The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 1--MT PLEASANT ITEMS--John Bailey Dougherty and wife of the Locust Grove neighborhood visited their daughter, Mrs. Robert Wilbanks, and family, Sunday. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 1--MT PLEASANT ITEMS (Intended for last week)--Warren Wilbanks and family arrived here last Sunday night from Overland for a visit with Mrs. Wilbanks' father, Wm. Lyle. They will later move to the Ed Winn farm, which they have rented. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 1--MT PLEASANT ITEMS (Intended for last week)--Mrs. Jewel Duren closed a very successful term of school at Baldridge last Friday. There was quite a crowd of visitors in the afternoon, and some brought their lunch and spent the day. There were two graduates from the 8th grade, Moss Grigsby and Evelyn Dougherty. Mrs. Duren did not make application for the school this year, much to the disappointment of many of the patrons, but we all are now feeling better, as we have just heard that Miss Gladys Dougherty, Mrs. Duren's sister, has been employed to teach our school and we are looking forward to another good school this time. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 1--MT PLEASANT ITEMS (Intended for last week)--W. M. Lyle and Addie Ancell, both of this neighborhood, surprised their many friends by driving to Moberly last Tuesday where they were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace Hattie Marshall. They were accompanied to Moberly by A. P. Lyle and family and Warren Wilbanks and wife. After their return home that night a crowd of 60 or 75 friends and neighbors joined in a charivari. After a plentiful supply of candy and cigars were passed around the remainder of the evening was spent in dancing. The guests departed about midnight, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Lyle a happy journey through wedded life. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Denver Wheeler and Lowell Hargis have received their eighth grade diplomas, about which they are greatly pleased. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--George Colly, formerly of this neighborhood, but who moved to Moberly a few years ago, became mentally deranged last week and was taken to Fulton immediately. He had been in poor health for some time. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Opal Leach and grandmother, Mrs. Shields, of Fayette motored over and spent the afternoon with Mrs. Claib Dougherty one day last week. Mrs. Dougherty's hand is gradually but surely improving, though still kept bandaged and in a sling. She can move all her fingers slightly and pink nails are growing out. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Wm. Warford, who has been seriously ill the past week or ten days and has gradually grown worse each day, was taken to a Moberly hospital Monday. Her miseries have been almost unbearable from the very first. She has a complication of troubles, but appendicitis is thought to be the seat of the worst trouble. No better woman ever lived in this community than Mrs. Warford. To know her was to love her, and it with deepest regret that we see her go to the hospital and her many friends will be impatiently awaiting good tidings to a speedy recovery for her. The entire neighborhood extends to Mr. Warford its deepest sympathy in this trying time. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 3 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Sunday several from this vicinity took their lunches and spent the day picnicking and sightseeing at the steam shovel at Russell. All thought it a most interesting project from the gigantic steam shovel to tipple where they saw the coal loaded in such a peculiar manner into the railroad cars. Especially did the youngsters enjoy the day. Those going were Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Milt Wheeler, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Asbury, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hargis, Misses Dorothy Wheeler, Irene Hargis, Bernice and Ganelle Wheeler, Messrs. Lowell, Ralph and Howard Hargis, Denver and Dale Wheeler and Rodney Wayne Asbury, who celebrated his second birthday anniversary with two pink candles on his birthday cake at the lunch spread on the grass. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 4 Col. 2--IN MEMORIAM--In memory of our baby, Donna Doone Jobson, who passed away just two months ago, the fifth of May. I am all alone in my chamber now And the midnight hour is near. The fagots' crack and the clock's dull tick Are the only sounds I hear. When o'er my soul in its solitude Lone feelings of sadness do glide, For my heart and my eyes are full When I think of our little darling that died. I shall miss him when the flowers come In the garden where he played; I shall miss him more by the fireside when the flowers are all decayed. I can see his toys and his empty chair And the horse he used to ride; They all do speak with a silent speech Of our baby Donna that died. We shall all go to our Father's House To our Father's House in the skies, Where the hopes of our souls shall feel no blight, Our love no broken ties. We shall roam on the shores of the river of peace, And bathe in its blissful tide, And one of the joys of our Heaven will be, Of our dear baby Donna, that died. MOTHER Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 4 Col. 4--As will be seen by an ad in this issue, Mrs. Belle Murphy will sell all of her household goods at auction at her home in this city Saturday, beginning at 1 o'clock. She will make her home in Columbia. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 4 Col. 2--Tony Marietta and Pacific Antonelli of Marissa, Ill., attended the funeral here Saturday of their old neighbor and countryman, Jas. Machetti, and visited Mr. and Mrs. Mike Marietta and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Egly of St. Louis announce the birth of a son on April 27th. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Ed. S. Hawkins and son, Orville, of Fayette were the guests of Higbee relatives and friends Sunday. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Miss Inez Andrews, who is attending Northwestern University, Chicago, is at home for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Andrews. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Jas. Daggs closed her school in the Old Higbee district Friday and left Sunday for Brookfield where Mr. Daggs has a position with the Noel Motor Co. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 4--CELEBRATED 75TH BIRTHDAY--J. D. Robb celebrated his 75th birthday Sunday, May 1st, at his home south of town. The bountifully spread table was crowned by an immense angel-food cake on which were 75 lighted candles. These were blown out by Mr. Robb, who greatly enjoyed the day and having a number of his children with him. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Al Lyons, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Knight, Mrs. Sallie Winn. We hope Mr. Robb will live to enjoy many more such birthdays. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 5 Col. 4&5--Mr. and Mrs. Robert Williams, who moved to Chicago a year or more ago, returned to Higbee yesterday, to remain, Mr. Williams advises us, provided he can secure employment. He states that there are more people in Chicago out of employment than ever in the history of the city, and that jobs are not to be had. Mrs. Williams, who was stricken with paralysis several months ago, is slowly improving, her many friends will be glad to know. She received a fall while getting off the train, Mr. Williams states, that was calculated to do her no good. The train started before she had reached the bottom step, which threw her back upon the first step, while Mr. Williams, who was on the bottom step, or the station platform, assisting her, was also thrown and dragged about 30 feet. He received no injuries, however. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. 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The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 2 Col. 1--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, by W. T. Dameron--(edited by compiler)--Circuit court was in session here all last week trying to clear the regular April term docket, but was unable to do so.........The divorce case of Mrs. Francis Nichols vs. Walter Nichols, which was sent to Macon circuit court at the last term of court here, was set for trial there Wednesday of last week and several witnesses from here were summoned to Macon, but the case was compromised out of court early in the day. Walter Nichols is a native of the county and resides on a farm a few miles north of Huntsville. He is a fine mechanic and also a fine artist. He is also a noted "water witch," so called. That is he can locate streams of water at any depth in the ground by the use of a forked twig. His wife, who was a Miss Gooding, we believe, charged in her petition that her husband was abusive to her, painted indecent and suggestive pictures and hung them on the walls of their home, so much so that neighbors would not visit their home. It would have been quite a sensational case had it gone to trial. A case of no little interest was tried by jury Thursday. W. S. Turner sued Charley Green for possession of 80 acres of land. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of the defendant, Green. Both plaintiff and defendant reside in Chariton township. Some years ago Henry Turner, the plaintiff's father, entered into an agreement with Mr. Green, the defendant, to move on to the land owned by him, Turner, and live there as long as he, Turner, lived. Mr. Green was to give Mr. Turner a certain portion of the surplus he raised on the farm. After the marriage of his son, W. S. Turner, the plaintiff, the father, went to live with his son, who brought the suit of ejectment and possession of the 80 acres of land, but lost his suit. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 2 Col. 2&3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, by W. T. Dameron--(edited by compiler)--Robertus Love, a staff writer on the Globe Democrat, had quite an interesting story in the magazine section of last Sunday's Globe Democrat about the Morman war of 1838. It recalled to mind the story of my father, G. W. Dameron, told me about that war, and which I wrote up and published in 1898. Here is the story as he told it to me: "In 1838, I was elected captain of the company of home guards and in the latter part of that year I volunteered and went into the service to fight old Joe Smith, the Mormon leader. The Mormons, under the leadership of Smith had formed a settlement in Johnson, Caldwell, Davies and other entered much good land in Jackson, counties in the western part of the state. I think it was in Jackson county where they started a town called "New Jerusalem," and in Caldwell county they had commenced excavating for a large temple that was called "The Far West." There were two companies of fifty men each, of us. Judge James Terrill was captain of one and Samuel C. Johnson was captain of the other. I was in Terrill's company and Nathan Barrow was the drummer. Of the 100 men enrolled in the two companies nearly all were young and single and I think we were the most wicked lot of men that ever got together. We organized and started from Huntsville in November 1838. After one day's march we met Gen. John B. Clark at Keytesville and joined his command. Of the 100 men who enrolled at Huntsville then a large majority of them are dead. I can remember only a few of their names, though I called the roll every morning while we were gone. I recall the names of Geo. A. Mathis, Wm. L. Dameron, Daniel and John McDavitt, Bates Cross, James Mathis, Asa Kirby, Ellis R. Wilman, Ed Montgomery, Coleman Williams, James Martin, Tom and Neal Galbreath, James Cross, Robert Krause, Jas. A. Newton and Hite Jackson. After leaving Keytesville we marched up the river towards Jackson county and after passing through Carroll county we turned northwest and followed some Mormons to the "Far West," without getting into a single fight. Gen. A. W. Donophan was in charge of the regular state militia called out by Gov. Boggs. When our command arrived at "The Far West," we got word that Gen. Donophan had captured old Joe Smith and a lot of his followers near that place, and that the war was over. This was sad news to us for we were "spoiling" for a fight. Our fire arms consisted of all flintlock rifles and a few old shot guns. We were out only about ten days. I acted as first sergeant and received for my services $15. This was paid to me by Colonel Horner, then of Howard county. In think old Joe Smith, together with many other Mormons, were indicted for treason, but Smith escaped from custody on his way to trial, which was to occur in Boone county. He afterwards turned up in Illinois with another "revelation." from on high authorizing polygamy. He was arrested and put in jail, but was taken out by a mob and put to death, in 1844 or 1845. Brigham Young was then chosen his successor and all his followers emigrated to Utah. Two or three years after the Mormons were driven from Missouri a follower of Joe Smith attempted to assassinate Gov. Boggs for ordering out the state militia. Boggs was badly shot about the head, but got well. We had a great time while on that ten days' skirmish, and I shall never forget the many funny incidents that occurred while on that scout, but will not relate them all here. While out foraging one day near the Far West, Ellis R. Wilson confiscated a Mormon churn and brought it into camp. Captain Terrill called him up and wanted to know how and why he took that churn, and what he intended to do with it. Ellis "fessed up" and said he intended to carry it home with him. Captain Terrill made him return it to the owner and apologize. this was quite mortifying to Ellis and he never heard the last of it while we were out. After that incident and during our marches at intervals some one at the head or foot of the column would call in a loud tone, "Who stole the Mormon churn?" and some one at the other end of the line would answer, "Elis R. Wilson, Elis R. Wilson." The boys most invariably held "religious" services around the camp fire each night. Singing, shouting, praying and preaching was carried on to a late hour. Captain Terrill finally got tired of those revivals and broke them up." Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 2 Col. 3--IN THE LONG AGO--Here's what the "Citizen" says, in part, of the Austin House, formerly the Huntsville Hotel, the first hotel erected here in an early day. Sam W. Robertson, a prominent citizen of the county in his day, became proprietor of the Austin House in August, 1855. He repaired the refurnished it. He reopened the hotel with a big dance Sept. 6. The "Citizen" says: "Our enterprising fellow citizen S. W. Robertson opens today the Austin House, named in honor of our old, useful and influential citizen, Henry Austin. In the several rooms renovated and repaired, and new rooms added, a full supply of new furniture has been installed. The ladies' parlor is pleasantly located on College street and is tastefully furnished. The gentleman's parlor, situated immediately over the office, contains all necessary comforts. The very sight of the elegant office, with the jolly landlord at the door, will be sufficient inducement to tempt the public to stop. The dining-room presents a very inviting appearance and the pantry is irresistible. In the culinary department a very happy arrangement has been effected, and meats and pastry are cooked at different stoves, so that the flavor of the most delicious dishes will not be effected by the odor of the coarser." After the Civil War Mr. Robertson moved to a farm in Prairie township where he in later years died. His daughter was postmistress at Clark for several years back in the '90's. