Hello, Can someone please tell me if in 1840 there was/is a place in Howard County called Pleasant Hill? The goal is to locate his grave. From the following obit, July 31, 1840 the daughter of Capt John Sterne was married to a J Quinsenberry and believe he is the same J Quinsenberry listed on on the 1840 Howard County Census in Richmond Twp. Here is the obit: Missouri Democrat 1840 DIED, On the 27th inst, at Pleasant Hill, (the residence of J L Quisenberry,) Capt John Sterne, a Virginia, in the 80th year of his age. About five days before his death, he seemed to be sensible that his dissolution was near at hand, and became much interested about his soul's salvation. On the day before he died, he said he had, by faith, seen Heaven, and he felt like he had a place there. He was perfectly resigned to death; and his relations and friends may console themselves, that through heis absend from us, yet, we believe, he is present with the Lord. "Though deep the slumbers of the tomb, Though dark that bed of clay, Yet shall he wake and leave that gloom.. For everlasting day." (The editors of the Fredericksburg papers will please copy) Corth. end obit Determining if I am in the correct area will start my search for his burial. This John STERNE has a son buried in the Washington Cemetery Howard Co, but no sign of father. Looking forward to feedback. Anne

Misspelling and mispronunciation of my simple family name started real early. The following article is about my Uncle Bill Hitt and his wife Josie Naylor Hitt: Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Chas. Eaton and wife visited with Wm. Hilt and wife Sunday at the home of their mother, Mrs. Sam Naylor. Ted Hitt

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, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 3--Joe Spurling, who came home last week for a short visit, left Thursday night for Des Moines, Iowa, to work for his old employers as linotype operator for a few days. Joe, who learned the general workings of these machines at a linotype school in Chicago, is now putting in all the time he can in perfecting himself in accuracy and speed in operating one of them, with the end in view of landing a real job. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 3--Will Thomas, who returned from Wyoming about a month ago, for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Thomas, left Tuesday for Chicago with the intention of locating there if he can find employment and should he like city life. If not, he will likely return to the West. As Will has spent several years in the West, it is our guess that Chicago will not be able to keep him any great length of time. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 3--Mrs. Joe Hackward, Mrs. Geo. Lay and Mrs. Jas. Paulfrey attended the funeral of Joseph Burton in Moberly Tuesday. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burton of near Moberly, and is survived by his parents, his wife and one son, three sisters and three brothers. Deceased was 37 years of age and for several years was manager of the Moberly district of the Prudential Insurance company. His death occurred in the Baptist Sanitarium, St. Louis, where he had gone a short time before for treatment. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 7, Col 1,2&3--THIS WEEK IN MISSOURI HISTORY. Compiled by The State Historical Society of Missouri. Floyd Shoemaker, Secretary, Columbia, Mo.--(edited by compiler)--This week marks the sixty-second anniversary of the Centralia Massacre and the Battle of Centralia, events of the Civil War in Missouri which are almost without parallel. The date is September 27, 1864. "Bill" Anderson, John Thrailkill and George Todd were then at the head of a guerrilla force of 350 men. After sacking the town of Allen, near where Moberly now stands, they moved eastward to the farm of Col. M. G. Singleton, which was within a few miles of Centralia. They made their camp here, and on the morning of September 27 about eighty men, led by "Bill" Anderson, entered the town. Centralia at that time was only a small village and contained one hundred inhabitants. The bushwhackers robbed the two stores and the dozen homes of food and supplies and waited impatiently for the arrival of the state from Columbia. When it arrived the passengers were immediately robbed. Some of the passengers, as Hon. James S. Rollins, congressman, and Sheriff James H. Waugh of Boone county, were noted Federal sympathizers and would have been killed or held for ransom if they had been recognized. The attention of the guerrillas was soon diverted by the approach of the North Missouri (Wabash) passenger train from St. Louis. The trainmen saw the bushwhackers and decided to put on full steam and pass the station. This was prevented by the men at the station who hastily placed ties across the track. Others opened fire on the train, and the fireman was slightly wounded. There were about 150 people on the train, twenty-three of whom were Federal soldiers, either discharged or on furlough. They were unarmed, and no shots were fired from the train. The soldiers and passengers were robbed of money and other valuables, and the baggage car safe yielded Anderson $3,000. A much larger sum in the baggage car was not discovered, for just at this time a cry came from Frank James and others: "Good God! here's thousands of greenbacks! Whoopee! Run here, quick!" A valise had been opened which, it is said, contained $10,000. Many of the Federal soldiers were stripped of their uniforms to their underwear, and though jostled and kicked about by their captors and insulted and struck in the face with pistols they uttered no word of remonstrance. The passengers were ordered to leave the train and it was set fire and the fireman was made to open the throttle. The blazing train ran about two or three miles west of town and there burned until it was completely destroyed. At last Anderson gave the command to have the twenty-three soldiers taken to the south side of the railroad and formed in line. One man, a German, who wore a military blouse and cap, protested in vain in his native tongue that he was not a soldier, but he was lined up with the others. When asked what he was going to do with them Anderson answered sardonically, "Parole the, of course." Preparations were continued and Arch Clements was placed in charge of the firing squad. Anderson's order was: "Arch, when I give the word, pour hell into them." Anderson then asked if there were any sergeants in the line. There were three or four men of that rank, but at first none spoke. When the question was repeated Sergeant Thomas M. Goodman, of colonel Flad's First Regiment, Missouri Engineers, stepped forward. It was expected that the officers would be shot, and the others released, but the opposite was true. Much to his surprise, Goodman was taken out of the line, and the order given to protect him, probably for purposes of exchange. Then Clements began to carry out his orders. The guerrilla opened fire with revolvers at about twenty paces, and half the Union men fell at the first volley. Others staggered about and were shot again and again till they fell lifeless to the ground. One man, Sergeant Peters, of the Missouri Engineers, described as of Herculean stature, was shot five times through the body, but fought furiously and breaking through the firing line, stumbled to the station platform. He crawled under it, but was dragged from his hiding place and shot through the head. The murdered soldiers were left lying where they fell. Most of them were from the First Iowa Cavalry and the First Missouri Engineers. The depot was burned and the guerrillas made their way back to camp, carrying their spoil. among other things they took a large quantity of whisky in boots, both of which they had stolen from the stores. That afternoon about three o'clock a Union force of 175 men mounted under Major A. V. E. Johnson of the 39th Missouri Infantry arrived in Centralia. He learned of the massacre, and believing that the main force of the guerrillas had been over-estimated he determined to pursue them. He formed about 200 men in the open prairie, having detailed some thirty-five men to care for the horses and wagons. Meanwhile the guerrillas had sent out a small scouting party under Dave Pool, instructed to "toll" the Union men near the place where their main force was hidden. Major Johnson and his men followed this party, and eager to avenge the death of their comrades, came upon the guerrillas near their camp. The latter had part of their force concealed and Johnson could not tell the actual number of his adversaries, so did not realize the danger of an attack. Frank James, who was with the bushwhackers, said in 1900, "I don't care what your historians say, they carried a black flag. It was apparently a black apron, tied to a stick. We captured it in the battle that followed." The battle was short but furious. The Union troops, raw recruits, were poorly mounted and armed with muzzle loading Enfield muskets, equipped with bayonets. The guerrillas, trained marksmen and born fighters, were finely mounted on fresh horses and each had from two to four revolvers. Major Johnson ordered his men to dismount, and every fourth man was left to guard the horses. The bushwhackers remained on horseback, and crouching low charged furiously upon the small force, firing with deadly effect. The Union force was completely demoralized, and panic spread among them. The men who were holding the horses tried to flee, but they were pursued and killed. No quarter was asked or given. It is estimated that not more than twelve men, at most, could have escaped, and Maj. Johnson was killed--some say by a bullet fired by Jesse James. Capt. Smith, of Adair county, and Lieutenant Strafford, of Clark county, also were killed. the guerrilla loss was two killed and three wounded. After the retirement of the guerrillas the people of Centralia gathered dead bodies and brought them to the platform of the depot. A number were taken to Mexico for burial, and seventy-nine were buried in a single long trench near the railroad, in the eastern part of Centralia. Not long afterward the trench was enclosed by a plank fence, and at the head of it was placed a limestone monument, fifteen feet in height, inscribed with the words: "The remains of Companies a. G. and H. Thirty-ninth Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Infantry, who were killed in action at Centralia, Missouri, on the 27th day of September, 1864, are interred here." Several years later, the trench was reopened and the remains taken to Jefferson City and reburied in one common grave, in the National Cemetery at that place. It was reported that every body reinterred showed a bullet hole in the forehead directly between the eyes. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Owen Asbury was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Asbury, of Harrisburg Sunday. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Hazel Hargis and son, Ralph, were Saturday guests of her sister, Mrs. Roxie Asbury. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise had as Sunday visitors three of their daughters, with their families, Mr. and Mrs. James Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ridgway and sons, Hugh and Kenneth, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris and daughter, Belva. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hargis and baby, Valeta, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wayland Sumpter. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Emmett Ridgway and Mrs. Hazel Hargis visited their mother, Mrs. Emma Blaise, Friday. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Gertrude Porter is visiting her brother, J. O. Porter, and family this week. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Chas. Eaton and wife visited with Wm. Hilt and wife Sunday at the home of their mother, Mrs. Sam Naylor. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Guy Long, Wm. Naylor, Harry Naylor and Paul Naylor attended the Arthur Palmer trial at Fayette Monday. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg.8, Col 2--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Wm. Naylor and family and Paul Naylor and family attended a birthday dinner at John Robb's at Higbee Sunday. Needless to say, all enjoyed the day, especially the splendid dinner, and departed late in the day wishing John many more such 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, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 1, Col 4--SWALLOWS OPEN SAFETY PIN--While playing about the home Saturday the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Justus Deering swallowed an open safety pin about an inch in length, and which, of course, frightened them almost to death. The child was rushed to a doctor and later was taken to Dr. Pos for an x-ray picture. The latter showed that the pin had passed out of the stomach and was in the lower intestines. The pin, badly corroded, was evacuated Tuesday, and without harm or pain to the child. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 1, Col 4--GEORGE-HITT WEDDING--Miss Lela George of Fayette and Ernest Hitt of Higbee were married in Moberly Saturday night by the Rev. E. Y. Keiter, a minister of that city. They returned to Fayette that night to the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. J. W. George. Mrs. Hitt holds a position as operator in the office of the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in this city. Mr. Hitt is in business in Higbee. Mrs. Hitt will continue in her position here. The Advertiser joins friends in extending best wishes to Mr. and Mrs. Hitt.--Fayette Advertiser. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 1, Col 4--MOSE BLANSETT ABOUT THE SAME--Mose Blansett, who was stricken with paralysis about three weeks ago, remains about the same. While still unable to articulate, it is thought that there has been a slight improvement which gives his family and friends hope that speech will return. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 1, Col 5--ROBB-CUNNINGHAM--Mr. Harvey Robb of this place and Mrs. Louisa Cunningham of Keytesville, were united in marriage in Moberly on Wednesday of last week, but by whom we are not advised. The NEWS joins others in congratulations and best wishes. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 1, Col 5--Mrs. Will Longdon received a letter Monday stating that her son, George, who went to Chicago recently where he has employment, and where he is making his home with his brother, Will, was quite seriously injured one day last week by being struck and knocked down by an automobile, the greatest injuries being about his head. At the time the letter was written he was much better but was still confined to his bed. