Veterans of War Through Hannibal on Special Trains
Twelve hundred World War I veterans of the First Division, who marched with Gen. Pershing in New York and Washington, passed Hannibal Tuesday on Burlington trains from Camp Meade to Camp Dodge. They will be discharged after 24 months overseas, having served in Cantigny, Argonne Meuse, St Mihiel, second Marne, and other battles. They spoke of reception crowds in the two eastern cities and expected arrival at Camp Dodge to be mustered out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Pershing
New York City
Washington, D. C
Hannibal
Burlington Railroad
Camp Meade
N. J
Camp Dodge
Des Moines
Atlantic
France
Cantigny
Argonne- Meuse
St. Mihiel
Marne
Sedan
Germany
Gen. Pershing
New York
Washington
Nature's Remedy NR Tablets for rheumatism relief
Three vital body processes. poor digestion and elimination harm nourishment and waste removal. Rheumatism stems from eliminating poisons, so NR Tablets promise relief by correcting the root cause. The product claims to improve digestion, liver tone, kidney action, and overall cleansing, with a money back guarantee via four local druggists.
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Nature
Trials Set In Hannibal For Three Liquor Charge Cases
Three cases against Pauline Fields for illegal liquor sales and keeping a bawdy house were reset in Hannibal Court to be tried tomorrow. The prior Monday jurors failed to reach a verdict in her Equor sale case, with a 10 to 2 vote for acquittal reported. Other actions included continuances in city cases, a damage suit against the Burlington railroad ending in a voluntary non-suit, and a trial over two horse damages with the jury taking no verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline Fields
Roy Hamlin
Hannibal
Fields
George Sharkey
William Ihring
Emmett &Tiles
Frank Essig
L. G. Wilhelm
L. S. Hawkins
J. A. Greening
Noah Northcutt
T. C. Robinson
J. F. Harvey
C. T. Dolan
R. L. Clarkson
Frank Brown
Levi ‘Harris
Fred’ Wilson
City of
J. L. .Prownman
Freeman Printing Company
I. N. Lawson
Frank Scheneworth
Burlington Railroad
John Gottman
Miller Township
T. Ways
Samuel Lefever
Calude C. Dudley
J. A. Schultze
Frank Essiz
Charles Dolan
Nelson & Bigger
Mahan
Smith & Mahan
Blackwood Seeks Immediate Restock of Jimmy Food Provisions
Postmaster J R Blackwood of Hannibal sent a letter to war department officials handling Jimmy foodstuffs to speed up filling remaining orders. About 100 cases have arrived, leaving 300 cases undelivered. One week with no new shipments. letter aims to trigger supply within days. Government note said mail distribution would stop today, but orders received before today likely will be fulfilled.
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J. R. Blackwood
Hannibal
War Department
Jester trial recalls sensational 19th century murder case
A 75 year old Roberta Hicks faces trial in Missouri for the death of Gilbert Gates, amid memories of the 1871 New London trial of Alexander Jester. Jester, acquitted after a dramatic chase across Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, was said to have used Gates outfit and vanished near Middle Grove before his 1890s extradition from Oklahoma.
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Roberta Hicks
Urbana
Chehalis
Wash
Springfield
New London
Ralls County
Hannibal
Alexander Jester
Gates
Valley Center
Kan
Indiana
Gilbert W. Gates
St. Charles
Celam
St. Charles, III
John W. Gates
Jester
Kansas
Missouri
Becaung
Middle Grove
Morroe County
Paris
A. W. Gates
Towanda
Kane
Annward
Illinois
Sedgwick
Mexico
Texas
Shawnee
Okla
William Hill
Church of the Disciples
Hill
Oklahoma
H. C. Turner
Gilbert Gates
Middle Grovza
Bottom Cut From Hand Bag In Detroit Robbery
Mrs. Clarence Tucker of Rockstreet Hannibal recounts a theft in a Detroit department store where a supposed fainting woman attracted her aid. While helping, a pair of garden forks were used to cut her handbag and $20 disappeared. Mrs. Tucker suspects an accomplice worked swiftly beside her.
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Clarence Tucker
Rockstreet
Hannibal
Union Station
Detroit
Mich
Tucker
Miss Mary Smith To Wed Next Month
Miss Mary Lee Smith formerly of Hannibal will wed Lauren F Page of Colorado Springs Colorado next month, per word to Mrs Ray Bittick sister of Miss Smith. Page is Armour & Company cashier at Colorado Springs. Smith left Hannibal for Woodland Colorado two months ago and worked with a Construction firm. She is the daughter of Mrs Alice Smith of Hannibal who accompanied her west. Before leaving Hannibal she was bookkeeper for Griswold Furniture for several years.
