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From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <>
Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee News, Friday 20 Sep 1912
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 12:44:56 -0600


Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Among the most interesting of Missouri's deserted
villages, towns
whose doom was settled by the railroads missing them, was Bloomington, in
Macon
county. Today it has almost disappeared and no one who wandered over its
site would
ever guess that the vanished town once had a court house, a college,
churches two
newspapers and many stores and dwellings--Paris Mercury.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Paul Prosser, Howard county's able and fearless
prosecuting
attorney, says the slot machines in his county must go, and has issued the
following
warning: "Complaint having been made to me that various persons in this
county have
set up and keep certain slot-machines or gun-vending devices adapted for the
purpose of
playing games of chance for money or property, or checks which are the
equivalent
thereof, I hereby notify all such persons that such devices are unlawful and
that the
keepers thereof have same taken down and removed from their premises at
once."

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--The slot machines have all been removed from public
view in this
city and stored for more opportune days. However any full grown man who
will stand up
and play a slot machine for an hour at a time has furnished all the evidence
necessary to
admit him to the state institution at Marshall--Moberly Democrat.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Mrs. Thos. Harlow of south of town celebrated her 74th
birthday
Tuesday with a big dinner, having as her guests her sister, Mrs. Geo.
Blansett, Mrs. Geo.
Webb, Miss Ruth Blansett, Mrs. E. Dennis, Mrs. May Hines, and her sons, Carl
and Clay
Harlow.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--N. J. Fowler, who has been suffering from rheumatism
for some
time, left Sunday for Hot Srpings, Ark. He was accompanied by Mrs. Fowler.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Dr. T. W. Avery, who has been seriously ill at the home
of his
mother, Mrs. Wm. Avery, of south of town, for the past ten days, is no
better, we regret to
state.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Geo. Palmatary, in inmate of the insane asylum at
Fulton, where he
was sent from Howard county twenty years ago, died there Monday, aged 70
years.
Interment was made at Fulton.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--The partition suit of Wm. Rucker against his sister
Miss Amanda
Rucker which was at trial before a jury when the Herald went to press last
week was
decided in favor of the plaintiff, giving him $100.--Huntsville Herald.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--The many Higbee friends and admirers of A.R. Hammett of
Huntsville will regret to learn that he is to leave the county. He this
week sold his library
and law practice to B. E. Cowherd of Moberly and will locate in some large
city--possibly Los Angeles, Galveston or Kansas City. We sincerely trust
that he will get
no further than the latter place, for he is too good a citizen for the state
to lose.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--FOOT CRUSHED--Yesterday afternoon about 2 o'clock John,
the
16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Barron, had his right foot crushed
while passing
between the cars of an Alton freight which was standing on the crossing.
John was on his
way home from work at the Walton mine, and rather than wait for the train to
pull up he
attempted to pass between the cars by climbing over the drawheads. In some
way his
right foot was caught and before he could extricate it the train backed up
and crushed the
foot, the fore part of it being mashed all but off. He was taken to the
office of Dr. A. J.
Brown and given prompt treatment, and was later removed to his home. At the
hour of
going to press he was resting as well as could be expected. His physicians
think they may
be able to save the foot. John is one of the model boys of the town and has
the sympathy
of all in his misfortune.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--PASTOR AND WIFE SURPRISED--Requesting Rev. and Mrs. E.
Y. Keiter to go to the South Side Christian church last evening on the
pretext that they
were to attend a wedding, the church members gave the pastor and his wife a
decided
surprise when they reached the building and found it crowded with a party of
their
friends. In order to further carry out the idea of a wedding an altar had
been arranged and
decorated with flowers where the supposed ceremony was to take place and as
Rev. and
Mrs. Keiter stood here they were presented with tokens of appreciation's
from the
members of their church. To the pastor was given a handsome rocking chair
while his
wife was made the recipient of a beautiful gold bracelet. The presentation
was made by
Mrs. C. T. Shepherd. The gathering then took the form of a reception and
