19 Sep 1891--SPECIAL EDITION ABOUT THE TOWN OF HIGBEE--AND EASY RIDER--Thomas & Son claim to Sell the Easiest Riding Cart on Earth.--Thomas & Son No 215 North Williams Street, make harness and saddles and sell buggies, carriages and carts, as well as all kinds of agricultural and farm implements. A good rig is a desirable (some missing) plement or machine used. In Moberly their work is so well known that no word from the news is necessary, but in Moniteau township there are many farmers and owners of good horses who do not know how many fine goods are carried by them, nor of the varied stock of implements always on hand. It is to those that we wish to call attention to the many good goods carried by Thomas & Son, and their reliability as dealers. Their prices are always low and their goods always the best in the market. 19 Sep 1891--SPECIAL EDITION ABOUT THE TOWN OF HIGBEE--(first part missing) Dry Goods, Carpets, Notions, boots, shoes, etc, .....A reference to the mercantile interests of Moberly develops the existence of a class of houses prepared to compete with the rival establishments of any city. Their complete stock, ample resources and high commercial standing, are matters of which the city has every cause to feel proud. It is not our mission to institute comparisons, but to present the main features and chief attraction of the several houses which in friendly rivalry are competing for public patronage. Among these the casual observer must accord to C. Feldenheimer & Bro. a foremost position. It is the oldest house in Moberly. These gentlemen occupy one of the largest and best arranged establishments in the city, each department being complete in its particular character. The stock carried consists of a full line of dry goods, fancy goods, carpets, boots and shoes, etc, all good being purchased from manufacturers and importers in large quantities for cash, as the principle on which the store is conducted in that of giving full value for the money, and finding its emolument in increasing sales rather than large profits. The business management is liberal and enterprising, and will not fail to do all that can be done to maintain the reputation of their goods, and keep them always up to that point which tamps them as standards of excellence. Such is the firm of C. Feldenheimer & Bro. Nos. 212 and 214 Reed Street. 19 Sep 1891--SPECIAL EDITION ABOUT THE TOWN OF HIGBEE--SIXTY YEARS ON ONE FARM--An Enterprising Citizen Who is Doing Good Work for Higbee--P. J. Christian, now a resident of Higbee, lived for sixty years on his farm two miles north of town before locating in Higbee. He is sixty-eight years of age and all but ten of them were spent in tilling the soil in Randolph county, and all the time on one farm. Two years ago he sold a portion of his land and invested the proceeds in Higbee real estate. His faith in the future of the city is unbounded and he now owns five of the best dwelling houses in town and derives a neat income from the rental of them. Mr. Christian has three daughters, Misses Laura, Mary F., and Josephine, but no sons. Mrs. Christian has been dead for a number of years and the young ladies are all living at home, vying with each other in making life pleasant for their aged father. Mr. Christian still owns the homestead farm, but having secured a competency for his old age has retired from active farm duties and will make Higbee his future home and aid to no small extent in furthering its best interests. He is a citizen which any city might be glad to own, and his daughters are very popular with all who have the honor of knowing them. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.