Tablet From Maine Metal Arrives For Hannibal City Hall
Mayor John K. Mills and city officials receive a bronze tablet made from metal recovered from the wreck of the U S Maine sunk February 15 1898 in Havana harbor. The relic will likely be placed in front of city hall after decisions in the coming days. Senator S P Spencer had helped secure the tablet. The inscription honors the U S Maine and bears Liberty imagery.
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John K. Mills
Trannibal
U.S. S. Maine
Havana Harbor
Man Whose Car Struck Shelbinan Draws $25 Fine
In Hannibal police court, William Finche faced a $25 fine and costs for violating traffic rules after a Labor Day midnight accident at Union station. Finche’s car struck Joe Lutherman of Shelbina while a street car was unloading. Lutherman, whose leg was broken, was taken to Levering hospital. Judge Smiley handled several other cases, including tresspassing fines for Purcell and McCormick and intoxication, fighting, and additional fines for others.
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Hannibal
William Finche
Union Station
Joe Lutherman
Shelbina
Ralph Smiley
Shelbinn
Levering Hospital
Burlington
Finche
Smiley
Dan Purcell
Chester McCormick
C. G. Kelley
J. Hiner
James Thomas
Jack Murphy
John Dow
Hannibal Firemen Answer An Alarm
Fire companies Nos. 1 and 2 rushed to a Lindell Avenue house in Hannibal at 1 45 Tuesday afternoon. A small roof blaze was extinguished before major damage occurred.
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Excelsior
NPT
Lindell Avenue
Hannibal
Robbery on Burlington track endangers Labor Day night
Earl Clifton reports two masked men robbed him of about $15 near Mainland's Field on the Burlington railroad track around 10 o'clock Labor Day night. The highwaymen, wielding revolvers, forced him to surrender his money and fled. Clifton notified Officer Steers, who alerted police headquarters.
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Hannibal
Burlington
Mainland’s Field
Earl Clifton
Clifton
Baseball Park
Oscar Steers
Exceptions Filed in Circuit Court Over Hannibal Condemnation
The City of Hannibal has dismissed the condemnation, but 35 to 40 exceptions were filed in the Hannibal Court of Common Pleas by Eby & Hulse on behalf of West Hannibal property owners. They challenge the appraisement by three commissioners and seek city council consent for the dismissal. Judge C T Hays will be asked at the September term of circuit court to rule on the legality of city officials action.
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Hannibal
Rutherford and Fisher
West Hannibal
Hannibal Court of Common Pleas
Eby & Hulse
J K. Mills
Harry Carstarphen
C. T. Hays
Circuit Court
West Side
Icy sidewalks spark two damage suits against Hannibal
Two damage suits were filed against the city of Hannibal after icy sidewalks. Plaintiffs Mattie Haynes and Laura V. Brown seek $3,000 each, through attorneys Rendlen and White. Brown alleges a December slip on Market Street with a fractured left wrist. Haynes claims city negligence for water from a spout freezing on the sidewalk. Case dates set for September term.
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Hannibal
Mills
Mattie Haynes
Laura V. Brown
Rendlen and
White
Brown
Market Street
Haynes
Three Couples Married By Judge Totsch in Hannibal
Eaf Bates and Miss Ethel Rickey of Hannibal were wed at 1:45 Tuesday in Judge John H. Totsch’s Center street office. At 2:30 Sunday he joined Jerry Beaver and Miss Bell Talley of Hannibal. At 8:30 Saturday night he united J. E. Brown and Miss Irene Lowe, also of Hannibal.
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Eaf Bates
Ethel Rickey
Hannibal
John H. Totsch
Center Street
Totsch
Jerry Beaver
Bell Talley
J. E. Brown
Irene Lowe
Man recounts escape on Burlington train from Denver
Chester McCormick told Hannibal police how he rode the blinds from Denver to Hannibal on Burlington train No 14 without detection. He was fined 5 dollars and costs for trespassing on railroad property after being arrested Labor Day by a Burlington special agent while attempting to ride the blinds between the locomotive and baggage car after the train backed out. He left the train before reaching the depot, hoping to reboard for a ride to St Louis as the train backed out.
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Denver
Colo
Burlington
Hannibal
Chester McCormick
McCormick
The
Union Station
St. Louis
Rebekahs Assembly Hosts District Visit in Hannibal
Hannibal Rebekah lodge welcomed visiting Rebekahs from the 11th district over Tuesday. District president Mrs. Nora Alexander of Paris presided during sessions. Highlights included a school of instruction and evening degree work by Ruth Rebekah lodge of Hannibal.
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Hannibal Rebekah Lodge
Two Machines In Accident Tuesday Reported
A car owned and driven by Floyd McCune collided with a machine owned by George Yost on Church Street. McCune had bought his car in St. Louis last week and was fined $25 plus costs in state court for lacking a state license tag after returning to Hannibal.
