Was Masonic Temple originally planned for Fifth and Broadway?
Cutline: This postcard from the Steve Chou collection shows North Fifth Street, where it intersects with Broadway in Hannibal. It looks...
1870-1880: Financial woes, scandal doomed Congregational Church in Hannibal, Missouri
Cutline: The First Congregational Church congregation of Hannibal constructed this building grand edifice beginning in 1870. Scandal...
A snake in her stomach
The St. John’s Herald, St. Johns, Ariz. June 24, 1899, page 1, newspapers.com The Ralls County (Mo.) Record is responsible for this snake...
1886: Woman claimed to be 120 years old
The Good Die Young The Daily Plainsman, Huron, S.D. Jan. 9, 1886 newspapers.com Lottie Griffin, a colored woman from Hannibal, Mo., who...
1890: Hannibal wants a Colored Physician
Saturday, May 31, 1890 Freeman Indianapolis, Ind. Hannibal Missouri is a city of at least 18,000 inhabitants. About one fourth of them...
Plumbergs realizan la danza del sombrero mexicano
Jackson era un Plumberg pianistas en un estudio de baile en Hollywood, cuando se enteró de la danza del sombrero mexicano. Mientras...
Harry Lieberman and 'Doc' Greene had local ties & ‘checkered’ pasts
E.F. "Doc" Green MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Harry Lieberman was little more than a twig on the tree of life when he took to the road back in...
Value of a good tobacco chew
Tobacco Hannibal Messenger, Sept. 15, 1859 Economical – a man who chews fourteen dollars worth of tobacco a year, and stops his newspaper...