Name Title Date Appointed Z. G. Draper Postmaster 01/14/1828 William F. Strode Postmaster 02/22/1839 William M. Mitchell Postmaster 10/26/1841 Thomas J. Ayres Postmaster 05/11/1842 Samuel J. Harrison Postmaster 10/06/1843 Arthur Shearer Postmaster 05/09/1845 Robert N. Anderson Postmaster 02/27/1849 Abner O. Nash Postmaster 04/23/1849 Johnson O. Berry Postmaster 05/26/1853 Joseph C. Bower Postmaster 03/03/1859 Charles L. … Read more
An Insane Man Kills His Child First Hannibal Cigarette Law Arrest Hanging of John Nelson Killing of Thomas B. Hart by John S. Wise Murder of A. J. Stillwell Murder of the Bright Children Whiskey Did It – A Woman Near Hannibal, Mo. Murdered by a Former Lover History Of Incarceration Rich And Vivid Within … Read more
A Woman Near Hannibal, Mo. Murdered by a Former Lover December 10, 1882 Charles L. Lamb, son of Dr. C. J. Lamb, a wealthy and highly-respected citizen of Hannibal, Mo., while very drunk late Friday night went to the house of a man named Hull, living in a dreary hollow a mile or two from … Read more
A Horrible Story The most awful affair that ever occurred in Hannibal took place yesterday forenoon. A man named Sebastian Hupfer, a German by birth and a shoemaker by trade, killed his child during a fit of insanity. The man in question has resided in Hannibal several years, bearing the reputation of a cruel man … Read more
Hannibal, Oct. 1, 1906 The first arrest made in this under the cigarette law was made on a warrant issued by Judge Abner S. Smith on Saturday afternoon last. The complaint was filed by Silas T. Gregory of St. Mary’s avenue and was prompted by the frequent sale of cigarettes in packages and cigarette paper … Read more
Of the thousands of bars of soap sold in Hannibal stores each year, probably not one is made in Hannibal. But, until 33 years ago a large, or even major, part of the local soap supply came from Hannibal factories.
More than a half-century of progress has given Hannibal one of the best municipally owned public utilities to be found in any city of its size. Lighting by electricity has been provided in Hannibal since 1886, while the city water department was put into operation in 1913, after many years of private ownership of the utility. The original water plant was built in 1879 and consisted of one Blake pump with a capacity of 1,500,000 gallons of water in 24 hours, and two steam boilers of 100 horsepower capacity.
Hannibal was a tobacco center long before the civil war, in fact plug, twist and smoking tobacco, for many years, was one of the town’s chief items of export and cigars were manufactured for home consumption.
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a story that was originally printed in the Hannibal Courier-Post’s 100th anniversary edition in 1938. Because of the aftermath of the world war which caused havoc to export markets, and the change in public preference in flour products, Hannibal today has no flour mills, but at the turn … Read more
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of a story that was originally printed in the Hannibal Courier-Post in 1938, in honor of the newspaper’s 100th anniversary. This being a motor age, the appearance of a horse drawn buggy, surrey or even a farm wagon along Broadway is something of a rarity, but vehicles of this … Read more