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Floyd McCune
George Yost
Church Street
McCune
St. Louis
Hannibal
Prudential Offices Move to Fidelity Building
The Hannibal offices of Prudential Insurance have moved from the Hannibal Trust building to the second floor of the Fidelity Building at 617 Broadway.
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Hannibal
Prudential Insurance Company
Hannibal Trust Company
Fidelity
Broadway
Shopmen Postpone Strike After Advice from Officers
Partial strike vote results show railroad shopmen likely to heed officers and defer a walkout while government efforts to cut living costs proceed. Secretary Scott of the railway employes department notes no strikes reported, adding suspensions would occur only where officers’ message was misunderstood.
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Washington
Scott
American Federation of Labor
Investigation into Michigan apples rot worries Chicago
Reports say thousands of bushels of Michigan apples lie rotting on the ground as market prices fail to cover costs. R. J. Poole, head of foods markets and farm products bureau, opens an inquiry in Chicago into fruit market conditions. Retail apple prices in Chicago Tuesday ranged from two to four pounds for twenty five cents with reports of a very bad situation in Berrien County Michigan.
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Chicago
Michigan
R. J. Poole
Foods, Markets and Farm Products Bureau
Berrien County
Miners Charters Revoked in Illinois Rebellion
Springfield report states 24 coal miners locals in Illinois had their charters revoked in rebellion against constituted authority. Frank Farrington, state miners president, announced the action on Tuesday.
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Springfield
Ilinois
Frank Farrington
Regional Rail Plan Seeks Federal Control of Railroads
The Cummins subcommittee proposes private ownership return on enactment’s last day, federal oversight of rates and operations, a five member Transportation Board, a wages and working conditions panel, and bans on strikes. It envisions 20 to 35 regional systems under federal incorporation with four month railroad government buyout contracts and revised payment terms.
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Washington
Senate
Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Cummins
Full
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kellogg
Minnesota
Poindexter
Pomerone
Ohio
Robinson
Arkansas
Railway Transportation Board
Transportation Board
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Committee and Transportation Board
New Transportation Board
The
Dixinter
Pictures Today Show at Quincy and Colonial Theaters
Movie listings feature Maoist in the Liberator Satan on Earth and Harold Lloyd in Jazzed Honeymoon at Quincy Theater. Colonial Theater presents Tom Mix in Outlaw of 65 and L. E. O. comedy with Princess Theater. Marguerite Clark in Lets Elope and Burton Holmes pictures at Belasco Theater with Stewart in Shadows of the ast.
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Quincy Theater
Maoist
Harold Lloyd
Colonial
Tom Mix
Princess Theater
Marguerite Clark
Burton Holmes
Belasco
Pointie Stewart
Moon and star lineup at multiple city theaters
The schedule lists the Gem Theater showing Chester Conklin in The Village Smithy at the Moon, Savoy Theater featuring Enid Bennett in The Vamp, Family Theater with Bryant Washburn in The Gypsy Girl, and Orpheum Theater presenting Evelyn Nesbit in My Little Sister.
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Gem Theater Chester Conklin In “the Village Smithy
Savoy Theater
Enid Bennett
the Vamp
Family Theater
Bryant Washburn
Orpheum Theater
Evelyn Nesbit
Little
Fatty Arbuckle
GEM
Chester Conklin
Ford Weekly
Empire Theater Week Showings
Empire Theater announces a week of performances with Pat White and his Gaiety Girls on Sunday September 7, Fair and Warmer on Monday September 8, and Scandal on Saturday September 13.
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Pat White
British Destroyer Victoria Sunk in Baltic Sea
London reports the British destroyer Victoria was torpedoed and sunk on August 30 in the Baltic Sea. Eight crew members are missing. The Admiralty announced the loss today.
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London
Victoria
Baltic Sea
Admiralty
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A. Suatel
Hannibal News
Maine
Relic
Mayor Mills
Shelbinan
Bolivar
Dr. Lewis
Tupac
Beatae
A. H. Lewig Medicine Co
R. Lous
Heidbreders
Denver, Colo
Rebekahs
Prudential
Fidelity Building
Federal
Body On Railroads
Star Theater
Norma Talmadge
the New
SSS
Moon
Empire Theater
Cuticura
Quincy
Wolfe
Arthur A. Sipfle
Lima Lake District
Orpheum
Little Sister’’ With
Bill Fi
Princess
Savoy
Enid Bennett In “the Vamp
St. Mary’s Academy
Illinois
School Sisters OF Notre Dame
University of Illinois
Korn
Betsy Ross
Holsum Bread
H. Korn Baking Co
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