Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--MRS. JOEL OWEN DEAD--It again becomes the sad duty of the News to chronicle the passing of another of this community's Christian women and mothers, Mrs. Joel Owen, who dropped dead in her home just north of town at about 5:30 p.m. Friday, October 10, 1919. She had been in her usual health, and was engaged in her regular housework when the summons came. Death was due to heart failure, and was doubtless instantaneous and painless, as Mr. Owen, who had stepped from the house for only a minute, found her dead on his return. Mrs. Owen, whose maiden name was Ragsdale, was born in this county on March 23, 1839, and was therefore 80 years and 7 months old. She was united in marriage to Joel Owens on April 18, 1863. They were the parents of seven children, all of whom, with the exception of Mrs. Elah Baker, survive, viz: Willard Owen, Higbee; Chas. Owen, Prairie Home; John Owen, Ft. Collins, Co; Mrs. Effie Hume, Kansas City; Thomas Owen, Higbee, and Jett Owen of Sapulpa, Okla. She also leaves a grandson, Ben Owen whom she had reared from infancy. Ten other grandchildren and five great- grandchildren also survive. She also leaves three brothers--Ben and John Ragsdale of Moberly, and Louis Ragsdale of Texas, and three sisters--Mmes, Annie Ragsdale, Nancy Jennings and Malissa Gilliam of Moberly. At a very early age Mrs. Owen United with the Baptist Church, and had held her membership with the old Sweet Springs Church near Huntsville for many years. She was all that a devoted wife and mother and consecrated Christian lady could be and it was a common expression of folks in referring to her that "if ever a good woman lived, that woman was Mrs. Joel Owen." Funeral services were conducted at the home Sunday by the Rev. Oscar Higgins, pastor of the Baptist church, the crowd being one of the largest that ever assembled in this community on a similar occasion, which spoke more forcefully than words of the high esteem in which she was held. Interment was made in the city cemetery. The news joins the community in condolence to her aged companion and the children. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--W. C. Cubbage writes us from Jacksonville, Fla., under date of the 8th: "Enclose you here with my check for $2. Keep The NEWS coming. Have to have it. I am now located here in Jacksonville. Have charge of the building of a large bridge across the St. John's river. Will take about a year and a half to do the work. My family is with me and all are enjoying the best of health." Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--MIDDLE GROVE MAN KILLS SELF AT MOBERLY--Wythe Harris, of the vicinity of Middle Grove, was one of the patrons who engaged a bed at the YMCA yesterday. Sometime in the early part of the evening he swallowed the contents of a two-ounce vial of carbolic acid and went on the long trail into the unknown. When his room was entered this morning at 8 o'clock, the lifeless body was found. It is thought from the condition of the body that life had been extinct for 8 to10 hours. Mr. Harris was about sixty-four years old and unmarried. His parents have passed on before him and he has no relatives nearer than a cousin. He had been in failing health and despondency is thought to have been the cause of his voluntary closing of his earthly days. He was a man of good reputation and held in respect by all who knew him. It was his father who first opened and established the reputation of Harris Springs. He was a retired farmer who spent a part of his time here and frequently spent periods at the YMCA--Moberly Democrat. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--C. R. MOORE SELLS FARM--C. R. Moore this week sold his farm of 120 acres, better known as the old Higdon farm, to J. B. Adams, the purchase price, we learn, being $100 per acre. We are not advised as to what Mr. Moore's intentions are, but understand that he is thinking some of returning to Virginia, his native state. The farm is one of the best in this immediate vicinity, and Mr. Adams is to be congratulated on its acquisition. The sale was made by W. F. Jones. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--We learn that Everett Jackson this week sold his farm of 160 acres, better known as the Collier place south of Yates, to Estill Robb at $65 per acre. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Thos. Osburn returned from Texas the first of the week. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Geo. Page purchased the Wm. Warford residence in the south part of town Wednesday for $500. The sale was made by W. F. Jones. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--W. H. WELCH, who has been seriously ill for the past ten days, remains about the same, and is growing gradually weaker day by day. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--J. D. Dougherty, who has been seriously ill at the home of his son, James, in the west part of town for several days, was thought to be a little better yesterday. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--DR. EDWARDS TO CALIFORNIA--Dr. E. D. Edwards, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Edwards of near town, who gave up his practice in St. Louis two years ago to enter the army, and who got no further than Camp Pike, Ark., where he was stationed at a base hospital, orders his address changed to Palo Alto, Cal., care of the Public Health Hospital. We are not advised as to whether or not he intends to remain in the West permanently. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--A letter received this week from Rothwell Sweeney, who has been at work at Norfolk, Va., since his discharge from the army several months ago, informs us that he expected to sail from New York yesterday for France. He goes to that country for Mrs. Sweeney, to whom he was married while in France as one of Uncle Sam's doughboys. He did not advise us as to when he would return, but from his opinion of France as expressed when he came home on a ten-day furlough, we suspect that he will take the first west bound boat possible. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Mrs. Jas. Shafer, who was taken to Kansas City two weeks ago for medical treatment, underwent a surgical operation Wednesday. She was doing nicely when last heard from. Her many friends join the NEWS in the hope that she will soon be able to return home restored to perfect health. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Fred Compton, employed as a driver at the Walton mine, was quite painfully hurt Monday, being caught by a string of cars, and had several ribs fractured, besides sustaining severe cuts and bruises. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Pete Walker, we learn, has secured a position as stationary engineer in Kansas City and will move to that place about Nov. 1. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are among Higbee's best people and will be given up with a great deal of regret by a host of friends. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Albert Smith returned to his home in Denver, Colo., Monday after a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. John Chesser and Mrs. N. A. Nichols, leaving his two little daughters who will visit with Mrs. Nichols until Christmas. It was Mr. Smith's first visit to Higbee since leaving here eighteen years ago. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--George Williams and daughter, Miss Genevieve, of Albia, Ia., who were called here last week by the illness of the former's daughter, Mrs. David Sharp, returned home Saturday. Mrs. Sharp, we are pleased to state, is now able to be up part of the time. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Mrs. John Maurer of Armstrong, while assisting her husband make molasses at the Frank Jones farm south of that place Monday, had her left hand so badly crushed in a cane mill that the arm had to be amputated just above the wrist. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE of our darling son, Corporal George Eddie Pitney, who was killed in France one year ago today October 16, 1918. (poem) Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Pitney. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Slaughter died on the 10th following a short illness. Interment was made in the city cemetery. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of all. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Born, on the 11th, to Mr. and Mrs. John Rankin, a daughter. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Mr. and Mrs. Forest Lee returned from Seneca, Wis., to which place they moved several weeks ago. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--Mrs. Frances Snyder of Armstrong bought the Chas. Kirby property in the southeast part of town this week and will move to Higbee. Mr. Kirby has purchased the Thos. Evans property in the north part of town. Mr. Evans, we learn, will move to Emporia, Kansas, and will leave about November 1. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--LONNON-NEWMAN--Mr. Ben E. Lonnon of Salida, Colorado, and Miss Ura Newman of this place were united in marriage at the residence of the officiating minister, the Rev. B. L. Smith, at Moberly, at 6 o'clock p.m., Thursday of last week, and left at once for Salina, where they will make their home, and where Mr. Lonnon is a railway employee. The bride is the daughter of Mrs. George Newman of near town, and has a host of friends who join The NEWS in congratulations and best wishes. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--CHAS HOKEY DEAD--Chas. Hokey, of Krebs, Okla., an uncle by marriage of Mrs. John Rankin of this place, and quite well known to our older citizens, died at his home in that place Saturday. He is survived by his widow, four sons and one daughter, all of Oklahoma, and two brothers and two sisters who reside in this state. Mr. Hokey was a past grand officer of Oklahoma Odd Fellows and past grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias. He had resided at Krebs since 1876, and had been engaged in the drug business since 1888. Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--BOTTINI-STEVENSON--Mr. Pete Bottini and Miss Edna Stevenson of this place were married in Moberly on the 11th, but by whom we did not learn. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Stevenson, of this place and is one of Higbee's prettiest, sweetest, and most sensible young ladies, and is a general favorite among a wide circle of acquaintances. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bottini of near Yates and is a young man of character and worth. That happiness may ever attend them is the wish of The NEWS. (Kathy's notes: I don't know if Bottini was the original name of this family or not, but the previous issues of the paper have always referred to them as Bottino. Bottino was the way it was spelled when I knew this man, as a old man in my home town of Marissa, Ill, when I was a young girl.) Friday, 17 Oct 1919, Vol 33. No 26--TRUSTEE'S SALE--Whereas, M. T. Stevenson and Malinda Stevenson, his wife, did by their certain deed of trust, dated June , 1908, and recorded in mortgage book 46, at page 56, in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Randolph County, Mo., convey to W. F. Jones, trustee, the following described real estate, lying and being in the County of Randolph and State of Missouri, to-wit: All of lot one (1) in block two (2) in Owen's Addition to the town of Higbee, Randolph County, Mo., as the same appears on the plat of said town on file in the Recorder's office at Huntsville, Mo., which said conveyance was made to secure the payment of a certain promissory note in said deed described; and, whereas, default has been made in payment of said note and interest; now therefore, at the request of the legal holder of said note, and in pursuance of the provisions of said deed of trust, I will, on Monday, November 10, 1919, at the post office door in the city of Higbee, Mo., between the hours of 9 o'clock in the forenoon and 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that day, sell at public venue to the highest bidder for cash the above described real estate to satisfy said note and interest, together with the cost of executing this trust. W. F. Jones, Trustee. (1st ins. Oct. 10; last Nov. 7.) (Kathy's notes: After World War I ended, the paper started running quite a few more personal items, especially of the "Mrs. So-and-so visited her sister Mrs. So-and-so". There are notices of groups that meet on a regular basis; fraternal groups, unions, social clubs, and churches. If I had unlimited time to transcribe these reels, I would include them all, because sometimes those are the pieces that are the breakthrough for a brick wall. But, because I am on a time schedule, I am forced to skip most of those. I want to stress to all of you, if you have quite a few family lines in this area, you would benefit from reading this paper yourself, from microfilm. I will try to include property transfers, moves to and from other locales and some court actions. I will continue to include all birth, marriage and death notices. I just want to remind everyone, that these articles are gleanings ONLY, and not a complete transcription of everything in the paper. I frequently have to make judgment calls on what I can and cannot include because of time.) Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections comments welcome.