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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
5
Subscriptions and other business for The Whig in Hannibal are handled by Chas H Ling at 817 Union Street Hannibal Missouri Telephone 1257 J This listing notes the local newspaper affairs and contact details for circulation and management in Hannibal Missouri.
Issus Ipostos a foreigner employed by Atlas Portland Cement at Ilasco is held on a $5,000 bond after a federal raid on an illicit whisky still. He must appear at the May term of federal court in Hannibal for trial.
An ad from the Iame Savings and Loan Association of Hannibal Missouri promotes full paid stock at five percent. It promises semiannual checks on Sept 1 and March 1, allows withdrawals on thirty days notice with interest to withdrawal, and cites a long track record since 1895. Officers Geo D. Clayton secretary and Chas H. Trowbridge president are named.
Fire companies Nos. 1 2 and 3 raced to the Cannibal Bodytruck Company plant at Col ier and South Tenth streets 6 15 am Monday where a blaze started in the engine room causing slight damage. Earlier Sunday at 1130 am companies Nos. 1 and 3 responded to Fulton avenue and Oak street for a flue fire in a house.
Isannibal Lodge No 188 A F and A M held a regular meeting Monday night at the Masonic Temple. Routine business was transacted and the third degree was conferred upon one candidate.
Will Rogers in Jubilo features at Hannibal Playhouses with a Prizma "China" feature and Broadway Star in the lineup, plus feature pictures.
Joseph M. Minor, a well known Miller township farmer, died suddenly at 4:45 Sunday at his home west of Hannibal. He was 90, bedfast only two days after months of illness. Surviving: Dora his wife. Samuel J. and Lawrence of Hannibal. Rex W. Minor at home. Mrs. Thomas Richards of Hannibal. Miss Anna Minor at home. Henry G. Minor of St. Louis. Funeral at 2:30 this afternoon from the home. interment in Minor burying grounds. Rev. Rice Harris to conduct.
George W. Fisher of Frankford Missouri died at Levering hospital at 3 30 pm Saturday after a two year illness. Funeral arrangements with O Dunnel brothers, Frankford burial noon Monday. Survived by wife Anna two daughters Nattie Fishback Frankford and Lillie Mantely Louisiana two sisters Jane Fields Frankford and Alice Jones Texas and one brother Edward Fisher Ogden Utah.
Pauline Fields has paid 233.20 in fines and costs to Chief of Police Henry R. Harris of Hannibal. The city cases were settled in Marion county circuit court at Palmyra. She was arrested in June 1919 on charges of selling liquor on Sunday selling it without a license and operating a restaurant without a license. The city had judgment in police court and her attorney E W Nelson appealed to the Hannibal Court of Common Pleas, with a change of venue later to Palmyra circuit court.
Thomas B. Morris a well known Jan nibalian and former postmaster and newspaper editor is confined to his North Fourth street home due to illness. He recently had pneumonia affecting his heart and after a brief outing relapsed into asthma. His son F B Morris city clerk planned to take him to a hospital in St Louis but he could not endure the trip.
Miss Opal Stansbury a nurse at Ensworth Hospital in St Joseph Missouri underwent an appendicitis operation at St Joseph hospital Sunday afternoon. Word received Monday stated she was doing nicely. Miss Stansbury has been in St Joseph two years.
Announcement on Monday states J. D. Lund, freight and passenger agent for the Wabash at Jan nibal, is promoted to general agent of the freight department in Cincinnati, Ohio. He will assume the post on April 1, with F. H. Wegener appointed as his successor in Moberly.
Joseph A Peters son of William and Mary Peters of Shephard II died at 5 15 PM Saturday in St Elizabeth hospital. He was 26 and had been ill six weeks from typhoid fever. A single man and Modern Woodmen member, he leaves four sisters Mrs Catherine Schaffer Mrs Minnie Niemeyer Mrs Lizzie Tate and Mrs Mary Riepe of Shephard and three brothers Frank of California John and William of Shephard. Remains to O Donnell undertaking parlors. Arrangements not yet made.
Thomas Holmes of Ralls county rescued his 12 year old daughter Beatrice after she fell into the Mississippi River near Ilasco while playing with friends. He swam against a swift current to grab her by the hair as she sank for the third time and brought her to shore where she regained consciousness.
Emmett Shields Post No. 55 of the American Legion will host Col. Ruby D Garrett of Kansas City commanding officer of the signal corps Rainbow Division as the principal speaker at the smoker on Wednesday night at the Y M C A. The event promises boxing bouts wrestling matches and quartet selections for ex service men.
Hannibal Chapter No 7 Royal Arch Masons will travel to Quincy on March 30 to confer the Royal Arch degree on numerous candidates. More than 50 Hannibal members will attend. A banquet will be hosted by the Quincy chapter. Mr and Mrs Carl Lowry of South Main street will depart soon for an extended trip to Kansas City Hot Springs Ark and points in Oklahoma.
An advertisement touts Marmela Prescription Tablets as a simple way to shed two to four pounds weekly. It claims the pills are endorsed by thousands, sold by druggists for one dollar per large case, or available by mail from the Marmeia Company in Detroit. The copy promises no writkies or flabbiness and stresses health compatible dieting and exercise.
Vernon Harold Sebers of Oakwood died at 7 o clock Sunday night in the family home aged nearly nine. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock this morning at Prince Avenue Baptist Church conducted by Rev W J Diegelman. Burial will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery.
George D. Clayton Jr. of Hannibal has returned from Rollo Missouri where he attended the St Patrick's Day celebration at the Rollo School of Mines. He was guest of his brother Prof. Charles Yancey Clayton head of the metallurgy department. Mr Clayton is employed at the Burlington railroad offices.
Jake Webb of Hannibal engages in cement block manufacture and has opened a plant in the rear of the Stein building at South Main and Lyon streets. He has orders for 18,000 blocks from eight contractors and three men are at work.
Funeral for James Gordon formerly of Miller township Marion county was held at 3 30 Sunday afternoon. The service proceeded directly from Union Station to the Mc Williams burying grounds west of Hannibal.
Wanted address of rabbit breeders in Hannibal who can furnish young dressed rabbits. Call or write Guy A. Davis 2494-W 1320 Onion Hannibal Mo.
News from Hannibal notes Mr and Mrs W S Stone return to St Louis after visits here Mrs Chester Sanders Union street ill with serious condition improving Monday Guy Zinnn Union street in Levering hospital showing steady improvement Mrs William Smith North Seventh street wife of undertaker W M Smith in Levering hospital improving nicely though previously serious Miss Reta Williams returns to Baylis Illinois after visiting Hannibal M B Bennett St Louis returns home after business visit to Hannibal
Washington March 23 Helen Hamilton Gardener widow of Col S A Day author and lecturer was nominated Monday by President Wilson to be a member of the civil service commission She will sue
A fragment notes Charles and Mr. Galloway of Columbia who were ousted from the seat last year after the President decided to recognize it. The line references ongoing reactions to diplomatic recognition and leadership changes.
Public notice-style health advertisement warns that pimples and skin rashes signal serious disease. It advocates S S S blood medicine as a universal cure, claiming the remedy cleanses blood and reaches root causes rather than topicals. Readers are urged to write Swift Specific Co for free medical guidance.
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