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From: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <>
Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee news, Friday, 3 Apr 1914
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:03:36 -0600


Friday, 3 Apr 1914--A SUICIDE AT RENICK--At 7 o'clock this morning Forrest
Truby
of Renick stabbed himself in the heart with a pocket knife. His aim was
very true and
death resulted within a few minutes after the rash act of the man who was
despondent
over continued ill health. He had been sick for about two months and had
become very
depressed in spirit from his enforced idleness. At no time had he intimated
that he was
thinking of taking his own life. The wife of the deceased and mother were
in the kitchen
getting breakfast when they heard a noise and both ran to the sick room and
found the
poor man weltering in his own life blood. He had ceased breathing before
anyone
arrived. The sorrowing women were so overcome that they could hardly tell
all that they
knew of the deed of their loved one.
Mr. Truby was a painter and farmer and was one of the most highly respected
citizens of Renick. He was a Spanish war veteran and a man of unusual
intelligence.
Before his illness he was optimistic and always made the best of things. He
suffered
from an attack of grip which developed into a complication of diseases
resulting in a
complete nervous breakdown. Those who know him best feel quite sure that he
was
temporarily insane when he committed the rash act which brought sorrow to so
many
people
The surviving relatives are a wife, mother, Mrs. Biddie Truby, one brother,
Milton Truby, and one sister, Mrs. Gertie Owens.
Dr. Barnhardt of Huntsville the county coroner, went to Renick and viewed
the
remains of the unfortunate man. He did not hold an inquest, as the facts in
regard to the
death of Mr. Truby were well known.
Mr. Truby was 35 years of age. The funeral was conducted by Rev. E. Y.
Keiter
in the Christian church at Renick on Wednesday. Interment in the Davis
family bury
ground--Moberly Democrat March 30th.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--MISS OPAL BRODIE MARRIED--We are indebted to Miss Marvis
Rankin of Butte, Montana, for the following account of the marriage of her
cousin, Miss
Opal Brodie:
"A very pretty double wedding took place Wednesday afternoon at the home of
Rev. Robert Kilgore, at 1021 South Wyoming Street, at 2 o'clock, when Bert
Billings and
Maude Opal Brodie, and Frank Wingenbaugh and Elenora Ritson were united in
marriage.
The modest but impressive ceremony was witnessed by many friends. The
young
brides were charmingly attired. Miss Brodie wore a white charmeuse gown
trimmed in
shadow lace and tiny pink rosebuds; while Miss Ritson wore a very stylish
tailored
traveling suit of navy blue, with hat to match. Both brides carried white
roses and
hyacinths.
Immediately after the ceremony, which was a double ring ceremony, the
couples
left for an extended honeymoon to various parts of the state.
They carried with them the good wishes of a host of friends, for all are
well
known among the younger set of Butte. They will all make their future ho me
in the
city."
THE NEWS joins the bride's many Higbee friends in best wishes.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--Joe Schooling, son of Dan Schooling formerly of this
place, died
Friday of last week from an operation at a Moberly hospital. Besides his
parents, he
leaves a wife and one child. He had many friends here who were pained to
learn of his
death.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--Mrs. Harry Dinwiddie left Monday for Muskogee, Ok, in
response to
a message stating that her father, Ancel Patterson, was dead. Mr. Patterson
was a former
citizen of this place and had many friends who will learn of his death with
deep sorrow.
He was about 60 years of age, and died in a railroad hospital at Muskogee
from blood
poison resulting from the extraction of several teeth.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--Born, on the 27th, to John Wilson and wife, a son.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--Born, on the 30th, to Ben DePrior and wife, a son.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--The baby daughter of Isaac Jones and wife, who has been
dangerously ill of pneumonia for the past ten days, is better.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--Ed Smith got his left foot quite badly mashed while at
work
Saturday night, and as he lost his right foot a year or so ago from a
similar accident, he
gets around with no little difficulty.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--The little daughter of P. A. Dougherty and wife of near
Myers is
quite sick.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--The baby son of Edgar Perkins and wife died Tuesday.
Interment
was made in the Burton cemetery.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--Mrs. Clarence Feland returned Sunday from a visit with
her father, J.
T. Goldsberry, of Columbia.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--Rankin, the five-year-old son of John Little and wife,
sprang a good
one the other day. He came walking in the house with an egg in his hand and
when his
mother asked him where he got it he replied, "Out there in the yard. Gueth
thome old
hen lostht it."