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 2 Col. 3&4--IN THE LONG AGO-- "Married, on the 19th of September, 1855, by the Rev. S. W. Cope, Rev. Andrew Monroe, of the Missouri Annual Conference, to Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, of Hannibal, Mo." Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 2 Col. 4--Sheriff McCanne took Geo. Colley, of near Higbee, to the state asylum Saturday last. Mr. Colley a number of years ago got into a difficulty with an Italian, and killed him. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 2 Col. 4--Huntsville parties who were at and near Dalton, Chariton county, Mo., Sunday last brought home news of a terrible tragedy which occurred near Dalton early Sunday morning. Jeter Johnson, about 50 years old, a prominent and well-to-do farmer near that place, killed his wife, his three children and then took his own life. The tragedy took place at their country home, and what caused the man to commit such a murderous act is a puzzle to his neighbors and friends about Dalton. Some of his friends thought he had worried recently over financial losses in trading in live stock, but this was discredited by others who claim to know his financial condition. But there was no evidence available to give a clue or reason for the horrible deed. Some thought that he and his wife quarreled, resulting in a fight and her death first, but others said they lived happily together and had no quarrels, and then realizing what he had done in the presence of his children, the oldest being 12 years old--he concluded to end it all. He killed his wife with a tack hammer, driving it through her skull into the brain in two places. Then he killed the children, and at some distance from the house, sat down by a tree and slashed his throat with a razor, threw it a few feet from him and bled to death. A hired hand first discovered the dead bodies, and alarmed the neighbors. Some thought that the deed had been committed by someone other than Johnson himself, and bloodhounds at Moberly were sent for. The dogs were given a fair trial, and they would only travel from the house to the tree where Johnson's body was found. Johnson and his family had gone from their Keytesville home, where they had been staying all winter, Saturday, to their farm where they expected to remain over Sunday, so we learn. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 1--MRS. J. W. BUCKLEY DEAD. Passes Away Suddenly Thursday Morning From Heart Failure.--Friends and acquaintances and the people in general were shocked beyond measure when word went out over town Thursday morning of last week that Mrs. J. W. Buckley had passed away about 1 o'clock that morning, and neighbors who had noticed her about the day before, apparently in better health and spirits than for months could hardly believe the sad news. Mrs. Buckley had not been in good health for a year or more, but since the family had returned from Clark, where they had been living for a year or more where a daughter, Miss Esteleen, was teaching, she had seemed to be greatly improved, and on Wednesday had made the remark that she felt better than she had for along time and that she was sure the physician who was treating her was going to cure her. She retired at the usual hour Wednesday night, and on waking about 1 o'clock Mr. Buckley asked her what time it was, when she replied that it was a little after one, as the clock had just struck. A short time later Mr. Buckley heard her make a peculiar noise, but thinking that she was troubled with nightmare, to which she was subject, did not try to awaken her, as she had often told him not to do so as it always left her with a headache. A minute or so later he heard her gasp, when he called her several times, and receiving no reply got up and turned on the light, and was horrified to find her cold in death. Arthur Florence Carter was born near Knoxville, Mo., on April 2, 1864, and was married to J. W. Buckley on January 12, 1881 at Knoxville. They were the parents of nine children, the eldest, a son, Emmett Jewel, dying at the age of 23 at the family home in Richmond, Mo. The surviving children are Clarence, Richmond; Mrs. L. M. Clevenger, Greenburg, Kas.; Thomas, Kansas City; Carl, now in Texas; Mrs. Howard Mack, Ottawa, Kas.; Mrs. Emery Fowler, Colorado Springs, Colo., and Eugene and Miss Esteleen of this place. She also leaves twelve grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Harry Harris, Moberly, and one brother, C. C. Carter, of Freeman, Mo. All of the children with the exception of Carl, who could not be located, were here for the funeral, as were two nieces, Mrs. Nellie Thurston, Kansas City, and Mrs. Mollie Arnold, Richmond, and the sister, Mrs. Harris, Moberly. Mrs. Buckley had lived in Higbee and vicinity for fifteen years or more and had endeared herself to all and especially to those who were her closest neighbors and associates, who ever found her kind hearted and sympathetic, ready, willing and anxious to do a kind deed or speak a kindly or helpful word. She was a member of the Higbee Methodist church, with which she united several years ago under the pastorate of the Rev. J. J. Copeland. Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday afternoon by the Rev. Myers of the Moberly Methodist church, an old friend of the family and school mate and chum of the eldest son, mentioned above, back in the old home at Richmond, the crowd filling the home and lawn to overflowing. Interment was made in Higbee cemetery. In the passing of this good woman not only the family, but the town and community have suffered an irreparable loss, and our deepest sympathy, along with that of the vicinity, goes out to the heartbroken husband and children. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 3--THOS. WARFORD BACK TO HOSPITAL--Dr. C. F. Burkhalter was called to Madison Tuesday afternoon to see Thos. Warford, who was recently operated on in a St. Louis hospital for tumor of the brain, the tumor, the doctor advised us, being larger than a duck egg. A very puzzling thing about the case to the surgeon was the fact that Mr. Warford did not have convulsions either before or following the operation, and as he seemed to rally perfectly from the operation and was on the high road to recovery, he was allowed to return home after about two week sin the hospital, but with his left side partially paralyzed. Since his return home Mr. Warford has been able to be at his store every few days, with the paralysis gradually leaving, and was apparently making slow but sure recovery. Tuesday, however, he was seized with convulsions, having three that day, and on the arrival of Dr. Burkhalter, Dr. Saaks, the greatest brain specialist in the city, and who performed the operation, was called. He advised that he be given certain medicine at once and then brought to St. Louis on the first train, and accompanied by Dr. C. C. Smith of Madison Mr. Warford was taken to St. Louis that night, since which time nothing further as to his condition has been heard. As but one in forty ever survive such an operation, it can be seen that Mr. Warford is yet far from being well, despite his favorable condition up to Tuesday. The NEWS joins his host of friends in the hope that he will yet make the grade and eventually be his old self again. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 3--SCHOOL NOTES--Miss Merlin Hilburn was called home suddenly Thursday afternoon by the death of her grandfather, Mr. Ed H. Mitchell, of Marshall, Mo. Miss Hilburn has been making her home with her grandparents. Mr. Mitchell was a prominent business man of Marshall, and had served five terms as mayor of that place. Miss Hilburn returned Sunday afternoon. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 3--SCHOOL NOTES--The high school has been very sorry to lose Nellie Sperry, Addie and Orpha Lessly from their midst. Nellie has gone to Marshall to live with her parents. Addie and Orpha have been very ill with diphtheria, and will be unable to return to school. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 3--Claudine Robb and Francis Randolph are leaving Thursday for the debate tournament at Columbia. Thirty-four debate teams from all over the state will compete for four debate teams. They will be accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kroggel. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MCKINLEY-DOUGHERTY--Mr. E. S. McKinley of St. Louis, formerly of Middletown, and Miss Gida Mae Dougherty of St. Louis, stole secretly away and were married in St. Charles, Mo., on March 19, 1927. They were accompanied by two of their friends, Mr. Francis White and Miss Zeta Charleville. Late in the evening their wedding dinner was served at Hotel Claridge. The bride will be remembered as the daughter of Mrs. Nettie Ditter, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Avery, and niece of Frank Dougherty. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 4--MRS. JOHN LAWRENCE DEAD--On Tuesday afternoon this whole community was sadly shocked when they learned of the death of Mrs. John Lawrence. Mrs. Lawrence had been in ill health for some time and on Sunday she became bedfast, no one suspecting her end was so near. She passed away Tuesday afternoon about two o'clock. Susie Price Parker, daughter of Francis and Dorcas Parker, was born June 30, 1868, near Doylesville, Ky., and passed away April 26, 1927, at her home west of Huntsville, being at the time of her death 58 years, 9 months and 26 days old. With her parents, she came here when a small child. She was married to J. M. Lawrence April 21, 1895, whom she leaves to mourn her death; also two sisters and one brother. While Mrs. Lawrence never united with any church, she was a Christian and lived a Christian life. Her father preceded her to the grave just a month. It had been her wish and her prayer that she might be spared to care for him. She was a good wife, sister and neighbor and will be greatly missed by all, especially by her devoted husband. Funeral services were conducted Thursday at the First Baptist church here by the Rev. Perry F. sears of Clifton Hill. Interment was made in the city cemetery--Huntsville Herald. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 4--GEO. EVANS MAKING GOOD--The following is sent us by Capt. William R. Fleming, West Point Intelligence and Publicity Officer, and we are quite sure that it will be read with a great deal of pleasure by Mr. Evans' friends in the old town: "Cadet Geo. R. Evans, class of 1929, United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., a graduate of the Higbee High School, and son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Evans of 3694 Ferdinand Ave., Chicago, Ill., and appointed to the Academy by the Hon. Ralph F. Lozier, from the 2nd congressional district of Missouri, pitched the first three innings for the Army team in its exhibition game with the New York Giants, which was won by the Giants. During the three innings he pitched, Evans allowed but four hits. This was extremely fine considering that stars like Hornsby, Mueller, Bentley, Farrell, and others were in the Giants' line-up. "Among his other accomplishments and credits may be mentioned the following: a member of the 3rd class summer encampment baseball championship team 1926; a first-class machine gunner: a pistol sharpshooter, and ranks 257 in his academic standing." Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 4--MRS. BEN STRAIN BETTER--Mrs. Ben Strain of Yates, who has been seriously ill for the past two weeks, is reported some better. Her condition from the very first was serious. Mrs. Anna Hayes, a Moberly nurse, has had her in charge. Her relatives who called last week to see her were Mr. and Mrs. Earl Strain, Higbee; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Strain, Clinton, Mo.; Mrs. Anna Matherson, and son, Kansas City; Mrs. Cappy Fox and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davis, Moberly; Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Strain, Excello; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fox and Jas. Fox, Clark, and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Fox of Molton, Iowa. Grasping at every little move in improvement and utilizing every effort to relieve suffering and to aid the recovery of Mrs. Strain has been done, and sometimes it seems almost the impossible takes place. And we are glad, indeed, to rejoice with Mr. Strain and family in the recovery of this wonderful wife and mother. Thursday, 5 May 1927, Vol 40, No 52, Pg. 1 Col. 5--JAS. MACHETTI DEAD--Jas. Machetti, whose critical illness was noted in our last issue, and who was thought to be some better, passed away at his home west of town late Wednesday evening, April 27, he having been stricken with paralysis a few hours before. He was born in Italy on January 10, 1862, and was therefore 65 years old. He came to this country about 35 years ago, locating in Illinois, from where he moved to Higbee about 15 years ago, and for much of that time had followed farming, in which he was engaged at the time of his death. He was one of our hardest working and most reliable residents, and was held in the highest esteem by all who knew him. We were glad to number him among our friends, and in all of our dealings with him we found him four-square in all things and tender and generous hearted. He is survived by five children, viz: Mrs. Ed Roberts, Tony, John and Pete Machetti, of this vicinity, and Mrs. J. W. Duncan of Los Angeles, Cal., besides a wide circle of friends. Funeral services were held in St. Mary's Church of Moberly, Saturday and interment made in the church cemetery by the side of his wife, who passed away in 1921. The NEWS joins the community in sympathy to the bereaved children. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

Howard County; #1 Courthouse Sq; Fayette, MO 65248; Ph. 660.248.2284 Details: (Courthouse burned 1887; few rec lost) (Clk Cir Ct has b rec 1870-1955, m & ct rec from 1870, land & bur rec from 1820, mil & div rec from 1900; Pro Ct has pro rec from 1835; CO Hlth Nurse has d rec from 1870) Handybook for Genealogists Judy Brown Rasmussen CO ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bbmmem@aol.com> To: <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 8:31 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] death records > Can someone tell me what year death records started being recorded in Howard > Co? > > Benny and Mary McCune > Missouri > >

there are a few scattered death records for some counties previous to 1910 but I've never been successful in finding any. Our state vital stats office is required to keep them (birth and death records) beginning in 1910. P.O Box 570 Jefferson City MO 65102. Laura Crane, Genealogy Society of Central Missouri. Columbia, MO -----Original Message----- From: Bbmmem@aol.com <Bbmmem@aol.com> To: MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com <MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 16, 2003 7:31 PM Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] death records >Can someone tell me what year death records started being recorded in Howard >Co? > >Benny and Mary McCune >Missouri > >