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 2, Col 1,2,3&4--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER--By W. T. Dameron--(edited by compiler)--What came near being a fatal or serious accident happened here Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Main street at the conclusion of awarding of merchants tri-monthly prizes. An auto, driven by Nellie Hume of Fayette, struck a little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ballew of near Randolph Springs, just as the car turned east on Main, knocking her down. As she fell she grabbed hold of a portion of the running board and was dragged on the pavement some distance before the driver could stop the car, but she escaped with only slight injury to one shoulder and her clothing torn. It was purely an unavoidable accident on the part of the Humes, who agreed to pay damages, and were allowed to proceed. Mrs. Oscar Payton died at her home here September 22, 1926, after a lingering illness for many months, from abscess of the spleen and stomach. Before her marriage to Mr. Payton, July 3, 1900, she was Miss Anna May Sanders, and was born in Brooklyn, NY, August 18, 1877. When 14 she, with her parents, moved to Morris, Ill., and came to Randolph county in 1900. In 1904 she professed faith in Christ and united with the Presbyterian church at Sweet Springs, and died in that faith. Her husband was superintendent of the county farm for five consecutive years, having completed his fifth year there last January, and she was a great help to him there in the management of the sanitarium. For the past eight or nine months she was a great sufferer from the disease, but bore it all with patience and courage. When it became known that she was seriously afflicted she expressed her readiness more than once to meet her fate any time. For a time the nature of her ailment was questionable, and she expressed a desire that after she had passed away a post mortem be held to determine the nature of her disease, stating that it might be of some benefit to humanity and medical science, and her request was complied with. Drs. Bragg and Epperly of Huntsville and McCormick of Moberly held the post mortem with the result above stated. The day following her death funeral services were held at the christian church, conducted by the Rev. C. B. Dabney, after which the remains were conveyed to Keytesville for interment. She leaves her husband and one daughter, Mrs. Olga Heether, of Moberly, and an aged father, one brother and two sisters, and many relatives and friends. Huntsville loses another good citizen by death, H. Clay Perkins, who died at his home here early last Saturday morning, Sept. 25, of heart trouble. Mr. Perkins had been in poor health for several months, but was not confined to his bed. When he retired Friday night he was not feeling any worse than usual, but about 6 the next morning he was attacked with apoplexy and died very suddenly a few minutes later. He was a native of Macon county, being born there August 3, 1855, being a little past 71 years old. He located in Huntsville in 1876 and resided here up to the time of his death. He married Miss Bone Jackson about 45 years ago. She is a sister of George Jackson, former county clerk, and Irl Jackson, a former merchant of Huntsville, both of whom are now business men of Columbia. Mr. Perkins was a long-time member of the Baptist church here and a splendid christian gentleman. Most of his life here he followed coal mining. He leaves a devoted wife, one daughter, Mrs. Geo. McCormac, of Kansas City, one sister, Mrs. E. S. Guffey and one brother, "Dick" Perkins, both of this city, and a large number of relatives and friends. His funeral was held Monday afternoon at the Baptist church conducted by his pastor, the Rev. F. P. Davidson. Interment was made in the city cemetery. I note from the Tulsa, Okla., World that Uncle Joe E. Bradley and wife of Broken Arrow, Okla., celebrated their golden wedding September 21st at their home there. They are natives of this county and for many years resided in the Thomas Hill neighborhood. They, and family, moved to Broken Arrow back in the later 80's. They are fine people and largely connected in this county. In speaking of their 50th wedding anniversary the World says in part: "Mr. Bradley was 34 years old and his wife was 14 when they married in Huntsville, Mo., in 1876. Shortly afterward they moved to Indian Territory where Mr. Bradley engaged in the livery business. Until the advent of the automobile Bradley's stable was known far and wide because of the excellence of his rigs, and the hospitality he extended to persons he had occasion to take long trips into the Indian Territory. They have five children living. They are: Omar Bradley of San Springs, Eurie Bradley, Drumright, Mrs. Myrtle Davis After, Sam Bradley, Tulsa, and Mrs. Ruth Cherry, Norborne, Mo. From each of their children Mr. and Mrs. Bradley received $10 in gold and from the Rev. Howerton and wife, their pastor in Broken Arrow, a piece of hand-painted china, tinted with gold, and many cut flowers. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 1--John Murdy left Tuesday for Texas, where he has secured employment. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. J. B. Dougherty of Woodriver, Ill, is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Egly. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 1--Miss Gertie Kirby of Moberly was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Kirby, last week. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. Alice Stone returned Friday from a visit with her daughter Mrs. Arthur Roberts of Midwest, WY. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mr. and Mrs. George Davis of Hilldale, Ill are the guest of the latters' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Longdon. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mrs. Calvin Magruder and daughter, Miss Ella Mae, left Monday for Mexico, where Mr. Magruder has employment and where they will make their home for the winter. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mrs. Gladys and Inez Andrews left Tuesday night for Chicago where the former will teach piano in the Sherman School of Music and the latter will attend Northwestern University. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 2--The following from here attended the funeral of Miss Nannie Haden in Moberly Wednesday of last week: Mrs. Frank Heathman, Mrs. Evan Jones, Mrs. C. H. Cleeton and Mrs. G. M. Nichols. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 2--Jas. Warford and David Magruder after a visit of about a month with the home folks, left Monday for Midwest, Wyo., where they have been located for the past year or two, making the trip in their car. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mrs. Mary Burton, who was quite sick at the home of her daughter, Mrs. S. E. Dougherty, for several days last week, is able to be around as usual, we are glad to say, and is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Walter Shiflett, of Moberly. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mrs. Angelina Bottini and son, Charles, left Wednesday for New York, from which port they will set sail Saturday for Italy, Mrs. Bottini's native country, for an extended visit. It will be their first visit to Italy since coming to this country thirty-four years ago. Thursday, 30 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 22, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mrs. Jean Little and son Rankin, and brother, James Rankin, returned Thursday from Sulphur, Okla., where they spent two weeks with their brother, Gordon H. Rankin, who has been in a government hospital there for a year or two. He is getting along famously his legion of friends in Higbee will be glad to learn, and from his appearance, they say, is in perfect health. To make sure, however, he will remain at the institution for at least another year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.

On the 1880 census Claborn F Jackson was 17 and was working on a farm in Bonne Femme Howard Co Mo. Could someone please look on the 1870 census and see if you can find anything on his family. I have seen Claborn..Clabron..Claiborne ..so it could be spelled many ways. I have Claiborne F 1799 so I would guess he goes back to him somehow..Thanks Benny and Mary McCune Peculiar Mo WHERE THE 'ODDS' ARE WITH YOU!

Does anyone have anything on the following Jacksons..all I have is census info..the father is William H Jackson born abt 1834 Ky...children all born in Howard Co...even the smallest bit of info will help.. Andrew J born abt 1855 Mary Elizabeth abt 1856 James H abt 1857 Nallis or Nellis S abt 1859 If they stayed in Howard Co I wonder if anyone has the death date and where at? There is a Bettie Jackson that married a Phillips with children Vodra b 1874 Ada b 1877 and Ida 1881...I wonder if that is Mary Elizabeth?? Anything at all appreciated. Mary McCune

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, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 1--SCHOOL NOTES--(edited by compiler)--The girls' basketball team has been chosen. Maggie Longdon, Gladys Laight, Beulah Durnil and Delpha Lessly, forwards; Marjorie Burton and Nellie Sperry, centers; Ruby Edwards, Lois Buckler and Charlotte Burkhalter, guards. Nellie Sperry is captain. The practice is coming fine. The boys' team has not yet been chosen. The Carnival Queen contest is proving very exciting. The Senior queen, Charlotte Burkhalter, is in the lead at present with 3034 votes. The Junior Queen, Verna Lee Dennis, comes next, with 2414 votes. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hargis and baby, Valeta, visited relatives in Mexico Saturday and Sunday. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Marjorie Evans of Harrisburg was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Emma Ridgeway for the week-end. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. Raymond O'Brian visited the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed O'Brian, Sunday. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Bertha Wheeler attended the sick bed of Mr. and Mrs. Lige St. Clair's twin babies who have been very sick, Saturday night. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 2&3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER--The following items reached us too late to be placed with the regular Huntsville items: Sheriff McCanne arrested Monday morning Geo. M. Underwood, proprietor of the Underwood Pharmacy here, on a state warrant charging him with arson--setting fire to his drug store here on September 9th, an account of which was given in last week's NEWS. He was placed in jail and will be given a preliminary hearing later. Circumstantial evidence is rather strong against him, but whether it is sufficiently strong to hold him for trial or not, is problematical. Another auto accident occurred on the state highway between Huntsville and Clifton Hill Sunday morning in which one person was killed and two others injured. It happened about a mile from Huntsville. Mrs. Joe Stoner and her son-in-law, Everett Young, and his wife, occupied a new Ford roadster, Joe Stoner and others of his family occupying another car, were in the rear. All were from Moberly, bound for Salisbury and vicinity to visit relatives. While traveling at an average speed a blowout on the front wheel of Young's car occurred, and instead of stopping the car, as he had intended, he by mistake threw on more power. The machine instantly turned, ran up a steep embankment six feet high, then fell backwards and rolled down an incline a distance of 30 feet and stopped bottom up. Mrs. Stoner's head and shoulders were pinned to the ground by the door of the car. Young and wife were fastened under the car, but they, while cut and bruised, were not, it was thought, seriously injured. Mr. Stoner and others rushed to the car and released his wife and Mr. and Mrs. Young. When taken from under the car, Mrs. Stoner was unconscious. She was placed in her husband's car and Young and others occupied cars sent out from town, and all taken to a hospital in Moberly, but Mrs. Stoner died on the way without regaining consciousness. The Young car was badly damaged. Rev. Robert White, an old-time Methodist minister, visited his friend, Dr. O. F. Hatton, and family, here Sunday and Monday. Rev. White preached at the Methodist church Sunday night at request of the pastor, the Rev. Hunt. This old minister of the Gospel was born in England 85 years ago, and was converted to Christ 73 years ago. He married in England when young and preached one year in his native country, and early in 1861 he and his wife came to this country, landing by boat at St. Joseph, Mo. He joined the Missouri conference of the Southern Methodist church at Mexico that year, and was appointed to the Salisbury circuit. He has since then filled some of the best stations in the Missouri conference, but for several years past he has not been in active or regular service, and preaches only in special occasions. he has been in the ministry 66 years, 65 of those in the Missouri conference, and is perhaps the oldest Methodist minister in Missouri. About 35 years ago he was stationed at Moberly, and assisted the Methodist pastor here in a revival, preaching ten days. While he is somewhat feeble, he preaches with vigor for a man of his age, though his voice is not strong as in former days. He is one of the grand old ministers of the Missouri Conference. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Roy Shields and family are moving this week from the R. M. Avery property. We did not learn where they were moving. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--We understand that Henry Fenton and family are to leave the farm and go to California for his health. He is a sufferer from asthma. Here's hoping he may find relief. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 8, Col 3--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--J. S. Warford and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. Odis Ancell, and family the latter part of last week. While in this neighborhood Mr. Warford bought thirty head of ewes from J. Lee Dougherty, at $10 per head. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 1--Born, on the 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvia Bannuca, a daughter. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. Mary Pierce of Salina, Kansas, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Mark Murphy. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. B. F. Lonnon on Salida, Colo., is the guest of her brothers, E. E. and E. A. Newman. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. Jas. Daggs of Brookfield is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. E. J. Thompson of Slater was the guest of her brothers, E. E. and E. A. Newman. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 1--Misses Sarah and Rosa Andrews of Armstrong spent last week with their niece, Mrs. Frank Sumpter, and family. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 1--We printed bills this week for Elbert Blakely who will sell a lot of personal property at his farm near Yates on the 29th, a list of which can be seen in this issue. Mr. Blakely, who is compelled to quit the farm on account of failing health, will move to Higbee following the sale. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mrs. Asa Warford and three children, Lucy, Ellen, Asa and Willie Fray, spent Tuesday with Mrs. Frank Sumpter. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--Born, on the 21st, to Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Weiser, a son. Mrs. Weiser will be best remembered as Miss Ruby Williams. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Osburn and son, William, left Thursday for Monroe City, where Mr. Osburn and William have employment and where they will move later. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--T. D. Williams who has been quite sick for the past ten days, and who was at first thought to have had a slight stroke of paralysis, was better yesterday, we are glad to say. