Teacher’s dedication, community support keep HiSet classes going
Donna Brown teaches high school equivalency courses (now known as HiSet) on Tuesday and Thursday mornings in a customized classroom...
1850s: Era when tobacco was leading manufactory
Looking up Fourth Street from Mark Twain Avenue (previously known as Palmyra Avenue) in May/June 1955. At left is Norman’s Conoco service...
‘Little Oscar,’ the Wienermobile, made ‘60s stop at Jay-Dee Mkt.
Little Oscar (believed to be Meinhardt Raabe) poses with Jay Draudt, right, in 1963 or 1964. Little Oscar came to Hannibal with the Oscar...
Quilter learns craft via YouTube videos
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When Melissa Breeding retired from BASF in 2016, she knew she wanted to pursue a hobby. “I decided I had to have...
Retiring library director looks behind, ahead
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Hallie Yundt Silver has been an observer of Hannibal’s reading trends since she joined the Hannibal Free Public...
Despite physician’s backing, City Hospital closed in 1875
This collage of old buildings on Hannibal’s Palmyra Avenue was published in the St. Louis Globe Democrat on July 1, 1900. The collage is...
Two railroad men: One killed; one survives to tell the story
The Pioneer Fast Mail Locomotive, “Missouri,” as published in the Macon Republican newspaper July 4, 1903. The stack and firebox were...