City Attorney urges Hannibal to operate own boat house
City Attorney Lewis O Connor argues Hannibal should own a municipally run boat house to protect river freight operations. He notes Streckfus holds exclusive access at Bird Street while other lines lack protection and cites lease terms and past price disputes as justification for city ownership and a nominal landing fee.
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Hannibal
Lewis O'Connor
O'Connor
Streckfus
Bird Street
Streckfus People
Diamond To Boat Line
City of
Streckfus Company
Strecking
St. Louis and Tennessee River Packet Company
Alabama
Mississippi
St. Loui
Quincy
Broadway
Freteht
Packet Company
Southern Packet
Font of Broadway
Funeral of Mrs. Mary Burbank Today
The funeral for Mrs. Mary B. Burbank who died Monday at St Elizabeths hospital will be at 3 PM today led by Rev. Davis of Trinity Episcopal. Interment will follow in Polo, IL. She was 91, widow of Horace C. Burbank, and had been ill ten weeks living with her daughter Mrs. W B Pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary B. Burbank
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Davis
Trinity Episcopal Church
Polo
Grandmother of F B Jones Dies in Shelbyville Tenn
Frank B Jones of Union Street store keeper at the Atlas Portland Cement plant received a telegram announcing the death of his grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Jones at 10 20 Tuesday morning in her Shelbyville Tennessee home. She was 96 and death was reported due to blood poisoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Jones
Union Street
Atlas Portland Cement
Elizabeth Jones
Shelbyville
Tenn
Boy, 7, Breaks Leg Roller Skating Near Home
Richard Doyle of Olive Street, son of Mr and Mrs Emmett Doyle, fell while roller skating near his home Tuesday and broke his right leg. Dr A Bo Blue treated and set the fracture. He is seven years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Doyle
Emmett Doyle
Olive Street
A. Bo Blue
Drake Watson Sells 130 Acre Farm in Ralls County
Drake Watson of New London sells his 130 acre farm in Ralls county to N. E. Bross who lives south of Hannibal. The farm is described as one of the finest in the county with the consideration kept private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drake Watson
New London
Ralla County
N. E. Bross
Hannibal
Ralls County
Lieut Gus Ridge Back In Hannibal From France
Lieut. Gus Ridge has returned to Hannibal after being gassed early last summer and spending several months in a hospital in France.
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Lieut
Gus Ridge
Hannibal
France
Ridge
Ralls County Leads in Northeast Missouri Silo Campaign
Unofficial returns show Ralls County ahead in the silo drive seeking the largest county attendance in the Northeast Missouri campaign. E. J. Trosper notes a $100 cash prize awarded by signatures to cards from meetings with attendance tallied across multiple counties.
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Ralls County
Sile
Missouri
E. J. Trosper
Trosper
Balls
Monroe
Marion
Lewis
Lincoln
Clark
Pike
Shelby
St. Charles Linn
Knox
Randolph
Sullivan
Adair
Damage suit filed against Burlington railroad
Frank Schenewerth a machinist at the Burlington shops sues for ten thousand dollars alleging permanent injuries from an accident several weeks ago. Attorneys Se gir Gardner and Wilkinson of Sedalia represent the plaintiff. the case filed with clerk G S Brockendrough and docketed for the April term in Hannibal Court of Common Pleas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Schenewerth
Burlington Railroad Company
Schenewerth
Segir, Gardner and Wilkinson
Sedalia
G. S. Brockenbrough
Hannibal Court of Common Pleas
Charles McCann Returns from France as War Service Ends
Charles McCann, son of Mr and Mrs Barney McCann of South Fourth street, is among Hannibal’s latest arrivals. He served in France with an aero squadron after enlisting in November 1917. He completed eight months overseas and has been discharged at Garden City, New York.
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Hannibal
Charles McCann
Miro
Barney McCann
South Fourth Street
Young McCann
France
Pranmie Ele
Garden City
Noy
Paul W. Walters
JT. W. Walters
South Side
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Happenings in Hannibal (Local notices and arrivals)
A digest of Hannibal updates includes Fugene Harrington visiting on business and returning to Kansasity, and Mr. and Mrs. William Oliver of St. Louis returning from Hannibal. Funeral for Mrs. Lartecindia Tlunat was held, with interment at Mt Olivet. Other items note moves, visits, illness, school league meeting, and engagements including Miss Sarah Conlon to Ensign Gilbert Mets.