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mrs. Walter Higdon and little daughter returned to their home in Gary, Ind., Friday after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Hudson, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--Rev. and Mrs. Geo. L. Johnson returned to LaGrange Tuesday after a visit with Mrs. Johnson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Fullington. Rev. Johnson, who recently graduated from the Southern Baptist Seminary at Ft. Worth, Texas, has accepted the pastorate of the Baptist church at LaGrange. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--As will be seen by an ad in this issue, H. C. Eubanks will sell a big lot of stock, implements, etc., at his farm southeast of town on October 2. Mr. Eubanks is compelled to quit the farm on the account of ill health and will move to town, having rented the Mrs. Mary Burton property, recently purchased by Rolie Jones. His farm is for sale or rent. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--Dysart Nicholas, who disposed of all his stock and farm machinery at public sale on the 11th, and who will quit the farming game, at least until it improves very materially, moved to Marshall Friday of last week, where he will make his home and where he will be employed in a shoe factory. His many Higbee friends join the NEWS in the hope that he will be back among us at no distant date. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mrs. Mary Spurling returned Tuesday from a visit of three weeks with her son, Henry, of Des Moines, Iowa, accompanied by her son, Joe, who has been operating a linotype on the Sibley, Iowa, Gazette for the past six months. Joe went to a linotype school in Chicago, where he learned the intricacies of this most wonderful of machines. Like all folks who fool around a print shop very much, it has got in his blood, and he is now giving us a life, "just to keep his hand in." Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 5, Col 2--Joel and Clarence Owen returned to their home in Ft. Collins, Colo., the first of last week after a visit with Higbee relatives and friends. Their mother, Mrs. Thos. Owens, remained until the last of the week, going to Eldorado Springs Thursday for a visit with her mother before returning to Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. Owen moved to Colorado two years ago, going for the benefit of the health of one of their sons, intending to stay but a year. Mrs. Owen advises us that they all like the country so well that they will likely remain, as the longer they stay the more they are in love with the country. As will be seen in an ad in this issue, their farm northwest of town is for sale or rent. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 7, Col 1 & 2--THIS WEEK IN MISSOURI--Compiled by The State Historical Society of Missouri. Floyd Shoemaker, Secretary, Columbia, Mo.--(edited by compiler)--Sept. 20, 1861--Lexington surrendered by Col. Mulligan to Gen. Price.--Sixty-five years ago this week there ended one of the most exceptional and interesting battles fought on Missouri soil. The contest was officially called the Battle of Lexington but more popularly as the "Battle of the Hemp Bales." The date was Sept. 20, 1861. The battle resulted in the victory of the Missouri State Guards under Gen. Sterling Price, and in the defeat of the Federal forces under Col. J. A. Mulligan. It marked the high tide of southern military success in Missouri. The first period of the war in Missouri was ended by the defeat of the Union forces at Wilson's Creek on August 10, and it now seemed that the Confederate cause was in the ascendancy. The southern military leaders in Missouri had hoped to keep control of a point or two along the Missouri River to enable recruits from North Missouri to pass over. Lexington was of strategic importance, and success there would result in gaining new enlistment's and in giving impetus to the growing feeling of sympathy for the South. In addition the Confederate forces needed more equipment and Gen. Price hoped to capture arms and supplies in Lexington. He arrived there on the morning of the 12th, and realizing the moral and material value of victory here he decided, with characteristic good judgment, upon a policy of caution and patience. For the following six days he withheld the order for a general attack. During this time. Col. Mulligan with his 3,000 men became firmly entrenched on the hill on which the Masonic College stood. With only forty rounds of ammunition they were facing a force of 15,000 men, and Mulligan sent an urgent appeal to Jefferson City for reinforcements. The failure of this reinforcement to arrive proved disastrous. On the morning of the 18th "Old Pap" Price, as he was affectionately called by his men, ordered a hot fire which was kept up incessantly for the next fifty-two hours. In this, "Old Sacramento," a twelve-pound brass cannon--a relic of the Mexican War--which was the favorite of Col. Hi Bledsoe's battery, was used with telling effect. Then on the morning of the 20th he resorted to the action which gained for this the name of the "Battle of the Hemp Bales." All attempts to take the college building had failed, and Price now ordered that bales of hemp be taken from the warehouses and soaked in water. His men then rolled these nearer and nearer to the building, and kept up a well directed fire from behind their protection. Mulligan had exhausted his supply of water, his ammunition was nearly gone, and he had received two wounds. He surrendered. In Gen. Price's official report to Gov. Jackson, he says: "The visible fruits of this almost bloodless victory are very great--about 3,500 prisoners, among whom are Colonels Mulligan, Marshall, Peabody, White and Grover, Major Van Horn, and 118 other commissioned officers, 5 pieces of artillery and two mortars, over 3000 stands of infantry arms, a large number of sabers, about 750 horses, many sets of cavalry equipments, wagons, teams, and ammunition, more than $100,000 worth of commissary stores, and a large amount of other property. In addition to all this, I obtained the restoration of the great seal of the State and public records, which had been stolen from their proper custodian, and about $900,000 in money of which the bank at this place had been robbed, and which I have caused to be returned to it." the loss of the Missouri State Guard was 25 killed and 72 wounded, and the Union loss was 40 killed and 120 wounded. It is easy to picture the chagrin and dismay of Mulligan's Irish regiments when they had to give up their green flag bearing a harp and shamrock. They had fought like true Irishmen, and despite the lack of powder, water, and men, many were unwilling to surrender. Even by the time the battle was ended Price's army had been increased by the arrival of many unarmed recruits who came to him from both north and south of the river. The recently captured arms and equipment enabled him to outfit these and before he left Lexington he had a much larger and better equipped force at his command. In this way the "Battle of the Hemp Bales" was of distinct and signal value in advancing the southern cause in Missouri. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 6--MISS NANNIE HADEN DEAD--Died Suddenly At Home In Moberly Yesterday Morning--Burial today At Roanoke.--Higbee friends and acquaintances of Miss Nannie Haden, who moved to Moberly from here a year or more ago, and who was making her home with a cousin, Mrs. Ed Maupin, were shocked when word came yesterday morning that she was dead, the shock being all the greater to those who had seen her here Monday, apparently in her usual health. She came to Higbee Saturday and rented rooms, intending to move back in a few days, and spent the time with Mrs. Frank Heathman. She was quite sick Sunday, being in bed all day. A doctor was called who advised her to go to a hospital. She was much better the next day, however, and was able to return to Moberly, being accompanied by Mrs. Heathman, who went to see Mr. Heathman, who is in a hospital in Moberly, and seemed as well as usual during the day. Tuesday, however, she was again worse and spent most of the day lying down. About four o'clock in the afternoon Mrs. Maupin went into her room to see if she did not want a cup of coffee or tea or something to eat, and found her unconscious. A doctor was hastily called, but no effort on his part could restore her to consciousness, and she passed away about 4 o'clock yesterday morning, and it is thought, was stricken with paralysis. She was about 65 years old and was born on the old Haden farm near Yates, and for many years made her home in Higbee with her brother, H. S. Haden, and following his death several years ago, moved to near Yates, and then to Moberly. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock at Roanoke, where interment will be made. She was the last of her immediate family, her nearest relatives being nephews and nieces. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 6--TYRE BURTON STEPPING HIGH--Prosecuting attorney and Mrs. Tyre Burton are receiving congratulations upon the arrival of a fine daughter, who arrived on the morning of the 16th.--Fayette Democrat-Leader. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 2, Col 1,2&3--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER, By W. T. Dameron--(edited by compiler)--Arthur Terry was over from Sedalia last week, on a visit to relatives here and elsewhere in the county. Arthur has a position at Sedalia with his brother, Harve Terry, a former county clerk of this county. He says Harve is recovering from a paralytic stroke he had some months ago, and is able now to play his fiddle almost as good as of old. Arthur referred to the county campaign of 1902 when Harve, he and Dick Hinton made music at the candidates' appointments with fiddle and banjo. Hinton was the banjo picker and Harve and Arthur played the fiddle. that was some campaign for fun and music. Harve owns the leading hotel in Sedalia and has been successful financially. Nick Gunn, an old Randolphian, was here last week visiting relatives. Nick left Randolph county and settled in the Ozark Mountains near Bennett Springs, Mo., about six years ago. His wife died some weeks ago, and interment was made in a Moberly cemetery, where she owned a lot, and prior to her death had a monument erected with name and date of birth inscribed on it. Nick says the Ozark country is the finest and most healthy in the world, and the purest water ever. "It's the best place in the world for a man to live easy. Don't want riches--just work enough to have cheap clothes to wear and enough to eat. Why," he continued, "I wouldn't live up here again if I were given any town in the county," Nick was born and reared in the county and lived in it nearly all his life, and he is now 69, and I think he was "joshing" when he made that remark. But all of us who know Nick would not question his statement about one's desire for an "easy" life in the Ozarks. Sheriff Victor McCanne and deputy Steven Jones made a raid on the home of Lee Nelson, a blind man, just east of Moberly Friday last and found a good sized still, 25 gallons of corn whisky and a lot of mash, and arrested Wm. Moore, the only person at the home at the time. The officers acted under a search warrant, on information filed by the prosecuting attorney. the officers had a tip some days ago that booze was coming from the Nelson home, and Friday they quietly went to the place with the result mentioned. The sheriff told Moore his business there, and inquired of him about Nelson, and if he had been making whiskey. Moore replied that he guessed not, as Nelson was blind and could not see how to make it. "Well," said the sheriff, "he can sell it, can't he?" "I don't know if he can," answered Moore. the officers then searched the house, making sure they would find a still or whisky in the basement, but failed to find any evidence of either. Then they went to a little smoke house near by, but it was locked. Moore told them he had no key to the house, and knew nothing about it. The officers then drew the lock staple and there was the still at work. Moore still plead ignorance of the whole thing, stated that he did not live there, was just stopping there for a few days. But when the sheriff took him in charge he confessed to everything and exonerated Nelson and took all the blame upon himself. He was arraigned before Judge Noonan of Moberly, waived a preliminary and was committed to jail to await the action of the circuit court. The sheriff has possession of the still and whisky. Moore is 70 years old and a widower and has several children scattered over the country. His home is in Macon county, he says, and that he has been a hard laborer all his life. Saturday night we attended a picture show at Doyle & Dameron's Capital Theater. A pet "pole cat" in a northern lumber camp was one of the humorous "moving" scenes thrown on the screen, which reminded us of a "skunk camp" out at the old Joseph Hammett place three miles northwest of town some twenty-five years ago, as pictured one time by our good friend, Dr. D. A. Barnhartt. It was in the early days of February, 1901, that smallpox broke out in Huntsville, and the city authorities commandeered the old Hammett home, then vacant and partially dilapidated, as a pest house. The first subjects ordered to the pest house were Dr. Barnhartt and Charley Bagby, Huntsville's long time barber, and Walter Jackson, immune, was sent out to wait on them, and they were there about 25 days before being released. At that time I was connected with Capt. W. H. Balthis in the publication of the Herald, and was appointed Adjutant General of Missouri by Gov. A. M. Dockery about three weeks before my much lamented friend and partner died, which occurred February 27, 1901. On March 7, following, Dr. Barnhartt sent the Herald the following: "Rest Sanitarium. Huntsville, Mo., March 7, 1901. Special Telephone Dispatch. Editor herald: This institution has lately been established by Chas. Bagby and D. A. Barnhartt. It is an eleemosynary institution and health and summer resort. All diseases are treated here, but special attention is given to smallpox, chickenpox and itch. The house and grounds are generously donated by our young friend, A. R. Hammett, and has been endowed with a large pile of kindling wood. The building is modern in every respect. It is well ventilated, heated by steam (at a tea kettle) and lighted by electric lightning bugs. It is located 3 miles northwest of Huntsville near Hammett Springs, in a beautiful grove of mustard and jimson trees. There is but one thing that can endanger the success of this institution. We are located among a tribe, not of John Chinamen or Filipinos or cannibals, but of pole cats. they inhabit the upper and lower story and west wing of the institution and number about 100 to 1, there being but three of us. They are much like Indians--your best friend or worst enemy. We began negotiations with them when we came here and have tried to treat them right. We were getting along nicely until this morning. They put on their paint and gave us a war dance in the closet for about three hours. We haven't any weapons of warfare except a skillet and some tin vessels. Please send us a cannon, a dozen Mauser rifles and a good dog. Tell Sheriff Grimes, Joe Hogue and Beau Wayland to have their knives sharpened, as we are liable to need them at any time. 3 a.m.: We have been attacked from three different sides, but we have shown no resistance, but are now negotiating for peace again. Tell Adjutant General Dameron to be ready to call out the militia on a moment's notice. Later--4 p.m.: The batter has been in progress for 30 minutes. They are commanded by Capt. Skunk, who has a helmet of black and white stripes. Frying pans and skillets are flying and Capt. Skunk has blown his breath. We won't know what the casualties are until the smoke of battle has cleared away.