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 and owners were a wonderful man by the name of 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. It is because of my tremendous admiration for this father and son, that I am transcribing this paper and putting it in a more readable format, so that this work may again be brought to light, to entertain, and teach a whole new generation of the descendants of the inhabitants and neighbors of a little town called "Higbee." 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. I wouldn't want my own possible errors in transcription, blamed on the editors of the 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. When the Higbee Historical Society disbanded, their material was donated to the Randolph County Historical Society and is still available there. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 1, Col 4--"Thomps" Dameron to Return to the County--In a personal letter to the editor of the NEWS yesterday, W. T. ("Thomps") Dameron, who has been located in Tulsa, Okla., for about a year, advises us that he will return to Randolph county to his old home in Huntsville, and will leave Tulsa on the 7th. The county never had a better citizen than Mr. Dameron, measured by any standard that could be applied, and his legion of friends will be more than delighted to learn that he is to again live among us. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 1, Col 5--Lyon-Burckhartt--Mr. Odie Lyon and Miss Louise Burckhartt, two of our best known young people, sprang a surprise on their friends Wednesday of last week by quietly slipping away to Armstrong where they were united in marriage by the Rev. A. B. Craig. They were accompanied by Miller Burckhartt, brother of the bride, and Miss Alma Barron. The bride is the pretty and accomplished daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rhodes B. Burckhartt of near town, and is one of our sweetest and most refined young ladies, and a member of the 1926 High School graduating class. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Lyon of west of town, is reliability itself, a hard worker and a most exemplary young man in every particular, and who is held in the highest, esteem by all who know him. The NEWS joins other friends in congratulations and best wishes. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 1, Col 5--The Fourth at Burton--As will be seen by an ad in this issue, Ivan Robb and Oscar Naylor will give a big picnic at Burton on Monday. Music and dancing will be the chief amusements of the day, and barbecued mutton will be the piece de resistance. There will also be plenty of other good things to eat and all kinds of cooling drinks served. In the afternoon the Burton Gun Club will hold a shoot and will award prizes suitable for the program. Everybody is invited. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 1, Col 5--To Ask New Trial--Price Childers, given ten years in prison in circuit court at Moberly last week for the murder of his brother, Jack Childers, at New Franklin, about a year ago, and who took a change of venue to this county, has filed a motion for a new trial, his attorneys claiming that new and vital evidence has been discovered. The motion will be heard next week, and in the event it is overruled an appeal will be taken. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 1, Col 5--Ira Hamilton About the Same--Ira Hamilton of near Moberly, who was struck by lightning three weeks ago, and who has been unconscious most of the time since, being rational for only a few seconds at a time, remains about the same, although he is said to have shown some slight improvement the past week. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 1, Col 6--Broaddus Murder Solved?--At the instance of prosecuting attorney Stringer, Clate Ransdall and Joe Hardwick of Moberly were arrested Saturday charged with the murder of Oliver Broaddus in Moberly on April 5, 1921, and whose body was found floating in Forest Park lake the next morning. Every indication at the time pointed strongly to murder, but it proved a baffling mystery. Ransdall and Hardwick are in jail charged with first degree murder, as is also Rosa Wingate, who ran a house of ill fame, it is said, and who is supposed to have had something to do with the murder, which, it is generally supposed, was the result of a gamblers' war, Broaddus, it is said, having threatened to go before the grand jury in session at the time, and tell all her knew. Broaddus' stomach was sent to Kansas City for chemical analysis and traces of poisoning were found. At the time of the murder, it will be remembered, bloodhounds traced Broaddus to the rooms of Mary Woods, also of the underworld stripe, and some cotton was found in a coal bucket which gave off a very peculiar odor. Many were of the opinion that Broaddus came to his death in her rooms from poison and that his body was conveyed to the park in an automobile and dumped into the lake. Tracks of a car not far away and the finding of Broaddus' glasses near the lake seemed to prove the theory, especially as the autopsy showed that he was not drowned. Mr. Stringer says the case has never been off his mind and that he has investigated every possible clue in the hope that he could eventually bring the guilty parties to justice. From his action, it would seem that he is certain he has the right parties. Both Ransdall and Hardwick protest their innocence. The former says it is nothing but a "frame-up" on the part of one Barnes, now serving a term in the Arkansas penitentiary, who, following some trouble with Ransdall, made the threat, so Ransdall says, that he would live to see him behind the bars also. Ransdall's family, it is said, lived on the G. R. Rennolds farm just southeast of town about twenty years ago, moving to Moberly. Hardwick, who is but 22 years old, is the son of Job Hardwick, a former resident of Higbee, and one of the best and hardest working men we ever knew, and who has been living in Moberly for twenty-five years or more. We hope for the sake to Mr. and Mrs. Hardwick's sake, as well as for the boy's that the latter can prove his innocence beyond question. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Thos Robb left Tuesday for a visit with his sister, Mrs. Wash Cook, of Springfield, Mo. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Clarence Andrews and son, Walter Jack. are visiting relatives in Moberly and Renick. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. E. Dulany and daughter, Mrs. Harvey Howell, spent Sunday with relatives in Audrain county. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. W. V. Tullans and daughter, Mildred arrived Friday from mesa Az for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Andrews. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Wilford Ware, who went to Alton, Ill., recently in search of employment, returned Thursday, being unable to find anything at the present time. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Ruth True, who has been suffering from typhoid fever since the 10th of March, was able to be up for a meal for the first time yesterday. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 1--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Fowler returned Friday of last week from Colorado Springs, Colo., where they went several weeks ago for a visit with relatives and for the benefit of Mr. Fowler's health. He was much benefited by the trip, but was not altogether very favorably impressed with the country, although he fell in love with the city. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Doris Radford of Memphis, a the guest of her sister, Mrs. Roy Lessly. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mrs. Lousetta Dougherty returned Thursday from a visit with her son, Claude Lewis, of Jefferson City. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Misses Mary Diana Miller and Bessie Feland and Messrs. Thos. Hall and Hubert Farris spent Sunday afternoon in Huntsville. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Delano and children of Eldorado, Arkansas, are the guests of Mrs. Delano's mother, Mrs. Fanny Barron, and other relatives and friends. Thursday, 1 July 1926, Vol 40 No. 9, pg. 5, Col 2--LOCAL AND PERSONAL MENTION--Mr. and Mrs. Ben Feland had as dinner guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John Miller, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Mobley, Mr. and Mrs. Omer Andrews, Miss Mary Diana Miller and Messrs. Hubert Farris and Thos. Hall. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.