Tinsley
T. S. Hagan
E. W. Nelson
Louis O'Connor
Sarah Smith
Jessie Davis
Bess Hoelscher
Minnesota Primary Pretense And Sham Johnson Announces
Detroit Mich March 18 United States Senator Hiram W Johnson denounced Minnesota as staging a pretense primary run by a machine he said controls the state Republican organization He argued the one hour voting window and county chairmen fixing hours disenfranchised farmers and rendered the primary a fake expression of the will of voters
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Detroit
Mich
Minnesota
United States
Hiram W. Johnson
Johnson
Hoover
Lowden
Wood
West Point Ill News Roundup of Sickness and Moves
Anna Neill recovered from flu and returned to Macomb school with Marguerite Bryant visiting Gem City. George Jennings remains poor. Florence Hawkins bought Mrs Newman’s property. Ted Cunningham family moving to town with neighbors hosting a farewell for 50 plus. Frank Scott began moving to hem farm. Workman family loading to move to Quincy. Cunningham sale attracted many, J L Miller clerk, Happy Circle lunch netting 54 dollars. Ed Bucklew bought a gray team for 29 dollars. Frazer Hanson and Mensendike family recovering from flu. Baker Nicelys in poor health with heart trouble. Mrs Barber of Denver departed to Quincy.
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Anna Neill
Macomb
Marguerite Bryant
Gem City
George Jennings
Florence Hawkins
Newman
Ted Cunningham
Frank Scott
Hem Farm
Mrs. Workman
Quincy
J. L. Miller
Happy Circle
Ed Bucklew
Soe
Frazer Hanson
Port
West
Charles Cunningham
Baker
Treasury figures weigh loss from stock dividend ruling
Washington March 18 treasury experts estimate the government will lose up to 25 million dollars from the supreme court ruling that stock dividends are not taxable. The assessment reflects the broad impact on revenue and tax policy.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Treasury
Austrian envoy warns of revolts if Kapp succeeds
Stuttgart March 17. Professor Hartmann Austrian ambassador to Germany arrived to confer with the Ebert government. He said he feared revolutions in Vienna and Budapest if Chancellor Kapp wins and gains power.
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Kapp
Stuttgart
Prof
Hartmann
Germany
Ebert
Vienna
Budapest
Secretary Houston urges flat tax on gross profits
Washington March 18 Secretary Houston urged the House Ways and Means Committee to replace the graduated 20 and 40 percent rates with a flat tax on gross profits. He warned that without action taxes could not be reduced before 1923 and cited potential revenue losses from stock dividends and exemptions for personal service corporations.
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Washington
Houston
House Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Supreme Court
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
Kitchin
North Carolina
ONeal Announces Candidacy to Succeed Bankhead
Former Governor Emmet ONeal announces his bid for the Senate seat left by the late Bankhead. He campaigns on selling light wine and beer and ratifying the peace treaty with reservations to safeguard American rights.
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Birmingham
Ala
Emmet O'Neal
Senator Bankhead
Rheumatism Cure Claim by James H Allen
James H. Allen, long tormented by rheumatism, asserts his derivative cure dissolves uric acid deposits and banishes rheumatic symptoms. Brown and Mays Drug Co. appointed agent for Allenritu in the area with a promise of refund if no benefit is received.
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Tella
Allen
James H. Allen
Brown and Mays Drug Company
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Hart Schaffner
Mary
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Forrest Pounds
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Baseball Star
Chester Sanders
England
Sham Johnson
West Point, Ill
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