--D. A. Barnhartt, Commander-in-Chief. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 2, Col 3--The drowning of the four negro women in the Middle Fork at the Rucker bridge, two miles east of Salisbury at about 12 o'clock Saturday night, attracted big crowds, both white and black, to the scene of the accident all day Sunday or until the last body was found. From parties who were there we learn the following particulars: Six Moberly negroes--four women and two men--Jim Grubbs, Babe Taylor, Vallie Vaughan, Kittie Dameron, and Sallie and Mary Todd, went to Salisbury late Saturday evening to some kind of an entertainment. On their way home they trailed closely to another car that had a tail light, their own car not having any front lights. There is an angle in the road at the Rucker bridge, the bend being about 30 feet from the bank of the creek. The man who was driving the ill-fated car was pretty close to the front car when it made the turn, which deflected its tail light, and the driver of the rear or lightless car thought the front car had crossed the bridge, and did not discover his error until his car was within a few feet of the creek and quickly steering the car, it plunged over the embankment sidewise into the water, settling with front end up. The screams of the negroes attracted the attention of the occupants of the front car and it was stopped. The water in the creek was within a few feet of the top of the banks, and there was a great struggle by the six negroes to save themselves. The women could not swim, and they grabbed the two men who had to fight them off so they could swim out themselves. Two of the women got to the bank, which was steep but could not reach the top of the bank with their hands, and they sank before the two men could give them any assistance. Quite a crowd gathered at the spot for the remainder of the night, but none of the bodies were recovered until late Sunday, and after "Eck" Dameron, a Salisbury negro fortune teller had been consulted, so we learn. When Eck was told of the accident he "went into a trance," and when he "came out" he told his visitors just where the bodies would be found, that three of the bodies would be found at the same spot and the other at another place, none very far from where the car plunged into the creek. The search was made as directed by "Eck" and the bodies found. That is the story as told here. "Old Eck," as he is called, was born and reared in west Silver Creek township, this county, as were one or two of the women drowned. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 4, Col 1--Eugene Burton, after a month's visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wisdom Burton, left Tuesday night for Annapolis, Md., to resume his studies in Uncle Sam's Naval Academy, and from which he will graduate in two more years, and that he will do so with honors is confidently expected by all who know him, for he is an exceptionally bright and studious young man. He is another Higbee boy who will be heard from some day, and that his calling will bring him in the years to come the rank of Admiral is the wish of all. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 4&5--J. V. ADAMS PASSES ON--Former Well Known Resident Dies at Savannah, Mo.--Interment at Pueblo, Col., His Home.--Friends who had seen him and greeted him when he was back for a visit two years ago, and who found in him the same jovial, kind hearted man as of yore, were shocked beyond measure when word came Friday that J. V. Adams, of Pueblo, Colo., had passed away at Savannah, Mo., the day before. We take the following from a letter from his son, Claude, in answer to a letter from the NEWS asking for particulars: "Dear Scott: Greatly appreciate your kind and sympathetic letter for as you know, it hurts to lose your Dad, and a fellow has but one Daddy. He went to Savannah a few weeks ago for treatment of a place on his cheek which we feared was a cancer. He was in the best of health and best of spirits, joking as always and his keen mind was as bright as it had ever been, except the years had broadened him. "They cured the place on his face, but he had a light attack afterwards of erysipelas. This, however, cleared up and at no time was he dangerously sick. On Sunday, the 12th, he was up and told his nurse he was ready to go home. On Monday we had a wire that he had pleurisy, it having turned extremely cold there. On Tuesday we had another wire, saying he was better, but I decided to go back and see him. When I arrived Wednesday they had just wired for me to come, as he was threatened with pneumonia. It developed rapidly despite the care of nurses and physicians, and he died at 12:10 Thursday morning. "He knew me when I arrived Wednesday noon and at that time the doctor thought he would recover, but, alas! their hopes were in vain. "He was buried at Roselawn, in Pueblo, by A. F. &. A. M. lodge No. 31, with full Masonic honors, as he had wanted to be. "When a boy four years old he saw a Masonic burial of an uncle and the impression of it was so strong that when he saw his first Masonic funeral many years afterwards he recalled it all and this deep impression caused him to make application for degrees at the age of 21. He took the first degree then, and several years later was raised to Master Mason when Higbee lodge was organized and became its Master and was Master as you know for many years, as well as District Lecturer. "He made a place for himself in the hearts of the people of Pueblo, being a familiar and loved figure on the streets of that city for 23 years, well and widely known; a deacon in the church, teaching his Sunday school class and otherwise actively engaged in church work. "When drowsy with the sleep of death twelve hours before the end, his unselfish disposition asserted itself as he proclaimed himself to be feeling good and asked solicitously for the health of the members of the family--thinking, even in his last hours, of others and not of self. But he has passed away and with him some of the unselfish, self-sacrificing spirit of the world. "He has gone, and with him has gone some of the finer things of life--the sympathy that awaited us upon every occasion; the encouragement he gave us when we were striving hardest to do the seemingly impossible; the pride which he had in our accomplishments, however small; the optimism which was inherent in him and with which he inspired us to look always to the future as being ever brighter and better. Some of these finer things seem to have gone with him. "The sky isn't so blue without him; the fleecy clouds have lost some of their beauty; the mountains fail to stand out with their usual grandeur. Nature is not quite the same without him. "The first pangs of pain at his departure that brought remorse and self-condemnation of the might-have-beens and might-have-dones has passed with the knowledge that he was the perfect father, taking his delight in the pleasures of his family, and always seeing something of good in what they did." We do not know when Mr. Adams became a resident of Higbee, but we know that he had been living here for several years when the NEWS was established in 1887, and he was at the time employed for a short time as a clerk in the store of Lessly & Sons. Later he engaged in the furniture business, and again later in other business enterprises. Always energetic and willing to do his part in making Higbee a better and bigger town, he was for every legitimate enterprise that came along and with others made several additions to the town. Adams street was named in his honor, and it couldn't have been named for a more loyal or enterprising citizen. His real calling in life, however, was teaching, and which he most thoroughly enjoyed. All who ever went to school to him or had any experience with his school work are unanimous in the opinion that he was one of the greatest that ever set foot in a school room, for he could impart knowledge to even the dullest minds in a way that made it stick. He was one of the early superintendents of our public school, and was one of the leaders in the movement that resulted in the first building on the site of the present school grounds. With Mr. Adams at the helm, none of the pupils dreaded to hear the bell ring, and especially at the beginning of the term, for his method of teaching was such that study was not a task, but a pleasure. He is survived by his widow and four children--two sons and two daughters--Claude, Vincent, Iola and Opal, to each of whom the deepest sympathy of old friends in the old home of long ago goes out. From the "History of Randolph County," printed in 1884, we take the following in relation to his early activities: "Although Prof Adams is still a young man, his career has already been such that it teaches a valuable lesson to youths who are ambitious of accomplishing something in life, but whose opportunities are anything but favorable. Professor Adams was left an orphan while yet in infancy by the death of his father. Although he still had the tender care and encouragement of a devoted mother to stimulate him to worthy endeavors, the absence of the paternal help and counsel which an affectionate father can give, rendered his way up in life anything but an easy one to pursue. He was reared in Randolph county by his kind mother, and his good grandparents, who did all they could for his advancement. Before reaching his majority he learned the plasterer's trade and worked at it some two years. In the meantime he attended the common schools, and having a fondness for study, he also occupied his leisure with books, so that he had succeeded in laying a good foundation for an education. Quitting the plasterer's trade in 1872, he now decided to obtain a college education, and with that end in view entered Mt. Pleasant College. Prof. Adams took a complete course of four years at Mt. Pleasant and graduated with distinction in 1876. After his graduation he at once entered upon the profession of an educator, in which he has since been engaged. Prof. Adams has taught continuously in Randolph county, except for one year, when he had charge of the public at Salisbury. He has become widely known in this county as one of the best teachers within its borders, and his services are in quest at many of the best schools in the county. Such was his recognized prominence in 1882, that he was appointed county school commissioner, and the following spring was elected to that office without opposition, highly complimentary to his personal popularity and to his attainments as a scholar and ability as an educator. He still occupies the office of county school commissioner, and is acquitting himself of its duties with singular zeal and efficiency. It has been one of his chief endeavors to elevate the grade of teachers in the county, and thus to improve the practical workings and tone of the county schools. In this he has been fairly successful, and the improved condition of the schools in the county observed by all who have given the matter any attention, is almost wholly attributable to his exertions. On the 8th of November, 1877, Prof. Adams was married to Miss Sanie (should be Sarah) Bradley, a daughter of John W. Bradley of this county. The Professor and Mrs. Adams have one interesting son, Claude Byron, born August 20, 1878. Prof. Adams has for a number of years taken a commendable interest in Sunday School work, and is one of the most active and prominent men in the county in advancing Sunday School interests. He has served at different times and places as superintendent and has otherwise made himself useful to the cause. He is a member of the Silver Creek Baptist Church. Prof. Adams' parents, John and Elizabeth Adams, were both originally of Kentucky. They came to Randolph with their parents, respectively, while each was still quite young. They were married in this county, and the father died here in 1851, whilst the son was still less than a year old. The father, himself, was quite a young man at the time of his death, not having reached his majority." Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 5--MRS. W. D. BURKE HOME--Mrs. W. D. Burke, who had been in Kansas City in a hospital for several months, under the care of specialists, was able to return home Sunday and is now able to be up most of the time. She was accompanied by Mr. Burke, who went to the city Saturday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 1--GOOD WOMAN CALLED HOME--Mrs. Ann Dysart, Beloved By All, Passed Away At Her Home In Yates, At Age of 88.--Mrs. Ann Dysart, a resident of Higbee for thirty years or more, but who had been making her home with her sister, Mrs. Alice Tuggle, and nephew, Boz Yates, for the past 12 or fifteen years, passed peacefully away on Saturday, September 18, 1926, from the infirmities of age and partial paralysis, with which she was stricken about a year ago, but from which she had largely recovered. While it was known that she was in very feeble health, and that her days were necessarily few, the news of her demise came as a shock to most of her friends, and that was everybody who had known her, for if there ever was a saint on earth, and one who endeared herself to all with whom she came in contact, that person was Mrs. Dysart. She was the daughter of George Yates, one of the pioneers of the county who came to Missouri from Virginia in an early day, and was born on the farm on which she died, on September 18, 1838, and was therefore 88 years and four days old. Following her removal to Yates from Higbee she lived in the old home in which she was born, and it was her one wish that she might live long enough to move into and die in the new house that was to take the place of the old one, and which was granted her, having lived in the new home about a week. She was united in marriage to the late Dr. Lascellis Dysart on January 4, 1865, and came with him from Renick, where he practiced four years, when he located here in 1867, moving to Yates several years following his death. Mrs. Dysart united with the Christian church at an early age, and ever remained a true and faithful member and a real Christian, if one ever lived among us until the day of her death. One of her greatest joys was attending on all ordinances of her church, and when at all possible she was always found at the services. Funeral services were conducted at the home Monday afternoon by the Rev. E. Y. Keiter, in the presence of a very large concourse of sorrowing relatives and friends, all of whom loved the kindly and gentle soul and who felt a personal loss. Interment was made in the family burying ground on the farm. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Alice Tuggle and Mrs. J. R. Williams and a large number of nephews and nieces, and as many friends as anyone who ever lived in the community. