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, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 1--NO TRACE OF MISSING GIRL--Despite Efforts by Phone, Telegraph and Radio, No Trace Has Been Secured of Adalene Terrill, Kidnapped Last Week.--Up to the hour of going to press last night, nothing had been heard of Adalene Terrill, who was kidnapped while on her way to school Wednesday morning of last week, nor has a trace of the car been secured. It is now an assured fact that she was taken by her mother, as a picture of the latter was positively identified by George Patterson, who passed the car parked in the street a half dozen times on Tuesday, as that of the woman in the car. As several had stated positively that they had seen the car in the alley or on the vacant lot just to the west as late as noon Wednesday, there was some question as to when the car left town, some saying that it did not leave until noon, and which puzzled folks as to Adalene's whereabouts during the morning. But it is now known that the car left town shortly before 9 o'clock. N. J. Cleeton, who was on the south side of the street, coming down town, saw the child called to the car and saw the man open the door, take her by the hand and pull her in, but he thought nothing of it. The car then came out of the alley and headed west, turning north on Railroad street at the office of the Bell Telephone company, and was running, Mr. Cleeton said, about as fast as the wheels could be turned with safety. He noticed, too, as soon as the child was in the car a commotion in the back seat, which may have been the mother expressing her delight at once more holding her child in her arms, and again it may have been Madalene (should be Adalene) making an effort to break away from her captors, which is likely the better guess of the two, as Mrs. Belle Murphy, with whom she made her home, says she deserted the child when the latter was but four years old. Mrs. Murphy further advises us that her brother secured a divorce seven years before his death, which occurred two years ago, and that the mother never made any effort to secure the child, but on the other hand, seemed to be satisfied to be rid of her. However, she wrote occasionally to the child, and in one letter late last year told her that she wanted a letter from her for a Christmas present. In some of her other letters she reminded Adalene that she was her child and stated that they would be reunited some day, but in none of them did she intimate that she would secure her as she did. Mrs. Murphy not only did not object to the child writing to her mother, but insisted that she do so. The last letter received from the mother was last month, and which had not been answered, for the reason that there was so little in it the child did not think it hardly worth answering, or at least not by return mail. One letter written to her mother at her last known address was returned unopened. In a letter received after this, she complained of Adalene not having written, to which the child replied that she should not be expected to write when she did not know where to write. Inasmuch as the mother deserted the child at the tender age of four and seemed to care nothing about her, and as the man who accompanied her on the trip to Higbee last week looked and acted like a confirmed criminal, the chances are that the mother has taken an interest in the child because of the property the latter will come into. If that is her idea, however, she will likely get fooled, as Mrs. Murphy is the child's guardian, and the kidnappers can't get any of the money or make an attempt to do so without Mrs. Murphy being notified. Mrs. Murphy has not much hope of hearing from the child, as she says the latter is very easily persuaded, and it is to be supposed that her abductors will stuff her with all kinds of stories, making her believe, possibly, with the aid of some one who can win her confidence, that to even breathe a word as to her abduction would get Mrs. Murphy is all kinds of serious trouble. Every effort will be made to locate the parties, and above all, Adalene, which just now looks rather slim, unless they should attempt to get hold of any money or property belonging to the child. It is sincerely to be hoped they will be found and punished. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 2--BOY DEAD FROM TETANUS--J. P. Griggs, the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Griggs of the Myers vicinity, died at the home of his parents Sunday morning following an illness of several days from tetanus, caused from his having run a rusty wire in his foot about a week before. Like many other boys, and men as well, he thought nothing of the injury at the time, and likely did not mention it to his parents. He complained in a day or two of not feeling well, but no thought was given to the injury, and he was brought to town when his limbs and body began to swell, the foot, however, not paining him in the least. The physicians discovering very strong evidences of tetanus, asked him if he had hurt himself in any way, and he then informed them that he had stuck a piece of rusty wire in his heel a few days before. From his condition they judged that there was little, if any, hope for him, and he was rushed home and given every care and medical attention, but all to no avail. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Perche church at 11 o'clock, and where interment was made, the crowd, despite the mud and rain, being an enormous one. Mr. and Mrs. Griggs have the sympathy of all in their sorrow. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 2--E. E. NEWMAN SALE--We printed bills this week for E. E. Newman, administrator of the estate of his mother, the late Mrs. S. E. Newman, who will sell a big lot of stock, implements, household goods, etc., on the 23rd at the farm northeast of town. This will be one of the largest sales in this community in a long time and will likely draw an immense crowd. It will be a rather unusual sale in one respect, at least, in that there are no horses, mules or hogs listed, they having been sold privately. See bills or ad in this issue for list of property. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 2--COMBINATION PUBLIC SALE--We printed bills this week for Arnold Tucker, John Winn and Ben Dixon, who will sell a lot of personal property on the old Cable farm, 4 miles northeast of Rucker on the 18th, a list of which can be seen in this issue. Mr. Tucker will move to a farm in Howard county. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 3--SUNDAY SCHOOL PINS AWARDED--Besides his regular duties as superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School, Geo. B. Walton had the pleasure last Sunday of awarding attendance pins to twenty-two pupils of the school, old and young, for continued attendance, they being awarded Evelyn Warren, John Roberts, Thomas Roberts, Raymond Mitchell, Raymond Longdon, Doris Lambier, Edna Lloyd, Elsie Walton, Dorothy Longdon and Mr. T. J. Cooper. Second year--Mrs. Barbara Harris, Cleeton Humphrey, Omega Jones, and Paul Kelso. Third year--Bertha Wright, Stella Wrights, Juanita Walton, Ranking Little. Fourth year--Francis Randolph. Fifth year, Aubrey Humphrey, Seventh year, Mrs. John Hudson, Eighth year, Mr. Paul Kelso. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 3--GLEN KIRBY INJURED--Glen, the 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kirby, was quite painfully injured Friday night of last week, while returning home from a social gathering, his horse running away with him. He became violently ill, suffering from cramps in his arms and limbs, indicating acute indigestion or ptomaine poisoning, just before the animal began to run, and being unable to control it, thought the safest plan was to unload, which he did, receiving what was at first thought to be serious injuries, but which the physician found to be caused from his stomach. He was very ill for a short time, but was about as usual in a day or so. Thursday, 16 Sep 1926, Vol 40, No 20, Pg. 1, Col 3--WILLIAMS WITH FORNEY CLOTHING COMPANY--The many Higbee friends of J. A. Williams, known to his familiars as "Tookie," and until the recent fire in the clothing business in Moberly, will be glad to learn that he is still in the clothing game, having accepted a position with the Forney Clothing Co., the oldest firm of its kind in Moberly. He will be quite an acquisition to the firm, as he is immensely popular, is thoroughly conversant with the business and is a fine salesman, and is always as pleasant as his perpetual smile would indicate. We congratulate both Mr. Williams and Forney's. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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