Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--NEW FURNITURE STORE--Geo Lloyd and Robert Williams have formed a partnership and will conduct a furniture store and undertaking parlor in the building recently vacated by M. T. Stevenson, and expect to be ready for business about Nov 1. They will start with only a small furniture stock owing to lack of room, paying more attention to the undertaking business, which department will be full and complete in every particular, and which will be in charge of Mr. Williams, who learned the art of embalming under the late F. H. James, and who was recently licensed by the State Board of Embalmers. Messrs. Lloyd and Williams are two of Higbee's well known and well liked young men, and will no doubt meet with success from the start. The News, along with other friends, trust that such will prove true and that they will soon have to engage larger quarters. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--C. R. Moore, who sold his farm north of town last week to Blackford Adams, purchased the W. O. Smith farm of 160 acres two miles south of Yates Monday at $75 per acre. The sale was made by W. F. Jones. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--John Walton on Monday purchased the W. H. Burton residence property on Randolph street, occupied by Joe W. Burton, for $2600, and will move as soon as he can get possession. The sale was made by W. F. Jones. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--Roy Reed, who has decided to enter the ministry, informs us that he will move to Liberty in a few weeks where he will enter William Jewel College. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--Thursday, the 16th, being the fifth birthday of Dorothy Rose, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Walton, she was given a birthday party, having as her guests Doris Lambier, Mary Roberts, Charlotte Burkhalter and Ruby Frances Terrill. Games and refreshments made it a day that will long be remembered by each. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--Oren Lessly is again back in harness selling groceries, having taken charge of that department in Andrews & Burton's big store, succeeding E. L. Bradley. The firm couldn't have found a more competent or accommodating man for the place, and that Mr. Lessly will keep his department right up to the minute and add many new customers goes without saying. We are not advised as to what Mr. Bradley will do. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--In circuit court at Moberly Tuesday Mrs. Homer Riley of this place was granted a final decree of divorce and her maiden name, Maud Pauline Embree, restored. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--Claude Stevenson, who is at work at Marissa, Ill., spent the first of the week here with his mother, Mrs. M. T. Stevenson. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--(Divorce notice) Neola Evans, Plaintiff, vs. Dowery Evans, Defendant. Grounds were desertion. Scheduled for 8 Dec 1919, in Huntsville. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--A. C. HOLTZCLAW NEAR DEATH--A. C. Holtzclaw, who has been suffering from cancer of the stomach for some time, was barely alive at the hour of going to press. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--Born, on the 20th, to Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Jones, a son. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--Mr. and Mrs. C. A. O'Dell, G. R. Rennolds and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. C. Hon attended the Van Studdiford-Blackwell wedding in Fayette Wednesday of last week. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--John Robb, who moved to Madison last spring, was the guest of Higbee relatives Friday, and informed us that he had moved to a farm near Clifton Hill, where he will farm the coming year. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--W. F. Jones on Wednesday sold the Lib. Cline residence property in the north part of town, now occupied by Dan Robb, to Albert Short and sister, Mrs. Joe Lessly, for $800. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--We printed bills this week for Tyra Edwards, who will sell a lot of personal property at his farm south of town on the 28th, a list of which can be seen in this issue. E. D. Foley will also sell quite a lot of stuff at the same time and place. Mr. Edwards, who recently sold his farm, will move to Moberly. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--SHAFER-DAVIS--Mr. May Will Shafer and Miss Berna Davis, announcement of whose wedding has been expected from week to week since Mr. Shafer's recent return from the army, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Will Lambier, went to Moberly Saturday where they secured a marriage license, going on with the latter to Excelsior Springs where the marriage was performed at 6:15 by the pastor of one of the city's churches in his study. They are expected home today with Mr. and Mrs. Lambier. The bride, whose parents reside in Salisbury, who has had charge of the dry goods department of Walton & Lambier's store for some four or five years, is one of Higbee's prettiest, most winsome and accomplished young ladies, possessed of every woman virtue calculated to make her home an ideal one. The groom, only son of J. Wes Shafer, is one of the town's very best young men--sober, industrious and reliable, and generally recognized by all as a young man of sterling worthy and character, and about as free of bad habits as any young man ever gets to be. That sunshine and happiness may ever attend them is the wish of the NEWS and a wide circle of friends. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--Mrs. Jennie Griffith, best remembered by Higbee folks as Mrs. Jennie Cook, orders the NEWS sent to her at 1905 Ogden St, Denver, Colo. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--Isaac Jones last week purchased the old Johnson residence on Railroad street from the heirs for $2600, and will move to same as soon as he can get possession. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--LEE REED DEAD--Lee, the 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reed, who had been suffering from diphtheria for ten days, but who was believed to have recovered to such an extent that all danger was passed, died very suddenly and unexpectedly about noon, Saturday, October 18, 1919. He had never been strong, and while he was apparently on the road to recovery, the disease had so weakened him, that his heart suddenly failed him, and his death was painless. Funeral services, owing to the nature of the disease, was held at the city cemetery Sunday afternoon by Rev. Wm. Kelso in the presence of a large crowd. The deepest sympathy of all goes out to the bereft parents. A brother, who was the first to take the disease, and who had fully recovered, survives. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--PLAYING AT THE GEM--"Riders of the Purple Sage" with Wm. Farnum. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--DR. WINN HOME--Dr. J. W. Winn, who offered his service to Uncle Sam for service overseas, but who got no further than Texas, on account of the armistice, and where he had been located for the past year, arrived home Sunday, having received his discharge from the service. When he disposed of his drug store just prior to entering the army it was his intention on his return to locate in a larger place than Higbee. We are not advised as to his future plans, but trust, along with his legion of other friends, that he has changed his mind and that he will resume his practice here. Friday, 24 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 27--SUSPECTED ROBBERS ARRESTED--Jerry and James Ronimous, former residents of this county, it is said, and Lester Dilley, said to be from Iowa, were arrested at the carnival grounds here Wednesday evening by Marshal W. I. Williams and chief Marshal of Moberly, at the request of the authorities at Ottumwa, Ia. Jas. Ronimous was wanted, it is said, for housebreaking and his brother Jerry, for highway robbery. Dilley, it is said, was also wanted for robbery. The parties, we understand, arrived here in advance of the carnival for the purpose of operating a Toll rack, but considered the management's terms too steep. They were taken to Moberly yesterday and placed in jail to await the arrival of Iowa officers. Friday, 31 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 28--ISSUE MISSING. Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.