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 1--FRED NOEL TO HAVE SALE--We printed bills this week for Fred Noel, who will sell a lot of stock and other property at his farm south of town on the 28th, a list of which can be seen in this issue. Mr. Noel, who has been in poor health ever since his experience in the World War, and who has spent a great deal of time in hospitals, and who has been operated on many times, will move to Kansas City that he may be near the government hospital there and where he has made more progress toward recovery than at any hospital he has visited. It is to be hoped that he will find the health he is in search of and that he can return fully restored. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 2--GOING TO ITALY FOR A VISIT.--As will be seen by her ad in this issue, Mrs. Angelina Bottini will sell a lot of personal property, including three good milk cows, at her home near mine No. 11, north of town, Saturday, the 25th, beginning at 1 o'clock. Mrs. Bottini, accompanied by one of her sons, will sail next month for a visit to her old home in Italy. As it has been 34 years since she left there, a young girl of 18, she expects to find many changes. One can imagine the thrill that will come to her as she sees once more the shores of her native land, and also the pang of grief that will be hers when she finds so many companions of her youth dead or gone to the four quarters of the earth. Mrs. Bottini expects to make quite an extended visit and has promised to write us of her trip and some of the changes that she finds. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 2--LOSES CAR FROM FIRE--Crews Cooper had the misfortune to lose his Overland sedan by fire about 5 o'clock Wednesday of last week, the fire being caused, it is thought, from a short circuit. On getting in the car at the garage to go out east of town to tow in a car that had broken down, he noticed the odor of burning rubber, but could find no evidence of fire about the car. When near the home of J. H. Bagby the odor was stronger than ever and raising the foot-board flames shot up and filled the car. As he had no extinguisher, and as there was no dust in the roads, they being nothing but mud, he hurried to town and took out the fire engine, but all to no purpose. The car was practically ruined, although it can possibly be rebuilt so as to be serviceable. Mr. Cooper carried insurance, but in what amount we are not advised. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 2--CRITICALLY ILL FROM APPENDICITIS--Ernest, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dinwiddie, and best known as "Junior," was taken suddenly ill from appendicitis Friday of last week and getting worse despite every care was taken to a Boonville hospital Saturday for an operation. The appendix bursting before Boonville was reached an operation was performed immediately on reaching the hospital. He was in a very critical condition for a day or so, but when heard from yesterday was doing nicely and it was thought that his chance for recovery was good. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 2--DEEDS HIS FARM TO COUNTY--By deeding his farm to Monroe county under an agreement by the terms of which he is to become a county charge, J. L. Wood near North Fork, made it possible last week for the first deed of this sort to be entered on the county records. Mr. Wood is a bachelor. Having no one to care for him and being unable to turn his 40-acre farm to good account, he decided that the County Infirmary was his only refuge. The court took a favorable view of his proposition and authorized his admission to the institution, where he now seems to be very much at home.--Paris Appeal. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 2--FINED $50 FOR THROWING SCALDING WATER ON BOY--Mrs. Maude Honiff, charged with throwing scalding water on Floyd Floyd, 10, early this summer, pleaded guilty to an assault charge in the court Tuesday morning, and was fined $50 and costs by Judge James A. Cooley, presiding on the bench.--Mexico Ledger. The above will be of interest to our readers, the boy mentioned being the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Floyd, formerly of this place. At this distance it would seem that Mr. Floyd might have excellent grounds for a damage suit. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 3--ANOTHER OLD RESIDENT GONE--J. S. Durnil Dies Following Long Illness-Interment At Old Log Chapel--J. S. Durnil, one of our oldest citizens, died at the home of his son, Asa, with whom he had made his home for the past three or four years, at 8:30 o'clock Sunday morning, from infirmities of age, and after being confined to his bed, as helpless as an infant, for many, many long and weary months. Mr. Durnil was born in Chariton county on February 3, 1849, and was married on February 3, 1868, to Mary Morton, who died on February 24, 1925, and following his marriage he moved to Howard county where he remained on a farm until his removal to town some ten years ago. He is survived by seven children, viz: James, St. Louis; Mrs. M. L. Andrews, Fayette; Will Durnil, Moberly; Mrs. David Woods, Armstrong, and Thomas, Asa and Calvin Durnil of this place. He also leaves 24 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren, and a half-sister, Mrs. Florence Goosey, of near Renick. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church, of which he had been a member for several years, Tuesday by the Rev. E. Y. Keiter of Moberly, and interment made in Old Log Chapel. During the many years we knew him, we found him to be honorable and upright in all of his dealings, and not afraid to stand for what he believed to be right. We join the community in condolence to the bereaved children. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 3--LEG BROKEN IN MINE--Frank Heathman, an employee of the Mariot mine at Moberly, had the misfortune to have his right leg broken just above the ankle while at work Friday by a fall of rock or coal. His face and head were also badly cut and bruised. He was taken to a hospital and has since been doing nicely and hoped to be in condition to be brought home by the end of the week. About six months ago Mr. Heathman was injured in the same way in the same mine, and barely escaped with his life, receiving some bad scalp wounds and a broken nose. Mr. Heathman seems to be having more than his share of hard luck along this line, and his friends hope this accident brought home by the end of the week that he will be able to find employment at home. Thursday, 23 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 21, Pg. 1, Col 3--MOSE BLANSETT ABOUT THE SAME--Mose Blansett, who was stricken with paralysis last week remains about the same, although there has been a slight improvement, he now being able to swallow and to move his right arm and can make an audible sound when he tries to talk and which can sometimes be understood when those at his bed side have an idea of what he wants. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.

All the censuses from 1830 through 1930 are online in the scanned format. No indexing for 1850 that I know of. You can find them through the Howard Co Web page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohoward/ will take you to the main page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/mo/howard/howard.htm will take you to the census records (scroll down) Good luck Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: laura crane [mailto:lcrane@coin.org] Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 10:24 PM To: MOHOWARD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Yancy cemetery outside of Armstrong I'm doing some research for a friend on Elizabeth Yancy and John G. Burton who moved from Howard Co to Boone County about 1865. She died in 1884 and is buried in a cemetery near Armstrong. John G Burton was from Shelbyville KY and died in 1876 at age 81. I suppose she was related to the Yancys in Howard Co. It appears they only had the one daughter, Martha "Pattie" Burton, married Luther Smith, in 1877, who became quite a cattleraiser in Texas in the 1890's. Is the 1860 census of Howard county on line? I should look them(the Burtons) up in 1860 census.

I'm doing some research for a friend on Elizabeth Yancy and John G. Burton who moved from Howard Co to Boone County about 1865. She died in 1884 and is buried in a cemetery near Armstrong. John G Burton was from Shelbyville KY and died in 1876 at age 81. I suppose she was related to the Yancys in Howard Co. It appears they only had the one daughter, Martha "Pattie" Burton, married Luther Smith, in 1877, who became quite a cattleraiser in Texas in the 1890's. Is the 1860 census of Howard county on line? I should look them(the Burtons) up in 1860 census.

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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, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 2, Col 6--Mrs. Emerson Littlejohn of St. Joseph is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dougherty. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 4, Col 5&6--A PLEASANT GATHERING--The home of Mr. and Mrs. Omer Andrews of near Myers, noted for its hospitality and many pleasant social gatherings, was the scene of one its happiest occasions last Sunday, the event being a reunion of the family and old friends and neighbors, the guest of honor being Mr. Andrews' father, L. N. Andrews, of Olathe, Kansas, a former resident of the vicinity, but a resident of Kansas City and Olathe for thirty years or more. But for the muddy roads and the cold drizzle of a rain, the crowd would have been a record breaker, for fully 1000 were expected. And that such would have been the case is attested by the number of guests, listed below, which was certainly some crowd for such a miserable day. A big dinner, such as only a country home can furnish, was provided, most everyone bringing baskets of ham, chicken, salads, pies, cakes and a hundred other good things, and enjoyed to the limit by all. the afternoon was spent in the recalling of old times on the part of Mr. Andrews, and in living over again with old neighbors the "good old days." Music was a feature, there being several old time fiddlers present, none of whom had anything on Mr. Andrews, more familiarly known as "Pole." While the day without was a dreary one, the home was bright and cheerful and in the good cheer all forgot the weather, and were reluctant to leave, and all hoped for such another occasion at no distant date when the weather was what it ought to be. Those present: Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Warford, Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Noel, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Newman, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Foley, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Dougherty, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Kirby, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Rennolds, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hern, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Quisenberry and daughter of Moberly, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Mobley, Hannibal, Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Andrews, Kansas City, Mr. and Mrs. Estill Foley, Moberly, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dougherty, Mr. and Mrs. L. N. Andrews, Olathe, Kan., Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mallory, Mr. and Mrs. T. I. Blakemore, Harrisburg, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hern, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. Abe Lumpkins, Mrs. E. Murry, Huntington, Mo., D. A. Peeler, Fayette, E. O. Beil, Kansas City, Mrs. J. F. Brown, Mexico, Mo., Misses Edna McKinzie, Irene Dougherty, Beatrice Dougherty, Elberta Dougherty, Rose Elmer Williams, Esteleen Buckler, Lois Buckler, Eunice Buckler, Jessie Mobley, Avinelle Kirby, Messrs. Murrel Dougherty, W. B.. Dougherty, Glen Kirby, Code Blaise, W. M. Dougherty, Eugene Atkins, Elbert Dougherty, Glen Mallory, Eugene Mallory, Clayton Mallory, Earl Mallory, James Kirby, Clayton Palmatary, Franklin Palmatary, Pete Semboes and Ralph Brown. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 4, Col. 6--Mr. and Mrs. Alex Warford and daughter, Miss Hazel, and T. a. Holtzclaw, who were called to Glasgow Thursday of last week by the drowning of Edward White and his two children, Louise, aged ten, and Kenneth, aged eight, their relatives, returned Sunday. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 4, Col 6--Mrs. J. Knieriemen of New Baden, Ill., is the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Laight. Mr. Knieriemen, who accompanied her, returned home Sunday. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. Ben Wright is visiting her daughter, Mrs. G. H. Ewell, in Kansas City. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. Susie Dinwiddie spent Sunday in Moberly with her sister, Mrs. J. W. Marshall. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Warren Winn left Monday for Fayette, where he will attend Central College the coming year. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Orville Spurling returned Thursday from Alton, Ill., where he has been employed for some time. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. Hattie Quick visited relatives in Moberly, Saturday. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. Clarence Feland returned Tuesday from a visit with her mother, Mrs. J. T. Goldsberry, of Columbia. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. J. D. Rutherford of Huntsville was the guest of her sister, Mrs. T. H. Walton, Saturday and Sunday. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Miss Aleen Burton left Wednesday for Columbia, where she will attend Christian College the coming year. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. Mamie Wilkerson of Moberly was the guest of her mother, Mrs. Fanny Barron, Saturday and Sunday. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mr. and Mrs. Pole Andrews of Olathe, Kansas, are the guests of their son, Omer, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. L. H. Stallarth returned to her home in Leavenworth, Kans., Monday after a visit with her niece, Mrs. Estill Robb. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--John Dorman left Thursday for Roundup, Mont., where he will locate, and where he will be joined later by his family. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Miss Rena Heathman left Sunday for Kirskville where she will attend the state teachers' training school the coming year. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. John Ware and Mrs. Martin Robb and son, Billy, left Friday for a visit with their sister, Mrs. Henry Lay, of Denver, Co. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mr. and Mrs. David Kelso returned to their home in Del Carbon, Colo., Tuesday after a short visit with Higbee relatives and friends. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mr. and Mrs. David Sharp and children returned to their home in Kenosha, Wis., Sunday after a visit with Higbee relatives and friends. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Jas. Rankin and Mrs. Jean Little and son, Rankin, left Friday in their car for a visit with their brother, Gordon Rankin, and wife, of Sulphur, Okla. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 1--Mrs. Hattie Farrah and little son, Franklin, left Sunday for Kirksville, where she will attend the state teachers' training school the coming year. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mr. and Mrs. John Goin were made happy last week by receipt of the news that a son had been born to Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Patterson of Mandeville, Ark. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 2--J. C. Kirby of Kansas City was the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kirby, the first of the week, returning Monday accompanied by his sister, Miss Lovell. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 2--Miss Mabel Edwards returned to her home in McAlester, Okla., Friday, after a visit of several weeks with her sister, Mrs. John Rankin, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 2--Born, in Moberly, on the 10th, to Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Barnett, a son, who has been christened George Davis. Mrs. Barnett will be best remembered as Miss Marguerite Davis. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 2--Mrs. Will Compton, who was taken to a Boonville hospital several weeks ago where she underwent a very severe operation, was operated on again Friday. When last heard from she was doing as well as could be expected. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 5, Col 6--Miss Nelle Burton left Sunday for Columbia where she will attend the University the coming year. She was accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Notley Magruder, who will place her little son, Burton, in school there. Later they will be joined by their mother, Mrs. A. T. Burton, who will make her home there, for the winter, at least. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Griggs have the sympathy of the entire community on the death of their nine-year-old son, J. P., who died Sunday morning. Interment was made at Perche Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN--Roy Quick enrolled at Myers High school Monday. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN--Several from this community attended the funeral of James Bailey Mt. Pleasant Saturday. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mr. and Mrs. James Evans were the guests of the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise, Sunday. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN--Jimmie Stevenson, who taught Wilson school last term and who has been employed in Illinois this summer, was a caller at Wilson and Mobley schools and C. T. Hargis' Friday afternoon. He enrolled at Central college for the winter semester. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN--Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris and daughter, Belva, were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Dougherty's of Renick. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN--Josh Lynch of Moberly was taken to the hospital Saturday where he underwent an operation for appendicitis. The last report was that he was doing nicely. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 8, Col 2--SOUTH OF TOWN--Henry White of Moberly became violently ill Saturday. He was immediately taken to the soldiers' home at Little Rock, Ark, accompanied by his wife. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 8, Col 3--SOUTH OF TOWN--James Bailey of near Myers was found dead near his wagon in the woods on his farm Thursday. It was supposed a telephone line caught under his chin, throwing him from the wagon, which passed over his body. He was 72 years old. Interment was made at Mt. Pleasant Saturday at 11 o'clock. The church was filled to capacity, showing the respect felt for him by his host of friends. He is survived by his wife, five sons and one daughter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 2, Col 1-6--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER--By W. T. Dameron--(edited by compiler)--The 36th annual reunion of old settlers of Randolph county was not as largely attended here last Thursday, Sept 9, as was anticipated.....On account of the absence and feebleness of H. L. Rutherford, president of the association, vice president Geo. N. Ratliff, presided at the meeting........Mr. Ratliff's ancestors were of Revolutionary stock, and passed through the many trials and hardships of pioneer life. Mr. Ratliff himself was born over the line in Macon county, and he told about his first trip to Huntsville when only 9 years old, walking all the way from home alone, and returning the same day, but his father thought he had been fishing. He got a good bait of apples and peaches while here. Some walk, about 50 miles, for a boy of that age, and part of the way the county was thinly settled in that day.....The chairmen then introduce Col. Web M. Ruby of Macon, who made a short but interesting talk. Col. Ruby was from Montgomery county, where he was born. In 1855, or after residing here about a year, he settled in Macon City, where he has spent an active business and political life, and is still one of Macon's prominent and substantial citizens, still active physically and otherwise, though 91 years of age......Our widower friend, Bee Terry, of Clifton Hill, who might have been an "old settler" a few years ago, but not now, was mixing with old friends, both men and women. Bee was limping a little on account of a slight rheumatic attack in one of his legs, and for that reason he could not put on his usual activities and bewitching airs when mingling with maids and young widows. Bee said that he had been practicing the Charleston to supple up his rheumatic "peg" to make an impressive show "among them" at the reunion, but said while he was much improved he thought it would take a "bunny hug" dance on the floor with some nice maid or widow to the tune of "Old Sindy" or "Sallie Goodin" to fully straighten him out. Here's hoping Bee will soon have a chance to test the virtue or influence of such a dance on his rheumatic leg.........Rev. Pettis Sears of Prairie Hill, who has not missed many of the old settlers' reunions since they were organized 36 years ago, was unable to be here Thursday. "Uncle Pettis," as all his friends call him, was born in Silver Creek township 90 years ago last July. He is perhaps the oldest Baptist minister in Missouri. He was ordained to preach over 60 years ago. He's a grand old man of God. When the Old Settlers was organized at Jacksonville in 1890, it composed all old settlers of Randolph and Macon counties, who had settled in either county prior to 1829, when this county was organized, and the name of the association has never been officially changed. Though of late years only a few from Macon have attended reunions here, but "old settlers" of that county are still welcome to our reunions, as well as other old settlers of other counties who are natives of Randolph and Macon territory. Col. Web M. Ruby of Macon was the oldest settler of either county present. He is nearly 91 years old. Wm. H. Smith of this city, grandfather of Guy Smith who was a candidate for county clerk in the late primary, is a native of Boone county, but had not resided in this county 60 years, which would have entitled him to a "free dinner." He was 93 years old last January and is quite feeble now. Being an ardent Democrat, he got out to vote in the August primary, and he hopes to be able to go out in November and boost Harry Hawes one vote. There are still living four members of the immediate family of the late Allen Mayo. They are: Porter Mayo, nearly 89; Mrs. Mary A. Stark, 86; John A., 84, and Jas. P. Mayo, 81, a total of 341 years. Is there a family of four brothers and sisters in the county whose total age will equal these? Aunt Mary Stark was the only one of the quartet who attended the reunion. J. G. Holloway, 88, was the oldest man of this county present. Mrs. Henrietta Bagby, 87, was the oldest lady to attend the reunion. There were 31 present who were 80 years and over. Dr. A. Aldridge, who has been residing with his son, Robert Aldridge, of St. Louis, since his wife died about a year ago, attended the reunion and met many old friends. Prior to moving to St. Louis the doctor resided in Hannibal for several years. His only daughter was accidentally burned to death there about three years ago, caused by a gasoline stove explosion. His eldest son, the Rev. Lexie M. Aldridge, is now in New York City, and has a position with the New York Times. The doctor has been in very poor health for the past few years. When a young man he hung out his shingle at Mt. Airy in 1875. At that time Mt. Airy was quite a busy town, with two stores, a blacksmith shop, wagon ship, a tobacco factory and three practicing physicians. He moved to Mt. Airy from Moberly. In the latter '70s he married Miss Alma Gillis of Huntsville. He practiced his profession at Mt. Airy and in the surrounding country for 40 years. In fact, he outlived all the business enterprises of the town before moving to Hannibal......... Mrs. Katherine Dameron, widow of the late G. W. Dameron, died at her home here Friday night, September 6, 1926, of a complication of diseases. Her funeral and burial took place Sunday afternoon from the Christian church, conducted by her pastor, the Rev. C. B. Dabney, in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. The deceased was born in Caswell county, North Carolina, in July, 1857, and was past 69 years old. She came to Randolph county, when quite young, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Hinton, and settled near Darksville. She was married to G. W. Dameron in 1879. In girlhood she was converted to Christ and united with the Methodist church, but after her marriage she joined the Christian church with her husband. She was a kind and affectionate mother and a good christian woman. Her husband died here about three years ago. She leaves six sons, Turner, of St. Louis; Everett, of California; William, of Prairie Hill, Mo.; Earl and Ollie, of Moberly, and Bee Dameron and a step-daughter, Mrs. Jim Dillman, of this city. She also leaves several grandchildren and a large number of other relatives. "Shorty" Embree, of Fayette, an old time fiddler, hit town Saturday last. Shorty spends most of his time, winter and summer, "fiddling" for dances, and he is pretty well known by the dancing fraternity throughout both Howard and Randolph counties. His music for a hoe-down, bear-hug, waltz of whatnot at the Randolph Springs that night. But we did not learn whether the rhythmical entertainment was pulled off or not. In answer to a question whether he ever met Randolph's champion fiddler, Henry Taylor, Shorty said, "No, but he's the fellow I'm looking for." But Shorty acknowledged later that he ran up against Taylor in a fiddling contest one time at Jacksonville and lost. Shorty stepped into a business house here, with Columbus Rader, of this county, a noted banjo picker, followed by a few lovers of old-time music, and there they "picked and pulled," inspiring fire out of many an old time tune to a crowded house. Two young ladies, who love to "trip the light fantastic toe." were in the store when the musicians came in, and when they cut loose an old time dancing tune one girl began "weaving" her body. Space was cleared for her, and she hit the "Charleston" to a fareyouwell. She was about the best I ever saw dance that old time clog. Soon the other girl began to "weave" and she "lit in" too, and the two had it out waltzing and doing the Charleston to the amusement of a packed house. Even the proprietor of the house could not keep his feet from "running off." Rev. Rufus Dameron, of Clifton Hill, one of the good old Methodist ministers of the county, and his good wife were happily surprised last Saturday, their 60th marriage anniversary, when about 75 of their relatives and friends "stormed" them with well filled baskets of the best eatables ever. Rev. Dameron is 85 years old and his wife is 83. He has two brothers living--Lewis Dameron of Cairo, and Tyson Dameron, of Saline county. They have two daughters living, one an invalid at home, and the other, Mrs. J. W. Elsea, of this city. Rev. Dameron was born and reared in this county. His father, "Uncle" Jackie Dameron, was called to the door of his home near Thomas Hill one night during the Civil War, in 1864, I think, and shot and killed while standing in the door with only his night clothes on, being shot, it was thought, by some Knox county militia. He was one of the best and most quiet citizens of the county in that day, and no reason was ever assigned for his murder that we ever heard of, unless it was that he had two sons in the Confederate Army, Rufus and Sid Dameron. After returning home from the war and after his marriage in '70, Rufus felt called to preach, joined the Missouri conference, M. E. Church, South, and for 25 years thereafter traveled circuits in the conference preaching. He still preaches occasionally, or on special occasions. He asked to be superannuated many years ago on account of sickness in his family. Ralph McKee, formerly of this city and county, seems to be a pretty hard nut. He is a son of Dr. L. O. McKee, an oculist, or a traveling eyeglass fitter, who resided here several years prior to 1924, when he and his family moved to Colorado. Ralph gave his father some trouble during the World War by his bad conduct. About two years ago Ralph stole an automobile at Moberly from a relative and lit out for the West. A short while ago Ralph was seen at a farm house in the southwest part of the county with a fine car. The sheriff made a trip down there and arrested McKee and lodged him in jail. The car was a stolen one and was later recovered by the owner, who resided in another state. Ralph was taken before Judge W. A. Esry for a preliminary hearing, charged with the theft of the car at Moberly, and in default of a $1500 bond was remanded to jail. When his case came up before Circuit Judge Walker he had no funds to hire an attorney and the Judge appointed Judge Hammett to defend him. When his case was called in circuit court here last week, Ralph offered to plead guilty to the charge and take two years in the pen, but Judge Hammett was absent from the county and the Judge continued the case until Hammett returns. In the meantime the circuit clerk reduced his bond which Ralph was able to given and was released. It is claimed that the national government has a case against Ralph, and that was his motive to plead guilty to the state case, thinking to avoid arrest by national officers. Last week Ralph attended the Forest Green fair and there stole another car. While making his getaway Saturday through Chariton county a deputy sheriff halted him with drawn pistol. the deputy hopped on the running board of the car as Ralph started the car, refusing to surrender, and struck him over the head with the revolver while the auto was running pretty fast. The front wheels struck a rough place and threw the deputy from the running board, and breaking an arm, while Ralph made his getaway. So far as known he has not been captured. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 4--FATHER AND TWO CHILDREN DROWNED.