Can someone tell me what year death records started being recorded in Howard Co? Benny and Mary McCune Missouri

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MRS. WM. ENGLEHART DEAD--Higbee friends, and acquaintances of Mrs. Wm. Englehart, who left with her husband a few weeks ago to go to the home of a daughter in Salina, Oklahoma, in the hope of benefiting her health, will be pained to learn of her death, which occurred in that city on the 17th. Mrs. Englehart had been in poor health since moving to Higbee some two years or more ago, and news of her death did not come as a surprise. She was about 75 years old and is survived by her husband and several step-children. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 3--WARREN WINN GOING STRONG--Warren Winn of Higbee, a student at Central College, Fayette, has the distinction of having received an average grade of S for the last quarter's work, according to a recent survey of third quarter grades made by the college. Winn, a sophomore, held this high standing through the first semester, and if it is maintained through the remaining quarter of the present semester he will be awarded honors in general scholarship at the spring commencement exercises. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MURRAY-SMITH--Mr. John Murray and Mrs. Catherine Smith of this place were married in Moberly Tuesday, by Mrs. Hattie Marshall, Justice of the Peace. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 4--MRS. BEN STRAIN SERIOUSLY ILL--Mrs. Ben Strain of Yates, who has been seriously ill for the past week or two, was reported some better yesterday. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 6--NEW BAKERY MAKING GOOD--Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Robb who reopened the Model Bakery three weeks ago, are making good in every way, we are mighty glad to state, and their trade is growing from day to day, as it should, for they are putting out the very best bread ever made or sold here, and more varieties of it, and is as near the home-made kind as can be found anywhere in the state. The pies, cakes, cookies and pastry in general are as good in their way as the bread. Mr. Robb is beyond question the very best baker ever in the town and every person should do all in their power to keep him here by insisting on nothing else but Higbee bread, for every industry we can keep going, no matter how small it may be, helps the town just that much. A trial of the bread, if you are not already a customer, will convince you, we believe, that it is just what you have been looking and longing for. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 6--APPENDICITIS OPERATION--Mr. and Mrs. Pleas Gentry of this place are certainly having more than their share of hard luck. Two months or more ago Mrs. Gentry was taken to a Boonville hospital where her right foot was amputated, blood poison having developed from an old injury, and she had been at home but a few days when their 6-year-old daughter was taken suddenly ill and died the next day. Monday their 10-year-old son was stricken with acute appendicitis and was rushed immediately to a hospital at Columbia for an operation. He was doing well when last heard from. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Born, on the 24th, to Mr. and Mrs. Gustie Dorman, a son. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Born, on the 21st, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Andrews, a son. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Born, on the 26th, to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sachsenheimer, a son. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. H. C. Thorpe of Armstrong was the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Caleb Lynch, Monday. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Roger Warford, formerly of this place, of Ridge Mont., announce the birth of a son, born on the 3rd. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--M. L. Andrews, who moved to Boonville several weeks ago where he had hoped to secure employment, moved back to Higbee this week. He says that all building operations have stopped to a great extent and that Boonville is about as dead as the average town, although one of the best towns its size in the state, if not the very best. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--T. H. Walton, who returned from Kalo, Iowa, Friday, where he had been called by the death of an uncle, Wm. Dawson, reports that Mrs. Maggie Hyde, a former well known resident of Higbee, but who has been making her home in Ft. Dodge, Ia., for several years, was taken to a hospital in that city Wednesday of last week, suffering from pneumonia. Nothing further, so far as we know, has been learned as to her condition. Her many Higbee friends join the NEWS in the hope that she will soon be restored to her usual health. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Misses Addie and Orphia Lessly, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Lessly, who have been suffering from diphtheria for the past week, are much better, we are glad to state. It was feared Tuesday night of last week that Miss Addie could not live through the night, and but for the fact that Dr. C. F. Burkhalter remained at her bedside all night and fought for her life by keeping her throat clear, she likely would have passed away. A trained nurse was secured the next day, and each has received every care and attention. An air-tight quarantine was established as soon as the nature of the malady was determined, and there is no fear of the disease spreading. Where they contracted the disease is a mystery. So far as is known there are no other cases in this section. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Miss Fratie Stevenson left yesterday for Vandalia where she will make her home with her brother, Ernest. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Dr. Henry S. Curtis, state director of hygiene and physical education, announced from Jefferson City this week the names of 91 high school students and four teachers who had been awarded state letters, which are furnished by the Kansas City Journal-Post for awards through the state department. Those from the Higbee high school receiving the letters were Franklin Atkins, Ernest Orton, Dallas Wheeler, Virgil Ancell, Rankin Little, Lewis Harris, Earl Durnil and Wilford Ware. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Higbee school boys and girls who attended the track meet at Moberly Tuesday did not get as far as many had hoped, but that the boys came home without any honors was expected, as they had not put in any practice on any of the events, one team, however, coming within two points of winning the horseshoe pitching contest. Miss Lois Buckler won first in throwing the basketball and baseball, Miss Eunice Buckler first in shot-put and Miss Nellie Sperry third in the 50-yard dash. Miss Eunice Buckler holds the county record for distance throwing of basketball while her sister, Miss Lois, holds the same record for throwing a baseball. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 4--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Chas. Comstock, who had his neck all but broken two weeks ago while at work in the strip mine, and which was placed in a cast at a Moberly hospital, was able to return home Tuesday. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 5 Col. 4--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--IN MEMORIAM--In sad and loving memory of our beloved father, John Mure, who departed this life two years ago today, April 18, 1925--The Children. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 8 Col. 5--SOUTH OF TOWN--Lowell and Ralph Hargis spent Saturday night with Howard Hargis, helping him celebrate his 11th birthday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 1--NOAH WARFORD FIGHTS GUN DUEL WITH BANDIT.--The following, from the Colorado Springs Gazette of the 18th, will be of interest to our readers, Mr. Warford being a former resident of this vicinity, and whose friends join the NEWS in congratulations on his escape from more serious injury: "In a grim face-to-face battle with revolvers, Patrolman Noah S. (Buck) Warford of the police department was creased on the hip by a bullet from the automatic of a lone gunman, but inflicted a serious bullet wound in the thigh of his opponent and frustrated what is believed to have been the plan of the outlaw to rob the Piggly-Wiggly-Grimes store at 132 North Tejon street shortly after 9 o'clock last night. Ten shots were fired by the duelists in one of the most sensational gun battles between the law and the outlaw this city has known in years and which occurred in the alley between Kiowa and Bijou streets west of Tejon street, almost in the heart of the downtown district. "Following his exchange of shots with Patrolman Warford, the gunman then fled to the intersection of Kiowa street and Tejon street where he held up a Chrysler roadster, driven by L. M. Bailey and Roy Stroud and compelled the two men to drive him to safety. "Patrolman Warford was making his rounds in the alley in the rear of the Piggly-Wiggly store at 132 N. Tejon street when he first saw the fugitive, who was coming out of the alley leading into the rear entrance of the chain store. "Hey, there, what are you doing?" shouted Patrolman Warford. The fugitive took to his heels and ran south down the alley towards Kiowa street. "Stop, or I'll fire," Warford yelled, and took up the pursuit. "Hearing his pursuer gaining on him, the fugitive suddenly stopped, turned, and opened fire on the officer. The distance between them was not more than 30 yards. "Warford already had his gun in his hand when this unexpected turn in events occurred, and, neatly face to face, the officer and the outlaw blazed away until their guns were emptied. The fugitive, with a sudden spurt, dashed out of the alley and turned east on Kiowa street and commandeered the Bailey automobile at the point of a gun. "Warford limped to headquarters and reported the shooting to Deputy Chief Fred H. Springer and the station riot squad snatched up sawed-off shotguns and automatic rifles and hurried in pursuit. "While Warford was in the department bandaging the wound made by the bullet, Bailey and Stroud dashed in to report that the gunman had compelled them to drive him around the city, and finally to a point in front of the Alta Vista hotel where he got out and fled across the street. Reserve officers, led by Warford, commandeered automobiles and dashed out in pursuit. Despite an assiduous search by a posse of citizens and officers, numbering more than 30 men, not a trace was found of the wounded gunman. "Bailey and Stroud said the man was bleeding profusely from a wound in one thigh, and had moaned to them that he was "half shot up." ------------------------------ Mr. Warford, in sending us his renewal, says of the above: "I had some excitement Sunday night, which you have probably read about as I sent you a Morning Gazette. It was my first shooting scrape, and I have been on the force ten years, and I hope it is the last, as those automatic Lugers are not very pleasant to look at in the hands of a safe cracker. The paper did not state anything about a safe in one of the stores being broken into. The fellow had just finished the job and came out and ran into me in the alley and then the fun began. One of my bullets hit the pavement or rock wall of the building and glanced and went through a plate glass of the Adams Motor Co. Claude Adams'Garage)." Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 2--LANHAM-ZAFFKE--Mr. Estle Lanham of Salisbury and Miss Elsie Maude Zaffke of Oil City were married at Moberly on the 20th at the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. W. T. Henson. Mrs. Lanham is the daughter of F. W. Zaffke of Bakus, Minn., but since the age of four she has made her home with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Houtz, formerly of this place, and is well known here, having gone to school here for two years and also having visited on numerous occasions. Mr. Lanham was formerly of Columbia, but is now an assistant engineer for the Prairie Pipe Line Co., at it's station near Salisbury. They will make their home at Shannondale. The NEWS joins other friends in wishing them a long and happy life. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 2--JAS. MACHETTI CRITICALLY ILL--Jas. Machetti, residing near Yates, who has been sick for some time, took a turn for the worse Monday and yesterday it was thought that he could live but a few days longer at the very most. Mr. Machetti is one of the hard working and substantial residents of the community, and has a host of friends who join the NEWS in the hope for his recovery despite the fact that all hope has about been abandoned. His daughter, Mrs. John Duncan, of Los Angeles, Calif., has been notified of his condition, but as to whether or not she can come, we are not advised. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 2--"THOMPS" WITH US AGAIN.--Higbee friends and acquaintances of W. T. ("Thomps") Dameron, who (line missing) Huntsville Thursday of last week after two months spent in a Moberly hospital, will be delighted to know that he is continuing to improve, and will soon be his old self again. While not able to leave his home as yet, he has written another of his corking good letters for the NEWS, which will be found on page two of this issue. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 2--A. R. HAMMETT MARRIES--Attorney A. R. Hammett and Miss Edith Kellog of Moberly, Mo., were married Easter Sunday, April 17, 1927, at the home of the officiating minister, Rev. W. T. Henson. They were accompanied by the bride's sister-in-law, Mrs. Richard Kellog, and her brother, Lansing Kellog, and her brother, Lansing Kellog, Judge Hammett is one of Randolph County's best lawyers.--Huntsville Times. Thursday, 28 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 51, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MRS. FRANCES C. KEITER DEAD--Mrs. Frances C. Keiter died at the home of her youngest daughter, Mrs. D. H. Myers, at Madison, Mo., at 2:20 p.m., April 25, 1927, where she had been visiting for the past seven months, and had been in failing health most of that time. On Easter Sunday she took to her bed and from that time rapidly failed, until death relieved her from a long, well-served life, to enter into the sweet, eternal rest she so much deserved. Frances Cornelius Light was born in Frederick county, Virginia, on July 1, 1839 and was married to Isaac T. Keiter Dec. 23, 1856. To this union seven children were born, Fannie, the third child, dying at 2 1/2 years of age. The others are, Mrs. Alex Butler, Mrs. S. C. Baker, Mrs. C. B. Dysart, F. G. and E. Y. Keiter, and Mrs. D. H. Myers, all of whom were at her bedside when death came. In 1870 the family came to Randolph county, locating near old College Mount, and a few years later moving to near Moberly where the remainder of the years were spent in two or three neighborhoods. Mr. Keiter died 24 years ago and for the last 20 years the deceased had made her home with her children. Going from one to the other of their homes, she continued her lifelong industrious ways of eternal watchfulness of their welfare and of their children's, loving her grandchildren even more than her own, and of which eleven are living to mourn her death. One of the county's oldest citizens, and rearing her family in the pioneer days, her life was filled with the hardships thereof, and her greatest desire was to live the life of wife and mother. Her one great joy was to seek to have her children enjoy the fruits of church and school, and to this end her family was taken to the old country church regardless of its religious faith and sent to the district schools, and as much as possible, to the higher schools. