Medal pinning honors Hannibal sergeant in France
Sergeant Arthur J. Forrest of Hannibal received the Congressional Medal of Honor from General John J. Pershing during a Treves Germany review of troops from the 89th division. Forrest advanced alone to neutralize a German machine gun nest at Remonville on November 1, earning his decoration.
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Arthur J. Forrest
Hannibal
France
John J. Pershing
William Forest
Forrest
Treves
Germany
354Th Infantry
Pershing
Newton Baker
Count Zeppelin
Gen. Pershing
Dickman
Dawes
Harbord
Prince Leopold
Belgium
Congressional Committee On Military Affairs
Frank N. Winn
Winn
177Th Infantry
Remonville
St Louis
Missouri
Detention Home for Youths Secured in Hannibal
A lease signed by Solomon Joseph secures a detention home for boys and girls in Hannibal. The building at South Third and Church streets, leased from Hannibal Lumber, will be fitted for juvenile use. Eight year lease covers repairs and equipment with public funding planned. Capacity fourteen rooms and occupancy hoped by late July.
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Hannibal
Solomon Joseph
Community Welfare Association
Hannibal Lumber Company
South Third and
Church Streets
W. R. Chinn
Circuit Court
Atlee Jones Returns From France in Hannibal
Sergeant Atlee Jones, recently returned from duty in France and the Toul sector, is greeted by friends in Hannibal. Formerly with the Odell jewelry company, he later worked with a Quincy firm. He is brother to Arthur and Orville Jones.
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Hannibal
France
Atlee Jones
303Rd Field Artillery
Toul
Odell Jewelry Company
Quincy
Arthur
Orville Jones
Funeral rites for Capt Wilbur F Chamberlain held
Funeral services for Captain Wilbur F Chamberlain vice president and trust officer of Hannibal Trust Company were held at 2 30 pm Thursday from O Donnell Brothers funeral home in East St Louis following his death Tuesday at his sister in law Mrs Ivy Summers home on South Fifth Street
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Captain Chamberlain
Hannibal
Mount Olivet
D. B, Els. Ely, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Hannibal Trust Company
Dubby-Trowbridge
Wilbur F. Chamberlain
Ivy Summers
East St. Louis
O'Donnell Brothers
South Fifth
Hannibal Country Club to Open Course by Month's End
Hannibal Country Club officials aim to open the golf course for the season around June. Improvements costing several thousand dollars have been made or are in progress. Thomas Bendelow of Chicago, a renowned golf course architect, inspected the grounds, saving many trees and crafting a modern design. The club plans an annual opening with a date to be announced.
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Hannibal Country Club
Thiseason
Thomas Bendelow
Chicago
Hannibal Club
Tannibal
United States
Bendelowo
Ivy Summers, East St. Louis Journalist at Funeral
Ivy Summers of East St. Louis attended the funeral in Hannibal for Captain WOR Chamberlain, a former Hannibal newspaper reporter. Chamberlain died Tuesday at the Summers home in East St. Louis. Summers, now past fifty, recalls his early career in journalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Morris
Frank Brown
Old Evening Post
Mr. Summers
East St. Lours
Hannibal
Summers
Ivy Summers
East St. Louis
Wor. Chamberlain
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Hannibal News
C. H. Ling
Union Street
General Pershing
89Th
Germaany
Jefferson Parracks
St. Louis
Dicky Dippy
CAT Tales
Bim
Corin
Her
Blondy
Xtever
Monen
MR. Dippy
Sinnott
Walker's
Walker’s
Union Station
12Th Street
Chambray
Extra
Ladies’ Union
Quincy’s Great
Gry Ray
Sunny
Capt. Chamberlain
Hope 10
Armory Music
O’farrell
Gents
Harry Harvey
Helen Gibson
Pete Morrison
Leo
Keokuk
LaGrange
Canton
Warsaw
Savoy Theater
Princess
Charles Ray
Dorothy Dalton
Gail Henry
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