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, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 1--MRS. BEN STRAIN DEAD--Mrs. Ben Strain, who had been in poor health for some time, and who had been critically ill for the past three weeks, but who seemed to be a great deal better Wednesday of last week, took a sudden turn for the worse the next day, and passed peacefully away at the family home in Yates at 2:25 a. m., Monday, May 9, 1927, aged 47 years. Deceased was the daughter of Hiram and Susan Fox and was born in Indiana on April 13, 1880, and came with the family to this county in her early girlhood, living for many years in the vicinity of Renick, and was married in that place on December 21, 1899, to Benjamin S. Strain. They were the parents of four children, all of whom, with the father, survive, vix: Earl, of this place, Roy and William and Miss Juanita, of the home. She leaves two grandchildren, Earl Edward, Jr., and Martha Geraldine. She is also survived by five brothers and three sisters--Albert Fox of Moulton, Iowa; Geo. Fox, Glenwood, Mo.; Jesse Fox, Nebraska; James and Joe Fox, Clark; Mrs. Nora Strain, Excello; Mrs. Anna Matthewson, Kansas City, Kansas, and Mrs. Alice Bradley, Clark, besides a large number of more distant relatives and a legion of friends, for she was a favorite with all who knew her. She was a devout member of the Baptist church, with which she united in 1910 in Moberly, moving her membership to the church at Yates four years ago. She was also a member of Higbee Rebekah lodge and of the Woman's Benefit Association of Moberly. She was a truly christian character, the truest of friends and all that a neighbor could be, as all such can testify, and will be sadly missed by all who knew her as well as by her loved ones. Funeral services were conducted at the Yates Baptist church yesterday afternoon by the Rev. Wilcoxson of Fayette, the crowd taxing the capacity of the church, and interment made in Higbee cemetery with full honors of the Rebekah Sisters, who had charge of the services. In the death of this good woman the family as well as the community has suffered an irreparable loss, and the deepest sympathy of all goes out to the bereft husband and children. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 1--DAMAGE SUIT SETTLED--Damages in the amount of $650 were paid yesterday by Henry Graham to Ernestine Dougherty as a result of a suit filed in the Circuit Court here recently following an accident in which Miss Dougherty sustained injuries. Attorneys for Miss Dougherty were also allowed $300 in fees. Court costs were also paid by Graham.--Fayette Democrat-Leader. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 2--T. H. WILLIAMS DEAD--The many Higbee friends and acquaintances of T. H. Williams, a former well-known resident, will be sorry to learn of his death, which occurred at his home in Springfield, Ill., on April 27, from cancer, with which he had been afflicted for several years. He was a native of Wales and was about 76 years old. He came to this country when quite a young man and moved to Higbee some thirty years ago, going to Springfield about twenty years ago, and where he had since resided. He was a most unobtrusive christian gentleman, and during his residence in Higbee was the faithful leader of the Methodist church choir. He is survived by one son, Benjamin, more familiarly known to Higbee folks as "Banty," and two daughters, Mrs. Geo. Morlee and Mrs. Nettie Hill, both of Springfield. Interment was made in Springfield by the side of his wife, who passed away about ten years ago. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 2--LODGE OFFICERS ENTERTAINED--Mrs. Roy Richards entertained the officers of the Rebekah lodge Wednesday evening of last week with a tacky party, all the guests being attired in all kinds of old style and tacky costumes. The time was spent in contests of various kinds, chief of which was one of spelling, the prize for the best speller being awarded Mrs. Myrtle Atkins. Mrs. Miller Robb won the prize for being the most appropriately dressed, while other prizes were awarded Misses Faunchion Griggs and Gladys Bradley. Refreshments were served and at a late hour all departed thanking the hostess for a most delightful evening. Guests other than members were Mrs. Dewey Goin, Mrs. Alfred Towles and Miss Gladys Bradley. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 2--TWO CHILDREN IN HOSPITAL--Helen, 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dinwiddie, who was seized by an attack of acute appendicitis Thursday night, was taken to a Boonville hospital the next day on the advice of Dr. C. F. Burkhalter, who accompanied the little patient and Mr. and Mrs. Dinwiddie, and where she was operated on as soon as possible. The operation disclosed the fact that she was brought just in time, for in a few hours more it would have developed into a bad pus case. Tuesday, Helen's little brother, Junior, aged 7 years, was taken to the same hospital for an operation for hernia, caused from his having overexerted himself following his return from the hospital where he was operated on for appendicitis, and which was one of the worst possible cases, and whose recovery was a matter of grave doubt for several days. Both patients, we are mighty glad to state, are doing nicely, and with no backsets should be able to come home in a short time. Appendicitis, it would seem, has a special grudge at Mr. Dinwiddie and his family, as Mr. Dinwiddie, several years ago, had it about as bad as anyone ever did to get well, and who was down for week and months. Along with his other friends we trust that the present trip to the hospital will be the last for any member of the family. Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 3--HIGBEE BOYS TAKE UP PHARMACY--Mrs. Thos. Osburn received a letter Sunday from her son, Berthel, who, with Tyre Patterson and Morris Cooper, enlisted in the Navy several weeks ago, and are now located at Hampton Roads, Va., in which he advised her that his company would break up Monday to go different places, some to school and some to sea, and that he and Tyre and Morris had taken up pharmacy and would enter school at the U. S. Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. He also sent a photo of himself in uniform, and a card to her for Mother's Day, and which read: "To the best mother that ever lived: Today is Mother's Day, and I am sending this word of love and greeting which is a very small return for all the years of love, of tenderness and care you have given me. Away from you and the old home, my heart goes back to you in affection and gratitude as never before, and with the passing years there comes the deeper and stronger realization that all that I am, all I hope to be, I owe to you. There are plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, but only one mother in this wide, wide world. May all the choicest blessings of our Heavenly Father unite in making this day a bright and smiling one for you." Thursday, 12 May 1927, Vol 41, No. 1, Pg. 1 Col. 4--MRS. EMMA SMITH DEAD--Mrs. Emma Smith, for fifty years or more a resident of Higbee, but who went to live with a niece, Mrs. Chas. Turner, near Kansas City, several weeks ago, died at the state hospital in Fulton, where she was taken only a few weeks ago for treatment, on the 6th, aged 79 years. The body was brought to Higbee Sunday and taken to her old home, where short services were held by Mr. John Race, and interment made in Burton Cemetery, by the side of her husband who passed away some ten years ago. Never strong, the sudden death of her husband was a blow from which she never recovered. Deceased was born in Tennessee in 1848, and at the age of 15 was married to John F. Smith of South Carolina, coming with him to this state not long after and where she had since resided, and in Higbee most of that time. Though they were the parents of no children, the latter were not unknown in their home, they having reared several orphans, and who were loved as dearly as if they were their very own. Deceased was a sister of the late T. J. Moss, who began his wonderfully successful career in the tie and timber business in Higbee. She is survived by two sisters who reside in the South, and a number of nephews and nieces. She had been a member of the Christian church for many years, and until her health failed she was always taking an active part in all departments of church work. She will long be pleasantly remembered by those who knew her best, and especially by her neighbors. In her passing a good woman has been called from among us to her just reward. Peace to her ashes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.