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, but her chief religious characteristics were her services to loved ones and friends. Blessed with good health, her life was very active, and if her toil of years could be put into one mighty stroke it would lift a mighty oak. The remains were brought to the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. Y. Keiter, 991 South Williams Street, Moberly, from which place funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, by the Rev. E. M. Richmond, who had known her and her family many years. A true pioneer has gone to rest, mourned by her dear ones and remembered by a host of friends. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 1 Col. 1--COUNTY AGENDA JOHN HOWAT CALLED HOME. Passes Away At His Home in Huntsville Following Short Illness From Pneumonia--John Howat, County Agent, whose critical illness was noted in our last issue, passed peacefully away at his home in Huntsville Thursday morning of last week, from pneumonia, from which he had suffered just a week. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Methodist church in Huntsville, of which he had been a member for many years, by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Hunt, assisted by the Rev. B. Marvin Harris of Pike county. Despite the steady downpour of rain, the church was filled with sorrowing friends from the town and community and other parts of the county. The Agricultural College, which recognized in Mr. Howat one of the best agricultural experts in the state, was represented by a special committee. The crown, weather considered, and the flowers, would have made any word of eulogy on the part of the minister unnecessary, so far as a stranger was concerned, for each spoke more eloquently than words. Following the sermon, based on Paul's declaration, "I have fought a good fight," the following obituary was read: "John Howat was born in Ayr, Scotland, in 1859, son of James and Jean Mitchell Howat. Came to the United States in 1881, settling in DeWitt, Iowa, where he was married to Louisa Bowcott in 1884. Six children were born--Lela Jean Rutherford, Chillicothe; Agnest Carroll, Clarksville; Robert John, St. Louis; Sylla M. Hurst, Kansas City; Lieut. James Bowcott, U. S. Infantry, Arizona, and William Mitchell, Taylorville, Ky. Eight grandchildren survive. One brother, Alex. lives in Clarksville, Andrew, in Woods Cross, Utah, a sister, Jean, in Jersey City, N. J.; two brothers, James and Thomas, and one sister, Elizabeth, live in England. "He lived in Clarksville for sixteen years and had been in the University Extension Service, living in Huntsville for eight years. "Reared in the Scotch Presbyterian church, he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Iowa where it was the closest in order that he might be of service where he lived. For the same reason he transferred his membership to the Methodist Church South twenty-seven years ago. "At the time of his death he was a member of Board of Stewards, church layleader, and Sunday School teacher of the Young Men's class." The body was taken to Clarksville, his old home, for interment. In his going a good man and true has been called from among us, and he will be sadly missed, not only by his family, but by all who knew him. To his loved ones we extend our warmest sympathy. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 1 Col. 1--N. F. HAWORTH DEAD--N. F. Haworth, one of Moberly's best known citizens, died at his home in that place Saturday morning from paralysis, with which he was stricken several months ago, aged 76 years. For many years he was one of the largest and best known mule dealers in the state, but had not dealt extensively in these animals since the advent of the automobile and tractor. He was serving his second term as a member of the county court, representing the eastern district. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 1 Col. 2--Chas. Comstock who was injured at the strip mine two weeks ago Wednesday is at a Moberly hospital and is getting along as well as could be expected, but is still very weak. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 1 Col. 4--GILES-EVANS--Olin T. Giles, 1812 East Pine Street, and Miss Anna S. Evans, 417 East Carpenter street, were united in marriage at 8:30 p.m., Thursday at the home of the groom, Rev. W. I. Dobbs, officiating. Following the ceremony supper was served. The couple will reside in Detroit. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 1 Col. 4--DR. TAYLOR MANGUS DEAD--Dr. Taylor Mangus, one of Moberly's well known physicians and druggists, died at his home in that place Tuesday, from Bright's disease, from which he had been suffering for a year or more. Interment was made Wednesday in Woodland cemetery, Moberly. Deceased was born in saline county in 1872. He is survived by his wife, five sisters and three brothers. Deceased was a brother-in-law of J. W. Marshall, formerly of this place and was quite well known here. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 1 Col. 4--JAS. RODNEY SERIOUSLY HURT--Jas. Rodney was quiet seriously hurt while at work in mine No. 11 Saturday, being caught under a fall of rock, and but for the fact that the rock was partially held off of him by a car, he would have been crushed. As it was, his right hip was broken and he received serious internal injuries, but they are not as great as was at first feared. Mr. Rodney was taken on the local freight to Moberly and to a hospital where his injuries were ascertained by an x-ray photograph, and where he will likely have to remain for several weeks. He was doing as well as could be expected when last heard from yesterday. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 4 Col. 6--Levy Burton, who recently disposed of his grocery store in Moberly, has moved to Huntsville, near which place he had bought a 30-acre farm, and on which he will make money raising chickens, as he seems to have the happy faculty of making a success of everything to which he turns his hand. And it isn't because "Old Soc" is lucky, but because he works and keeps on working. His Higbee friends are hoping that the next move he makes will be back to Higbee, his old home. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. E. D. Martin of Kirksville is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Little. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Ruth True, who had been in a Boonville hospital for several weeks, was able to be brought home Sunday. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. I. B. Summers left Sunday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Eutsey, of Hamilton, Iowa. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Jas. Darby of Moberly was the guest of her brothers, Ernest and Earl Newman, the latter part of last week. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--John Walton, Paul Kelso, David Davis and Wm. Cadmus, are attending a district convention of the K. of P. at Wellsville. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. E. J. Turner left Tuesday for Ponca City, Oklahoma, for a visit of several weeks with her son, Dr. Howard L. Turner. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 5 Col. 3--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Oliver Fischback returned to her home in Chicago yesterday after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Roberts. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 5 Col. 4--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Eugene Atkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Atkins of this place and Miss Elizabeth Level of Rocheport were issued a marriage license in Boonville Wednesday of last week. We did not learn when or by whom the wedding was performed, but with other friends extend best wishes. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 5 Col. 4--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Parco, Wy, was badly damaged by the explosion of an oil refinery on the 6th, the total loss to plant and town being half a million. Only seven of the twenty-three men at work in the plant escaped death, and of these six will die. Will Harlow of this place, telegraph operator for the Union Pacific there, was not listed among the injured, we are pleased to state. Thursday, 14 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 49, Pg. 8 Col. 1--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Odis Ancell and family visited relatives at Higbee last Sunday and while there made the acquaintance of a new brother-in-law, Wm. McCune, who became the husband of Mrs. Carrie Perkins several days ago. We extend our heartiest congratulations to this worthy couple. Thursday, 21 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 50--ISSUE MISSING --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 5--MRS. CLAIB DOUGHERTY HOME--Mrs. Claib Dougherty, who had been in Woodland Hospital, Moberly, for about eight weeks, suffering from blood poisoning in her right hand, was brought home Monday by Mr. Dougherty and has since been doing nicely, her many friends will be glad to learn, and it is now confidently expected that she will soon be fully restored. When she was first taken to the hospital grave fears as to her recovery were entertained, as infection had developed suddenly to an alarming extent, and for a week or two it was thought from day to day that the hand would surely have to be amputated the next, but by the exercise of such care and attention as seldom occurs, this was not necessary. Mr. Dougherty has nothing but praise for Woodland, both as to the staff and nurses, and especially of the services of Dr. Streator, who took a very special interest in the case, watching it hourly, and accomplishing the seemingly impossible. Mrs. Dougherty is equally loud in her praise of the service she received, and is delighted, of course, over her narrow escape, but is not one whit happier than Claib, who informed us that in case improvement halts even for an hour she will be rushed back to Woodland. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 5--LITTLE DAUGHTER DEAD--Helen Bernice, the 6-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pleas. Gentry, died at the family home in this place on Friday, April 1, her death being rather sudden and unexpected, as she was taken sick only the day before, and the nature of whose illness was more or less of a puzzle to the physician. Short services were held at the home by Mr. John Race, and the little body taken to Centralia, the old home, for burial. Besides her parents, Bernice leaves one brother and one sister. This most excellent family is having more than its share of misfortune, for the mother had been home only a week from a Boonville hospital where she had a foot amputated, infection having developed form a sore caused by a burn a year or so ago, and which had caused her to have to remain in bed a great deal of the time. The sympathy of all goes out to them. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 6--MRS. LOUISE J. TUCKER DEAD--Mrs. Louise J. Tucker, one of the community's most estimable ladies, died at her home south of town on Sunday, April 3, 1927, following a short illness. She was the daughter of William and Millie Atterbury and was born in Springfield, Ill., on April 19, 1954, and lacked but a few days of being 73 years old. She was united in marriage to Benj. F. Tucker on March 16, 1870, and who died on January 12, 1921. They were the parents of eleven children, but six of whom are living, viz: Mrs. Ellen Dixon, Moberly; Mrs. Mae Ware, William, John and Arnold Tucker all of near this place, and Mrs. Georgia Hollingsworth of Kansas City. She is also survived by eighteen grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, four sisters and three brothers--Mrs. Mollie Lyda, Olathe, Kan; Mrs. Viola Shipley of Kansas City, and Mrs. Cynthia Lee of Shelbina, Mich; Press Atterbery, Millard, Mo., and James and Frank Atterbery of Arbonna, Mo., besides many more distant relatives and a legion of friends. She was a devout member of the Baptist church, holding her membership with the church at Ararat, with which she united in 1909. She was a devoted christian character, a fond and loving mother and all that one could desire as neighbor and friend, and will be sadly missed by al who knew her as well as by her family. Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Notley Magruder in the presence of a very large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends, and interment made in Tucker cemetery. The NEWS joins the community in sympathy to her loved ones. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 6--HUNTSVILLE LADY STRICKEN--Andrew Minor of Huntsville informed us yesterday that Mrs. Robert Lay, one of that city's most estimable ladies, was stricken with paralysis while out in her yard yesterday, being found unconscious by one of her neighbors. She was reported some better by Mr. Minor, who called us last night to advise us as to the condition of Mr. Howat, whose critical illness is noted elsewhere. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Ollie Teeters returned to her home near Clark Monday after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Pleas Gentry. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Harold Thomas returned to her home in Kirksville Saturday after a visit with her mother, Mrs. Edgar Fullington. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Mollie Lydia of Olathe, Kas., and Mrs. Viola Shipley of Muncie, Kansas, returned to their homes Monday, being called here by the death of their sister, Mrs. Louisa J. Tucker. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 8 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Caleb Lynch is reported as doing as well as could be expected. The special nurse phoned Mrs. Lynch saying she expected to be discharged Monday if Caleb continued the same or better. Everyone is hoping Caleb will improve fast and be home with his family soon. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 8 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--F. M. Blaise had the misfortune to break or fracture one of his ribs last week while trying to dislodge a loose post from the ground. He has also been laid up this week with the flue. We are very sorry for him and with his many friends hope his condition will soon improve. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 1--GEORGE CARTER DEAD. One of Our Most Highly Respected Colored Citizens Passes to His Reward After Long Illness.