Electrical storm last straw for City Poor Farm’s keeper
This street sign, denoting the intersection of Spring Street and Recreation Drive, approximates a portion of the former location of the City Poor Farm. Nearby are the tennis courts in South Hannibal. They were built upon a segment of the land that once was the poor farm. Photo by Robert Spaun. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY An electrical storm passed through Hannibal on Aug. 15, 1904, and in its path, lightning shattered the chimney and damaged the roof of the keeper’s home, located on