during this
time ice cream and cake were served.
The evening closed with a baptismal service, Mrs. Henry Owen having
signified
her intention to unite with the church. Assembling in the auditorium hymns
were
sung--Hannibal Courier--Post, Sept 18th.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Born, on the 13th, to Henry Maloney and wife, a son.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--David Kelso, who left here about a month ago, has
enlisted in the
Navy.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--W. B. Cave of Huntsville is the guest of his nephews,
W. L. and A.
L. Cave.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Wm. Kelso and Wm. Lilly left Sunday for Iowa where they
have
employment.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Will Nichols left Monday for Columbia where he will
attend school
the coming year.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Joe Dinwiddie left Monday for Columbia where he will
attend the
University again this year.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Mrs. Joel Owens returned from Kansas City Sunday after
a week's
visit with her daughter, Mrs. Effie Humes.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--J. E. Burke and wife of Kansas City were the guests of
his parents,
Wm. Burke and wife, from Saturday until Monday.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Jas. McDavitt, a prominent farmer of near Roanoke, died
suddenly
at his home Saturday, aged 71 years.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Geo. McGill left Monday for Dudley, Stoddard county,
for a visit
with his son, James, and family.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--The infant daughter of Ben Chittato and wife died
Tuesday night.
Interment at the city cemetery Wednesday.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Miss Vera Terrill, a popular young lady of the
Armstrong vicinity,
died Saturday after a long illness, aged 32 years.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Miss Clayton Smith left Tuesday for Fulton, where she
will attend
William Wood College the coming year.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--The navy department has made official announcement that
the
Panama canal will be open to traffic in the fall of 1913.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Maj. R. S. Rombauer, a pioneer coal mine operator of
Kirksville
died at his home in that city on the 14th, aged 74 years. The body was
taken to St. Louis
for cremation.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Joe Burton of Higbee, Ernest Davis of Huntsville and
John Maddox
of St. peters called on three of our popular young ladies Sunday
evening--Renick
Enterprise.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Ernest Hitt, who decided a few days ago to return to
the farm and
had bills printed advertising his household goods for sale tomorrow, has
changed his
mind and called the sale off.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Mrs. J. W. Nicholas of Texarkana, Texas, who spent the
summer
here with her mother, Mrs. Pauline Terrill, and sister, Miss Mattie,
returned home
Saturday.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--W. J. Pritchard moved his household goods to Higbee
Monday and
will reside in that city until spring. He has secured work in the
mine--Renick Enterprise.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Floyd Turner and Fonsie Barns, two of Higbee's best
colored
citizens, will give a big barbecue on the 27th, and as it is the last one of
the season they
are making preparations for a big crowd.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--TWO BALL GAMES--Lovers of baseball will be given a
chance
tomorrow and Sunday of seeing two good ball games, the Blues having arranged
two
games with the fast Montgomery City team. The Blues have recently been
greatly
strengthened by the addition of several players from the Columbia team, and
good games
are assured. The Montgomery City team is one of the strongest country teams
in the
state, their pitcher being an ex-leaguer. They recently won and lost two
games to the St.
Louis Ben Millers, the fastest amateur team in the city by a score of 3-0
and 2-1.
The games will be played in Rennolds' new ball park just south of town, and
will
start at 3:30 each day. An admission of 25 cents will be charged. Be sure
and see the
games, as you will get your money's worth, and the team needs your
patronage.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--Thos. Warford and Homer Cleeton left Monday for St.
Louis where
they will attend a school of pharmacy.

Friday, 20 Sep 1912--BAPTIZED AT NIGHT--Willie Jackson, who united with the
Providence church Sunday night under the preaching of Eld. E. Y. Keiter was
so
impressed with the importance of his salvation that he insisted on immediate
baptism and
was accompanied by the large congregation to the creek three miles distance
where the
immersion took place at 11 o'clock that night--Huntsville Herald.

Kathy Bowlin


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