--George Carter, one of our best known and highly respected colored residents, passed away at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday at his home on the Rennolds farm after a long illness, aged 59 years. Deceased was born in Howard county in March, 1868, and had lived in this vicinity most all of his life and for the past forty-five years had been in the employ of G. R. Rennolds, and had lived on and operated the latter's farm just southeast of town for the past twenty-one years. He was the son of Simon Carter, fondly remembered by all as "Uncle Simon," as good and as industrious a man as ever lived among us. George was certainly a chip off the old block, for he worked early and late, was absolutely honest in all things and looked after his employer's interest as conscientiously as if they had been his own. He had been a member of the Christian church since young manhood, and so far as we could observe came as near living up to the golden rule as the next one. He is survived by his wife an done son and one daughter, two sisters and two brothers--Simon Carter of this place, Phil Carter of Kansas City, and Mrs. John Richardson and Lina Carter. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow at 2 o'clock and interment will be made in the cemetery of his race southeast of town. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 1--CALEB LYNCH BETTER--Caleb Lynch, who was taken to a hospital at Boonville ten days ago, suffering from appendicitis, from which he had suffered repeated attacks for several years, and where he was operated on, has not done as well as was hoped and at his present rate of progress will not be able to return home as soon as was expected, he having delayed too long in having the operation performed to hope for a speedy recovery and the appendix being in a worse condition than had been expected. He is considered in no danger, we are glad to state, and was believed to be better yesterday. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 2--FRED NOEL HOME--Fred Noel, who went to Kansas City several months ago for a fifth or sixth operation--and to die, many of his friends thought--was able to return home Saturday looking better than he has in a year or so, and despite the fact that the surgeons were of the opinion that he would never leave the hospital, if he did not die on the operating table. But he fooled them, we are mighty glad to state, as he did on three or four other occasions, when he was informed that he didn't have enough stomach left to operate on. Mr. Noel has had very severe stomach trouble since the day in France with a companion he found a load of bread and a tin of beef, the latter pierced by a bullet, on the battlefield, and which they devoured after a fast of almost three days, but not eating any of the meat, however, until that part pierced by the bullet had been cut away. Mr. Noel was taken ill almost immediately and has not seen a well day since, while his companion suffered no ill effects. Fred has put up one of the gamiest fights of anyone we ever knew, and we sincerely hope that he will yet come out of it and confound the doctors still more by getting sound as nails. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 2--MCCUNE-PERKINS--Mr. J. W. McCune of near Clark and Mrs. Carrie Perkins of this place were united in marriage at the home of the officiating minister, the Rev. R. C. Abrams, of Columbia, on the 1st, and after a short visit with Higbee relatives and friends the first of the week left for their home near Clark. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Warford of this place and has followed the profession of teaching for several years, teaching the past year near Columbia. She is a most capable and refined lady and is popular among a wide circle of acquaintances. Mr. McCune is from one of the county's oldest and best families, and is one of our substantial farmers, and a high-class christian gentleman. The NEWS joins other friends in congratulations and best wishes. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 2--JESSE WILLIAMS ILL--Jesse Williams, an employee of the Alton, but who has been idle for several weeks on account of slack business, has been quite ill at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Williams, suffering from inflammatory rheumatism, which put him out of business for months several years ago, and which he had hoped and believed had left him for good. He was some better yesterday, we are glad to state, but it will likely be some time before he will be able to return to work. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 3--A CLOSE CALL--Chas. Comstock, while at work at the trip mine Friday, came near meeting with a fatal accident, one of several heavy poles being handled by the steam shovel slipping and striking him in the back of the neck. The skin was not even broken nor was he knocked down, yet his neck was all but broken, one of the vertebra being thrown out of place, and which was not discovered until he had finished work for the day and went to Dr. C. F. Burkhalter for treatment for a "crick" in his neck. Dr. Burkhalter sent him to a Moberly hospital where his neck was encased in a plaster cast. He should be as good as new in a week or so. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 4--JOHN HOWAT NEAR DEATH--The many friends all over the county of John Howat, our most efficient County Agent, will regret to learn that he is lying at the point of death at his home in Huntsville, suffering from pneumonia. He was just alive at 6 p.m. yesterday, and was not expected to go through the night unless a change for the better came soon. We first heard of the illness of Mr. Howat through Andrew Minor, who was here yesterday on business, and he said that when he left home at noon Mr. Howat was not expected to live an hour. He called us on reaching home at 6 o'clock and reported Mr. Howat's condition as above stated. The NEWS joins his friends in a prayer that he may be spared, for he is too useful a man to have to part with. Thursday, 7 Apr 1927, Vol 40, No 48, Pg. 1 Col. 4--MRS. EVA ROBB DEAD--Mrs. Eva Robb died at her home in the east part of town Monday noon, following an illness of a month. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dougherty, and was born on August 23, 1905, and was united in marriage on May 23, 1925, to Jesse Robb by whom she is survived, as well as her parents and one brother and one sister. Funeral services were conducted at the home Wednesday afternoon by the Rev. Notley Magruder in the presence of a large crowd of sorrowing relatives and friends, and interment made in the Higbee cemetery. The NEWS joins the community in sympathy to the bereaved ones. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 4--BAKER-ROBERTS--Mr. John Baker of Moberly and Miss Ethel Roberts of this place were united in marriage in Moberly on Saturday, March 26, but by whom we could not learn, and will make their home in that city. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberts of this place, is one of our prettiest and most refined young ladies whose large circle of friends join the NEWS in best wishes. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 4--Mrs. Mary Hayden, who has been seriously ill at her home in this place for the past week, suffering from heart trouble, was thought to be some better late yesterday. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 5--J. R. Burton, who was called here by the death of his brother, Medley Burton, returned to his home in Mystic, Ky., Tuesday, to the regret of his legion of friends who had hoped he could prolong his stay for at least a month. He is the same warm-hearted Dick as of yore and doesn't look a day older than when he left here twenty-five years ago. As this was his third trip since he located in Kentucky twenty-one years ago, and the first in 12 years, he found many changes--many of his friends and cronies of other years having moved away or taken their last journey, while some he knew as kids are now staid married folks with children of their own. Of all the fellows on the map, we know of no one we would better like to see return and be one of us again than Dick Burton, for he is a prince if there ever was one, and is so considered by all who know him. But we presume there is small chance of his returning soon--especially as long as he owns his present farm. he has one field of bottom land which has been in corn continuously for 100 years, and which has failed but a few times to produce from 60 to 100 bushels to the acre, the failures being caused by high water, which is also the secret of the fertility of the soil, high waters each year leaving on it a thick layer of silt. He has not had a single failure in his twenty-one years, and but once have floods done him any serious damage. While he could not prolong his visit he promised to return soon, perhaps this fall, for a real visit, to which the NEWS and everybody else says a hearty amen. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 5--The many friends of Mrs. Claib Dougherty, who has been in a Moberly hospital for six or seven weeks suffering from blood poisoning in her right hand and arm, will be delighted to learn that she is now considerably improved and able to sit up part of the time. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 5--Pete Gruber and J. T. Randolph of this place and Lyle Cubbage and Roy Fray of Yates, members of Sinda Grotto band, Moberly, spent Wednesday in St. Louis with that organization, one of several bands to furnish music for a big ceremonial put on by the order in that city. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 6--MOST REMARKABLE LONGEVITY RECORD. Nine Living Brothers and Sisters Out of Family of Eleven Whose Ages Total 823 Years.--Randolph county has the distinction of having produced--at least, we are making that claim until it has been disproved--the most remarkable family, as to longevity, in the entire state, or in the nation--the Stockton family of the bustling little city of Clark to the east of us. There were eleven children in this family, the first of whom was born in 1840, and the last in 1865, and of the number but two have died, and they not passing away until January of this year. The ages of those living total 823 years, while, if the ages of the two are added, as well as that of their parents, the total for the thirteen is 997 years, not counting months or days. Can you bet it anywhere on the map? We don't think so, unless you go back to Bible times, and we don't think that would be fair. The head of this remarkable family, James Stockton, was born at Washington, Mo., on December 10, 1812, and died at his home in Clark on January 10, 1896, at the age of 84. His wife, American Stockton, whose maiden name was Jacobs, was born at Columbia, Mo., on March 13, 1822, and died at the family home in Clark on June 10, 1912, at the age of 90. This most estimable couple, who each came from the first families in their native counties, were married in 1839, and settled on a farm, the most of which is now the pretty little town of Clark, and here their eleven children were born and reared to manhood and womanhood. And what changes those parents lived to see! as have the children. Railroads were not even dreamed of for this section at that time, and were likely considered an impossibility out here and no doubt a doubtful experiment at best. Houses were few and far between in those days, while the flat land was covered with prairie grass high enough to hid a man on horseback. The parents lived to see this disappear, more and nearer neighbors each year, the coming of two railroads through their farm, the telegraph, the telephone, the phonograph, while the mother lived on into the age of radio and the airship. And from the rapid strides science is now making, it would not be at all surprising if the youngest child lives to be as old as her mother, if she does not see even greater wonders and inventions. Below are the names and addresses of the eleven children and the date of their births. Mary A. Hubbard, born April 20, 1840; Clark. Mo. Joseph Stockton, born July 3, 1842; Clark Mo. James Stockton, born April 10, 1844. (Died in Columbia, Mo., January 4, 1927.) Duck Barkley, born December 10, 1848. (Died in Centralia, Mo., Jan 10, 1927.) Cye Fountain, born April 15, 1850; Centralia, Mo. Mary Ryland, born May 10, 1852; Tonkawa, Okla. Elizabeth Kindell, born April 5, 1854; Crescent, Okla. Georgia Lyons, born February 10, 1857; Sturgeon, Mo. Belle Nolan, born August 6, 1860; Frankford, Mo. Thos. Stockton, born June 5, 1862; Crescent. Okla. Alice Brown, born June 15, 1865; Crescent, Okla. We would like very much to meet every one of this remarkable family, that we might ask to what they attribute their longevity, but we think we have a faint idea without asking. They were born in a day when the common run of folks had to work--and work like blazes--and didn't spend their days and half the nights gallivanting over the country. They didn't know the joys (?), either, of ice cream sodas, soda pop, glucose and paraffin candies, olives, condensed milk, canned meats, canned vegetables, and canned everything else under the sun. Their food was mostly all produced at home and was therefore pure and the very best to be had--and which can hardly be procured these days for love nor money. And we suspect, too, from what we have heard of this family from our father, who, as a young man knew them all, that their having lived up the Commandment, "Honor thy father and thy mother," has played no little part in their longevity, for they are as good men and women, in every way as one would care to know, and we hope will live as long as did their parents, and as much longer as they care to remain. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 4 Col. 6--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Eunice Palmer improves very slowly. She is able to sit up a part of the time only. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 4 Col. 6--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. Owen Asbury and baby Rodney, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 4 Col. 6--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Wm. Webb has been very ill for the past few weeks. She is now suffering with the fourth rising in her head. She has our sympathy. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 4 Col. 6--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Franklin Reynolds of Jefferson City was called home Thursday to attend the funeral of his uncle, Medley Burton, remaining the rest of the week as the guest of his father, J. T. Reynolds. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 4 Col. 6--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Old neighbors and friends are very sorry to hear of the serious illness of Mrs. Mary Hayden. Two physicians were called Sunday and but little hope is entertained for her recovery. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 4 Col. 6--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--C. S. Hargis, accompanied by Homer, Howard and Miss Irene, made a business trip to Fayette Monday and while there purchased a new 1927 model Chevrolet sedan, driving the car home that evening. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 4 Col. 6--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Caleb Lynch became alarmingly worse Thursday and Dr. Burkhalter was called both Thursday evening and Friday morning when it was decided that it was best for him to be taken to a hospital for treatment at once. He was made ready immediately and taken to Higbee in a closed car where he took the train for Boonville. His condition was found to be such that an operation was immediately performed there being so much pus in his side, it is said, that his appendix could not be removed. Mrs. Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lockhart and Mrs. John Lynch drove to Boonville Sunday to see him and found him doing as well as could be expected. Caleb's many friends were very sorry to see him have to go, but they are all hoping for his speedy recovery. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gustafson are rejoicing over the birth of a son, born on the 25th. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Woods of Armstrong were the guests of Higbee relatives Sunday. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Joe and Billie Stone of Marissa, Ill., are the guests of their grandmother, Mrs. Alice Stone. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. J. M. Crew, who was called here by the death of her brother, Medley Burton, returned to her home in Muskogee, Okla., Sunday. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Walton Burton, who were called here by the death of the former's father, Medley Burton, returned to their home in Maryland Friday. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Williams, who were called to Taylorville, Ill., several weeks ago by the death of their son-in-law, Sam Smith, returned home Wednesday. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Joe Hackward left Tuesday for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Samuel Taylor of Fallon, Nevada, and will also likely visit his sister, Mrs. Will Richards of Avila, Calif., before his return. Mr. Hackward is making the trip for the benefit of his health, and all join the NEWS in the hope that he can soon return as good as new. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 5 Col. 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. Minnie Sphar, a long time resident of Saline county, with her invalid sister, Miss Lucy Elgin, have moved to Rocheport to live for the present with a niece living there, Mrs. Minnie Pike. We are sorry to lose Mrs. Sphar and her sister from Marshall and hope it will be only a temporary move.--Marshall Democrat-News. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 1&2--DR. G. M. NICHOLS PASSES AWAY, Died Thursday At Moberly Hospital--Funeral and Interment Saturday.--Dr. G. M. Nichols, who was reported in our last issue as gradually sinking, died at Woodland Hospital, Moberly, at 2:30 o'clock Thursday afternoon, March 24, 1927, following an illness of several months, but which was not considered alarming, at least by the general public, until about a week before his demise. He had been suffering from kidney and bladder trouble for a year or more and some six or eight months ago was operated on at a Moberly hospital, following which he seemed to be more like his old self. Some four weeks ago, however, he went to a Boonville hospital where he was treated for a week or more, and where he was advised that another operation would be absolutely necessary if he was to ever hope to get well or see another well day. He couldn't, or wouldn't, be convinced of this fact, and returned home on the day set for the operation, and was apparently in pretty good shape, and felt so well that he advised his patients through the columns of the NEWS that he would be at his office on the 12th. But it was not to be, as he was taken considerably worse on the 11th, in which condition he remained for about a week. On the 20th two Moberly physicians were called in consultation with Drs. C. F. Burkhalter and J. W. Winn, and it was their unanimous opinion that he should be taken to the hospital at once, although they held out no hope whatever. He perhaps realized his condition as well as did his fellow physicians, although he said nothing about it, as he objected most seriously to going, or to taking any medicine, but after reaching the hospital that day he stated that he was glad that they had taken him. From the very first, however, no hope was held out for his recovery, or for any slight improvement, as uraemic poisoning had developed. Monday morning he seemed to rally and for a short time talked to Mrs. Nichols, who accompanied him and remained with him constantly, which gave her great encouragement, as it did his children, who were also with him, and his friends, but which did not deceive his physicians, who stated that he might go at any moment, and that at best his life could not be prolonged longer than three or four days, and the news of his passing, which was received while funeral services for Medley Burton were being held, did not come as any surprise. The passing of such an old and prominent citizen would naturally have caused a feeling of gloom to pervade town and community, but occurring just when it did, gave all pause, and brought home to all the rapidity with which we are passing away--not only one by one but two by two. Funeral services were held Saturday at the Baptist church, of which deceased had long been a prominent member, by the former pastor, the Rev. L. M. White, assisted by the Rev. E. Y. Keiter, a long-time friend, each of whom paid glowing tributes to deceased as a citizen and physician. Dr. Dixon on Moberly also made a few brief remarks on behalf of the Randolph County Medical Society, of which deceased was a past president, speaking in the highest eulogy of his knowledge of medicine and the great service he had rendered during his forty years of practice in Randolph, Howard and Boone counties. He had practiced in Higbee since 1893, and during these years he had gone many weary miles in all kinds of weather, on horseback, in a buggy or in a car, and just how many it would be interesting to know. Many of these trips he made, too, knowing that he could never hope for reward--not even as much as thanks, in some instances--this side of the pearly gates, doing so from a sense of duty and from the fact that he was naturally generous and free hearted. The Rev. White read the following obituary, and the lines "A Tribute to Our Friend," the author of which was unknown to him, as, he is to us: "Dr. George Martin Nichols, son of E. J. and Polly Ann Nichols, was born in Boone county, near Columbia, MO., on August 25, 1860, and died in Moberly, Mo., on March 24, 1927, at the age of 66 years, 6 months and 29 days. "In his youth he attended the district schools of Boone county, and later entered the Missouri University, from which he graduated in 1884. He then entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa, from which college he graduated in the year 1886. He took a post-graduate course in the Rush Medical College of Chicago in 1891, and moved to Higbee in 1893. Dr. Nichols was first married in 1883 to Miss Sallie Naylor, to which union two children were born--Mrs. C. A. Johnson of Wilson, Okla., and Mrs. Charles Mandler, of Muskogee, Okla. "In the year 1887 he was married to Miss Ida McBain, and two children were born to this union--Mrs. Evelyn Nunnelly of Houston, Texas, and Mrs. Pauline Minor, who died in 1917. "In the year 1892 he was married to Mrs. Frata Avery, to which union three children were born, one dying in infancy. Miss Frata Nichols of Houston, Texas, and William Nichols of Kansas City, Mo., survive. "In the year 1903 he was married to Mrs. Mamie Thompson, who survives him at her home in Higbee. "Other relatives that survive are two brothers--Oberton Nichols of Columbia, Mo., and John Nichols of Paragola, Kansas. The grandchildren surviving are Carroll Johnson, Jr., of Wilson, Okla., and Volney and Vashti Minor, who make their home in New Mexico." (poem followed). The crowd attending the funeral was perhaps the largest ever seen here on a similar occasion, the entire town and community turning out, while a great many were here from Howard and Boone counties, and an exceptionally large delegation from Moberly. While the hour of the funeral had been set for 2 o'clock, the church began to fill at 12 and in a few minutes every section of the building, except that reserved for the family, was filled, the crowd outside the church being as large again, and the business streets were parked thick with cars. Interment was made in Higbee cemetery, the crowd accompanying the body to its last resting place being larger by odds than had been seen in the Silent City in many a long day. The crowd and the loads of beautiful flowers spoke most eloquently of the esteem in which deceased was held, and especially those who had known him through the years as their family physician, and many were the tears shed by old and young. The NEWS joins the community in deepest sympathy to his loved ones. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MEDLEY BURTON'S FUNERAL--The funeral of Medley Burton at the Christian church Thursday of last week, was one of the largest ever seen here, every seat being occupied, as well as all of the chairs that could be placed in the aisles and all available standing room was occupied, while perhaps as many more could not get in the church, which spoke more eloquently than words of the esteem in which he was held. And not one of the large concourse turned out through idle curiosity, but because they felt that they had lost a friend, which they had. The flowers, silent tokens of love and affection, were among the most beautiful ever seen here and so profuse were they that they had to be conveyed on a truck, which would not hold them all, all space for that purpose in the hearse being filled also. But perhaps the best test of the general sorrow was the closing of the business houses. It had been announced that all would close promptly at 1:45 and remain closed until 3, or until after the services, and never was an announcement more religiously lived up to. There was no make-believe closing on the part of any house, but every door, first front and rear, was closed without exception, with the result that those who were unable to get into the church had no place they could go to keep warm, except to stand on the sunny side of the street, while several salesmen, and others, who reached town after the hour of closing, and who had counted on getting dinner here, could not get a bit to eat until after 4 o'clock. The complete suspension of business was a source of general comment, and all felt, no matter how much they may have been discommoded, that it was as it should have been. The body was accompanied to the cemetery by one of the largest corteges seen here in many a day and was laid to rest with the full honors of the Masonic fraternity, of which deceased had been a member for 35 years. Truly a good man has gone from among us, and again we say, Peace to his ashes. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 3--COWLEY-WARREN--Dr. G. B. Cowley and Mrs. Frances Warren, two of our popular young people, were quietly married at the home of the bride's father, Dr. C. F. Burkhalter, at 1 p.m., Saturday, March 26, the Rev. c. R. Luton, pastor of the Methodist church, performing the ceremony, using the ring service. Following the wedding, which was witnessed only by the bride's father, her sister, Miss Charlotte, Miss Marjorie Burton and Mr. and Mrs. H. Scott Welch, the happy pair took the Alton train for a short visit with the Doctor's parents at Cowgill, Mo., returning Monday night, and will make their home with Dr. Burkhalter. The bride is a most capable and accomplished young lady and popular among a wide circle of acquaintances. Dr. Cowley, since locating among us three or four years ago, has proven himself not only a most capable young man professionally, but a high class gentleman in every sense of the term and has the confidence and esteem of all. The NEWS joins others in congratulations and best wishes, and in wishing that their pathway through life may be strewn with nothing but sunshine and roses. Thursday, 31 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 47, Pg. 1 Col. 4--MISS THELMA FREEMAN DEAD--Miss Thelma Freeman, aged 17 years, died at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Freeman, near Harrisburg, Howard county, on Monday, March 28, 1927, from tuberculosis, from which she had suffered for about a year. She is survived by her father and step-mother and two half-sisters, Vivian and Nina Freeman. Funeral services were held yesterday at Mt. Pleasant church, where interment was made. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

I received this email today, and wondered if there are some Howard County researchers who may be able to help Britt. snellbtcl@netzero.net My name is Britt Snell, my father and I are doing the Snell and Dehaven families of Howard County,Mo. My ancestral Grandparents and aunts and uncles are buried in Ebenezer Cemetery. We noticed that you also have a Joseph and Martha Cole Dodson buried in Ebenezer. According to the Howard County Cemetery Records by Karen Boggs and Louis Coutts, Ebenezer Church was a Methodist Church that closed before 1920. The cemetery is located at the end of Howard County Road 449 and is the property of Missouri Conservation land, called Davisdale Wildlife Area. I have been to the cemetery location, but I am having trouble finding out anything about Ebenezer Church. Would you have any knowledge of this church? Thank you for your time. Britt Snell

I am wondering where one might find the divorce records of Howard County? Noah Smothers

