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, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 5&6--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Walker Bradshear, who has made his home at Rucker for the past year, has moved his household goods to the home of his sister, Mrs. Jas. Reed. Mr. Bradsher plans to spend the winter in Oklahoma. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 5&6--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Minter Bailey and wife left here Friday for a visit to the southern part of the state where they went to pick out a location, as they are planning to have a sale the 28th of this month and leave here. We regret very much to lose these good people. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 5 Col. 5&6--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Wm. Hitt and wife of Denver, Colo., who have been visiting here for several weeks, returned home last week. They were detained here for two or three weeks longer than they intended to stay on account of the rains. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Claib and Charles Hargis guards at the penitentiary, motored home Friday night and were the week-end guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hargis, returning Sunday evening, although the roads were again deep with mud. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Dave Comstock and children, Hilda and Junior, visited at Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Dougherty's Sunday night. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Bertha Wheeler and son, Denver, visited her mother, Mrs. Cynthia Lay, and children, Dallas and Miss Dorothy, at Higbee Friday. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mrs. Elen Williams is visiting her daughter, Mrs. W. K. Dougherty. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Roy Quick had the misfortune to run a nail through his boot into his foot Sunday, which gave him considerable pain, besides keeping him out of school all week. He is better now, but will not be able to resume his school work for several more days. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise had as visitors Sunday five of their daughters and families: Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris and daughter, Belva, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Asbury and son, Rodney, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Ridgeway and sons, Hugh and Kenneth, and Mrs. Ruth Lynch and sons, Francis and Elden of Armstrong. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. Sam Foley had as dinner guests Saturday, Mrs. Ellen Williams, Misses Irene and Francis Dougherty, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond O'Brian and E. B. Foley. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 2--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Hargis celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary Sunday, October 10, by a reunion of all their children, except the eldest, Henry, of Dodge City, Kas. The long spacious table fairly groaned with the choices viands to tempt the appetite, roast beef, friend chicken, salads, vegetables, cakes and pies. Needless to say, all paid ample justice to the fare. Those present were: Claibe and Charles of Jefferson City; Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hargis and sons, Lowell and Ralph, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hargis and daughter, Valeta, Miss Irene and Howard Hargis, and Moss Shaw. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 3--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--We have just received the sad news of the death of Rev. M. A. Hughes of Wellsville, Kas. We will aim to give a more extended notice at a later date. Thursday, 14 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 24, Pg. 8 Col. 3--YATES SCHOOL NOTES--(edited)--The basketball lineup this year is as follows: Girls--Juanita Strain and Eileen Robertson, forwards; Ruby Goone and Marietta Barron, centers; Dorothy Banning and Elma Barron, guards. Boys--Lester Banning, captain; Herbert Goone, Jeff Green, Roscoe Ware, Glenn Banning, Jethro Sires and J. T. Goone. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. 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