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Mark Twain expansion among school enhancements in 1925

A major expansion of Mark Twain elementary school was completed in time for the start of the school year on Sept. 14, 1925.

Misnamed family ghost haunts Washington Theater, confounding ancestors

A carpenter’s death during construction of the Washington Theater in Quincy was the basis for a story about a ghost called George. Because the carpenter’s first name was different, his

In 1922, Agnes Treat was Twain pageant's 'Queen of Hannibal' | News

Halloween traditions in Quincy

Pope Gregory designated All Saints Day to be Nov. 1. The evening before became All Hallows Eve which over the centuries morphed into Halloween.

Quincy Herald-Whig newspaper in Quincy Illinois