--One of the most tragic accidents on record in Howard county happened about 6:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, Sept 15, when a father and two of his children were swept off a horse and drowned in the Bluffport creek which was swollen by the heavy rains of Wednesday. When it began to rain heavily on Wednesday afternoon, Edward White, who was 35 years of age, decided that he would go get his two children, Kenneth and Louise, who had been at Cross Roads school house attending school. And so he climbed on his horse and started towards the house of Irvin Frazie, where the children were waiting for him. Louise was ten years of age and Kenneth was eight. No great difficulty was encountered by Mr. White on his way to the house, and he and his children started on their way to their home, even though friends advised that they wait awhile until the water should go down. Mr. White, however, thought he could make it across the creek. Several minutes later the horse which Mr. White and his children were riding was seen coming back to the house in Irvin Frazie which it had left but a short time before. A search was then started, but the bodies of the drowned persons were not found. Monday afternoon, after searching parties had been looking along the creek up to its mouth, which is only about three-quarters of a mile distant, the dress of the little girls was found near the mouth of the creek, which empties into the Missouri river at that point. Searching parties are still looking for the bodies. Mr. white is survived by his wife and two children, both smaller than the two who were drowned. He with his wife and family lived at Bluffport, about six miles south of Glasgow. The parents of the drowned man, Mr. and Mrs. Will White reside in Springfield, Mo.--Fayette Democrat-Leader. ----------------------- Up to late yesterday no trace of any of the bodies had been found. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 6--JAS. S. BAILEY FOUND DEAD--Death Likely Due From Fall From Wagon, Which Passed Over Him. Interment at Mt. Pleasant.--James S. Bailey, one of the best known men of the Myers vicinity, was found dead by the side of his wagon on his farm Thursday of last week, and the presumption is that he either fell from his wagon or was knocked off by a low hanging telephone wire and was run over by the wagon, which was loaded with wood, and which he had gone to the woods to haul to the house an hour or two before. On account of the high water the coroner could not reach the Bailey home until next day, when an inquest was held, the verdict being that death was accidental and that it was likely caused from his having been run over by the wagon, as several ribs were broken and his breast crushed. The tracks of the wheels, which made a short sharp turn, indicated that he had stopped the team suddenly, which leads many to think that he was caught by the wire and jerked from the wagon. Mrs. Bailey testified that he was subject to some kind of spells at times, and it may be that he was so seized and fell. Deceased was 72 years old and was one of the substantial citizens of that part of Howard county, and was a consecrated christian gentleman, esteemed by all who knew him. He is survived by his widow and six children, viz: Ben, Nancy and George Bailey and Mrs. Fannie South, all of Moberly, and Ed and Scott Bailey of the Myers neighborhood. He is also survived by two brothers and one sister--Minter and Tom Bailey and Mrs. Ed. S. St. Clair. Funeral services were conducted Saturday by the Rev. W. H. Funderburk of Moberly at Mt. Pleasant church, where interment was made, the crowd being one of the largest seen at the church in months, despite rain and mud. The NEWS joins the community to the beloved wife and children. (Note: This last line appears to have had some words left out in the original printing. Probably something to the effect of "in extending condolences".) Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 6--MOSE BLANSETT STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS.--Mose Blansett, one of our best known and most highly respected citizens was stricken with paralysis while seated at the breakfast table about 6:30 Monday morning. He was lifting a cup of coffee to his lips when the stroke came. His speech and entire body, with the exception of his left hand was affected, since which time he has remained in about the same condition, and in which he still remained at the hour of going to press, although it was thought there might be a slight improvement in his throat. As Mr. Blansett is about 68 years of age and the stroke such a heavy one, grave fears for his recovery are entertained. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 6--Omer Foley, who attended school at Kirksville last year, and who spent his vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Foley, of south of town, left for Kirksville Monday where he will attend school the coming year. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 6--Will Burke went to Kansas City Sunday to see Mrs. Burke, who has been in a hospital there for three months or more. He reports her as doing nicely and thought she might be able to return home this week or next. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 6--Thos. Burton was here from Salisbury Tuesday and Wednesday, the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Burton. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 1--NO TRACE OF MISSING GIRL--Despite Efforts by Phone, Telegraph and Radio, No Trace Has Been Secured of Adalene Terrill, Kidnapped Last Week.--Up to the hour of going to press last night, nothing had been heard of Adalene Terrill, who was kidnapped while on her way to school Wednesday morning of last week, nor has a trace of the car been secured. It is now an assured fact that she was taken by her mother, as a picture of the latter was positively identified by George Patterson, who passed the car parked in the street a half dozen times on Tuesday, as that of the woman in the car. As several had stated positively that they had seen the car in the alley or on the vacant lot just to the west as late as noon Wednesday, there was some question as to when the car left town, some saying that it did not leave until noon, and which puzzled folks as to Adalene's whereabouts during the morning. But it is now known that the car left town shortly before 9 o'clock. N. J. Cleeton, who was on the south side of the street, coming down town, saw the child called to the car and saw the man open the door, take her by the hand and pull her in, but he thought nothing of it. The car then came out of the alley and headed west, turning north on Railroad street at the office of the Bell Telephone company, and was running, Mr. Cleeton said, about as fast as the wheels could be turned with safety. He noticed, too, as soon as the child was in the car a commotion in the back seat, which may have been the mother expressing her delight at once more holding her child in her arms, and again it may have been Madalene (should be Adalene) making an effort to break away from her captors, which is likely the better guess of the two, as Mrs. Belle Murphy, with whom she made her home, says she deserted the child when the latter was but four years old. Mrs. Murphy further advises us that her brother secured a divorce seven years before his death, which occurred two years ago, and that the mother never made any effort to secure the child, but on the other hand, seemed to be satisfied to be rid of her. However, she wrote occasionally to the child, and in one letter late last year told her that she wanted a letter from her for a Christmas present. In some of her other letters she reminded Adalene that she was her child and stated that they would be reunited some day, but in none of them did she intimate that she would secure her as she did. Mrs. Murphy not only did not object to the child writing to her mother, but insisted that she do so. The last letter received from the mother was last month, and which had not been answered, for the reason that there was so little in it the child did not think it hardly worth answering, or at least not by return mail. One letter written to her mother at her last known address was returned unopened. In a letter received after this, she complained of Adalene not having written, to which the child replied that she should not be expected to write when she did not know where to write. Inasmuch as the mother deserted the child at the tender age of four and seemed to care nothing about her, and as the man who accompanied her on the trip to Higbee last week looked and acted like a confirmed criminal, the chances are that the mother has taken an interest in the child because of the property the latter will come into. If that is her idea, however, she will likely get fooled, as Mrs. Murphy is the child's guardian, and the kidnappers can't get any of the money or make an attempt to do so without Mrs. Murphy being notified. Mrs. Murphy has not much hope of hearing from the child, as she says the latter is very easily persuaded, and it is to be supposed that her abductors will stuff her with all kinds of stories, making her believe, possibly, with the aid of some one who can win her confidence, that to even breathe a word as to her abduction would get Mrs. Murphy is all kinds of serious trouble. Every effort will be made to locate the parties, and above all, Adalene, which just now looks rather slim, unless they should attempt to get hold of any money or property belonging to the child. It is sincerely to be hoped they will be found and punished. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 2--BOY DEAD FROM TETANUS--J. P. Griggs, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Griggs of the Myers vicinity, died at the home of his parents Sunday morning following an illness of several days from tetanus, caused from his having run a rusty wire in his foot about a week before. Like many other boys, and men as well, he thought nothing of the injury at the time, and likely did not mention it to his parents. He complained in a day or two of not feeling well, but no thought was given to the injury, and he was brought to town when his limbs and body began to swell, the foot, however, not paining him in the least. The physicians discovering very strong evidences of tetanus, asked him if he had hurt himself in any way, and he then informed them that he had stuck a piece of rusty wire in his heel a few days before. From his condition they judged that there was little, if any, hope for him, and he was rushed home and given every care and medical attention, but all to no avail. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Perche church at 11 o'clock, and where interment was made, the crowd, despite the mud and rain, being an enormous one. Mr. and Mrs. Griggs have the sympathy of all in their sorrow. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 2--E. E. NEWMAN SALE--We printed bills this week for E. E. Newman, administrator of the estate of his mother, the late Mrs. S. E. Newman, who will sell a big lot of stock, implements, household goods, etc., on the 23rd at the farm northeast of town. This will be one of the largest sales in this community in a long time and will likely draw an immense crowd. It will be a rather unusual sale in one respect, at least, in that there are no horses, mules or hogs listed, they having been sold privately. See bills or ad in this issue for list of property. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 2--COMBINATION PUBLIC SALE--We printed bills this week for Arnold Tucker, John Winn and Ben Dixon, who will sell a lot of personal property on the old Cable farm, 4 miles northeast of Rucker on the 18th, a list of which can be seen in this issue. Mr. Tucker will move to a farm in Howard county. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 3--SUNDAY SCHOOL PINS AWARDED--Besides his regular duties as superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School, Geo. B. Walton had the pleasure last Sunday of awarding attendance pins to twenty-two pupils of the school, old and young, for continued attendance, they being awarded Evelyn Warren, John Roberts, Thomas Roberts, Raymond Mitchell, Raymond Longdon, Doris Lambier, Edna Lloyd, Elsie Walton, Dorothy Longdon and Mr. T. J. Cooper. Second year--Mrs. Barbara Harris, Cleeton Humphrey, Omega Jones, and Paul Kelso. Third year--Bertha Wright, Stella Wrights, Juanita Walton, Ranking Little. Fourth year--Francis Randolph. Fifth year, Aubrey Humphrey, Seventh year, Mrs. John Hudson, Eighth year, Mr. Paul Kelso. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 3--GLEN KIRBY INJURED--Glen, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kirby, was quite painfully injured Friday night of last week, while returning home from a social gathering, his horse running away with him. He became violently ill, suffering from cramps in his arms and limbs, indicating acute indigestion or ptomaine poisoning, just before the animal began to run, and being unable to control it, thought the safest plan was to unload, which he did, receiving what was at first thought to be serious injuries, but which the physician found to be caused from his stomach. He was very ill for a short time, but was about as usual in a day or so. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 3--WILLIAMS WITH FORNEY CLOTHING COMPANY--The many Higbee friends of J. A. Williams, known to his familiars as "Tookie," and until the recent fire in the clothing business in Moberly, will be glad to learn that he is still in the clothing game, having accepted a position with the Forney Clothing Co., the oldest firm of its kind in Moberly. He will be quite an acquisition to the firm, as he is immensely popular, is thoroughly conversant with the business and is a fine salesman, and is always as pleasant as his perpetual smile would indicate. We congratulate both Mr. Williams and Forney's. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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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, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 4--James Burns, who has been living at the Odd Fellow Home at Liberty for several years, was the guest of old Higbee friends the latter part of last week, going to Mexico for a visit on Friday. He says the home is a wonderful place and that the present superintendent is the best ever in charge of the institution. Mr. Burns' parents located in this vicinity several years before the Katy railroad was built, following which, on the opening of the mine at old Russell, Mr. Burns took up the occupation of mining and which he followed until going to the home. The first shaft ever put down in this vicinity, he advised us, was just north of where the Katy depot now stands, but which was filled up on account of a large stream of water having been struck. Those having the enterprise in charge then opened the mine at Russell. Although 73 years old, Mr. Burns looks better than he ever did and seems to be enjoying life, and old friends join the NEWS in the hope that he has many more pleasant years before him. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5--Will Thomas, David Magruder and James Warford, who have been in Wyoming for two or three years, where they have employment with an oil company at Midwest, came home Monday for a visit, making the trip by auto. They are very much in love with the West. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Cyrus Bradley died Thursday September 2 at the sanitarium at Fulton. She had been mentally deranged for a number of years. She leaves two sons and two daughters besides her husband. Interment was made at Fairview Friday. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Miss Dorothy and Dallas Wheeler went to Higbee Sunday where they entered high school Monday, rooming with their grandmother, Mrs. Cynthia Lay, for the school term. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--The following enjoyed a motor trip to Jefferson City Wednesday, visiting the state capitol and prison: Mr. and Mrs. Milt Wheeler and children, Dallas, Dorothy, Denver, Dale, Bernice and Ganelle, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Fred White and son and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carr. