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John L. Van Riper died on June 10, 2023. He is survived by his wife Joanne Van Riper, his three children Karen Van Riper Martin and her husband Shannon…

While A.B. Sweeney was in the act of drawing molasses from a barrel at his family grocery store in late April 1860, the camphene lamp he used as a light

1 of 2 A horse-drawn streetcar is shown at the junction of Broadway and Market streets, Hannibal, Mo. The first street railway service began in 1878, and George Mifflin Dallas Conley was Hannibal’s first street car superintendent.  Photo from “The Story of Hannibal” by J. Hurley and Roberta Hagood. Wikimedia Commons

This era photo of an oak tree in Oakwood is supplied by Steve Chou, Hannibal historian. It is a stereoscopic view published by C. Jackson at the Old Reliable Gallery, 105 N. Main St., Hannibal. Handwritten on the back of the card is: “Oak of Oakwood,” suggesting the photo is an oak tree in Oakwood. Chou is unsure of the exact date, or of the identities of the people who are pictured. Calvin Jackson was a photographer in Hannibal during the 1880s. STEVE CHOU COLLECTION