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 2--JOHN NEWTON IMPROVING--John Newton, who suffered a slight stroke of paralysis about ten days ago, is gradually improving, we are glad to state, and is now able to be about by the aid of crutches. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MRS. EMMA SMITH TO FULTON--The many friends of Mrs. Emma Smith, who was taken to the home of her niece, Mrs. Chas. Turner, of Edgemont, a few weeks ago, and with whom she was to make her home, will be pained to learn that her mind got in such condition that she had to be taken to the state hospital at Fulton that she might receive proper treatment. Her mind had been failing for several months before she went to live with Mrs. Turner, but seemed to improve rapidly on the change of location. Her trouble is more of senility than of insanity, and her many friends hope to soon hear that she is again her old self. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 3--HIGBEE GIRL HONORED--Miss Rena Heathman, who is attending the State Teacher's Colllege at Kirksville, has been chosen on the staff of the college weekly newspaper, which has just been organized for the spring quarter, being assigned the position of society editor. Miss Heathman is one of our most capable young ladies and will no doubt fill the position most acceptably. To be selected for this honor from such a large body of students is quite a distinction and we congratulate Miss Rena most heartily. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 4--THOS. WARFORD TAKEN HOME--Thos. Warford of Madison who was recently operated on in a St. Louis hospital for the removal of a tumor on the brain, was able to be taken home last Saturday, and strong hopes for his ultimate recovery are now entertained, although one side of his body is yet paralyzed, and which was the result of the operation. This has been gradually disappearing, however, and doubtless will disappear in time. The NEWS joins his legion of friends in the old home town in congratulations that he is as well as he is, for only one in forty ever survive such an operation. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 4--BAKERY TO REOPEN--Higbee is to again have a bakery, we are glad to state, A. J. Robb of Boonville having this week rented the old Model Bakery and will have it in operation just as soon as the room can be repapered and fixed up. There is no reason why a bakery cannot be made to pay here, as a world of bread is now being shipping in, and there will be no doubt about it if Mr. Robb will give us bread with some substance to it and cooked so it cannot be stretched like hot chewing gun. We think we can promise him the patronage of the merchants and all others as long as he can deliver the right article, and this he shoudl be able to do, as he is an experienced baker. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 4--The Rev. Notley Magruder attended the funeral of J. L. George, an old friend, at Moberly yesterday. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 6--DR. G. M. NICHOLS GRADUALLY SINKING. Unconscious in Moberly Hospital and Life Slowly Ebbing--End Question of Hours.--Dr. G. M. Nichols, who was taken to a Moberly hospital a week ago last Sunday, and whose legion of friends were confident that he would soon be able to return, took a turn for the worse Saturday, uraemic poisoning developing from the kidney trouble from which he had been suffering, since which time he has grown gradually weaker, although it was thought Monday morning that he might be some better, but it was only seemingly so, and he has grown weaker hourly since, and at the hour of going to press was unconscious, as he had been most of the time for several days, and it was not thought possible that he could live the night through or through today at the very most. This will be sad news, indeed, to his many friends, but no surprise, as most of them realized months ago that he was in a very serious condition. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 6--CALEB LYNCH NOT SO WELL--Caleb Lynch, who was stricken with appendicitis two weeks ago, and who seemed to be doing famously the latter part of last week, was not so well Monday, although no great alarm as to his condition was felt. As to whether or not an operation will be necessary, we are not advised, and along with his friends hope he can make it through without one. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 6--J. L. GEORGE DEAD--J. L. George, a former well known citizen of Howard county, being born and reared near Burton, died at his home in Kansas City Monday night, aged 73 years. He had been engaged in the drug business in Kansas City for almost forty years. He is survived by two brothers, John George of Slater, and W. H. ("Mug") George, of Burton. Interment was made Wednesday at Moberly. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 2 Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lynch and sons, Francis and Eldon of Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise, Mrs. Emma Ridgeway and son Kenneth and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris and daughter, Belva, were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Asbury, Tuesday. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 2 Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Fred Blaise celebrated his 44th birthday anniversary Friday. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise, were his dinner guests, and helping in the celebration of the event. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 2 Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mrs. Joel Douglas, formerly of this place, but now with her son, James, of Tulsa, Okla., celebrated her 73rd birthday Wednesday, March 23. Her health is very good. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--The 10-day-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lessly Purdy died Thursday of last week and was buried in Tucker cemetery. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Cecil Thomas, who has been in Chicago for a year or more, but who has been out of employment since the holidays, returned home Thursday, being unable to land a job of any kind. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mr. and Mrs. Blanton Griggs of Des Moines, Iowa, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Griggs the first of the week, leaving Tuesday for St. Louis, being on their way to Florida where they will locate. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--J. H. Neal, living east of town, was seized with an attack of the heart yesterday while on the public road and was brought to town by Ferd Cooper who was passing in a car, and taken to Cleeton's where he was treated to Cleeton's where he was treated to Dr. C. F. Burkhalter, and was soon about his usual self. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 8 Col. 3&4--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Ira Dougherty is ill from measles this week. Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 8 Col. 3&4--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Sunday, March 20, being Mrs. Thos. Metcalf's 83rd birthday, a few of her children and grandchildren gathered at the home of N. J. Fowler and wife, where she makes her home, to help her celebrate. Each family brought a well filled basket of dinner and such a feast we had of everything good to eat! Mrs. Metcalf was the recipient of several nice presents. Those present were Chas. Atkins and family, Martin Robb and family, Thos. Carey and family, Kirk Pitney and wife, Frank Dougherty and family and Paul Naylor and family. As the roads were more than muddy, the twenty guests departed early in the afternoon but wished grandma many more happy birthdays. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 24 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 46, Pg. 1 Col. 1&2--MEDLEY BURTON GONE TO HIS LONG HOME. Passes Peacefully Awat At 5 A. M., Tuesday After a Brave Fight--Funeral Today At 2 p.m. "We watched his breathing through the night, His breathing soft and low, As in his breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought him dying when he slept, And sleeping when he died." Medley Burton, one of our best known and best beloved citizens, whose illness had been noted in our last two issues, and who this time last week seemed to be decidedly improved, to such an extent that family, friends and physicians had every reason to believe that he had passed the crisis, took a sudden turn for the worse Saturday and despite every care and attention, passed peacefully away at 5 a. m. Tuesday morning, March 22, death no doubt coming as a happy release from intense suffering, although he never uttered one word of complaint. But there would have been no need for that for the wasted body told the story all too plainly. Mr. Burton had been in rather poor health for several months, complaining mostly of his stomach, but which his physicians pronounced nothing more serious than an ulcer, if it was even that serious, but was on the job at the store as usual, and no one realized but what he was as well as usual, until the 10th, when he had to go home and go to bed. Dr. C. F. Burkhalter was called, and he found Mr. Burton suffering from erysipelas, and all confidently expected him to be back in the store in a few days or as soon as the disease should have run its course. He was much worse next day, and when the disease began to spread, grave fears as to his recovery were expressed. Rallying from a sinking spell, he asked that his old friend and boyhood playmate, Dr. W. P. Dysart, of Columbia, be called, and when the latter arrived Mr. Burton advised him that he feared he had cancer of the stomach, but was assured that nothing of that nature was wrong with him, his critical condition at that time being from reaction of the serum given him. He had stated when he first took sick that he was going to die, thinking so, no doubt, from his belief that he had cancer. Being assured otherwise was evidently a great relief to him, for on being so much better Thursday he spoke of not wanting to die and of perhaps getting up again. Friday he again took a turn for the worse and Saturday night realized, as did family and friends, that time for him was rapidly drawing to a close, and with body racked with pain and with tongue stiff and swollen, making speech very difficult, he brokenly whispered to J. Edgar Smith, one of the watchers at his bedside, "Smith, I am going to die to live again." Later he sang some song through to the end, but he was so weak and the words came with such difficulty, that none could recognize it, and which the heartbroken wife and children would give the world to know. As the hours wore on he grew weaker and weaker, the watchers on two occasions Saturday night thinking the feeble flame of life had at last gone out, but he lingered on until the hour stated, when he passed away as peacefully as a child going to sleep on its mother's breast. Medley Burton was the son of the late Joseph W. and Sallie Burton, and was born on the old home place, within a stone's throw of the house in which he died, on Feb. 26, 1864. He was one of thirteen children, but three of whom now remain. He was united in marriage to Miss Sarah J. Dawkins on Nov. 23, 1885, and is survived by her and their four children, viz: Walton T. Burton, Maryville; Joe W. Burton, Mrs. Geo. B. Walton and Mrs. Edwin Hawkins, and three grandchildren, all of this place. One child, a son, died at the age of eleven months. He also leaves two brothers and one sister, H. W. Burton of this place, Richard Burton of Mystic, Ky., and Mrs. J. M. Crew of Oklahoma City, Okla., and two half-brothers--Speed and Ben Burton, of Norborne. Deceased had spent his entiere life in Higbee and vicinity, spending many years on the farm and also being connected for several years with the Walton Coal Company as check-weighman at the old mine west of town, the old Inter-state and the Block. He embarked in the grocery business with his son, walton, in the present headquarters, in 1916, they buying out S. E. Marrs & Son, purchasing the interest of his son when the latter moved to St. Joseph two years ago. Being of a very genial nature, kind hearted and generous to a fault, and always ready with some friendly banter, he was a general favorite, and enjoyed a great, or greater partronage, than any firm in town. We had known him since the day we landed in Higbee over forty years ago and had many dealings with him in that time and found him true blue at all times and under all circumstances, and a high-toned christian gentleman--always. While he was in the store on the corner but a short time, as compared with others who had occupied the same location, it will be a long time before it will be known by any other name and for a long, long time to come, he will be sadly missed by old and young--for he was loved by all--and especially by his more intimate friends, who would often drop in to "bawl him out" about something just to hear him, with a twinkle in his eye, return better than they sent, and to hear his use the word "dad-burn"__ his nearest approach, so far as we ever knew, to profane language. He united with the Christian church in early manhood and had since remained a faithful and consistent member, and for many years was one of its chief officers. His religion was not of the Sunday-only, long, sour-faced, loud-praying variety, but was that of smiles and sunshine and the living of the Golden Rule. He hewed as near to that line, so far as we were ever able to observe, as any man we ever knew. Funeral services will be held at the Christian Church today at 2 p.m., by the Rev. Edgar Richmond, assisted by the Rev. E. Y. Keiter, every place of business in town being closed from 1:45 to 3 o'clock, in honor of his memory, and interment made in the Burton cemetery by the side of his parents and ten brothers and sisters who have preceded him. Services at the cemetery will be under the auspices of the Masonic order of which he had been an enthusiastic and honored member for almost forty years. In the death of Medley Burton, his family has lost a loving and indulgent husband and father, his friends one who was a friend indeed and the town and community a loyal and upright citizen, and whose going will be felt as a personal loss by all. The warmest sympathy of the entire town and vicinity goes out to the bereft wife and children. Peace to his ashes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MEDLEY BURTON BETTER--Medley Burton, who has been dangerously ill for two weeks, is better, we are mighty glad to state, and with no backset should soon be out and around again. Mr. Burton, who had been dragging around for a week or two, had to give up and go to bed several days ago, when he developed erysipelas. He was considered much better when the NEWS went to press Wednesday night, but took a sudden turn for the worse about midnight, and the news that his death was momentarily expected caused a solemn hush to fall over the town and folks to speak in whispers of his condition. He remained in the same critical condition until Sunday, when a slight change for the better was seen, and is apparently, slowly gaining. Family and friends have done everything humanly possible, and Dr. C. F. Burkhalter has been with him every few hours during the day and remaining in the home each night until Tuesday night. Dr. W. P. Dysart was called from Columbia Thursday and again Sunday. While he found Mr. Burton in a critical condition, he suggested no changes in any way, and stated that he saw no reason why Mr. Burton should not recover, provided there was no backset of complications, which was the best news "Med's" friends had heard in many a day. Mr. Burton, who has had a stomach disorder for some time, had conceived the idea that he had cancer, which, of course, made the battle for life all the harder for him. He was greatly relieved, as were his friends, on being advised by both physicians that any such malady was the very least of his troubles. Mr. Burton had a good night Tuesday night and was holding his own, and was believed to be gaining all day yesterday, and at the hour of going to press his family and friends are greatly encouraged, but are still apprehensive, of course, although it is now believed the crisis has been passed. The entire community joins the NEWS in the prayer for Mr. Burton's speedy and full recovery. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 1 Col. 3--HIGBEE BOY IN SHANGHAI--The following is sent us by the Naval recruiting station at Kansas City: "With the prospect of taking part in the interesting happenings now occurring in the vicinity of Shanghai, China, Lee Newman of Higbee, Mo., is with the U. S. Marines of the 4th Regiment, which arrived there recently, according to an official roster of the regiment. "The regiment left San Diego on the U. S. S. Chaumont for the Far East early in February to protect American interests in Shanghai. What services the marines will perform or how long they will remain abroad will depend upon the rapidly changing situation in China. "Lee is 23 years old and was born in Higbee. He joined the Marine Corps at Kansas City in November, 1923. Prior to joining the Marine Corps he lived at the home of his father, Lud Newman, in Higbee. He was assigned to the 28th Company when the regiment was mobilized at San Diego. More than 33 marines from Missouri are with the regiment." Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 1 Col. 3--MRS. DOUGHERTY IMPROVING--Mrs. Claibe Dougherty, who has been in a Moberly hospital for five or six weeks suffering from blood poisoning in her right hand, and which extended to her elbow, is gradually improving, her many friends will be delighted to learn. Mr. Dougherty advised us Tuesday that he had been informed by the physicians that day that they were reasonably certain amputation would not be necessary, which is the best news he could have been told. Mrs. Dougherty is necessarily very weak and with very rapid improvement will have to remain in the hospital for several weeks yet. