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, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 5 Col. 3--Lon Greeno, drayman for Will Burke, has been laid up for several days with a sprained back, sustained when he slipped and fell with a case of eggs one day this week. The eggs were likewise seriously damaged. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 5 Col. 3--Mrs. Thos. Tongate left Friday for Chicago, to be with her mother, Mrs. Robert Williams, who was recently stricken with paralysis, and where she will likely remain, as Mr. Tongate has secured employment there. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 5 Col. 3--Aubrey Humphrey, who was laid-up for several weeks recently from a large carbuncle on his knee, is again temporarily on the shelf, we are sorry to say, having had his left foot mashed quite severely by a fall of rock in mine No. 11 Monday. No bones were broken, however, and he will likely be able to be out in a short time. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 5 Col. 4--B. F. Andrews, who has been quite sick for the past two weeks, is improving, we are glad to say. Mrs. Andrews, who has been in a Kansas City hospital, where she was operated on three weeks ago, is also doing nicely, her friends will be glad to know. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 5 Col. 4--Mrs. Roy Richards left Friday for Chicago for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Evans, and to take in the big Army-Navy football game, she being lucky enough to have secured a ticket thro' her brother, George Evans, a cadet at West Point. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 5 Col. 4--Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Wright and daughter, Mrs. Lester Bray, returned yesterday from Kansas City where they were called last week to see their son, John, an employee of the city, who was very painfully injured by being caught between two cars. They report him improved, but still in a very serious condition. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 5 Col. 4--Mrs. Ruby Weiser, who has been the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Williams, returned Thursday from a visit with relatives in Van Buren, Ark., accompanied by her mother-in-law, Mrs. H. Weiser, who returned home the latter part of the week. Mrs. Weiser will leave for her home in Washington Saturday. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 5 Col. 4--The following from a distance attended the funeral here Tuesday of Mrs. Agnes Jopling: Mrs. Fay Allen, Rich Hill, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Burton, Guthrie Center, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Crowder, Kansas City, her children; Mrs. Milton Logan, a niece, Boone, Iowa, Rev. and Mrs. E. Y. Keiter and Mrs. Sue Burton, Moberly. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 8 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN--C. S. Hargis and family had as radio guests Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Milt Wheeler and children, Denver, Dale, Bernice and Ganelle, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hargis and sons, Ralph and Lowell. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 8 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN--On Thanksgiving day there was a pleasant gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Blaise. The 25th was also the 38th wedding anniversary of the host and hostess. The long spacious table, extending nearly the length of two rooms, fairly groaned under the weight of the choicest viands to tempt the appetite of the most exacting, choice mutton, roast chicken, five capons, salads, lettuce, vegetables, jellies, cakes, pies, doughnuts, the center piece consisting of a full gallon of whipped cream. The lucky ones having an opportunity, to partake of the joys of this day were, one son and five daughters and their families, of Mr. and Mrs. Blaise, as follows: Mrs. Emma Ridgeway and son, Hugh; Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Evans, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Asbury and son, Rodney, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Harris and daughter, Belva; Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Hargis and sons, Lowell and Ralph; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Blaise and children, Miss Orphia, Junior, Marvel and Leta. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 8 Col. 1--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--N. J. Fowler and wife visited their daughter, Mrs. Paul Naylor, and family, Monday night and Tuesday of last week. Thursday, 2 Dec 1926, Vol 40, No 31, Pg 8 Col. 1--SOUTH OF TOWN--Everett Lyle and his cousin, Mrs. Warren Willbanks, and two children of Overland, arrived here Saturday for a visit with Mrs. Willbanks' father, Wm. Lyle. They made the trip in a car but had to be towed in with a team for the last mile, the roads were so very muddy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.