2014: Boy Scouts fetch frogs for jumping contest; then return them to their habitat
Cutline: James Keith hovers over the front of a row boat on Thursday night, July 3, 2014, while he and affiliates of Boy Scout Troop 100...
1931: Former slave buried at Macon
Macon Chronicle Herald, Aug. 26, 1936, newspapers.com Following funeral services at Hannibal this afternoon, the body of Mrs. Charity...
Dr. Hearne, acquitted in the murder of Amos Stillwell
Dr. Joseph Hearne was the chief suspect in the Amos Stillwell murder case in 1888. He was subsequently acquitted by a jury, and the case...
Mrs. Stillwell and her daughter
Mrs. Amos Stillwell, whose husband was murdered in his bed in late December 1888, was considered a suspect in his death, but was not...
Medical office, central to famed Stillwell murder case, on site now occupied by F&M Bank in Hann
This sketch, which was pubished in the San Francisco Chronicle on April 16, 1895, shows Dr. Hearne's office on the south side of...
Stillwell murder, 1888: Hearne's office, Stillwell house in close proximity
Dr. Hearne was the lead suspect in the December 1888 murder of noted Hannibal businessman Amos Stillwell. His office was located on the...
Scene of famed murder
The Stillwell house, 112 S. Fifth, Hannibal, Mo., was the scene of Amos Stillwell's murder in December 1888. Stillwell, among the...
1843 Hannibal-area storm one for the record books
The Boston Post carried a report of a storm to the west of Hannibal in 1843. I know there are those today who can relate to this force of...
Rev. Mason: Hannibal needs evangelism
Among quotes collected from famed evangelist Lena Mason, who grew up in Hannibal, Mo. In 1894 Rev. Lena Mason, the colored evangelist,...
Rev. Mason offers sage advice to parents
On Sept. 25, 1896, Lena Mason of Hannibal offered these sage words to parents, as published in the Denver Post, accessed via...