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Mary Lee Smith
Hannibal
Lauren F. Page
Colorado Springs
Colo
Ray Bittick
Miss Smith
Page
Armour & Company
Woodland
Alice Smith
West
Child’s Arm Broken In Fall From Wheel
Harold Sargeant, the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Sargeant of Union street, fractured his arm Monday after falling from a bicycle in front of his father’s store on Union street. The fracture was reduced by two physicians and the child rested easily Thursday afternoon.
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Harold
A. E. Sargeant
Union Street
Have You Scrofula And Hood's Sarsaparilla?
Have you scrofula marked by eruptions and swollen glands or internal involvement including lungs. The text praises Hood's Sarsaparilla as effective for scrofula and Hood's Pills for biliousness or constipation with a call to try the remedy.
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Hood
Child accuses step father of serious crime
A Marion county farmer, John Wiliam Schoenburg, is jailed in Palmyra on a no bail assault charge involving his 12-year-old step-daughter Ethel Rose Terry. Deputy Hoggs arrested him on the Emerson area farm Tuesday morning. Prosecuting Attorney Roy Hamlin said Schoenburg may plead guilty and face October term circuit court action.
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Ethel Rose Terry
Marion County
John Wiliam Schoenburg
Palmyra
Hoggs
Emerson
Roy Hamlin
Hannggal
Schoenburg
Missouri
Samuel Clark
Hamlin
Reception Tendered South Side Minister
A farewell reception was given Tuesday night in hon or of Rev and Mrs J W Walters and family of Scoth Hannibal who soon will move to Des Moines Ia to make their future home Rev Walters resigned the pastorate of the South Side Christian church to re enter the evangelistic field The reception was held in the church parlors and was largely attended The church membership was well represented and there were several talks praising his work during his stay in Hannibal He has been pastor for more than two years.
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J. W. Walters
Scoth Hannibal
Des Moines
Walters
South Side Church
Hannibal Posts Signs to Curb Highway Speeders
Hannibal erected over six large wooden signs at city limits to slow traffic on north and south river roads Oakwood road London dirt road St Marys avenue and Hannibal Palmyra rock road. The move aims to aid prosecutions and may lead to a motorcycle policeman patrolling highways and streets. The plan will be discussed by the city council in coming weeks.
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Hannibal
Hanni- 2
George W. Williams
Oakwood Road
London
St. Mary's Avenue
Lannibal-Palmyra Rock Road
Labor Men Endorse Marin Bond Issue
The Hannibal Tribes and Labor Assembly endorsed the proposed bond issue for good roads in Marin County. The endorsement settles rumors that organized labor opposed the improvement in the recent or upcoming election.
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MARIN
Hannibal Tribes and Labor Assembly
Marign County
Organized — Labor
Empire Theater Presents She Walked In Her Sleep Farce
Empire Theater to stage Mark Swan farce She Walked In Her Sleep next Sunday evening after engagements in New York and Chicago. The play centers on somnambulism with a vivid heroine who dangles from cornices and windows, navigating skyscraper settings as part of the comedy.
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Mark Swan
New York
Chicago
Empire Theater
Farve
Manhattan
Intruding Visitor Sparks Jealousies in Wives
A woman enters rooms beyond her own while in a wide eyed sleep, stirring doubts and suspicions among observing wives who misread the intrusion, creating tension and intrigue in the domestic circle.
Fire wipes out Hoxie caboose and 15 box cars
Fire at Hoxie Ark destroyed a caboose and 15 box cars and the car sheds of the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Estimated damage is twenty five thousand dollars. Loss reported from Poplar Bluff Missouri dispatches.
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Hoxie
Ark
Poplar Bluff
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Roots and Herbs for Medicinal Gathering
Guidance on harvesting roots and herbs for medical use. Annual plant roots are dug before flowering, biennial or perennial roots after tops dry. Notes that many tons are used yearly in preparing a well regarded remedy for women.
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Lydian E. Pinkman
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Mary Smith
Crea
South Side
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George Broadhurst
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Samuel Goldwyn
Tom Moore
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Jimmy Lyons
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William Duncan
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South West
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Ham
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