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--Willard Brundege has been laid up for the past week,
being
threatened with blood poison. He barked his shin two weeks ago while
cranking a
gasoline engine, but paid no attention to it. He called in a physician just
in the nick of
time.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--John R. Hairston, one of the best known men in Howard
county, as
well as one of the best, died at his home near Fayette Tuesday morning from
blood
poison, caused from cutting one of his fingers while paring his nails. He
was one of the
state's most enthusiastic boosters for good roads, and was quite prominent
in the
democratic party. He had been probate judge several terms and was
permanently
mentioned for congress. His death is a calamity to his family and friends.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--Mr. Francis Barron and Mrs. Ethel Mann were united in
marriage on
the 1st at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. J. N. Cleeton, Justice J. C.
Elgin officiating.
Congratulations.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914 --John Rocket who has been living in Iowa for the past
year or so, is
visiting Higbee friends.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--G. W. Cook, news of whose death on the 26th came as a
great shock
to his relatives and friends here, died from locked bowels, so a brief
letter to S. S. Cook
states. Mr. Cook was about 55 years of age and is survived by his wife, two
daughters
and one son. He also leaves three brothers, S. S., John H. and Hubert, and
one sister,
Mrs. Sallie Ketchum. Mr. Cook was born and reared in this community, moving
to
Douglas county three years ago, and was as good a man and citizen as ever
lived among
us.

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--IN MEMORY--Of America Jones-Meyers who departed this
life
March 21st, 1914. She was born at Myers, Howard county, May 12th, 1880, and
lived
there and at Higbee most all her life. December 28th, 1910 she was married
to E. N.
Meyers of Attica, Ohio, and lived at that place about two years, and then
returned to
Higbee. She united with the Higbee Christian church at an early age, and
retained
membership there until called to the "Church Triumphant". Besides her
husband she
leaves four sisters, Mmes. T. H. Dinwiddie, J. W. Marshall, John Miller and
Floyd Moore
and one brother, J. B. Jones, all of Higbee.
Thus we must write upon the scroll of time the passing of another dear
friend, and
we are brought face to face with the sad thought that one by one they pass
away.
It is sad to think of death but sadder yet is its reality, where one so
young, with
years of happiness seemingly before them, is cut down in the very springtime
of life.
(Poem). America, as we knew her, was of that type of womanhood that gives
life its
sweetest virtues. Kind, courteous, gentle in thought and forgiving in
spirit, lovable in her
thoughtfulness of her loved ones, and true to all her friends.
Faithful in her trust in God she gave up life with His name upon her lips,
and we
think of her as being able to say, as we would admonish her dear ones to
believe, "That
neither death nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor
things present, nor
things to come, nor height, nor depth; nor any other creature, shall be able
to separate us
from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord."
If this be your faith and love what is death? Only the chilliness that
precedes the
dawn; we shudder for a moment, then awake, in the broad sunshine of the
other life.
In the presence of a large crowd of relatives and friends, at the Higbee
Christian
church the funeral services were held March 23rd, conducted by Eld. E. Y.
Keiter, after
which the remains were conveyed to the New Hope cemetery in Howard county,
near the
scene of her childhood days. There we were met by a large crowd of
neighbors and
friends of that community, who came with hearts of sympathy and words of
comfort to
the bereaved ones.
And there in the City of the Dead, while the sunshine of the afternoon
beamed
brightly upon all earth and robin and bluebird chirped of the springtime
that would bring
forth to a new life the seed that had died in the bosom of the soil, a short
service was
held, and the glory of the resurrection of the dead was pictured.
And friends and dear ones passed by and viewed the remains of the mother
and
her infant babe as they slept that last sleep to be broken on the morn of
His coming by
angels' song.
May His saving grace and loving power comfort us all. (poem).

Friday, 3 Apr 1914--DIED--Francis Marion Dunlap beloved infant son of Mr. O.
P. and
Goldie Dunlap, born April 30, 1913, died March 29th, 1914, aged 10 months
and 29
days, was interred in the Robb graveyard south of town. Services were
conducted at the
home of the parents by Eld. Wm. Kelso. (poem followed).

Kathy Bowlin
Additions, corrections, comments welcome.


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