Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--THREE MOBERLY SUICIDES--Mrs. Harry Bernard of Moberly, following a quarrel Monday with a neighbor, drowned herself and 3-year-old son in Forest Park lake. Tuesday morning, Marion Thurman, with whose wife Mrs. Bernard had quarreled, threw himself in front of a passenger train in the Wabash yards and was instantly killed. It is stated that Mrs. Thurman had accused Mrs. Bernard and Thurman of being intimate. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--Here's to Higbee's soldier boys who leave today for Ft. Riley. May they return to home and loved ones, free of wounds and physically perfect and with the knowledge that their fight for democracy has made war an impossibility for their children's ' children. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--WM. BENTHAM DEAD--Wm. Bentham, who moved with his mother, Mrs. J. A. Holtzclaw, to Marissa, Ill, about three months ago, received injuries when he was struck by a train at Lenzburg, Ill, about 5 o'clock Friday evening of last week from which he died Monday. With several companions he had spent the day at Lenzburg, and was struck by the train he intended to take for home. They were some distance from the depot when the train was pulling in and its approach was hidden by a string of cars on the side track. The train was evidently closer than he thought, for Bentham ran directly in front of, or into, the engine as he ran from behind the cars on the siding. He was rushed to the hospital at Belleville, where it was found that his skull had been crushed. He died Monday at 1:30 p.m. never having regained consciousness. Mr. Bentham was 26 years old and was his mother's only child, and to whom the deepest sympathy of old Higbee friends goes out in her great sorrow. Funeral services were held at the home Wednesday and interment made in the Marissa cemetery with the full honors of the U. M. W. of A. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--FAREWELL TO SOLDIERS--Today will be a big day in Moberly for the soldier boys of Randolph and adjoining counties, who will entrain today for their several training camps. The Moberly Commercial club has arranged to serve a big basket dinner in Tannehill Park to the soldier boys and their parents. Speeches suitable to such an occasion will be delivered by Moberly 's leading citizens and the occasion all together promises to be one long to be remembered. the program follows: 8:00 a.m. all soldiers will report at court house. 9:00a.m. Music by Moberly band. 10 a.m. Soldiers and relatives will meet at park. 10:15 Music by Moberly and Roanoke bands. 10:30 Speeches, by W. P. Cave, A. B. Changer, and M. J. Lilly. 11:30 Dinner to soldiers and relatives. All trains bearing troops will be met at station and escorted up town by a band. No automobiles will be allowed on Reed Street between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., at which latter hour the soldiers will entrain. The following young men from Higbee will go to the front under the first call: Jesse Williams, Dysart Wilson, Gordon H. Rankin, David Sharp, J. W. Stevenson, Jas. Young, Elmer Fainter, Claude Reed, Arthur Towles and Arthur Duffield. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION--Wednesday, Sept 19, was a day long to be remembered at the home of Mrs. Polly Dennis, it being her 75th birthday, and the occasion was fittingly celebrated by children, neighbors and friends. Following the big dinner, which was fit for a king, the afternoon was most pleasantly spent by all, and at a late hour the guests departed, wishing Mrs. Dennis many more such happy birthdays. Those present: Oren Lessly and family, S. W. Pitney and family, E. Dennis and family, Jeff Robb and family, Alfred Dennis and family, Cooper Dennis and family, Virgil Phillips and family, W. J. Phillips and family, Mrs. Sina Pitney, Mrs. Beatrice Gooch and daughter, Moe Lay and wife, Mose Blansett and wife, Amos Magruder and wife, Jerry Golden, wife and daughter, Joel Robb and wife, Elmer Dennis and family, Mrs. Mollie Cook, Thos. Robb, Sam Blakely, Chas., Ben and Willard Grapes, Marion Dennis, Mrs. Thos. Dennis, Mrs. Ida Moffit and children and Mrs. Alice Jones. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--CARD OF THANKS--We wish to extend our sincere thanks to the good people of Elliott and vicinity for their kindness to us during the illness and death of our beloved baby, Mildred. May God bless each and all of you. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--Luke Sharp and Martin Tabor were called to Marissa, Ill, Monday to attend the funeral of their nephew, Will Bentham. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Turner received the pleasing news Friday that their son, Dr. Howard Turner, who has been practicing dentistry in St. Louis for the past year of two, had been commissioned a first lieutenant in the Dental Corps by Surgeon General Gorgass. The NEWS joins Dr. Turner's many old Higbee friends in congratulations. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--Hammett Calvin, who shot and killed Jack Stapp in a crap game near New Franklin a few weeks ago, plead guilty in circuit court at Fayette Monday and was given 20 years. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--Mildred, the 17-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Smith of Elliott, died at their home in that place Thursday, Sept 13, after a short illness from pneumonia and whooping cough. Funeral services were held at the home by Eld. Wm. Kelson and interment made in the city cemetery. In the loss of their only child the fond parents have the deepest sympathy of all. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Williams, who have been in King City since leaving here early in the summer, were the guests of Higbee friends during the week. They will not locate among us again, we are sorry to state, but will locate in Pattonsburg, where Mr. Williams will engage in the jewelry business. He will also farm on an extensive scale, he and his father having rented 360 acres. Here's hoping that he raises a million bushels of $2 wheat and the biggest corn crop northwest Missouri--the land of good corn--ever produced. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--Mrs. W. H. Welch returned Saturday from a visit with relatives in southwest Missouri. She was accompanied home by her sister, Mrs. Mary Walker, of Wheatland, who will spend a week or two. Friday, 21 September 1917, Vol. 31, No 25--Jas. F. Whitmore left yesterday for Ogden, Utah, where he has a position as teacher in one of that city's best commercial schools. (Kathy's notes: The last week of September, and the months of October through December of 1917, were missing from the roll of microfilm. They have never been filmed, and as far as I can tell, are lost forever. There is a small ray of hope, however, because in the later years of the paper, the Higbee News carried a column called "the long ago and far away" in which they reprinted news from the earlier issues of the paper. At least part of this time period was covered, because I was able to get an obituary for a family member from the later posting of this time period in the news. But for now, we have just lost those three months.) Kathy Bowlin, Additions, corrections, comments welcome.