Hannibal Men Move to Save Short Line Railroad
A Bowling Green meeting called by Mayor H M Strother aims to save the St Louis and Hannibal Short Line from being abandoned. Forty Hannibal men ride a 10:30 a m special to discuss proposals including higher freight rates or a sale to Wabash, with talk of McKinley electrification and interurban ties.
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Missouri Public Service Commission
Missouri General Assembly
Lincoln
Ralls
Marion
Pike
St. Louis and Hannibal
H. M. Strother
Bowling Green
Hannibal
Missouri
Wabash
St. Louis
Gilmore
New London
Dr Farrell and Miss Isbister Wed in Hannibal Morning
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Beatrice Esther Isbister to Dr J J Farrell at 6 o clock Tuesday morning in the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Rev Father Daniel F Sullivan performed the ceremony. Both bride and groom are Hannibal locals. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Isbister. The groom has practiced medicine in Hannibal for years. After a brief wedding trip they will return to Hannibal to set up housekeeping.
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Beatrice Esther Isbister
J. J. Farrell
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Daniel F. Sullivan
Hannibal
Robert Isbister
Church Street
Carl Forshey Held on Abandonment Charge
Carl Forshey is jailed on a charge of abandoning his three children Carl 9 Ollie 7 and Mary 18 months. Arrested Tuesday by Policeman Al McClenning he was arraigned before Judge J H Totsch and remanded after failing to post a $100 bond. Hearing set for Thursday at 2 pm. Forshey, a Gordon street resident, and his wife have been separated, authorities report.
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Carl Forshey
Carl
Ollie
Mary
al McClenning
J. H. Totsch
Forshey
Gordon Street
Gillette Remains To Arrive In Hannibal Today
Remains of S. A. Gillette, who died in Chicago, arrive in Hannibal at 11 30 this morning and are to be taken to W. M. Smith undertakers. Funeral services are to be held at 2 30 this afternoon at the chapel conducted by Rev. Dr. B. E. S. Ely Jr. Interment will be in Riverside cemetery.
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S. A. Gillette
Chicago
Hannibal
W. M. Smith
B. E. S. Ely, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Riverside Cemetery
Local banker dies in East St Louis Illinois
Capt W F Chamberlain a Hannibal and East St Louis resident died Tuesday morning in East St Louis Illinois He was a Civil War veteran former Hannibal mayor and longtime bank official Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 30 PM at O Donnell Brothers Funeral Home with burial in Mount Olivet He was 76 born in Ohio and had served as Hannibal postmaster and as first vice president of Hannibal Trust Company for 25 years His death followed a long illness and he had planned a trip to California with his wife Mary Chamberlain earlier this year
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W. F. Chamberlain
Hannibal
Ivy Summers
East St. Louis
Ill
Ernest Mangles
Hanibal Trust Company
O'Donnell Brothers
Mount Olivet
Capt. Chamberlain
Missouri
Singer Sewing Machine Company
First National Bank
Hannibal Trust Company
International Bank
First Presbyterian Church
Knights Templar
Congress
Ohio
Federal
Mary Chamberlain
East Louis
California
Bluff Street to be Paved by City Council
The South Hannibal council ordered Bluff Street, about 3600 feet south from Fulton Avenue, paved this year. Costs total around 20000 with Burlington railroad and Kansas City Land Company to cover expenses. The project extends from Fulton Avenue to the city limits near Lover's Leap and switch yards, with Grand Avenue Place plat also approved.
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Bluff Street
South Hannibal
Fulton Avenue
South River Road
Burlington Railroad
Kansas City Land Company
City
Lover's Leap
The
Kansas City Company
Grand Avenue Place
Pool room owner fined by W Kinney
Mike Sullivan was convicted in police court on a charge of permitting gambling in his North Main street pool room. Two boys Earl Leasure and Robert Harral testified they played craps on Sullivan’s table about ten days prior. He was fined $10 and costs after pleading not guilty and claiming he stopped the game upon discovering it.
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Mike Sullivan
North Main Street
Earl Leasure
Robert Harral
Sullivan
T. T. McKinney
Lewis O'Connor
Change Date For The Street Dance In Hannibal
The Hannibal Trades and Labor Assembly shifts the street dance to Friday night May 23 to honor Company E and other servicemen. The event, now led by speakers Mayor J. K. Mots and Attorney Berryman Henweel, was moved due to a Fifth Street Baptist church celebration.
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Hannibal Trades and Labor Assembly
Company E
Fifth Street Baptist Church
J. K. Mots
Berryman Henweel
Bowling Green to Play Here Sunday
Hannibal Mules manager Jay Bird Anderson arranged a Sunday game with Bowling Green at Mainlands Field. The visiting club is described as fast and capable, signaling a potentially lively contest next Sunday afternoon. Additional Hannibal news appears on page five.
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Bowling Green
Jay Bird” Anderson
The
Hannibal Mules
Bowling Green Club
Mainland’s Field
Hannibal News
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CAT Tales
R. Bugs
C. H. Ling
Union Street
McKinley Electrc
United States
McKinley
Mib Gib Biel As
Unied States Railroad Administration
Railroad Administration
United States Railroad Administration
Consolidated Ticket Office
Official
Travel Information Bureau
Liberty Street
New York
Transportation Building
Healy
Atlanta
Georgia
Washington, D. C
DR. Farral
Miss Isbister
Gillette
Dicky Dippy
Sinnott
Sis
East ST. Louis, Ill
Captain Chamberlain
South
W Kinney
Princess
Paramount Artcraft
Sporting Life
Burton Holmes
Savoy
Marguerite Clark
Charles Ray
Berry Chapin
Armory Music
O’farrell
Gents
Alabama
Laaves
Quincy
ST. Louis and Tenn
Front and Hampshire
Nauvoo
Keokuk
LaGrange
Canton
Warsaw
Humphrey
Quincy Gas, Electric & Heating Company
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