Palmer’s passion was for fine watches, delicate instruments that combined craftsmanship, precision, and art. Where the passion came from Palmer apparently never disclosed, but he clearly had the wealth to
Zoretta Burbank and Albert D. Stowell grew up in Polo, Ogle County, Ill., which is located to the west of Chicago. They each became educators in Illinois and Iowa, and
In 1929, Frank B. Clay, 42, a mechanic for the St. Joseph and Hannibal Railroad, saw an opportunity. Automobiles had all but replaced horse power on the roadways, a federal
When the fire bell rang at 2:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 9, 1906, the two horses assigned to South Hannibal’s Union Street fire station started jumping with anticipation.
The building in which Melpontian Hall was contained was standing on the northeast corner of Third and Center streets in Hannibal, Mo., as early as April 1855, when the Episcopal