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Piano music, “Lover and the bird,” contributor A. Schuman, St. Louis Mo. Date of music, 1873. Library of Congress. A noted singer spent...

I will soon post a story about Fannie Peake, a Hannibal native who went on to become a renowned soporano in St. Louis and Chicago. "The...

I recently saw a framed reproduction of a sheet of paper dolls - the kind that my generation enjoyed. I was instantly pulled to the wall...

MARY LOU MONTGOMERY For the Courier-Post The number one concern of banking regulators is no longer a robber walking in through the bank’s...

This story and photo were published in the Hannibal Courier-Post (MO) - Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Dr. Richard Draper, left, and his...

Babu Patel proudly shows off a third-floor room in the almost completed Best Western on the River hotel addition in downtown Hannibal....

Matt Keefe was profiled in the San Francisco Call newspaper in August 1913. MARY LOU MONTGOMERY John Keefe was a 30-year-old Irish-born...

I cam across the following little article in the Hannibal Clipper, accessed via the Hannibal Free Public Library's website. The Robert...

Any resident of the Fifth ward who does not know Alf. Doolin is not posted on local celebrities of color. Alf. Doolin is a civil rights...