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Fugene Harrington
Kansasity
Hannibal
William Oliver
St. Louis
Lartecindia Tlunat
Minterment
Mt Olivet
Central School Community League
HH. R. Clark
A. W. Varerisen
Dro Leo Hwe
Sarah Conelon
Gilbert F. Mets
United States Navy
Conlon
Tenth Street
Mrgs
Frances Drescher
St. Uls
Iss
Andreohn Conlon
Fennyal
Mexico
East Mets
Atlas Portland Cement Plant
Brookivan
N.Y
Papers Criticize Ruling To Censor Council Sessions
Paris presses react angrily to the peace conference ruling that bans publication of its proceedings aside from the official communique. Critics accuse the move of creating a Chinese wall between public opinion and allied governments. Several papers warn the decision endangers transparency and public trust.
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Paris
Supreme Council of the Peace Conference
Raymond Reedy
Mafin
Partinax
Echo de Paris
Council of Ten
LeJournal
Daniels Arrives in Paris With Navy Party
Josephus Daniels secretary of the navy and his party reached Paris from Rost at 8 25 this morning marking the start of a diplomatic visit with plans to discuss naval matters and international relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Josephus Daniels
Hrost
Petrograd Names New Chief of Police William Schotov
Zurich dispatch reports William Schotov, a New York labor circles figure and former socialist agitator, chosen as Petrograd chief of police. In New York he was known as a machinist and early returnee after the imperial government’s collapse, initially backing Kerensky before siding with Lenin and Trotsky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
New York
Stockholm
William Schotov
Kerensky
Lenine and
Trotzky
Schotov
Nevada Senator Makes First Capitol Flight
Washington dispatch reports Senator Henderson of Nevada piloted a plane over the capital after ascending with Major W Ocker. They reached about 5000 feet and the senator piloted for roughly one hour over the city.
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Nevada
Washington
United States Senate
Henderson
W. O. Ocker
Major Ocker
Bolivia defiant over Tacna Arica claims
The Bolivian delegation, in a letter to Temps, states Bolivia will uphold its claimed rights to Tacna and Arica before interested countries and the League of Nations.
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Bolivia
Paris
Havas
Temps
Tacha
Arica
League of Nations
Daniels Finds Camp at Brest Good Quarters
Secretary of the Navy Daniels reports after touring Pontanezen camp in Brest that fifty thousand American troops are encamped awaiting embarkation. He praises meals, bunks, blankets, baths, fuel, water, lighting and embarkation facilities, noting cheerful discipline and extensive timbered tents and barracks.
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Daniels
Brest
Associated Press
Pontanezen
Halstead
Navy
United States
American Expeditionary Forces
Revolt Planned Long Ago Prague Is Told
A Prague report claims that events in Budapest were prearranged by Count Karolyi who ceded the provisional presidency to a soviet style government. Circles say the Hungarian regime masks nationalism and chauvinism, reflecting the Hungarian idea in past administrations.
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Prague
Budapest
Count Karolyi
Swindlers Roil Wichita With Copper Stock Scam
J W Merkle of Coats Kansas and a North Dakota farmer reported to Wichita police that they were robbed of 85000 dollars each by confidence men who induced them to invest in fake copper stocks.
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Wichita
Kan
J. W. Merkle
Coats
North Dakota
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O’connor
MS. Burbank
W. B. Pound
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
F. B. Jones
H. E. Bross
Burlington Machinist
Railroad
Andy Settles
Thesday
Los Angeles
George Mittherrin
Edmonson
Hannibal- Pabiuyra Rock
Tarleton
Oakwood
J. E. Edmonson
Hoo Smnlley
Katherine Wright
Ko UL. Lewis
Isabelle Storrs
North Fifth Street
Volney Whaley
South Maple Avenue
Leona Hickman
Mro
C. T
Wickman
University of Chicano
Catherine Richards
J. P. Richards
Theodore Walz
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
Temtar
Gothesmane Shrine
LL. D
White Shrine of
Jerusalem
Masonic Temple
Panna
Waltke
Fatima
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