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 1 Col. 5--S. D. EDWARDS DEAD--S. Douglas Edwards, mention of whose serious illness had been made in the NEWS from week to week, died at a hospital in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday of last week, the 9th, about 1 p.m., death resulting from an accident several weeks before, he having his skull fractured in a collision between his handcar and a railroad velocipede, the accident occurring at night when he was returning to his home at Pearl. Ill., where every thing possible was done for him, but to no avail. Following an operation for the removal of a blood clot, he seemed to improve for a time, but it was seen that his recovery was almost a matter of impossibility, and news of his death came as no surprise. Deceased was the son of the late "Brick" Edwards, and was 65 years old lacking a few weeks, and was born at LaCross, Wis., on April 29, 1862, and came with his parents to this vicinity when quite a child and with the exception of the past fifteen years had made his home in this vicinity, moving from this place to Pearl, Ill., where he had been section foreman for the Alton. He was married in 1883 to Miss Ella Dougherty and is survived by her and their four children, viz: Duke Edwards, of Girard, Ill.; Robert Edwards of Pearl, Ill.; George Edwards of Moberly, and Miss May Edwards of the home. He also leaves three brothers--W. D. Edwards of this place, Richard Edwards of Mexico and E. T. Edwards of Moberly, as well as several grandchildren. He had been a member of the Baptist church for many years and was a devout christian gentleman, so far as we were ever able to observe. Masonic services were held at the home in Pearl and the body brought to Higbee, where it was taken in charge by the Odd Fellows and funeral services held at New Hope Saturday by the Rev. Egan Herndon of Centralia, and where interment was made, an immense crowd being present to pay their last tribute to one they had known so well. The NEWS joins other old friends and acquaintances in deepest sympathy to his loved ones. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 1 Col. 5--DR. NICHOLAS TO MOBERLY HOSPITAL--Dr. G. M. Nichols, who returned from a Boonville hospital ten days ago, and who hoped to be able to be at his office Saturday, was taken to a Moberly hospital Sunday, his condition becoming quite alarming Saturday night, his removal to the hospital being on the advice of Drs. C. F. Burkhalter and J. W. Winn and two Moberly physicians who were called. He was reported considerably better the next day, but was not doing so well yesterday. It is believed that an operation will be necessary before he finds any permanent relief. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 1 Col. 5--W. T. DAMERON UNDERGOES A SECOND OPERATION.--W. T. Dameron of Huntsville, who underwent a very severe operation at a Moberly hospital five weeks ago, was operated on for a second time Thursday of last week. He came through it famously, his legion of friends will be glad to know, and is now on the high road to recovery, or such seems to be the case, as his recovery seems to be more rapid following the second operation, and he is looking much better. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 1 Col. 6--MOBERLY BOY KILLED BY FOUL BALL--Howard Sons, a 12-year-old Moberly boy, was killed at West Park school yesterday with a base ball. With several others of his age, he was playing ball, filling the position of catcher, when he was struck at the base of the brain by a foul, and killed instantly. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 2 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Caleb Lynch was taken suddenly ill Thursday of last week. Dr. Burkhalter was called and pronounced him suffering from appendicitis. He has been seriously ill ever since, and was only slightly improved today (Monday). Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 2 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Wm. Warford returned Saturday from Alton, Ill., where she had been for two weeks or more visiting her daughter, Mrs. Ivangene Majors. Her little granddaughter was ill from whooping cough. She was better when Mrs. Warford left. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 2 Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Emma Ridgway spent part of last week in Renick helping care for her mother-in-law, Mrs. John Ridgway, who had a growth removed from her head. Mrs. Ridgway stood the operation fine. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 2 Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Code Blaise received an agreeable surprise Friday night when several of his friends gathered to help him celebrate his nineteenth birthday. The house was prettily decorated and refreshments were served by his sister, Miss Orphia. Music and games were enjoyed until a late hour, when all departed, wishing Code "many happy returns of the day." Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 2 Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--C. S. Hargis celebrated his 75th birthday Tuesday, March 15th. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Born, on the 15th, to Mr. and Mrs. Steve Morris, a daughter. Thursday, 17 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 45, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. David Comstock is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Dougherty. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

There seems to be an abundance of Asa Thompsons in Howard County census records. I was surprised to see him in both the 1840 and the 1850 another Asa Thompson was back home in KY. I'm working for a client whose relative was a widow of theJohn Thompson whose probate appears in the 1822 Howard County Probate files. ( John Thompson was a son of an Asa Thompson) Anyone already sorted out the Asa Q. Thompsons and descendants? Thanks Laura Crane Columbia, MO

The following are selected articles from a Newspaper titled, "The Higbee News" which was issued out of the town of Higbee, in Randolph County, Missouri from the years 1888 through 1953. The editors were W. H. Welch and his son H. Scott Welch. This paper covered the Higbee area and also a great deal of the northeastern part of Howard county. The copyright notice at the end of this transcript is there for the sole purpose of keeping this work free to the public, and to ensure that it is not harvested by a fee-based corporate genealogy site, or published in any format for profit. If you decide to use the information from this transcription, PLEASE LIST ME AS THE SOURCE, rather than the paper. My transcription is another generation removed from the microfilm, and would thus be a third generation copy of the original paper. For proper documentation, a researcher should obtain a photocopy of the microfilm for their own permanent records, and use my transcript as a guide or index. The microfilm is available for interlibrary loan through the State Historical Society of Missouri, and a copy is also on file at the Moberly Public Library, generously donated by the Higbee Historical Society. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 1 Col 4--DEATH OF SAM SMITH--The following, relative to the death of Sam Smith, brief mention of which was made in our last issue, is taken from the Taylorville, (Ill,) Daily Breeze: "Samuel Smith, 59, miner at Peabody Mine No. 9, died at 7:20 o'clock this morning at the St. Vincent hospital following an illness of two months of cancer of the bladder. "Born in England, February 2, 1868, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith, and came to the United States at the age of four with his parents. They first settled in Pennsylvania and later moved to Ohio. At the age of twelve, Mr. Smith started to work with his father in the mine and followed the mining occupation until death. "After he grew to manhood he went to Higbee, Mo., where he was united in marriage, December 28, 1893, to Miss Eliza Williams, who preceded him in death two years ago in this city after they had moved here to make their home. "He is survived by the following children: Alma Smith, Taylorville; Elsie Kelso, Colorado; Myrtle Warford, Alton; Vernon Smith, Taylorville; William, Delbert, Mary Helen and David, at home and the following brothers and sisters, Paul Smith, Taylorville; Minnie, Slater, Kansas; David Smith, Gillispie; Jack Smith, Gillispie; Myrtle, Tudhope, and Lucile Harmon, who reside in California. "He was a member of the Latter Day Saints Church of this city and K. and P. lodge of Higbee, Mo. "The funeral services will be conducted from the Latter Day Saints Church Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Elder John Jenkins officiating. Burial will be made in Oak Hill Cemetery. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 1 Col 4--ESCAPES BLOOD POISONING--Ben Wright, who suffered all the first of last week from a badly swollen hand, caused from a scratch, and who did not neglect the proper treatment for a moment, and who left for Kansas City on the first train Thursday on the advice of Dr. C. F. Burkhalter, the hand having pained him very much for the first time the night before, returned home yesterday after several days spent in a hospital. The hand is doing famously now, we are glad to state, and all fear of any further infection are now allayed, but Mr. Wright will be more than careful for some time to come, it is safe to say. Those who saw the hand before he left were fearful that amputation might be necessary, or that it might cost Mr. Wright his life, and all account him extremely fortunate, which he is. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 1 Col 4--FRED NOEL BETTER--The many friends of Fred Noel, who was operated on in a Kansas City hospital several weeks ago for stomach trouble, about the sixth since his return from France, will be glad to learn that he is still on the mend, and able to walk about the hospital part of the time each day. It was feared by the surgeons, we learn, that he would never recover from the operation--in-fact, they believed it impossible--but he fooled 'em, as he had other son three or four occasions. The NEWS joins his legion of friends in the hope that he will soon be able to return home, if not sound and well, at least good for many, many years. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 1 Col 6--W. T. DAMERON RECOVERING--While in Moberly Monday we called at Woodland Hospital to see W. T. Dameron, who was operated on two weeks ago for serious bladder trouble, a stone almost as large as a walnut being removed, and found him to be doing nicely, but both looking and feeling very weak. Mr. Dameron is one of the cleanest and best men we ever knew, and one of the squarest shooters, and has a legion of friends in all sections of the county who will be greatly concerned as to his condition until he is again able to be up and around, and who join the NEWS in the hope that that may be soon. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 1 Col 6--MRS. NANCY MAGRUDER DEAD--Mrs. Nancy Magruder, residing with her son, Will H. Magruder, southwest of Yates, died on Thursday, February 24, 1927, following a short illness, aged 74 years. Nancy Ellen Ware was the daughter of Frank and Malinda Ware, and was born in Howard county on January 23, 1853, and had spent practically all of her life in the community in which she died. She was married in the early '70's to Richard Magruder, who died some thirty-five years or more ago. They were the parents of two sons--W. H. and Romie--the latter dying some three years ago. Besides her son, she leaves four sisters--Mrs. Thos. B. Magruder, Mrs. Joan Magruder and Mrs. S. P. Creson of this place and Mrs. W. H. George of Howard county, and four brothers, H. M, W. F. and J. W. Ware of Howard county, and John B. Ware of this place. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, a number of nieces and nephews and a very extensive circle of acquaintances and friends. Funeral services were conducted at Old Log Chapel, where interment was made, Saturday by the Rev. Notley Magruder of the Baptist church, of which deceased had been a member for many years, holding her membership with the church at Sharon. She was a most kind hearted and lovable character and will be sadly missed, not only in the home, but by all who knew her. Our warmest sympathy goes out to her loved ones. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Miss Ethel Chism of Fulton was the guest of Higbee relatives Sunday. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Mrs. R. H. Williams returned to her home in Vandalia Monday after a visit with her father, W. D. Edwards, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--The many friends of Mrs. Claibe Dougherty, who has been in the Moberly hospital for several weeks suffering from blood poisoning in her right hand and arm, will be glad to learn that she is doing nicely, although improvement is very slow, and doubly slow to her. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 5 Col. 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL--Morris Cooper, Berthel Osburn and Tyre Patterson, who went to Kansas City recently and enlisted in the Navy, are now stationed at Hampton Roads, Va., but as yet are doing land duty. They are liking the new life, they writes friends, and so far have been fortunate in not being separated. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 8 Col. 1--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Mrs. Thos. Long of Columbia and Mrs. Chas. Eaton of Fayette spent a few days last week with their mother, Mrs. Sam Naylor at the home of their brother, Paul Naylor. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 8 Col. 1--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Ed Wilhite and wife, who went to Kansas City several days ago, returned home last week. They report work in the city as being very scarce. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 8 Col. 2--EAST OF TOWN ITEMS--Born on the 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thornet, a daughter. The baby was named Francis Bell. Thursday, 3 Mar 1927, Vol 40, No 43, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--The whole neighborhood was given a big shock Saturday by the death of Liva Sly. His funeral was preached Monday by Rev. Notley Magruder at the home and interment made in the Higbee cemetery. His wife and four children have the sympathy of all in this hour of sorrow. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: All transcriptions in this email are copyrighted by their creator. They may not be reproduced on another site or on any printed or recorded media, CD, etc. without specific written permission from Kathy Bowlin. Although public information is not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes & comments, etc. is. It is however, quite permissible to print or save the files to a personal computer for personal use only. Permission is granted to public libraries, and genealogical and historical societies to print and bind for the use of their patrons. Kathy Bowlin Additions, corrections, comments welcome.