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Subject: [MOHOWARD-L] Higbee News, 7 Oct 1926, Pt 3 of 3
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 23:49:23 -0600


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.
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7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg.2, Col 4&5--OUR HUNTSVILLE LETTER,
By W. T. Dameron--(Edited by compiler)--An adjourned term of the circuit court
convened here Monday to try the divorce case of Orbie Duvall vs. Lottie Duvall. The
defendant filed a cross bill in the case and the trial in some respects was sensational and
attracted quite a crowd to the court room. There was a large number of witnesses and the
court held a night session to complete the case. Mr. Duvall is a farmer residing near
Antioch church, northeast of Moberly, and was divorced from a former wife when he
married Miss Lottie Brown of Moberly a few years ago, and is her senior by several
years, as he was of his first wife, from when he was divorced on the grounds of infidelity
and desertion. Practically the same charge was made in this case. W. A. Wright
represented the plaintiff and Redick O'Bryan the defendant. The trial was hotly
contested. In his decision Judge Walker granted a decree of divorce to the plaintiff,
Duvall, and allowed defendant an attorney fee of $25 and $25 for her costs.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 1--Mrs. Jas. Daggs returned to her home
in Brookfield Monday after a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 1--Walter Jones returned Saturday to
Kenosha, Wis., where he has been employed for some time, after a visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Jones.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 2--Geo. Harris informs us that his
daughter-in-law, Mrs. Frank Harris, who was operated on at Joliet, Ill., hospital a week
ago for appendicitis, is not doing so very well.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. and Mrs. Claib Dougherty were
called to Moberly yesterday to see their daughter, Mrs. Herbert Leach, of near Salisbury,
who was operated on at a hospital in that city that morning.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Warford moved
from the farm to town last week, and if they like town life may decide to remain
permanently. They are mighty good folks and we extend them a most hearty welcome.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 2--Mrs. R. H. Williams and children of
Vandalia were the guests of her father, W. D. Edwards, and other relatives and friends
the latter part of last week, returning home Monday. Mrs. Williams was accompanied by
her sister, Mrs. Maurice Robb.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 2--A. B. Heathman was here from
Kirksville Monday to see his brother, Frank, who is recovering from injuries received in
the Mariot mine at Moberly three weeks ago. It was Mr. Heathman's first visit back to
the old home town in seven years.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 2--Ernest, the 7-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Dinwiddie, who was operated on at a Boonville hospital several weeks ago
for appendicitis, and who was in an extremely critical condition for several days, will be
able to return home Sunday, a letter from his mother to Mr. Dinwiddie advised yesterday.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 3--Mrs. Mary Webb, one of our oldest
and most highly respected residents, and who despite her age lives alone and does her
own work, celebrated her 84th birthday Monday by a trip down town, despite the rain.
Remarkable as it may seem, Mrs. Webb is able to read almost the finest print without the
use of glasses, she having received her "second sight" several years ago. That she may
celebrate many more birthdays, but with better weather conditions, is the wish of her
many friends.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 5 Col 3--Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E. Carter left
yesterday afternoon for Gilman, Ill., in response to a message stating that their
son-in-law, Ernest Myers, had been accidentally shot that morning. The message did not
state the seriousness of Mr. Myers' condition but the presumption is that the shot will
likely prove fatal.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 8 Col 1--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Ed
Wilhoit and wife of Overland, Mo., arrived here last week for a visit with Mrs. Wilhoit's
father, Wm. Lyle.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 8 Col 1--MT. PLEASANT ITEMS--Jas. T.
Dougherty purchased the Romie Avery farm adjoining Pumpkin Center and moved there
last week. We understand the consideration was $1300.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 8 Col 1--SOUTHWEST OF TOWN
ITEMS--Miss Virgie Sumpter spent Friday night with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jas. Warford.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 8 Col 1--SOUTHWEST OF TOWN
ITEMS--Mrs. Virgil Kirby returned Sunday from a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Jackson at Burton.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 8 Col 1--SOUTHWEST OF TOWN
ITEMS--Jack Holtzclaw who has employment on a dairy farm near Moberly was the
Saturday night and Sunday guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Holtzclaw.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 8 Col 1--SOUTH OF TOWN ITEMS--Frank
Friedman of Kansas City is expected this week for a visit with his sisters, Misses Emma
and Myrtle Blaise.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 8 Col 2--J. P. GRIGGS--Little J. P. Griggs,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Griggs, born April 23, 1916, passed away from this life
September 12 1926, aged 10 years, 4 months and 18 days.
This dear little boy met the call of the angel of death without a tremor and passed
into the great unknown leaving to mourn his loss besides his mother and father, one
sister, Mrs. Albert Newman of Moberly, and one brother, Cal, of the home; also his dear,
kind, and ever-faithful grandmother, Mrs. Barthena Griggs, who loved him as her own, as
he had spent every night for the past few years in her home, driving away the loneliness
as other little ones could not do, for he had that gay, cheerful, care-free way so few
possess.
This dear little boy was a kind and loving child who always had a word and a
smile for each and everyone, no matter when or where, and was deeply loved by all.
People who met him always had a word or question to ask him to hear him respond in his
sweet little voice and hear his witty answers.
Besides the immediate family he leaves a number of relatives and a large circle of
friends and acquaintances to mourn his loss.

Thursday, 7 Oct 1926, Vol 40, No 23, Pg. 8 Col 5--Grant Guerri, a resident of this
vicinity for several years, will sell all of his personal property at public auction on the
23rd, including his residence, if he does not dispose of it privately before then, and will
move to St. Louis, where his three sons have good positions, and where he will also
secure employment. See list of property in this issue. Mr. Guerrri came to Higbee about
the time of the opening of mine No. 11, and but for a year or two when it was closed
down, he has resided here, conducting a store at the mine. A jolly good fellow, and as
honest as the day is long, he will be given up by all who know him, and all hope that he
will return some day to remain.

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not in and of itself copyrightable, the format in which it is presented, transcriptions, notes
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Kathy Bowlin
Additions, corrections, comments welcome.

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