Hoag Tavern served up camaraderie, good food
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In 1937, Peter L. Korschgen was working as a pipe fitter for Citizens Gas Company. Fred Hoag was bartending for H.J....
Hannibal factory led market in floor-cleaning equipment
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY In 1903, Walter Scott Finnell launched a manufacturing entity in Baltimore, Md., based upon a commercial and...
Thomas Luck contributed to town’s best-dressed list
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Fashion tip: “When choosing a suit, the editors of the Men’s Togs Catalog of 1910 cautioned buyers: ‘In selecting a...
Stolen jewelry recovered from nearby cistern: 1898
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY The home of the Rev. J.H. Jackson, 511 N. Fifth, Hannibal, Mo., was burglarized the evening of Thursday, Aug. 18,...
James Porter Allen tallest U.S. mail carrier in 1901
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY When 30-year-old James Porter Allen of Hannibal accepted a position as substitute letter carrier in 1901, the tailors...
A grand Hannibal ceremony launched short-lived marriage
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Wearing a floor-length gown of Ottoman silk, custom made at a dressmaker’s shop in St. Louis, Miss Mary Pettibone of...
Ed O'Neill: Veteran Hannibal sports writer ‘was on the field to feel the wind, cold, rain, mud,
MARY LOU MONTGOMERY Did Ed O’Neill, long-time sports editor for the Hannibal Courier-Post, and Lester Dimmitt, long-time owner and...
Bowles Clothiers: A Hannibal legacy
This photo shows the east side of the 100 block of North Main Street in 1959. Sonnenbergs Department Store is at left, and Bowles...
Rev. T.C. Fox launched church from Market St. grocery store
This is believed to be a photo of the P. Van Evercooren dry goods and grocery store, located at 2205 Market St., Hannibal, circa 1917,...
DeLaporte Shoe Store owner called foot doctor
John DeLaporte Sr., left, owner of the DeLaporte Shoe Store at 1801 Market St., works with his nephew, Ray DeLaporte. CONTRIBUTED...