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 5&6--BUOY REUNION--The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Fowlkes was the scene of a very pleasant gathering Sunday, August 29, it being the place where the reunion was held in honor of the Buoy cousins of Iowa. The guests arrived at an early hour and all brought well filled baskets. At the noon hour a bountiful dinner was served and needless to say was enjoyed by all. The afternoon was spent in conversation, old-time violin music and kodaking. Those present: Mr. and Mrs. Lee South, Mr. and Mrs. Dudley South, Mr. and Mrs. Griggs and children, Martha, Fern and Catherine, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Buoy and daughter, Hollis of Coryndon, Iowa. Mrs. N. Torkelson, Mystic, Iowa, Joe Buoy, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Buoy and children, C. L. and Ruth Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gilmore and son Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Griff Stone and daughter Irene, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Atkins and children Durwood and Howard Jr., Mrs. Sarah Gilmore, Mrs. Mary Toalson, Mrs. Ora Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Rupard, Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Stone, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Rupart and son Francis, Mr. and Mrs. Tom St. Clair, Mr. and Mrs. John Roberts, Mr. and Mrs. Port Copher, Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Pitney, Mr. and Mrs. George Berks and children Roma and Roy, Willie Gillum and children Nadine, Blanche and Carl, Odessa and Eula Atkins, Ethel Gilmore, Minnie Fowlkes, Lena St. Clair, Idella Johnson, Fern and Lurlene Gillum, Marvin Toalson, Carrol Johnson, Clarence Fowlkes, Carl and Paxton Johnson, Joe Hudson, Andy St. Clair, John White, Johnnie Fowlkes, Brice Lewis, Burlie Fowlkes and Russel Franklin. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 1--Miss Margaret Kelso of Moberly spent Sunday with her mother, Mrs. Jane Kelso. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 1--Walter Jones of Kenosha Wis is the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 1--Vern Andrews returned to his home in Olathe, Kan., Sunday after a visit with his brother, Omer Andrews, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 2--Born on the 3rd, to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Neal, a daughter. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 2--Born, on the 4th, to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Dennis, a daughter. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 2--Born, on the 6th, to Mr. and Mrs. Will Sumpter, a daughter. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 2--Wood Burton left Friday for Herculaneum, near St. Louis, where he will teach the coming year. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--Clifford Vaught, mechanic at Murphy's garage for the past several months, moved back to Marshall Tuesday. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--Lola Ray, aged 10, a pupil in Anderson school, fell from a swing at the school Monday and broke her right arm. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--Miss Gladys Andrews left Monday night for Chicago where she will teach the coming year in the Sherman School of Music. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--The 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Moore fell from his horse at the Hamilton school house Monday and broke his left arm. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--A daughter was born on the 7th to Dr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Ewell of Kansas City, making Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wright of this place grandparents. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--O. D. Dulany of Denver, Colo., and sister, Mrs. Clara Arnett, of St. Louis, were the guests of their brother, Emmett Dulany, and family, Monday. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 3--Mrs. Ernest Barton and little son left yesterday for Tulsa, Okla. Mr. Barton, who is in the navy, will be released on the 18th, and will join her at that place. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 4--Mrs. Matthew Evans, Mrs. Bernice Roberts and Miss Margaret Williams returned to their homes in Chicago Friday after a visit with Higbee relatives and friends. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 4--Mrs. T. B. Magruder, who was taken to a Moberly hospital two weeks ago, where she was operated on for tumor, has so far recovered as to be able to return home today. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 4--Miss Alberta Andrews, who spent the summer in California, and who will teach in the Kansas City schools the coming year, was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Andrews, Sunday. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 4--Dr. G. M. Nichols received a message Tuesday advising him of the death that day, at his home in New Mexico, of his grandson, Jack Minor, aged 12, the son of his daughter, Pauline, deceased. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 5, Col 5--Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Warford returned Saturday from a month's visit with their son, Roger Warford, of Ridge, Montana. They liked the country, but say that they would not care to live there, unless they were many years younger. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 1, Col 3--MRS. J. C. TAYLOR DEAD--Mrs. J. C. Taylor died at her home near Armstrong Thursday, September second. She had been in ill health for some time but her condition was not serious until a short time before her death. Mrs. Taylor was fifty years of age. She is survived by her husband, Judge J. C. Taylor, and one son, Robert. Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at two o'clock conducted by Rev. John M. Turnage, assisted by Rev. U. S. Randall. Interment was made in Old Chapel Cemetery.--Fayette Advertiser. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 1, Col 3--JUNIOR KEITER INJURED--Junior Keiter, son of Rev. and Mrs. E. Y. Keiter, of 901 South Williams street, is recovering from injuries received while he was playing football Thursday evening. The South William's street junior eleven was practicing near the home of C. C. Hon of 730 South Williams street when Junior was tripped and fell backwards striking his head on the curb. The result was a slight concussion of the brain.--Moberly Home Press. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 1, Col 5--HIGBEE BOYS DOING WELL--J. S. Warford who returned Saturday from a visit with his son, Roger, at Ridge, Montana, tells us that he saw Charles and "Babe" Solberg, each of whom has a big ranch near that town, and who are prospering, their friends in old Higbee will be glad to learn. Mr. Warford says they have several hundred head of cattle, all as fat as butter, and about 200 acres of as fine alfalfa as one would care to see, as well as good wheat. The latter, however, owing to the fact that they are fifty miles or more from a railroad, is not as profitable as it would be otherwise, but good roads and trucks will soon take care of the difference. Mr. Warford said that when he spoke of their being so far from a railroad, "Babe" came right back at him with the remark "I wish we were another 50 miles away." Mr. Warford's son, Roger, has a ranch of 320 acres and is going to file on that much more, Mr. Warford stated. He says that game is quite plentiful, as are, also, rattlesnakes, and states that while he was there Roger killed one of each with a monkeywrench. He says that all the boys sent so many messages back to old friends that he can't think of even half of them. One message to the NEWS from Chas. Solberg was for us to keep whooping 'er up for Jim Reed--the biggest man in the country, and who he will gladly support for the presidency if the Democrats only have brains enough to nominate him. According to Mr. Solberg, Senator Reed has the confidence and respect of the entire West, because they know he is honest, is never afraid to express himself and one always known where to find him. In Mr. Solberg's opinion, Reed could come nearer carrying the Northwest than any man the Democrats could name, and that Republicans in that section would vote for him by the thousands. Tens of thousands of Republicans the country over are praying for a chance to do that very thing. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 1, Col 5--RAGSDALE FAMILY REUNION--The fourteenth reunion of the Ragsdale family was held at the new country home of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Owens north of town last Sunday, and despite the mud and rain a good crowd was on hand. It was the first time in the fourteen years that the pleasure of the occasion had been marred by rain. While the attendance was necessarily smaller than on any previous occasion, the day was enjoyed by all fully as much as any of the previous reunions, and the dinner served was also up to par, if not a little beyond. Those present: Mrs. Thos. Owens and sons, Joel and Clarence, Ft. Collins, Col; Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Hume, Mr. and Mrs. Clint Barry, Kansas City; Mrs. Henry Powell and son, Frank, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hughes and children and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gruber and children, and Chas Owens of Prairie Home. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 1, Col 5--NEW KROGER MANAGER--C. H. Jones, manager of the Kroger store here for a year or more, resigned the latter part of last week and has been succeeded by E. A. Steffins of Marshall. Mr. Jones is thinking of going to California, we learn. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 1, Col 6--CLODS RATTLED ON COFFIN; HE CAME FORTH--The reunion of Thomas Barnes of Kirksville and Oliver J. Morrison and J. W. Murphy of Burlington, Iowa, last week, their first meeting in 59 years, recalls an item that was given to the Appeal last summer by the minister who baptized Barnes, who once was pronounced dead, placed in a coffin, lowered into the grave and shocked back to consciousness as the clods rattled down upon the coffin. In 1867 the three friends, then small boys, playmates and schoolmates, were living in the little town of Luray, Mo. In the summer of that year there came a visitation of the Asiatic cholera to the town with a caravan of immigrants moving overland to Kansas. The afflicted families lay out on the ground in the rude camp, near the Barnes home. In a short time all the Barnes family were down with the cholera. Daniel Barnes, the father, his wife and one son, George, died of the disease and were buried in the Combs cemetery. Thomas Barnes hung on, clung to life but finally, as it appeared, died. Dr. Payne, the village physician, pronounced him dead. Preparations were made to bury him. He was placed in a rude coffin and taken to the cemetery on a hand cart. Not many persons volunteered in those days for such purposes. The two mourners and cart pushers were Oliver J. Morrison and Riley Draper. Thos. Rives and Wm. Todd had dug a shallow grave, not over two feet deep, during the night. It was now 4 o'clock of an October morning and a drizzling rain was falling. The coffin and its occupant were lowered in this shallow grave. At this juncture Mr. Draper insisted upon conducting a religious service and went across the road to a nearby house to obtain a Bible. Quite providentially this short delay saved Barnes' life. Tired of waiting for the return of Draper, Morrison had thrown a few shovels full of dirt on the foot of the coffin. The noise served to arouse Barnes from his trance. He managed to push the lid off of the coffin and sit upright. His first words were, "What are you going to do with me, Oliver?" Then he fell to screaming with terror, being a boy of only 13 years, but good Mr. Draper took him in his arms, comforting him and quieted his fears and Todd braced him up with a drink of whisky. This all transpired 59 years ago at the Combs burying ground at Luray. Tom Barnes recovered his health, grew to manhood, has lived a long and industrious life, and at 72 has a bright mind and normal body. His home for many years past has been at Kirksville, Mo. In his drive over here last Sunday he stopped at the old Barnes homestead near Luray and at the Combs cemetery, and was able, with the assistance of Byron Combs to locate the exact spot where Rives and Todd dug his grave in 1867. "I knew when Dr. Payne felt my pulse and remarked to Draper and Morrison that I was dead--and concluding from this that I must be dead and on my way to some other state of existence, I lapsed for the time into unconsciousness. Since then, after thinking about the matter for many years and from every possible angle, I have reached the conclusion that father and mother and brother George may also have been buried alive and in a comatose state. Of course there is no language adequate to tell the horror of such a fate. But I blame no one. Two or three cholera victims were dying every day in the little town. It was a time of panic, confusion and terror in Luray, and the big job was to get the dead buried at all. While grave diggers could be secured, they ran away when this was done. Only two men in the town had the courage to bury the dead. These two men were Riley Draper, 40 years of age, and Oliver Morrison, 16 years of age. So far as I know, Riley Draper and Oliver Morrison buried all who died, including Benjamin Morrison and wife, who were stricken with the disease while serving as volunteer nurses in the immigrant camp. "It was the clods rattling on my coffin, and the horror that suddenly dashed into my mind of being buried alive that enabled me to cry out in time to save myself," said Barnes. "it is very probably that I am the only man who has heard the clods falling on his own coffin and then got out alive. I sometimes wonder when I wake up in the middle of the night how many persons have heard the clods fall on their own coffins and who did not live to tell it. The fate is a fearful one, even just to think about."--Paris Appeal. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 3--SAWS THUMB OFF--Louis Thompson, residing near Burton, while working with a power saw Monday, got his left hand caught and pretty badly mangled, the thumb being injured to such an extent that it had to be amputated. The fingers it was thought, could be saved. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 4--Will Morlee returned the first of the week from Columbia where he had been to place his son, Gatha, in the University. He also had the pleasure of attending the corner-stone laying of the new Odd Fellow hall, which is to be, it is said, the first of its kind in the United States. Thursday, 9 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 19, Pg. 4, Col 4--Mrs. A. J. Snedeker is the guest of Higbee friends. She informs us that Mr. Snedeker's father, who lives at Laddonia, was stricken with paralysis five weeks ago and has since been in a very serious condition. Mr. Snedeker has many acquaintances here where he has frequently visited, and all join the NEWS in the hope for his recovery. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.