HANNIBAL — The day that the JC Penney store opened in the Huck Finn Shopping Center, and subsequently closed its operation at 116-18 S. Main, could arguably be among the most monumental times in Baby Boomer history.
In order to properly introduce a key pioneer Hannibal business family, first let’s venture back in time to Tuesday evening, Nov. 27, 1877.
The March 28, 1925, edition of the Hannibal Courier-Post was in actuality a celebration of photography. Not action photography, as we are accustomed to today, but rather studio photography.
A silver-haired man’s memories of a bygone era serve as the catalyst for today’s look back into the past.
In 1891, under the conditions set out by the Civil Service Act, government jobs in Washington, D.C., were to be filled on a pro-rata representation basis, divided among the states. Also, the j…
In 1925, John H. Totsch, long-time justice of the peace for Mason Township, Marion County, Missouri, told a Quincy Daily Journal reporter a story that he had repeated many times before: On Val…
During the cold of winter, February 1887, a “mad” dog created quite a stir on the O’Connor farm, located on the state road just to the west of Mount Zion Church in Miller Township, Marion County, Mo.
By Mary Lou Montgomery
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Imagine this scene from Monday, Jan. 21, 1901:
In his 87th year, during the final month of 1894, retired tanner and merchant Robert D. Brewington of Hannibal, Mo., professed to the Hannibal Courier-Post that he was the oldest living Odd Fe…
By MARY LOU MONTGOMERY
In late May 1910, Dr. Edna Day, head of the home economics department at the University of Missouri-Columbia, Mo., invited Miss Dora Battson, principal of the Training School for Nurses in Col…
By MARY LOU MONTGOMERY
The likeness of Mary Kenney O’Sullivan is depicted in bronze at the Massachusetts State House in Boston. The monument, titled “Hear Us,” was dedicated in 1999 by State House Women’s Leadership…
In the autumn of 1906, while Abner S. Smith was serving as Justice of the Peace in Marion, County, Mo., Hannibal enacted a cigarette law. Michael Chios, operating a fruit stand at 212 (later n…
In the autumn of 1906, while Abner S. Smith was serving as Justice of the Peace in Marion, County, Mo., Hannibal enacted a cigarette law. Michael Chios, operating a fruit stand at 212 (later n…
In 1937, Peter L. Korschgen was working as a pipe fitter for Citizens Gas Company. Fred Hoag was bartending for H.J. Schweitzer at 127 N. Main. Also, there was a vacant building at 203 N. Main…
In 1937, Peter L. Korschgen was working as a pipe fitter for Citizens Gas Company. Fred Hoag was bartending for H.J. Schweitzer at 127 N. Main. Also, there was a vacant building at 203 N. Main…
In 1903, Walter Scott Finnell launched a manufacturing entity in Baltimore, Md., based upon a commercial and household cleaning concept, and funded by $200,000 in capital stock. Among others, …
In 1903, Walter Scott Finnell launched a manufacturing entity in Baltimore, Md., based upon a commercial and household cleaning concept, and funded by $200,000 in capital stock. Among others, …
âWhen choosing a suit, the editors of the Men's Togs Catalog of 1910 cautioned buyers: 'In selecting a fashion ⦠careful consideration should be given to the fact that extreme novelty styl…
âWhen choosing a suit, the editors of the Men's Togs Catalog of 1910 cautioned buyers: 'In selecting a fashion ⦠careful consideration should be given to the fact that extreme novelty styl…
The home of the Rev. J.H. Jackson, 511 N. Fifth, Hannibal, Mo., was burglarized the evening of Thursday, Aug. 18, 1898, and a collection of jewelry was stolen, including an opera chain and som…
The home of the Rev. J.H. Jackson, 511 N. Fifth, Hannibal, Mo., was burglarized the evening of Thursday, Aug. 18, 1898, and a collection of jewelry was stolen, including an opera chain and som…
When 30-year-old James Porter Allen of Hannibal accepted a position as substitute letter carrier in 1901, the tailors at a uniform company went to work in order to provide him with appropriate…
When 30-year-old James Porter Allen of Hannibal accepted a position as substitute letter carrier in 1901, the tailors at a uniform company went to work in order to provide him with appropriate…
Wearing a floor-length gown of Ottoman silk, custom made at a dressmaker's shop in St. Louis, Miss Mary Pettibone of Hannibal, Mo., at about the age of 23, exchanged wedding vows with Col. Jam…
Wearing a floor-length gown of Ottoman silk, custom made at a dressmaker's shop in St. Louis, Miss Mary Pettibone of Hannibal, Mo., at about the age of 23, exchanged wedding vows with Col. Jam…
John J. Bowles and his brother-in-law, James P. Traynor, partnered circa 1892 in a business venture on Hannibal's North Main Street.
John J. Bowles and his brother-in-law, James P. Traynor, partnered circa 1892 in a business venture on Hannibal's North Main Street.
When the Rev. Thomas C. Fox began his ministry at Hannibal in the fall of 1919, a grocery store served as the sanctuary, and a dry goods box was the altar.
When the Rev. Thomas C. Fox began his ministry at Hannibal in the fall of 1919, a grocery store served as the sanctuary, and a dry goods box was the altar.
For some 91 years â beginning at the end of the Civil War â the Nerlich family operated a grocery/hardware business on the southwest corner of Market and Arch streets in an area of Hanniba…
For some 91 years â beginning at the end of the Civil War â the Nerlich family operated a grocery/hardware business on the southwest corner of Market and Arch streets in an area of Hanniba…
On a late August night in 1892 â near midnight â Ella Lilly Van Evercooren was awaiting her husband, August, expected in Hannibal aboard night train from Denver. Staying with her at the Va…
On a late August night in 1892 â near midnight â Ella Lilly Van Evercooren was awaiting her husband, August, expected in Hannibal aboard night train from Denver. Staying with her at the Va…
Edward F. Nerlich, 27, by day a clerk for his father's grocery store, answered a fire alarm at midnight March 30, 1891, on behalf of Hannibal's Engine Co., No. 2, located at 192 Market. The fi…
By 1918, agricultural experts in Michigan had made a clear connection between black stem rust on grain and the common barberry bush.
In February 1864, while General William Tecumseh Sherman's notorious âMarch Through Georgia,â was igniting the South, 47-year-old Prosper Gillett, a New England transplant to Southern-symp…
Thousands of talented young women from across the United States and abroad flocked to New York City during the nineteen-teens, in search of a lifestyle previously unattainable by their mothers…
PALMYRA, Mo. | History-lovers in Marion County are hoping that an appeal to the public may help shed some more light on Mary Anderson Matthews, a woman that local historians fear is at risk of…
Editor's note: Nov. 23 was the anniversary of the event described in the following story contributed by award-winning Louisiana journalist, author and public relations professional Brent Engel…